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Saturday August 5,1961This 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 1961-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	4	Boston Red Sox	10	Box	Gene Conley	Jerry Walker	(none)
Washington Senators II	3	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Juan Pizarro	Johnny Klippstein	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Phil Regan	Gary Bell	Jim Bunning
Minnesota Twins	1	New York Yankees	2	Box	Jim Coates	Jack Kralick	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	11	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Al McBean	Ken Hunt	(none)
Chicago Cubs	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Larry Sherry	Don Cardwell	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	9	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Bob Buhl	Sam Jones	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	0	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Curt Simmons	Paul Brown	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-05

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	107	69	38	.645	--	573	433	140	28-24	41-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	55	40	15	.727
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	108	69	39	.639	0.5	575	462	113	32-16	36-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	54	32	22	.593
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	111	62	49	.559	9.0	475	435	40	32-23	29-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	51	33	18	.647
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	109	56	53	.514	14.0	524	504	20	26-25	30-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	52	22	30	.423
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	108	54	54	.500	15.5	521	506	15	18-36	36-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	54	32	22	.593
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	111	51	60	.459	20.0	506	572	-66	18-36	33-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	51	25	26	.490
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	105	46	59	.438	22.0	440	496	-56	22-35	24-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	56	15	41	.268
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	106	46	60	.434	22.5	473	529	-56	22-35	24-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	54	24	30	.444
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	106	39	67	.368	29.5	459	595	-136	18-38	21-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	55	22	33	.400
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	108	67	41	.620	--	508	458	50	35-21	32-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	46	26	20	.565
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	104	64	40	.615	1.0	501	456	45	34-16	30-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	50	25	25	.500
3	3	6	Milwaukee Braves	103	54	49	.524	10.5	491	454	37	32-23	22-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	51	29	22	.569
4	4	7	San Francisco Giants	105	55	50	.524	10.5	523	454	69	30-23	25-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	49	30	19	.612
5	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	104	51	53	.490	14.0	480	478	2	21-30	29-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	50	29	21	.580
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	97	47	50	.485	14.5	460	453	7	22-23	25-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	57	28	29	.491
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	105	45	60	.429	20.5	488	558	-70	18-35	26-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	49	19	30	.388
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	102	31	71	.304	33.0	392	532	-140	18-33	12-39	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	52	16	36	.308

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