Roger Maris crushed the most homers in 1961, with 61 homers.

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Roger Maris R. Maris	61	1961	NYY	161	590	132	159	16	4	141	94	7	67	0	0	698	366	81	0	7	0	16	.269	.372	.620	.993	138	55.9	.424	162	55.1
2	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	54	1961	NYY	153	514	131	163	16	6	128	126	0	112	12	1	646	353	76	1	5	9	2	.317	.448	.687	1.135	156	79.6	.478	197	78.8
3	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	46	1961	SFG	152	585	105	182	28	4	142	39	9	91	12	8	636	356	78	0	3	11	21	.311	.362	.609	.970	121	45.5	.413	153	42.5
4	Jim Gentile J. Gentile	46	1961	BAL	148	486	96	147	25	2	141	96	11	106	1	1	601	314	73	0	8	5	12	.302	.423	.646	1.069	133	62.4	.453	180	60.9
5	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	46	1961	MIN	150	541	94	156	20	7	122	107	3	109	1	2	656	328	73	0	5	6	11	.288	.405	.606	1.012	135	57.2	.433	161	50.2
6	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	45	1961	DET	163	583	129	169	30	2	140	113	2	75	1	2	708	338	77	2	8	2	14	.290	.402	.580	.982	140	56.7	.424	153	47.5
7	Norm Cash N. Cash	41	1961	DET	159	535	119	193	22	8	132	124	9	85	11	5	672	354	71	2	2	19	16	.361	.487	.662	1.148	168	88.3	.488	194	79.5
8	Willie Mays W. Mays	40	1961	SFG	154	572	129	176	32	3	123	81	2	77	18	9	659	334	75	0	4	15	14	.308	.393	.584	.977	127	49	.417	155	45.9
9	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	37	1961	CIN	153	545	117	176	32	7	124	71	10	64	22	3	636	333	76	0	10	23	15	.323	.404	.611	1.015	127	51.8	.425	156	45.1
10	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	35	1961	MIL	152	562	77	160	20	0	108	59	2	94	2	1	629	285	55	4	2	4	22	.285	.354	.507	.861	101	26.4	.376	131	24.9
11	Dick Stuart D. Stuart	35	1961	PIT	138	532	83	160	28	8	117	34	4	121	0	3	576	309	71	1	5	1	22	.301	.344	.581	.925	102	34	.397	140	29.2
12	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	34	1961	MIL	155	603	115	197	39	10	120	56	2	64	21	9	671	358	83	1	9	20	16	.327	.381	.594	.974	126	46.4	.410	153	44.8
13	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	32	1961	MIL	152	572	103	175	23	6	91	93	2	95	12	7	672	306	61	1	4	3	10	.306	.402	.535	.937	126	46.4	.410	153	44.8
14	Bob Allison B. Allison	29	1961	MIN	159	556	83	136	21	3	105	103	5	100	2	7	677	250	53	5	8	1	17	.245	.363	.450	.813	101	20.8	.362	116	13.6
15	Ernie Banks E. Banks	29	1961	CHC	138	511	75	142	22	4	80	54	2	75	1	2	573	259	55	0	6	21	11	.278	.346	.507	.852	84	16.3	.359	114	10.2
16	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	28	1961	NYY	150	561	77	150	23	4	89	35	8	108	0	0	607	265	55	0	3	9	21	.267	.318	.472	.790	80	8.6	.341	110	7.8
17	Al Smith A. Smith	28	1961	CWS	147	532	88	148	29	4	93	56	5	67	4	4	602	269	61	2	7	2	17	.278	.348	.506	.854	94	23.1	.372	126	19.5
18	Leon Wagner L. Wagner	28	1961	LAA	133	453	74	127	19	2	79	48	3	65	5	1	511	234	49	0	7	2	5	.280	.348	.517	.865	81	21	.375	119	12
19	George Altman G. Altman	27	1961	CHC	138	518	77	157	28	12	96	40	4	92	6	2	573	290	67	4	7	3	4	.303	.353	.560	.913	99	31.2	.392	135	25.1
20	Willie Kirkland W. Kirkland	27	1961	CLE	146	525	84	136	22	5	95	48	1	77	7	0	585	249	54	4	7	4	3	.259	.318	.474	.793	78	9.3	.344	108	5.8
21	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	27	1961	CWS	141	492	76	145	26	6	92	61	6	62	1	0	563	264	59	0	4	4	11	.295	.377	.537	.913	99	32.7	.396	141	29.4
22	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	27	1961	TOT	139	473	65	133	15	3	73	31	6	78	2	4	516	235	45	2	4	7	19	.281	.331	.497	.828	75	13.8	.357	119	12.2
23	Gordy Coleman G. Coleman	26	1961	CIN	150	520	63	149	27	4	87	45	2	67	1	3	578	262	57	4	7	11	9	.287	.341	.504	.845	86	17.6	.362	116	11.5
24	Gene Freese G. Freese	26	1961	CIN	152	575	78	159	27	2	87	27	0	78	8	2	606	268	55	1	3	5	17	.277	.307	.466	.774	77	5.7	.335	99	-0.7
25	Ken Hunt K. Hunt	25	1961	LAA	149	479	70	122	29	3	84	49	4	120	8	2	541	232	57	3	6	1	12	.255	.325	.484	.810	77	12.7	.353	104	3.1