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Friday June 16,1961This 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 1961-06-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators II	9	Boston Red Sox	14	Box	Mike Fornieles	Tom Sturdivant	(none)
Minnesota Twins	6	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Pedro Ramos	Don Larsen	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Dick Stigman	Chuck Estrada	Barry Latman
New York Yankees	2	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Phil Regan	Bill Stafford	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Lew Burdette	Sandy Koufax	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Ken Hunt	John Buzhardt	Jim Brosnan
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Bob Gibson	Harvey Haddix	(none)
Chicago Cubs	12	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	Bob Anderson	Billy Loes	Barney Schultz

Standings as of 1961-06-16

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	62	40	22	.645	--	329	250	79	18-10	21-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	100	61	39	.610
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	61	39	22	.639	0.5	307	224	83	20-10	19-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	100	39	61	.390
3	3	3	New York Yankees	60	37	23	.617	2.0	301	238	63	14-15	23-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	102	72	30	.706
4	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	62	31	31	.500	9.0	243	266	-23	15-12	15-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	100	64	36	.640
5	5	9	Washington Senators II	61	30	31	.492	9.5	244	264	-20	15-15	15-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	100	31	69	.310
6	6	11	Boston Red Sox	60	29	31	.483	10.0	254	277	-23	9-17	20-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	102	47	55	.461
7	7	13	Kansas City Athletics	58	26	32	.448	12.0	274	307	-33	14-22	12-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	103	35	68	.340
8	8	14	Chicago White Sox	60	26	34	.433	13.0	262	271	-9	9-19	17-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	102	60	42	.588
9	9	15	Minnesota Twins	60	24	36	.400	15.0	257	321	-64	11-21	13-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	100	46	54	.460
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	4	Cincinnati Reds	58	35	23	.603	--	251	214	37	18-13	17-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	96	58	38	.604
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	61	36	25	.590	0.5	280	258	22	14-10	22-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93	53	40	.570
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	58	34	24	.586	1.0	283	245	38	15-6	19-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	96	51	45	.531
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	54	28	26	.519	5.0	225	244	-19	13-14	15-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	100	47	53	.470
5	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	55	27	28	.491	6.5	235	214	21	11-17	15-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	99	53	46	.535
6	6	12	Milwaukee Braves	54	25	29	.463	8.0	249	269	-20	14-18	11-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	100	58	42	.580
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	57	22	35	.386	12.5	233	281	-48	12-22	10-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	97	42	55	.433
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	53	18	35	.340	14.5	190	221	-31	11-17	7-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	101	29	72	.287

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bill Connors	P	19.226	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Cubs.
Dave Giusti	P	21.202	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Astros.
Roy Gleason	H	18.068	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers.