League standings - 1961 National League
Regular season

Divisional
YearTeamWLPctGBL10StrkRecentRFRAMgnMgc
1961Louisiana Lightning9765 .599- 4-6L1lwllwwllwl8576831740
1961New Bedford Ahabs8577 .52512 6-4W2wwlwwllwlw807695112 
1961Riverside Robbers8280 .50615 4-6W2wwllwwllll853874-21 
1961Toledo Rockets7587 .46322 3-7L1lwwlllllwl694761-67 
1961East Kenosha Lakers6795 .41430 5-5W2wwllwwllwl690792-102 
1961Raleigh Tarheels60102 .37037 3-7W1wlllllwllw690882-192 
1961Asbury Argonauts54108 .33343 5-5W2wwlwwwllll7031019-316 

Wildcard
YearTeamWLPctGBL10StrkRecentMgc
1961Louisiana Lightning9765 .599na 4-6L1lwllwwllwl 
1961New Bedford Ahabs8577 .525- 6-4W2wwlwwllwlw0
1961Riverside Robbers8280 .5063 4-6W2wwllwwllll 
1961Toledo Rockets7587 .46310 3-7L1lwwlllllwl 
1961East Kenosha Lakers6795 .41418 5-5W2wwllwwllwl 
1961Raleigh Tarheels60102 .37025 3-7W1wlllllwllw 
1961Asbury Argonauts54108 .33331 5-5W2wwlwwwllll 

Expanded1
YearTeamHomeRoadGrassTurfvsLHPvsRHPDivInterLg
1961Louisiana Lightning51-3046-3597-65 23-2274-4358-2639-39
1961New Bedford Ahabs45-3640-4185-77 29-2656-5146-3839-39
1961Riverside Robbers46-3536-4582-80 22-2060-6045-3937-41
1961Toledo Rockets38-4337-4475-87 24-3651-5147-3728-50
1961East Kenosha Lakers38-4329-5267-95 21-2746-6834-5033-45
1961Raleigh Tarheels29-5231-5060-102 20-2340-7933-5127-51
1961Asbury Argonauts23-5831-5054-108 15-3939-6931-5323-55

Expanded2
YearTeamLead7Tied7Trail71-runExtra
1961Louisiana Lightning80-610-77-5234-229-8
1961New Bedford Ahabs67-1110-128-5418-317-10
1961Riverside Robbers62-312-118-6627-2512-13
1961Toledo Rockets54-89-1112-6823-247-11
1961East Kenosha Lakers51-1411-115-7025-264-12
1961Raleigh Tarheels53-114-113-8017-285-8
1961Asbury Argonauts44-105-95-8917-197-9