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Tuesday July 4,1961This 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.

1961 Calendar -- Boxscores Main -- Review Data Topics -- Inclusion Rules -- About Boxscore Data
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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1961-07-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	1	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Steve Barber	Wynn Hawkins	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Chuck Stobbs	Frank Baumann	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Jack Kralick	Cal McLish	(none)
Detroit Tigers	2	New York Yankees	6	Box	Whitey Ford	Don Mossi	(none)
Detroit Tigers	4	New York Yankees	3	Box	Frank Lary	Bill Stafford	Terry Fox
Boston Red Sox	3	Washington Senators II	7	Box	Tom Cheney	Don Schwall	John Gabler
San Francisco Giants	19	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Billy O'Dell	Don Cardwell	(none)
San Francisco Giants	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Jack Curtis	Dick LeMay	Bob Anderson
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Joey Jay	Earl Francis	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Stan Williams	Bob Hendley	Turk Farrell
Philadelphia Phillies	7	St. Louis Cardinals	10	Box	Curt Simmons	Don Ferrarese	Mickey McDermott
Philadelphia Phillies	10	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Jack Baldschun	Craig Anderson	Frank Sullivan

Standings as of 1961-07-04

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	79	51	28	.646	--	430	347	83	26-13	24-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	83	50	33	.602
2	2	3	New York Yankees	77	48	29	.623	2.0	411	312	99	21-20	27-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	85	61	24	.718
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	80	45	35	.563	6.5	381	336	45	23-15	22-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	81	33	48	.407
4	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	80	44	36	.550	7.5	349	336	13	25-15	18-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	82	51	31	.622
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	80	39	41	.488	12.5	389	366	23	12-26	27-15	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	82	47	35	.573
6	6	10	Boston Red Sox	79	38	41	.481	13.0	351	395	-44	15-24	23-17	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	83	38	45	.458
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	79	35	44	.443	16.0	331	371	-40	18-26	17-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	82	26	56	.317
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	79	33	46	.418	18.0	355	429	-74	13-25	20-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	81	37	44	.457
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	78	30	48	.385	20.5	346	425	-79	14-25	16-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	83	31	52	.373
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	78	49	29	.628	--	364	314	50	25-17	24-12	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	76	44	32	.579
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	78	47	31	.603	2.0	356	327	29	24-15	23-16	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	76	42	34	.553
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	78	43	35	.551	6.0	392	333	59	22-17	21-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	76	42	34	.553
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	72	38	34	.528	8.0	323	320	3	15-16	23-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	82	37	45	.451
5	5	11	Milwaukee Braves	71	34	37	.479	11.5	333	333	0	18-19	16-18	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	83	49	34	.590
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	74	33	41	.446	14.0	328	336	-8	14-24	18-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	80	47	33	.588
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	75	31	44	.413	16.5	341	399	-58	14-25	17-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	79	33	46	.418
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	72	24	48	.333	22.0	274	349	-75	15-19	8-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	82	23	59	.280

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Johnny Antonelli	P	31.083	Purchased by Braves from Indians.