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Saturday, August 5,1961

Saturday, August 5,1961

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Los Angeles Angels  4 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Ron Kline Hoyt Wilhelm Tom Morgan 10,642 2:48
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Kansas City Athletics  4 Boston Red Sox  10 box | pbp Fenway Park Gene Conley Jerry Walker -- 6,716 2:58
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Washington Senators II  3 Chicago White Sox  8 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Juan Pizarro Johnny Klippstein -- 6,394 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Cleveland Indians  6 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Phil Regan Gary Bell Jim Bunning 23,785 2:38
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Minnesota Twins  1 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jim Coates Jack Kralick -- 18,880 2:42
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Pittsburgh Pirates  11 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Crosley Field Al McBean Ken Hunt -- 12,125 2:49
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Chicago Cubs  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Larry Sherry Don Cardwell -- 43,247 4:20
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Milwaukee Braves  9 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bob Buhl Sam Jones -- 19,878 3:16
1961 reg season 1961-08-05 Philadelphia Phillies  0 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Curt Simmons Paul Brown -- 7,140 2:24
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 107 69 38 .645 0.0 573 433 140 W2 28-24 41-14 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 108 69 39 .639 0.5 575 462 113 W3 32-16 36-24 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 111 62 49 .559 9.0 475 435 40 L1 32-23 29-27 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 109 56 53 .514 14.0 524 504 20 L4 26-25 30-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 108 54 54 .500 15.5 521 506 15 W3 18-36 36-18 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 111 51 60 .459 20.0 506 572 -66 W1 18-36 33-24 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 105 46 59 .438 22.0 440 496 -56 L2 22-35 24-24 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 106 46 60 .434 22.5 473 529 -56 L4 22-35 24-25 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 106 39 67 .368 29.5 459 595 -136 L1 18-38 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 15.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 108 67 41 .620 0.0 508 458 50 L1 35-21 32-20 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 104 64 40 .615 1.0 501 456 45 W1 34-16 30-24 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 103 54 49 .524 10.5 491 454 37 W3 32-23 22-26 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 105 55 50 .524 10.5 523 454 69 L3 30-23 25-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 104 51 53 .490 14.0 480 478 2 W2 21-30 29-24 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 97 47 50 .485 14.5 460 453 7 W1 22-23 25-27 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 105 45 60 .429 20.5 488 558 -70 L1 18-35 26-26 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 102 31 71 .304 33.0 392 532 -140 L7 18-33 12-39 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)