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Friday, May 26,1961

Friday, May 26,1961

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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 1961-05-26 Detroit Tigers  4 Los Angeles Angels  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ryne Duren Frank Lary -- 12,557 2:58
1961 reg season 1961-05-26 Minnesota Twins  3 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Joe McClain Jim Kaat -- 14,033 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-05-26 San Francisco Giants  3 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Sam Jones Don Elston Eddie Fisher 1,286 3:40
1961 reg season 1961-05-26 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Milwaukee Braves  10 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn Stan Williams -- 10,613 2:44
1961 reg season 1961-05-26 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 St. Louis Cardinals  12 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Curt Simmons Bob Friend -- 8,868 2:36
5 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 40 27 13 .675 0.0 244 156 88 L2 17-7 10-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 38 23 15 .605 3.0 178 139 39 W2 15-8 8-7 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 41 23 18 .561 4.5 177 178 -1 W4 12-8 10-11 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 5.0 164 148 16 W3 8-10 12-6 4 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 7.5 181 196 -15 L1 8-6 11-14 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 41 19 22 .463 8.5 134 148 -14 W1 12-12 7-10 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 8.5 145 178 -33 W2 4-8 11-10 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 35 14 21 .400 10.5 122 152 -30 L2 7-14 8-6 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 38 14 24 .368 12.0 152 171 -19 L6 6-14 8-10 9 9 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 7.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 36 23 13 .639 0.0 171 137 34 W2 12-4 11-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 2.0 148 144 4 L1 10-8 10-6 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 41 24 17 .585 1.5 188 181 7 L1 13-7 11-10 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 3.0 135 123 12 L1 9-10 11-6 4 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 5.0 155 155 0 W1 9-8 8-9 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 6.5 145 122 23 W1 7-11 9-8 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 36 12 24 .333 11.0 111 163 -52 L5 4-15 8-9 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 11 23 .324 11.0 114 142 -28 W2 6-10 5-13 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Art Fowler Los Angeles Angels Hist Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Los Angeles Angels
1 record(s)