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Friday May 12,1961This date in baseball
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Events that happened in baseball on this date. The page was designed to be like a newspaper sports page with baseball-only. All of the basbeall events for this date have been consolidated into this page. Though historically relevant, it is also a great place to review the prior day's events.

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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1961-05-12

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	1	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Early Wynn	Norm Bass	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Jack Fisher	Johnny Antonelli	(none)
Detroit Tigers	4	New York Yankees	3	Box	Frank Lary	Jim Coates	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Washington Senators II	1	Box	Bill Monbouquette	Pete Burnside	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Sandy Koufax	Don Cardwell	Turk Farrell
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Ernie Broglio	John Buzhardt	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Bobby Shantz	Marshall Bridges	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	5	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Warren Spahn	Sam Jones	(none)

Standings as of 1961-05-12

Record in remaining games at far right

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
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	26	19	7	.731	--	159	102	57	9-1	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	136	82	54	.603
2	2	4	New York Yankees	24	14	10	.583	4.0	106	93	13	8-8	6-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	138	95	43	.688
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	26	15	11	.577	4.0	128	113	15	10-4	4-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	136	80	56	.588
4	4	9	Minnesota Twins	25	13	12	.520	5.5	118	139	-21	7-4	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	135	57	78	.422
5	5	11	Cleveland Indians	24	12	12	.500	6.0	98	91	7	8-6	4-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	137	66	71	.482
6	6	12	Kansas City Athletics	20	9	11	.450	7.0	104	106	-2	2-4	7-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	141	52	89	.369
7	7	13	Boston Red Sox	22	9	13	.409	8.0	87	102	-15	7-9	3-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	140	67	73	.479
8	8	14	Chicago White Sox	23	9	14	.391	8.5	99	113	-14	4-6	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	139	77	62	.554
9	9	16	Washington Senators II	27	10	17	.370	9.5	73	104	-31	7-7	3-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	134	51	83	.381
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	2	San Francisco Giants	24	15	9	.625	--	108	86	22	9-3	6-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	130	70	60	.538
2	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	28	17	11	.607	--	141	123	18	8-4	9-7	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	126	72	54	.571
3	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	23	13	10	.565	1.5	99	96	3	6-5	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	131	62	69	.473
4	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	25	14	11	.560	1.5	96	79	17	6-9	8-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	129	79	50	.612
5	5	8	Milwaukee Braves	21	11	10	.524	2.5	97	101	-4	5-3	6-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	133	72	61	.541
6	6	10	St. Louis Cardinals	22	11	11	.500	3.0	95	90	5	5-5	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	132	69	63	.523
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	24	9	15	.375	6.0	82	107	-25	3-11	6-4	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	130	55	75	.423
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	25	6	19	.240	9.5	75	111	-36	4-10	2-9	L10	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	129	41	88	.318

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Frank Leja	1B	25.095	Purchased by Twins from Yankees.