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Tuesday August 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 1961-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	0	Baltimore Orioles	7	Box	Steve Barber	Bob Shaw	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	6	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Norm Bass	Hoyt Wilhelm	Bill Fischer
Minnesota Twins	6	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Camilo Pascual	Bill Monbouquette	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Chicago White Sox	0	Box	Jim Bunning	Frank Baumann	(none)
Washington Senators II	5	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Wynn Hawkins	Dave Sisler	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Turk Farrell	Lew Burdette	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Harvey Haddix	Art Mahaffey	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Tom Sturdivant	Chris Short	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Jack Sanford	Don Cardwell	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Lindy McDaniel	Bob Purkey	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-08

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	New York Yankees	111	73	38	.658	--	592	446	146	28-24	45-14	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	51	36	15	.706
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	111	71	40	.640	2.0	585	472	113	33-16	37-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	51	30	21	.588
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	114	64	50	.561	10.5	492	445	47	32-23	31-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	48	31	17	.646
4	4	7	Cleveland Indians	112	58	54	.518	15.5	540	516	24	27-26	31-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	49	20	29	.408
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	111	56	55	.505	17.0	529	515	14	18-36	38-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	51	30	21	.588
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	116	54	62	.466	21.5	525	589	-64	18-36	36-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	46	22	24	.478
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	108	46	62	.426	25.5	451	510	-59	22-38	24-24	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	53	15	38	.283
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	111	47	64	.423	26.0	495	554	-59	23-39	24-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	49	23	26	.469
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	111	41	70	.369	32.0	472	616	-144	20-41	21-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	50	20	30	.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	Los Angeles Dodgers	106	66	40	.623	--	519	463	56	34-16	32-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	48	23	25	.479
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	112	68	44	.607	1.0	521	480	41	35-23	33-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	42	25	17	.595
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	107	57	50	.533	9.5	535	458	77	30-23	27-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	47	28	19	.596
4	4	8	Milwaukee Braves	105	54	51	.514	11.5	497	465	32	32-25	22-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	49	29	20	.592
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	108	55	53	.509	12.0	497	487	10	21-30	33-24	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	46	25	21	.543
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	102	51	51	.500	13.0	487	465	22	26-24	25-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	52	24	28	.462
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	107	45	62	.421	21.5	493	577	-84	18-37	26-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	47	19	28	.404
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	107	31	76	.290	35.5	400	554	-154	18-35	12-42	L12	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	47	16	31	.340

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