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Play-In Round -- 3rd check in
Standings after nine seasons (pennants won in parentheses):
GB
-- 1961Tigers .545 (4)
33 1940 Tigers .522 (2)
48 1974 Dodgers .511 (1)
51 1960 Yankees .509 (1)
68 1906 Pirates .496 (1)
79 1949 Cardinals .488
113 1970 Twins .464
115 1909 Tigers .462
Norm Cash provided another MVP season (.330, 42 home runs) as the 1961 Tigers won two more pennants, giving them four in a row.
Pitchers Vic Willis (16-11, 3.02 ERA) and Ed Karger (14-12, 2.90) helped the 1906 Pirates break that string with their first pennant. The hurlers finished one-two in Pitcher of the Year balloting in Season 9.
But the Bucs still trail the 1960 Yankees by 17 games for the all-important fourth position in the standings. The top four teams advance in the tournament, the bottom four are eliminated.
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