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Saturday May 27,1961This 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 1961-05-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	4	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Dick Hyde	Bill Monbouquette	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	7	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Jerry Walker	Frank Funk	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	Washington Senators II	14	Box	John Gabler	Ed Palmquist	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Billy Loes	Dick Drott	Stu Miller
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Joey Jay	John Buzhardt	Jim Brosnan
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Milwaukee Braves	10	Box	Claude Raymond	Turk Farrell	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Ernie Broglio	Vern Law	Lindy McDaniel

Standings as of 1961-05-27

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	41	27	14	.659	--	245	166	79	17-8	10-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	121	74	47	.612
2	2	3	Cleveland Indians	39	23	16	.590	3.0	183	146	37	15-8	8-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	122	55	67	.451
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	42	24	18	.571	3.5	182	182	0	12-8	11-11	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	120	71	49	.592
4	4	8	New York Yankees	36	20	16	.556	4.5	164	148	16	8-10	12-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	126	89	37	.706
5	5	10	Washington Senators II	42	20	22	.476	7.5	148	152	-4	12-12	8-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	119	41	78	.345
6	6	11	Minnesota Twins	40	19	21	.475	7.5	185	210	-25	8-7	11-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	120	51	69	.425
7	7	13	Kansas City Athletics	34	16	18	.471	7.5	152	183	-31	5-8	11-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	127	45	82	.354
8	8	14	Boston Red Sox	36	14	22	.389	10.5	126	157	-31	7-15	8-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	126	62	64	.492
9	9	15	Chicago White Sox	38	14	24	.368	11.5	152	171	-19	6-14	8-10	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	124	72	52	.581
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	37	24	13	.649	--	179	139	40	13-4	11-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	117	61	56	.521
3	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	20	15	.571	3.0	153	151	2	10-9	10-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	119	55	64	.462
2	2	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	42	24	18	.571	2.5	196	191	5	13-8	11-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	112	65	47	.580
4	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	37	21	16	.568	3.0	140	127	13	9-10	12-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	117	72	45	.615
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	35	18	17	.514	5.0	165	163	2	9-8	9-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	119	65	54	.546
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	36	17	19	.472	6.5	152	127	25	7-11	10-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	118	63	55	.534
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	37	12	25	.324	12.0	113	171	-58	4-15	8-10	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	117	52	65	.444
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	35	11	24	.314	12.0	118	147	-29	6-11	5-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	119	36	83	.303

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