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Monday, May 1,1961

Monday, May 1,1961

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1961 reg season 1961-05-01 Chicago White Sox  5 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Ray Moore Turk Lown -- 5,777 2:58
1961 reg season 1961-05-01 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim O'Toole Robin Roberts -- 2,089 2:16
2 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 14 10 4 .714 0.0 85 53 32 L1 2-0 8-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 1.0 68 78 -10 W1 7-4 3-2 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 1.5 61 57 4 L1 3-5 6-1 3 3 4 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 2.5 66 64 2 W1 4-1 4-8 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 3.0 70 65 5 W1 7-5 1-3 5 5 8 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 3.0 65 63 2 L1 4-4 3-3 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 3.0 46 55 -9 L1 4-4 3-3 7 7 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 4.5 73 69 4 W1 2-3 3-5 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 16 5 11 .313 6.0 36 55 -19 W1 3-4 2-7 9 9 17 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 3.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 0.0 63 54 9 W2 4-1 6-5 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 0.5 64 60 4 L1 5-4 4-2 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 1.0 85 82 3 L1 2-1 8-7 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 2.0 54 61 -7 W1 3-6 5-2 4 4 11 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 2.0 49 57 -8 L2 4-3 2-3 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 3.0 75 76 -1 L2 4-4 3-5 6 6 13 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 17 7 10 .412 3.5 57 55 2 W2 3-8 4-2 7 7 14 -- Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 16 6 10 .375 4.0 62 64 -2 L1 4-7 2-3 8 8 16 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Don Williams Chicago White Sox Hist Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox
1 record(s)