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Tuesday, August 15,1961

Tuesday, August 15,1961

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Games on this date
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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 1961-08-15 Boston Red Sox  8 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Gene Conley Gary Bell -- 5,519 2:29
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Baltimore Orioles  0 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Lary Chuck Estrada -- 0 2:15
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Baltimore Orioles  2 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Gerry Staley Hal Brown -- 49,558 2:25
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Kansas City Athletics  4 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jack Kralick Jim Archer -- 17,614 2:19
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Chicago White Sox  2 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Juan Pizarro Whitey Ford -- 49,059 2:25
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Los Angeles Angels  8 Washington Senators II  7 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Tom Morgan Ed Hobaugh Art Fowler 4,980 2:54
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jack Curtis Art Mahaffey Bob Anderson 5,878 2:54
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Cincinnati Reds  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Joey Jay Sandy Koufax -- 47,515 2:56
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Milwaukee Braves  4 box | pbp County Stadium Carl Willey Joe Gibbon -- 16,843 2:08
1961 reg season 1961-08-15 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Curt Simmons -- 13,062 2:44
10 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 118 77 41 .653 0.0 622 475 147 L1 30-26 47-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 118 76 42 .644 1.0 624 496 128 W2 36-18 39-25 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 121 68 53 .562 10.5 523 463 60 L2 32-25 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 16.5 547 531 16 W4 19-36 41-21 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 16.5 553 538 15 L3 27-26 33-31 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 122 57 65 .467 22.0 552 615 -63 W1 19-39 38-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 118 51 67 .432 26.0 535 595 -60 W3 23-41 28-26 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 115 48 67 .417 27.5 486 550 -64 L3 22-39 26-28 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 118 42 76 .356 35.0 488 653 -165 L6 21-47 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 18.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 111 69 42 .622 0.0 542 477 65 L2 34-16 35-26 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 117 71 46 .607 1.0 545 493 52 W2 38-25 33-21 2 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 112 61 51 .545 8.5 555 479 76 W1 30-23 31-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 111 59 52 .532 10.0 530 487 43 W5 32-26 27-26 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 114 58 56 .509 12.5 512 505 7 L1 24-33 33-24 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 109 54 55 .495 14.0 516 488 28 L2 26-26 28-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 113 47 66 .416 23.0 523 608 -85 W2 18-41 28-26 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 113 31 82 .274 39.0 411 597 -186 L18 18-40 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
Mickey McDermott -- Hist Released by Athletics
1 record(s)