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Friday, May 12,1961

Friday, May 12,1961

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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 1961-05-12 Kansas City Athletics  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Early Wynn Norm Bass -- 15,735 2:35
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Baltimore Orioles  4 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jack Fisher Johnny Antonelli -- 9,240 2:05
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Los Angeles Angels  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Pedro Ramos Eli Grba Ray Moore 4,739 2:59
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Detroit Tigers  4 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Frank Lary Jim Coates -- 23,556 3:09
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Boston Red Sox  2 Washington Senators II  1 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Bill Monbouquette Pete Burnside -- 6,594 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Chicago Cubs  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sandy Koufax Don Cardwell Turk Farrell 17,122 2:41
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Ernie Broglio John Buzhardt -- 5,463 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Cincinnati Reds  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Forbes Field Bobby Shantz Marshall Bridges -- 20,662 2:43
1961 reg season 1961-05-12 Milwaukee Braves  5 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Warren Spahn Sam Jones -- 35,046 2:22
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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.
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 26 19 7 .731 0.0 159 102 57 W1 9-1 10-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 24 14 10 .583 4.0 106 93 13 L1 8-8 6-2 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 4.0 128 113 15 W2 10-4 4-8 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 5.5 118 139 -21 W1 7-4 6-8 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 6.0 98 91 7 L1 8-6 4-6 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 7.0 104 106 -2 L2 2-4 7-7 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 8.0 87 102 -15 W2 7-9 3-3 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 8.5 99 113 -14 W1 4-6 5-8 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 9.5 73 104 -31 L1 7-7 3-10 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 6.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 108 86 22 L1 9-3 6-6 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 0.0 141 123 18 W5 8-4 9-7 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.5 99 96 3 W1 6-5 7-5 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 1.5 96 79 17 L1 6-9 8-2 4 4 7 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 2.5 97 101 -4 W3 5-3 6-7 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 3.0 95 90 5 W1 5-5 6-6 6 6 10 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 6.0 82 107 -25 L7 3-11 6-4 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 25 6 19 .240 9.5 75 111 -36 L10 4-10 2-9 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)