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Friday May 19,1961This date in baseball
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Ken Gerhart celebrated a birthday on this date.

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 1961-05-19

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators II	2	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Hoyt Wilhelm	Tom Sturdivant	(none)
New York Yankees	7	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Barry Latman	Tex Clevenger	Bob Allen
Kansas City Athletics	1	Minnesota Twins	11	Box	Jack Kralick	Ed Rakow	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Glen Hobbie	Ray Sadecki	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Jim O'Toole	Lew Burdette	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Art Mahaffey	Bob Friend	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Ron Perranoski	Billy O'Dell	(none)

Standings as of 1961-05-19

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	33	23	10	.697	--	206	129	77	13-4	10-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	129	78	51	.605
2	2	7	Minnesota Twins	31	17	14	.548	5.0	158	158	0	8-5	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	129	53	76	.411
3	3	6	Cleveland Indians	31	17	14	.548	5.0	136	116	20	10-7	7-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	130	61	69	.469
4	4	8	New York Yankees	30	16	14	.533	5.5	138	131	7	8-9	8-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	132	93	39	.705
5	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	33	17	16	.515	6.0	150	152	-2	11-6	5-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	129	78	51	.605
6	6	10	Kansas City Athletics	27	13	14	.481	7.0	127	146	-19	4-7	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	134	48	86	.358
7	7	12	Washington Senators II	33	15	18	.455	8.0	95	118	-23	9-8	6-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	128	46	82	.359
8	8	13	Chicago White Sox	31	13	18	.419	9.0	135	142	-7	5-8	8-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	131	73	58	.557
9	9	15	Boston Red Sox	29	11	18	.379	10.0	99	132	-33	7-12	5-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	133	65	68	.489
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	30	20	10	.667	--	151	111	40	9-3	11-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	124	65	59	.524
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	30	18	12	.600	2.0	114	98	16	9-10	9-2	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	124	75	49	.605
3	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	34	20	14	.588	2.0	174	156	18	9-4	11-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	120	69	51	.575
4	4	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	28	16	12	.571	3.0	120	113	7	6-6	10-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	126	59	67	.468
5	5	11	Milwaukee Braves	27	13	14	.481	5.5	124	130	-6	7-7	6-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	127	70	57	.551
6	6	14	St. Louis Cardinals	27	11	16	.407	7.5	104	106	-2	5-10	6-6	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	127	69	58	.543
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	30	11	19	.367	9.0	101	142	-41	4-15	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	124	53	71	.427
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	30	9	21	.300	11.0	91	123	-32	4-10	5-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	124	38	86	.306

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