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 April 17, 1961: At Yankee Stadium, 1,947 fans brave the freezing rain to watch Whitey Ford shut out Kansas City, 3-0. Mickey Mantle drives in all three Yankee runs, connecting a solo shot off Jerry Walker in the first innings. June 30, 1961: Whitey Ford (14-2) tops the Senators 5-1 to give the 2nd place Yankees their 22nj win of the month. Roger Maris drives in three runs and Mickey Mantle lines shot over CF Willie Tasby.s that rebounds for an inside-the-park home run. July 8, 1961: At Yankee Stadium, whitey Ford tops the Red Sox 8-5. Mickey Mantle hits a home run in the 4th, off Tracy Sallard, for his 10th round tripper this year in support of Ford. July17, 1961: The Yankees top the O's, 5-0, behind Whitey Ford's 13th straight win. Mickey Mantle (#33) and Skowron hit long home runs at Baltimore. The nitecap goes into the 5th when, with two outs and the Yanks up 4-1, a thunderstorm strikes. The umps wait 65 minutes before calling the game, thus washing out homers by Roger Maris and Mantle. September 1, 1961: The American Leagues biggest crowd of the year, 65,566, sees Whitey Ford and Don Mossi duel at Yankee Stadium as a weekend battle for first place begins. Two-out, 9th inning hits by Elston Howard, Yogi Berra, and Bill Skowron give New York a 1-0 win over the Tigers. September 6, 1961: Roger Maris connects for #54, off Rom Cheney of the Senators, as the Yankees win 8-0, behind Whitey Ford.s 5-hitter. Ford is now 23-3. John Blanchard hits a pair of homers, each time following a walk to Mickey Mantle and Moose Skowron and Bob Hale also homer. September 15, 1961: The Yankees set a new American League record for most homers in a season (222), as they split a double header in Detroit, winning 11-1 and losing 4-2. Circuit blows by Bill Skowron and Yogi Berra in the opener help Whitey Ford win his 24th and increase New York.s homer total to 222. This breaks the old mark set by the 1947 Giants and tied by the 1956 Reds. Norm Cash and Steve Boros homer in the nitecap to back Ron Kiline.s 7-hitter. September 23, 1961: Whitey Ford wins his 25th. An ailing Mickey Mantles career-high 54th home run helps New York beat Boston 8-3. September 29, 1961: Johnny Blanchard singles and homers to drive in both runs in the Yanks, 2-1 win over the Red Sox. The Bomber handyman hits his 21st homer and singles in Roger Maris in the 9th to pin the loss on Bill Monbouquette. Whitey Ford pitches four scoreless innings for New York, and finishes the year having no stolen bases off him in 243 innings, a record. October 4, 1961: Whitey Fords 3rd straight World Series shutout, with home runs by Elston Howard and Bill Skowron, gives New York a 2-1 win in the opener against Cincinnati at Yankee Stadium. October 8, 1961: Five more scoreless innings by Whitey Ford and four by Jim Coates silence the Reds. Hector Lopez and Clete Boyer each drive in two runs for a 7-0 win. Ford breaks Babe Ruths World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32.  November 8, 1961: Whitey Ford is voted the Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn. World Series Report: Yankees over the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series, 4-1: After a summer in which Mantle & Maris held the nation breathless, it is left up to Whitey Ford to squeeze the breath out of the Reds, vanquished in five games for the Yanks' 19th World Series title. Ford posts 14 shutout innings in two wins, running his overall Classic scoreless streak to a record 32 innings. Meanwhile, Mantle & Maris combine to go 3-for-25, with two RBIs, in the Series. That's okay; they did their part in a season-long dash to Ruth, won by Roger 61-to-54. World Series Report:
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