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Thursday, June 29,1961

Thursday, June 29,1961

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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 1961-06-29 Washington Senators II  3 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium John Gabler Wynn Hawkins Dave Sisler 5,513 2:29
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 Chicago White Sox  2 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Lary Cal McLish -- 14,379 2:11
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 Baltimore Orioles  6 Kansas City Athletics  2 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Dick Hall Lew Krausse -- 10,415 2:17
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 Boston Red Sox  9 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Arnold Earley Bert Cueto -- 6,222 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 Cincinnati Reds  8 Chicago Cubs  15 box | pbp Wrigley Field Don Cardwell Jim Maloney Don Elston 7,925 3:16
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 San Francisco Giants  8 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Juan Marichal Frank Sullivan -- 0 3:20
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 San Francisco Giants  4 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Billy Loes Art Mahaffey -- 14,997 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-06-29 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Forbes Field Earl Francis Sandy Koufax Roy Face 21,520 2:29
8 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 74 48 26 .649 0.0 404 319 85 W2 23-11 24-16 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 72 44 28 .611 3.0 377 295 82 L2 21-20 23-8 2 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 75 42 33 .560 6.5 351 315 36 L2 20-13 22-20 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 75 41 34 .547 7.5 320 315 5 W5 25-15 15-20 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 74 38 36 .514 10.0 334 353 -19 W2 15-22 23-14 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 74 38 36 .514 10.0 365 327 38 L2 11-21 27-15 6 6 9 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 74 33 41 .446 15.0 307 340 -33 W2 18-23 15-18 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 72 29 43 .403 18.0 320 377 -57 L4 14-22 15-21 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 73 28 45 .384 19.5 314 404 -90 L2 11-24 17-21 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 11.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 72 44 28 .611 0.0 341 298 43 L3 22-16 22-12 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 73 42 31 .575 2.5 330 311 19 L2 19-15 23-16 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 72 41 31 .569 3.0 358 304 54 W2 20-13 21-18 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 66 35 31 .530 6.0 297 301 -4 W2 15-14 20-17 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 65 33 32 .508 7.5 313 307 6 W3 18-19 15-13 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 69 31 38 .449 11.5 291 292 -1 L3 13-22 17-17 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 70 28 42 .400 15.0 308 357 -49 W3 14-25 14-17 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 67 23 44 .343 18.5 248 316 -68 L4 14-18 8-27 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Tom Sturdivant Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Traded from Washington Senators II to Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom Cheney
Tom Cheney Washington Senators II Hist Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Senators II for Tom Sturdivant
2 record(s)