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Tuesday May 23,1961This date in baseball
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Kevin Romine 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 1961-05-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Billy Hoeft	Billy Pierce	Hoyt Wilhelm
Washington Senators II	7	Kansas City Athletics	3	Box	Ed Hobaugh	Ray Herbert	Marty Kutyna
Detroit Tigers	5	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Hank Aguirre	Ray Moore	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Frank Sullivan	Glen Hobbie	Chris Short
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Ken Hunt	Don Drysdale	Bill Henry
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Lew Burdette	Bobby Shantz	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	St. Louis Cardinals	12	Box	Ray Sadecki	Sam Jones	(none)

Standings as of 1961-05-23

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	37	26	11	.703	--	229	140	89	16-5	10-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	125	75	50	.600
2	2	5	Cleveland Indians	36	21	15	.583	4.5	158	133	25	13-8	8-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	125	57	68	.456
3	3	7	New York Yankees	34	18	16	.529	6.5	155	142	13	8-10	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	128	91	37	.711
4	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	38	20	18	.526	6.5	164	170	-6	12-8	7-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	124	75	49	.605
5	5	9	Minnesota Twins	36	18	18	.500	7.5	167	181	-14	8-5	10-13	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	124	52	72	.419
6	6	11	Washington Senators II	38	18	20	.474	8.5	122	135	-13	12-10	6-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	123	43	80	.350
7	7	13	Boston Red Sox	33	14	19	.424	10.0	116	143	-27	7-12	8-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	129	62	67	.481
8	8	14	Kansas City Athletics	31	13	18	.419	10.0	135	170	-35	4-8	9-10	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	130	48	82	.369
9	9	15	Chicago White Sox	35	14	21	.400	11.0	144	158	-14	6-11	8-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	127	72	55	.567
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	34	21	13	.618	--	163	131	32	10-4	11-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	120	64	56	.533
2	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	38	23	15	.605	--	183	164	19	12-5	11-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	116	66	50	.569
3	3	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	32	19	13	.594	1.0	139	129	10	9-7	10-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	122	56	66	.459
4	4	6	Cincinnati Reds	35	20	15	.571	1.5	131	118	13	9-10	11-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	119	73	46	.613
5	5	10	Milwaukee Braves	32	16	16	.500	4.0	144	146	-2	9-8	7-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	122	67	55	.549
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	32	14	18	.438	6.0	126	117	9	7-11	7-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	122	66	56	.541
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	34	12	22	.353	9.0	106	153	-47	4-15	8-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	120	52	68	.433
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	33	10	23	.303	10.5	107	141	-34	5-10	5-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	121	37	84	.306

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