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Monday August 14,1961This 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 1961-08-14

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	2	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Jim Kaat	Jerry Walker	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Dick Ellsworth	Frank Sullivan	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Ernie Broglio	Don Drysdale	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Milwaukee Braves	8	Box	Tony Cloninger	Harvey Haddix	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-14

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	117	77	40	.658	--	621	473	148	30-26	47-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	45	32	13	.711
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	116	74	42	.638	2.5	619	494	125	36-18	37-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	46	27	19	.587
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	119	68	51	.571	10.0	521	458	63	32-23	35-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	43	27	16	.628
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	116	60	56	.517	16.5	553	530	23	27-26	33-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	45	18	27	.400
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	116	59	57	.509	17.5	545	530	15	18-36	41-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	46	27	19	.587
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	121	56	65	.463	23.0	544	615	-71	18-39	38-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	41	20	21	.488
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	117	50	67	.427	27.0	526	591	-65	23-41	27-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	43	20	23	.465
8	8	14	Washington Senators II	114	48	66	.421	27.5	479	542	-63	22-39	26-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	47	13	34	.277
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	117	42	75	.359	35.0	484	644	-160	21-46	21-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	44	19	25	.432
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	110	69	41	.627	--	540	472	68	34-16	35-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	44	20	24	.455
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	116	70	46	.603	2.0	540	491	49	37-25	33-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	38	23	15	.605
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	111	60	51	.541	9.5	552	477	75	30-23	30-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	43	25	18	.581
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	110	58	52	.527	11.0	526	486	40	32-26	26-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	44	25	19	.568
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	113	58	55	.513	12.5	510	502	8	24-32	33-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	41	22	19	.537
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	108	54	54	.500	14.0	515	484	31	26-25	28-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	46	21	25	.457
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	112	46	66	.411	24.0	517	603	-86	18-41	27-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	42	18	24	.429
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	112	31	81	.277	39.0	406	591	-185	18-39	12-43	L17	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	42	16	26	.381

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Darrell Johnson	C	32.354	Purchased by Reds from Phillies.