Mickey Mantle had the highest wRC+ in 1961, with 197 wRC+.

Interpreted as:

highest wrc+ with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1961

	NAME	WRC+	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	BRAA
1	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	197	1961	NYY	153	514	131	163	16	6	54	128	126	0	112	12	1	646	353	76	1	5	9	2	.317	.448	.687	1.135	156	79.6	.478	78.8
2	Norm Cash N. Cash	194	1961	DET	159	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	124	9	85	11	5	672	354	71	2	2	19	16	.361	.487	.662	1.148	168	88.3	.488	79.5
3	Jim Gentile J. Gentile	180	1961	BAL	148	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	96	11	106	1	1	601	314	73	0	8	5	12	.302	.423	.646	1.069	133	62.4	.453	60.9
4	Roger Maris R. Maris	162	1961	NYY	161	590	132	159	16	4	61	141	94	7	67	0	0	698	366	81	0	7	0	16	.269	.372	.620	.993	138	55.9	.424	55.1
5	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	161	1961	MIN	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	107	3	109	1	2	656	328	73	0	5	6	11	.288	.405	.606	1.012	135	57.2	.433	50.2
6	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	156	1961	CIN	153	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	71	10	64	22	3	636	333	76	0	10	23	15	.323	.404	.611	1.015	127	51.8	.425	45.1
7	Willie Mays W. Mays	155	1961	SFG	154	572	129	176	32	3	40	123	81	2	77	18	9	659	334	75	0	4	15	14	.308	.393	.584	.977	127	49	.417	45.9
8	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	153	1961	DET	163	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	113	2	75	1	2	708	338	77	2	8	2	14	.290	.402	.580	.982	140	56.7	.424	47.5
9	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	153	1961	MIL	155	603	115	197	39	10	34	120	56	2	64	21	9	671	358	83	1	9	20	16	.327	.381	.594	.974	126	46.4	.410	44.8
10	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	153	1961	SFG	152	585	105	182	28	4	46	142	39	9	91	12	8	636	356	78	0	3	11	21	.311	.362	.609	.970	121	45.5	.413	42.5
11	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	153	1961	MIL	152	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	93	2	95	12	7	672	306	61	1	4	3	10	.306	.402	.535	.937	126	46.4	.410	44.8
12	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	148	1961	PIT	146	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	35	3	59	4	1	614	320	63	1	3	10	18	.351	.390	.559	.949	115	42.2	.409	37.1
13	Wally Moon W. Moon	145	1961	LAD	134	463	79	152	25	3	17	88	89	1	79	7	5	561	234	45	4	4	9	9	.328	.434	.505	.940	106	40.1	.413	32.2
14	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	141	1961	CWS	141	492	76	145	26	6	27	92	61	6	62	1	0	563	264	59	0	4	4	11	.295	.377	.537	.913	99	32.7	.396	29.4
15	Dick Stuart D. Stuart	140	1961	PIT	138	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	34	4	121	0	3	576	309	71	1	5	1	22	.301	.344	.581	.925	102	34	.397	29.2
16	Ken Boyer K. Boyer	137	1961	STL	153	589	109	194	26	11	24	95	68	1	91	6	3	663	314	61	0	5	9	11	.329	.397	.533	.930	120	42.1	.403	31.2
17	Al Kaline A. Kaline	137	1961	DET	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	66	4	42	14	1	665	302	67	4	5	2	16	.324	.393	.515	.909	118	39.9	.399	31.2
18	George Altman G. Altman	135	1961	CHC	138	518	77	157	28	12	27	96	40	4	92	6	2	573	290	67	4	7	3	4	.303	.353	.560	.913	99	31.2	.392	25.1
19	Vada Pinson V. Pinson	131	1961	CIN	154	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	39	1	63	23	10	659	306	58	4	8	1	9	.343	.379	.504	.883	111	33.2	.387	26.2
20	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	131	1961	MIL	152	562	77	160	20	0	35	108	59	2	94	2	1	629	285	55	4	2	4	22	.285	.354	.507	.861	101	26.4	.376	24.9
21	John Romano J. Romano	130	1961	CLE	142	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	61	5	60	0	0	580	246	51	1	4	3	10	.299	.377	.483	.860	94	25.8	.379	22.3
22	Al Smith A. Smith	126	1961	CWS	147	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	56	5	67	4	4	602	269	61	2	7	2	17	.278	.348	.506	.854	94	23.1	.372	19.5
23	Norm Siebern N. Siebern	125	1961	KCA	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	82	1	91	2	4	649	266	59	0	6	3	4	.296	.384	.475	.859	105	28.9	.379	20.4
24	Earl Battey E. Battey	124	1961	MIN	133	460	70	139	24	1	17	55	53	3	66	3	3	522	216	42	5	1	3	18	.302	.377	.470	.847	83	21.6	.375	16
25	Jackie Brandt J. Brandt	124	1961	BAL	139	516	93	153	18	5	16	72	62	1	51	10	2	584	229	39	2	3	0	17	.297	.371	.444	.815	88	19	.364	17.6