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Thursday June 8,1961This date in baseball
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Kevin Gross 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 1961-06-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Jim Kaat	Jack Fisher	Chuck Stobbs
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	0	Box	Jim Perry	Don Mossi	Frank Funk
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Frank Lary	Wynn Hawkins	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	1	New York Yankees	6	Box	Bill Stafford	Norm Bass	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	9	New York Yankees	6	Box	Jim Archer	Danny McDevitt	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	8	Cincinnati Reds	10	Box	Jim Maloney	Warren Spahn	Jim Brosnan
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Bob Friend	Stan Williams	Bobby Shantz
Philadelphia Phillies	5	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	John Buzhardt	Sam Jones	(none)

Standings as of 1961-06-08

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	Cleveland Indians	52	34	18	.654	--	269	188	81	19-9	15-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	109	44	65	.404
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	54	35	19	.648	--	296	217	79	18-10	16-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	108	66	42	.611
3	3	4	New York Yankees	51	30	21	.588	3.5	260	208	52	12-13	18-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	111	79	32	.712
4	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	54	28	26	.519	7.0	210	225	-15	15-11	12-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	108	67	41	.620
5	5	10	Boston Red Sox	50	24	26	.480	9.0	193	218	-25	8-15	16-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	112	52	60	.464
6	6	11	Kansas City Athletics	49	23	26	.469	9.5	230	264	-34	12-16	11-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	112	38	74	.339
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	52	24	28	.462	10.0	190	216	-26	12-12	12-16	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	109	37	72	.339
8	8	14	Chicago White Sox	48	19	29	.396	13.0	203	219	-16	7-15	12-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	114	67	47	.588
9	9	15	Minnesota Twins	52	20	32	.385	14.0	214	275	-61	9-18	11-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	108	50	58	.463
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	50	30	20	.600	--	211	190	21	13-10	17-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	104	63	41	.606
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	53	31	22	.585	0.5	245	234	11	14-8	17-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	101	58	43	.574
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	50	28	22	.560	2.0	231	207	24	15-6	13-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	104	57	47	.548
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	47	25	22	.532	3.5	201	208	-7	12-12	13-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	107	50	57	.467
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	48	24	24	.500	5.0	207	183	24	9-16	14-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	106	56	50	.528
6	6	12	Milwaukee Braves	47	22	25	.468	6.5	212	226	-14	11-14	11-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	107	61	46	.570
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	50	19	31	.380	11.0	193	232	-39	11-20	8-11	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	104	45	59	.433
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	47	17	30	.362	11.5	175	195	-20	11-14	6-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	107	30	77	.280

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Gene Stephens	OF	28.139	Traded by Orioles to Athletics for Marv Throneberry.
Marv Throneberry	1B	27.279	Traded by Athletics to Orioles for Gene Stephens.
Arnold Umbach	P	18.184	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Braves.