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Saturday July 8,1961This 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 1961-07-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	2	Baltimore Orioles	7	Box	Milt Pappas	Lew Krausse	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Mudcat Grant	Juan Pizarro	Frank Funk
Boston Red Sox	5	New York Yankees	8	Box	Whitey Ford	Ike Delock	Luis Arroyo
Minnesota Twins	2	Washington Senators II	3	Box	Marty Kutyna	Jim Kaat	John Gabler
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Jack Curtis	Jim Owens	Barney Schultz
Cincinnati Reds	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	10	Box	Johnny Podres	Jim Maloney	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Milwaukee Braves	3	Box	Joe Gibbon	Bob Buhl	Bobby Shantz
St. Louis Cardinals	9	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Larry Jackson	Eddie Fisher	(none)

Standings as of 1961-07-08

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	84	54	30	.643	--	447	363	84	28-14	25-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	78	47	31	.603
2	2	2	New York Yankees	81	52	29	.642	0.5	443	320	123	21-20	31-9	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	81	57	24	.704
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	85	48	37	.565	6.5	369	341	28	26-16	21-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	77	47	30	.610
4	4	6	Cleveland Indians	84	47	37	.560	7.0	393	348	45	23-17	24-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	77	31	46	.403
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	84	40	44	.476	14.0	398	389	9	13-29	27-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	78	46	32	.590
6	6	11	Boston Red Sox	84	39	45	.464	15.0	369	429	-60	15-26	24-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	78	37	41	.474
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	83	38	45	.458	15.5	338	375	-37	18-26	20-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	78	23	55	.295
8	8	15	Minnesota Twins	83	33	50	.398	20.5	370	453	-83	13-27	20-23	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	77	37	40	.481
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	83	31	52	.373	22.5	361	450	-89	14-28	17-24	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	78	30	48	.385
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	3	Cincinnati Reds	83	53	30	.639	--	386	336	50	29-18	24-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	71	40	31	.563
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	83	49	34	.590	4.0	385	353	32	24-15	25-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	71	40	31	.563
3	3	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	76	41	35	.539	8.5	349	336	13	18-17	23-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	78	34	44	.436
4	4	8	San Francisco Giants	82	43	39	.524	9.5	405	351	54	22-17	21-22	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	72	42	30	.583
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	76	37	39	.487	12.5	357	353	4	18-19	19-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	78	46	32	.590
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	78	36	42	.462	14.5	350	356	-6	17-25	18-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	76	44	32	.579
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	79	34	45	.430	17.0	364	422	-58	14-25	20-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	75	30	45	.400
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	77	24	53	.312	26.0	291	380	-89	15-24	8-30	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	77	23	54	.299

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Darrell Johnson	C	32.317	Released by Cardinals.
Leroy Reams	H	17.332	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.