High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1961 Chicago White Sox season was the team`s 61st season in the major leagues, and its 62nd season overall. They finished with a record 86-76, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 23 games behind the first-place New York Yankees. Their pitching staff surrendered 13 of Roger Maris`s 61 home runs that year, the most of any team.