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Saturday, June 17,1961

Saturday, June 17,1961

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Games on this date
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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 1961-06-17 Washington Senators II  5 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Galen Cisco Joe McClain Chet Nichols 6,283 2:16
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 Minnesota Twins  1 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Juan Pizarro Jim Kaat Warren Hacker 9,022 2:41
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 Baltimore Orioles  4 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Milt Pappas Wynn Hawkins Hoyt Wilhelm 5,901 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 New York Yankees  10 Detroit Tigers  12 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Paul Foytack Bud Daley Terry Fox 51,509 2:58
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 Los Angeles Angels  3 Kansas City Athletics  0 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Ted Bowsfield Bob Shaw -- 8,936 2:05
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 Milwaukee Braves  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Stan Williams Bob Buhl -- 37,606 2:32
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 Cincinnati Reds  10 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Bob Purkey Robin Roberts -- 5,205 2:29
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 box | pbp Forbes Field Bobby Shantz Ernie Broglio -- 15,436 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-06-17 Chicago Cubs  3 San Francisco Giants  9 box | pbp Candlestick Park Billy O'Dell Jack Curtis -- 16,443 2:33
9 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 63 41 22 .651 0.0 341 260 81 W2 18-10 22-13 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 62 39 23 .629 1.5 308 228 80 L1 20-10 19-13 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 61 37 24 .607 3.0 311 250 61 L2 14-16 23-8 3 3 4 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 63 32 31 .508 9.0 247 267 -20 W1 16-12 15-20 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 61 30 31 .492 10.0 260 282 -22 W3 9-17 21-14 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 62 30 32 .484 10.5 249 270 -21 L2 15-16 15-16 6 6 10 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 61 27 34 .443 13.0 267 272 -5 W1 9-19 18-15 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 59 26 33 .441 13.0 274 310 -36 L1 14-22 12-11 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 61 24 37 .393 16.0 258 326 -68 L1 11-22 13-15 9 9 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 9.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 59 36 23 .610 0.0 261 219 42 W3 19-13 17-10 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 62 37 25 .597 0.5 283 258 25 W1 14-10 23-15 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 59 35 24 .593 1.0 292 248 44 W1 15-6 20-18 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 55 29 26 .527 5.0 234 247 -13 W1 13-14 16-12 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 56 27 29 .482 7.5 238 223 15 L1 11-18 15-12 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 55 25 30 .455 9.0 249 272 -23 L1 14-19 11-11 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 58 22 36 .379 13.5 236 290 -54 L1 12-23 10-13 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 54 18 36 .333 15.5 195 231 -36 L3 11-17 7-19 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • 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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jerry Stephenson Boston Red Sox Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Earl Torgeson -- Hist Released by White Sox
Earl Torgeson New York Yankees Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1961-1961 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Elmer Valo Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed contract with Phillies
4 record(s)