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Friday June 2,1961This date in baseball
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Jeff Schulz 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 1961-06-02

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	2	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Don Schwall	Billy Hoeft	(none)
New York Yankees	6	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Whitey Ford	Cal McLish	(none)
Minnesota Twins	0	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Jim Bunning	Jack Kralick	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	4	Washington Senators II	12	Box	Dick Donovan	Bud Daley	(none)
Chicago Cubs	7	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Jack Curtis	Bob Purkey	Don Elston
San Francisco Giants	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Ron Perranoski	Eddie Fisher	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Ray Sadecki	Carl Willey	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	John Buzhardt	Bob Friend	(none)

Standings as of 1961-06-02

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	47	31	16	.660	--	272	192	80	18-8	12-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	115	70	45	.609
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	44	27	17	.614	2.5	213	167	46	15-8	12-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	117	51	66	.436
3	3	6	New York Yankees	43	24	19	.558	5.0	209	185	24	11-12	13-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	119	85	34	.714
4	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	47	26	21	.553	5.0	196	201	-5	14-10	11-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	115	69	46	.600
5	5	9	Washington Senators II	47	24	23	.511	7.0	177	168	9	12-12	12-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	114	37	77	.325
6	6	12	Kansas City Athletics	41	19	22	.463	9.0	187	224	-37	8-12	11-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	120	42	78	.350
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	44	19	25	.432	10.5	197	229	-32	8-11	11-14	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	116	51	65	.440
8	8	14	Boston Red Sox	42	18	24	.429	10.5	153	184	-31	8-15	11-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	120	58	62	.483
9	9	16	Chicago White Sox	44	16	28	.364	13.5	181	203	-22	7-15	9-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	118	70	48	.593
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	3	Cincinnati Reds	43	26	17	.605	--	176	154	22	13-10	13-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	111	67	44	.604
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	47	28	19	.596	--	220	208	12	14-8	14-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	107	61	46	.570
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	44	26	18	.591	0.5	207	177	30	14-5	12-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	110	59	51	.536
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	41	22	19	.537	3.0	177	183	-6	10-10	12-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	113	53	60	.469
5	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	42	20	22	.476	5.5	176	148	28	9-14	11-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	112	60	52	.536
6	6	11	Milwaukee Braves	41	19	22	.463	6.0	179	199	-20	10-11	9-11	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	113	64	49	.566
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	43	17	26	.395	9.0	155	193	-38	9-15	8-11	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	111	47	64	.423
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	41	13	28	.317	12.0	145	173	-28	7-12	6-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	113	34	79	.301

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jimmy Stewart	OF-2B	21.357	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Cubs.