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Thursday June 22,1961This 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 1961-06-22

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	8	Kansas City Athletics	3	Box	Whitey Ford	Norm Bass	Luis Arroyo
Baltimore Orioles	8	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Milt Pappas	Jim Kaat	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Washington Senators II	4	Box	Terry Fox	Bennie Daniels	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Barney Schultz	Turk Farrell	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Bob Purkey	Larry Jackson	Jim Brosnan
San Francisco Giants	6	Milwaukee Braves	8	Box	Bob Buhl	Juan Marichal	Don McMahon
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Bob Friend	John Buzhardt	(none)

Standings as of 1961-06-22

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	66	43	23	.652	--	352	277	75	20-10	22-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	96	58	38	.604
2	2	3	New York Yankees	66	41	25	.621	2.0	342	262	80	18-17	23-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	96	68	28	.708
3	3	4	Cleveland Indians	67	40	27	.597	3.5	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	66	34	32	.515	9.0	294	314	-20	11-18	23-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	96	42	54	.438
5	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	68	35	33	.515	9.0	279	286	-7	19-14	15-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	94	60	34	.638
6	6	11	Chicago White Sox	66	32	34	.485	11.0	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	66	30	36	.455	13.0	274	300	-26	15-18	15-18	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	95	31	64	.326
8	8	14	Kansas City Athletics	64	27	37	.422	15.0	289	337	-48	14-22	13-15	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	97	34	63	.351
9	9	15	Minnesota Twins	66	25	41	.379	18.0	280	363	-83	11-24	14-17	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	94	45	49	.479
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	65	41	24	.631	--	301	237	64	21-13	20-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	89	52	37	.584
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	67	40	27	.597	2.0	301	278	23	17-11	23-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	87	49	38	.563
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	63	36	27	.571	4.0	309	265	44	15-9	21-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	91	49	42	.538
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	59	32	27	.542	6.0	253	260	-7	15-14	17-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	95	43	52	.453
5	5	10	Milwaukee Braves	59	29	30	.492	9.0	274	284	-10	15-19	14-11	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	95	54	41	.568
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	62	29	33	.468	10.5	264	254	10	13-22	15-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	92	51	41	.554
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	63	23	40	.365	17.0	248	313	-65	12-24	11-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	91	41	50	.451
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	58	18	40	.310	19.5	200	259	-59	11-17	7-23	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	96	29	67	.302

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ken Hamlin	SS-2B	26.035	Traded by Angels with Russ Heman to Toronto (International) for Billy Moran.
Russ Heman	P	28.132	Traded by Angels with Ken Hamlin to Toronto (International) for Billy Moran.
Billy Moran	2B	27.207	Traded by Toronto (International) to Angels for Russ Heman and Ken Hamlin.