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Wednesday May 24,1961This 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 1961-05-24

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Hal Brown	Bob Shaw	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Wes Stock	Frank Baumann	(none)
Washington Senators II	5	Kansas City Athletics	6	Box	Bill Kunkel	John Gabler	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Don Mossi	Camilo Pascual	Bill Fischer
Boston Red Sox	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Ralph Terry	Chet Nichols	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Vinegar Bend Mizell	Dick Ellsworth	Clem Labine
San Francisco Giants	5	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Mike McCormick	Jim O'Toole	Bobby Bolin
Philadelphia Phillies	7	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Art Mahaffey	Don Nottebart	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Larry Jackson	Roger Craig	Lindy McDaniel

Standings as of 1961-05-24

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	38	27	11	.711	--	234	144	90	17-5	10-6	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	124	74	50	.597
2	2	4	Cleveland Indians	37	22	15	.595	4.5	165	134	31	14-8	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	124	56	68	.452
3	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	40	22	18	.550	6.0	171	174	-3	12-8	9-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	122	73	49	.598
4	4	8	New York Yankees	35	19	16	.543	6.5	158	144	14	8-10	11-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	127	90	37	.709
5	5	9	Minnesota Twins	37	18	19	.486	8.5	171	186	-15	8-5	10-14	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	123	52	71	.423
6	6	11	Washington Senators II	39	18	21	.462	9.5	127	141	-14	12-11	6-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	122	43	79	.352
7	7	13	Kansas City Athletics	32	14	18	.438	10.0	141	175	-34	4-8	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	129	47	82	.364
8	8	14	Boston Red Sox	34	14	20	.412	11.0	118	146	-28	7-13	8-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	128	62	66	.484
9	9	15	Chicago White Sox	37	14	23	.378	12.5	148	165	-17	6-13	8-10	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	125	72	53	.576
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	35	22	13	.629	--	168	135	33	11-4	11-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	119	63	56	.529
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	20	13	.606	1.0	146	132	14	10-7	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	121	55	66	.455
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	39	23	16	.590	1.0	185	171	14	12-6	11-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	115	66	49	.574
4	4	6	Cincinnati Reds	36	20	16	.556	2.5	135	123	12	9-10	11-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	118	73	45	.619
5	5	10	Milwaukee Braves	33	16	17	.485	5.0	145	153	-8	9-8	7-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	121	67	54	.554
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	33	15	18	.455	6.0	133	119	14	7-11	8-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	121	65	56	.537
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	35	12	23	.343	10.0	109	160	-51	4-15	8-8	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	119	52	67	.437
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	34	11	23	.324	10.5	114	142	-28	6-10	5-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	120	36	84	.300

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Walt Dropo	1B	38.114	Released by Orioles.