Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 13,1961

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1961 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	2	3	Kansas City Athletics	1	1	0	1.000	--	5	2	3	1-0	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	160	60	100	.375
3	3	4	Chicago White Sox	1	1	0	1.000	--	4	3	1	1-0	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	161	85	76	.528
1	1	2	Minnesota Twins	1	1	0	1.000	--	6	0	6	1-0	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	159	69	90	.434
4	4	1	Cleveland Indians	1	1	0	1.000	--	9	5	4	1-0	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	160	77	83	.481
6	6	12	Baltimore Orioles	1	0	1	.000	1.0	2	7	-5	0-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	161	95	66	.590
5	5	13	New York Yankees	1	0	1	.000	1.0	0	6	-6	0-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	161	109	52	.677
7	7	14	Detroit Tigers	1	0	1	.000	1.0	5	9	-4	0-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	161	101	60	.627
9	9	17	Washington Senators II	1	0	1	.000	1.0	3	4	-1	0-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty		160	61	99	.381
8	8	16	Boston Red Sox	1	0	1	.000	1.0	2	5	-3	0-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	161	76	85	.472
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1961 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	5	Cincinnati Reds	2	2	0	1.000	--	12	3	9	0-0	2-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	152	91	61	.599
3	3	7	San Francisco Giants	3	2	1	.667	0.5	15	14	1	0-0	2-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	151	83	68	.550
2	2	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	2	1	.667	0.5	16	12	4	0-0	2-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	151	87	64	.576
4	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	2	1	1	.500	1.0	6	6	0	1-1	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	152	79	73	.520
5	5	8	Milwaukee Braves	2	1	1	.500	1.0	6	6	0	0-0	1-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	152	82	70	.539
7	7	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	1	2	.333	1.5	14	15	-1	1-2	0-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	151	74	77	.490
6	6	10	Philadelphia Phillies	3	1	2	.333	1.5	12	16	-4	1-2	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	151	46	105	.305
8	8	15	Chicago Cubs	2	0	2	.000	2.0	3	12	-9	0-2	0-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	152	64	88	.421

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Lou Johnson	OF	26.203	Traded by Angels to Toronto (International) for Leon Wagner.
Luis Peraza	P	18.300	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.
Leon Wagner	OF	26.335	Traded by Toronto (International) to Angels for Lou Johnson.

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