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Thursday, August 10,1961

Thursday, August 10,1961

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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 1961-08-10 Kansas City Athletics  0 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Milt Pappas Bill Kunkel -- 6,027 2:14
1961 reg season 1961-08-10 Minnesota Twins  2 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Tracy Stallard Al Schroll Arnold Earley 8,044 2:53
1961 reg season 1961-08-10 Detroit Tigers  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Don Mossi Juan Pizarro -- 10,149 2:43
1961 reg season 1961-08-10 Los Angeles Angels  1 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Whitey Ford Jim Donohue Luis Arroyo 15,575 2:10
1961 reg season 1961-08-10 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field Ray Sadecki Earl Francis -- 13,812 2:07
5 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 113 75 38 .664 0.0 597 447 150 W8 28-24 47-14 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 113 73 40 .646 2.0 596 476 120 W3 35-16 37-25 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 11.5 501 447 54 W1 32-23 32-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 113 59 54 .522 16.0 543 517 26 W3 27-26 32-28 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 56 57 .496 19.0 533 526 7 L3 18-36 38-21 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 118 56 62 .475 21.5 533 595 -62 W2 18-36 38-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 109 46 63 .422 27.0 452 513 -61 L6 22-39 24-24 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 113 47 66 .416 28.0 501 562 -61 L2 23-41 24-25 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 113 42 71 .372 33.0 474 625 -151 L1 21-42 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 18.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 107 67 40 .626 0.0 527 466 61 W4 34-16 33-24 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 113 69 44 .611 1.0 526 480 46 W1 36-23 33-21 2 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 108 58 50 .537 9.5 541 463 78 W3 30-23 28-27 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 110 57 53 .518 11.5 504 489 15 W8 23-30 33-24 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 106 54 52 .509 12.5 500 473 27 L3 32-26 22-26 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 104 51 53 .490 14.5 489 472 17 L2 26-24 25-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 108 45 63 .417 22.5 498 583 -85 L4 18-38 26-26 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 108 31 77 .287 36.5 400 559 -159 L13 18-35 12-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Cleo James Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Riverside CC)
Ron Kline Detroit Tigers Hist Claimed on waivers from Angels by Tigers
2 record(s)