Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 11,1960

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1960 Playoffs

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Boston Red Sox

Cleveland Indians

Boxscore - PBP

6,965

2:43

Ike Delock

Jack Harshman

Ike Delock (7-4)

Jack Harshman (1-3)

Mike Fornieles (8)

Pinky Higgins

Jimmy Dykes

Cleveland Stadium

Baltimore Orioles

Detroit Tigers

Boxscore - PBP

8,193

2:17

Jack Fisher

Don Mossi

Jack Fisher (8-9)

Don Mossi (8-8)

Paul Richards

Joe Gordon

Tiger Stadium

Washington Senators I

Kansas City Athletics

Boxscore - PBP

10,141

2:34

Tex Clevenger

Ray Herbert

Tex Clevenger (4-7)

Ray Herbert (7-12)

Ray Moore (8)

Cookie Lavagetto

Bob Elliott

Municipal Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers

Cincinnati Reds

Boxscore - PBP

7,350

2:15

Sandy Koufax

Jim Maloney

Sandy Koufax (5-8)

Jim Maloney (0-3)

Walter Alston

Fred Hutchinson

Crosley Field

San Francisco Giants

Milwaukee Braves

Boxscore - PBP

25,744

3:05

Billy O'Dell

Juan Pizarro

Billy O'Dell (6-8)

Juan Pizarro (6-4)

St. Louis Cardinals

Pittsburgh Pirates

Boxscore - PBP

34,212

2:57

Ernie Broglio

Bob Friend

Ernie Broglio (14-5)

Bob Friend (12-9)

Solly Hemus

Danny Murtaugh

Forbes Field

6 Games on this date

Standings as of 1960-08-11.

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1960 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Yankees	104	61	43	.587	--	538	444	94	28-28	33-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	50	36	14	.720
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	109	63	46	.578	0.5	473	452	21	34-18	29-28	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	45	26	19	.578
3	3	5	Chicago White Sox	108	61	47	.565	2.0	525	441	84	27-28	34-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	46	26	20	.565
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	103	52	51	.505	8.5	456	462	-6	25-24	27-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	51	24	27	.471
5	5	10	Washington Senators I	107	52	55	.486	10.5	465	495	-30	31-26	21-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	47	21	26	.447
6	6	11	Detroit Tigers	104	46	58	.442	15.0	417	427	-10	19-32	27-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	50	25	25	.500
7	7	13	Boston Red Sox	105	46	59	.438	15.5	467	547	-80	20-33	26-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	49	19	30	.388
8	8	14	Kansas City Athletics	106	42	64	.396	20.0	451	524	-73	17-33	24-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	48	16	32	.333
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1960 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	106	65	41	.613	--	510	419	91	31-24	33-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	48	30	18	.625
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	108	62	46	.574	4.0	489	443	46	25-29	37-17	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	46	24	22	.522
3	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	104	58	46	.558	6.0	475	394	81	28-21	30-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	50	24	26	.480
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	103	57	46	.553	6.5	482	464	18	24-26	33-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	51	31	20	.608
5	5	9	San Francisco Giants	106	52	54	.491	13.0	453	441	12	18-29	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	48	27	21	.563
6	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	107	47	60	.439	18.5	450	487	-37	25-35	22-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	47	20	27	.426
7	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	107	42	65	.393	23.5	400	508	-108	19-33	23-32	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	47	17	30	.362
8	8	16	Chicago Cubs	105	40	65	.381	24.5	440	543	-103	19-37	20-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	49	20	29	.408

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