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Thursday July 27,1961This date in baseball
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Nelson Santovenia celebrated a birthday on this date.

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 1961-07-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	5	Baltimore Orioles	8	Box	Chuck Estrada	Billy Muffett	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	Kansas City Athletics	2	Box	Gerry Staley	Mudcat Grant	(none)
Washington Senators II	2	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Don Lee	Joe McClain	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	New York Yankees	4	Box	Ralph Terry	Billy Pierce	Luis Arroyo
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Barney Schultz	Bob Gibson	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Bob Purkey	Carl Willey	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Roger Craig	Jack Baldschun	Larry Sherry
San Francisco Giants	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Juan Marichal	Vinegar Bend Mizell	(none)

Standings as of 1961-07-27

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	New York Yankees	98	64	34	.653	--	538	397	141	28-24	36-10	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	64	45	19	.703
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	100	65	35	.650	--	547	432	115	32-16	32-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	62	36	26	.581
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	101	56	45	.554	9.5	445	415	30	29-22	26-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	61	39	22	.639
4	4	6	Cleveland Indians	101	54	47	.535	11.5	485	454	31	25-21	29-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	60	24	36	.400
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	101	50	51	.495	15.5	480	471	9	15-33	35-18	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	61	36	25	.590
6	6	12	Washington Senators II	98	43	55	.439	21.0	412	472	-60	19-31	24-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	63	18	45	.286
7	7	13	Boston Red Sox	103	45	58	.437	21.5	458	539	-81	18-36	27-22	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	59	31	28	.525
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	98	42	56	.429	22.0	447	502	-55	18-31	24-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	62	28	34	.452
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	98	36	62	.367	28.0	426	551	-125	16-35	20-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	63	25	38	.397
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	99	61	38	.616	--	465	421	44	33-19	28-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	55	32	23	.582
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	97	59	38	.608	1.0	470	426	44	31-16	28-22	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	57	30	27	.526
3	3	7	San Francisco Giants	97	51	46	.526	9.0	490	425	65	26-21	25-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	57	34	23	.596
4	4	8	Milwaukee Braves	94	48	46	.511	10.5	454	425	29	28-22	20-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	60	35	25	.583
5	5	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	45	45	.500	11.5	413	419	-6	20-21	25-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	64	30	34	.469
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	96	46	50	.479	13.5	446	439	7	19-28	26-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	58	34	24	.586
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	96	41	55	.427	18.5	450	516	-66	17-34	24-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	58	23	35	.397
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	93	30	63	.323	28.0	365	482	-117	18-28	11-36	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	61	17	44	.279

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