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Saturday July 29,1961This 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 1961-07-29

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	5	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Jim Kaat	Jim Bunning	Bill Pleis
Washington Senators II	1	Kansas City Athletics	2	Box	Bob Shaw	John Gabler	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	New York Yankees	5	Box	Whitey Ford	Jack Fisher	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Jack Curtis	Joey Jay	Barney Schultz
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Milwaukee Braves	2	Box	Bob Buhl	Ernie Broglio	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Mike McCormick	Don Ferrarese	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Ron Perranoski	Al McBean	Turk Farrell

Standings as of 1961-07-29

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	100	65	35	.650	--	543	405	138	28-24	37-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	62	44	18	.710
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	102	65	37	.637	1.0	554	441	113	32-16	32-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	60	36	24	.600
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	103	57	46	.553	9.5	453	420	33	30-23	26-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	59	38	21	.644
4	4	6	Cleveland Indians	103	55	48	.534	11.5	498	465	33	26-22	29-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	58	23	35	.397
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	102	50	52	.490	16.0	483	479	4	15-34	35-18	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	60	36	24	.600
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	104	46	58	.442	21.0	466	542	-76	18-36	28-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	58	30	28	.517
8	8	14	Washington Senators II	100	44	56	.440	21.0	423	480	-57	20-32	24-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	61	17	44	.279
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	100	44	56	.440	21.0	456	509	-53	20-31	24-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	60	26	34	.433
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	100	37	63	.370	28.0	434	562	-128	16-35	21-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	61	24	37	.393
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	99	61	38	.616	--	481	434	47	33-16	28-22	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	55	28	27	.509
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	101	62	39	.614	--	475	431	44	34-20	28-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	53	31	22	.585
3	3	7	San Francisco Giants	100	53	47	.530	8.5	505	437	68	28-22	25-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	54	32	22	.593
4	4	8	Milwaukee Braves	96	49	47	.510	10.5	458	432	26	28-22	21-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	58	34	24	.586
5	5	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	45	47	.489	12.5	421	430	-9	20-21	25-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	62	30	32	.484
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	98	47	51	.480	13.5	453	443	10	20-29	26-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	56	33	23	.589
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	98	42	56	.429	18.5	460	526	-66	17-34	25-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	56	22	34	.393
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	96	31	65	.323	28.5	377	497	-120	18-28	12-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	58	16	42	.276

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