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Wednesday June 21,1961This 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 1961-06-21

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	3	Chicago White Sox	15	Box	Don Larsen	Gary Bell	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	Chicago White Sox	11	Box	Juan Pizarro	Wynn Hawkins	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Kansas City Athletics	3	Box	Bud Daley	Bob Shaw	Luis Arroyo
Baltimore Orioles	11	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Hoyt Wilhelm	Bert Cueto	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Stan Williams	Dick Ellsworth	Larry Sherry
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Johnny Podres	Don Cardwell	Larry Sherry
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Ken Hunt	Ernie Broglio	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Lew Burdette	Jack Sanford	(none)

Standings as of 1961-06-21

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	65	42	23	.646	--	346	273	73	19-10	22-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	97	59	38	.608
2	2	3	New York Yankees	65	40	25	.615	2.0	334	259	75	17-17	23-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	97	69	28	.711
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	67	40	27	.597	3.0	322	268	54	20-13	20-14	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	94	38	56	.404
4	4	8	Boston Red Sox	65	33	32	.508	9.0	291	312	-21	10-18	23-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	97	43	54	.443
5	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	67	34	33	.507	9.0	271	284	-13	18-14	15-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	95	61	34	.642
6	6	10	Chicago White Sox	66	32	34	.485	10.5	312	289	23	9-19	23-15	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	96	54	42	.563
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	65	30	35	.462	12.0	270	294	-24	15-18	15-17	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	96	31	65	.323
8	8	14	Kansas City Athletics	63	27	36	.429	14.0	286	329	-43	14-22	13-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	98	34	64	.347
9	9	15	Minnesota Twins	65	25	40	.385	17.0	278	355	-77	11-24	14-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	95	45	50	.474
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	64	40	24	.625	--	294	232	62	21-13	19-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	90	53	37	.589
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	66	40	26	.606	1.0	296	271	25	17-10	23-16	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	88	49	39	.557
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	62	36	26	.581	3.0	303	257	46	15-8	21-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	92	49	43	.533
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	58	31	27	.534	6.0	248	259	-11	14-14	17-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	96	44	52	.458
5	5	11	Milwaukee Braves	58	28	30	.483	9.0	266	278	-12	15-19	13-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	96	55	41	.573
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	61	29	32	.475	9.5	259	247	12	13-21	15-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	93	51	42	.548
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	62	22	40	.355	17.0	241	308	-67	12-24	10-16	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	92	42	50	.457
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	57	18	39	.316	18.5	199	254	-55	11-17	7-22	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	97	29	68	.299

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ron Stillwell	SS-2B	21.201	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Senators.