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Tuesday, May 30,1961

Tuesday, May 30,1961

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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 1961-05-30 New York Yankees  12 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Stafford Gene Conley Jim Coates 19,582 2:56
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Baltimore Orioles  6 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Barber Bob Shaw -- 0 2:45
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Baltimore Orioles  2 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Hal Brown Billy Pierce Hoyt Wilhelm 28,550 1:53
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Minnesota Twins  3 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Frank Funk Camilo Pascual -- 0 2:33
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Minnesota Twins  5 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mudcat Grant Pedro Ramos Barry Latman 13,861 2:18
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Kansas City Athletics  3 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bill Fischer Bill Kunkel -- 0 2:33
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Kansas City Athletics  9 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jerry Walker Paul Foytack Bill Kunkel 51,791 2:55
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Los Angeles Angels  1 Washington Senators II  5 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Ed Hobaugh Ned Garver -- 14,277 2:43
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Stan Williams Bob Gibson Larry Sherry 18,598 2:26
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Milwaukee Braves  3 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Bob Buhl Don Ferrarese -- 0 2:26
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Milwaukee Braves  4 Philadelphia Phillies  11 box | pbp Shibe Park Art Mahaffey Carl Willey -- 28,783 2:38
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Chicago Cubs  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Forbes Field Dick Ellsworth Vinegar Bend Mizell Don Elston 0 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Chicago Cubs  10 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Forbes Field Don Cardwell Bob Friend -- 30,852 2:19
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Cincinnati Reds  7 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Maloney Sam Jones Bill Henry 0 3:06
1961 reg season 1961-05-30 Cincinnati Reds  6 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim O'Toole Juan Marichal Bob Purkey 41,692 3:12
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 44 29 15 .659 0.0 262 182 80 L1 18-8 11-7 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 43 26 17 .605 2.5 207 163 44 W2 15-8 11-9 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 45 26 19 .578 3.5 190 188 2 W2 14-8 11-12 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 40 22 18 .550 5.0 191 170 21 W1 9-11 13-7 4 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 44 22 22 .500 7.0 159 157 2 W4 12-12 10-10 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 8.0 173 204 -31 W1 7-10 11-10 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 43 19 24 .442 9.5 197 227 -30 L5 8-10 11-14 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 39 16 23 .410 10.5 136 170 -34 L1 8-15 9-7 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 42 15 27 .357 13.0 170 193 -23 L3 7-15 8-12 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 -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 41 25 16 .610 0.0 162 140 22 W5 12-10 13-6 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 41 25 16 .610 0.0 196 162 34 L3 14-4 11-12 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 45 27 18 .600 0.0 207 198 9 W3 14-8 13-10 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 3.5 160 174 -14 L5 10-10 10-8 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 4.5 175 179 -4 L1 10-9 9-10 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 39 18 21 .462 6.0 164 138 26 L2 7-13 11-8 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 40 14 26 .350 10.5 133 180 -47 W2 6-15 8-11 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 38 12 26 .316 11.5 132 158 -26 W1 6-12 6-14 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Daryl Spencer Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Lillis and Carl Warwick
Bob Lillis St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers with Carl Warwick to St. Louis Cardinals for Daryl Spencer
Carl Warwick St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Lillis to St. Louis Cardinals for Daryl Spencer
3 record(s)