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Friday August 18,1961This date in baseball
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Jack Howell celebrated a birthday on this date.

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 1961-08-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	1	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Mudcat Grant	Jim Coates	(none)
Boston Red Sox	0	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Ron Kline	Bill Monbouquette	(none)
Chicago White Sox	1	Kansas City Athletics	3	Box	Bob Shaw	Ray Herbert	Ed Rakow
Baltimore Orioles	3	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Steve Barber	Joe McClain	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Dick Ellsworth	Tom Sturdivant	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Ken Johnson	Bob Gibson	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Milwaukee Braves	4	Box	Lew Burdette	Jim Owens	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Stu Miller	Larry Sherry	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-18

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	121	79	42	.653	--	633	487	146	30-27	49-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	41	30	11	.732
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	121	77	44	.636	2.0	632	507	125	36-18	40-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	41	24	17	.585
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	124	71	53	.573	9.5	537	468	69	35-25	35-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	38	24	14	.632
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	120	63	57	.525	15.5	568	546	22	27-26	36-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	41	15	26	.366
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	120	60	60	.500	18.5	555	544	11	19-39	41-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	42	26	16	.619
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	125	57	68	.456	24.0	559	630	-71	19-42	38-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	37	19	18	.514
7	7	14	Minnesota Twins	120	51	69	.425	27.5	544	612	-68	23-42	28-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	40	19	21	.475
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	118	50	68	.424	27.5	495	558	-63	22-39	28-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	43	11	32	.256
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	120	44	76	.367	34.5	503	661	-158	22-47	22-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	41	17	24	.415
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	Cincinnati Reds	120	74	46	.617	--	565	496	69	40-25	34-21	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	34	19	15	.559
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	69	45	.605	2.0	543	493	50	34-17	35-28	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	40	20	20	.500
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	115	63	52	.548	8.5	561	485	76	30-23	33-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	39	22	17	.564
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	114	62	52	.544	9.0	543	495	48	32-26	30-26	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	40	21	19	.525
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	117	59	58	.504	13.5	520	515	5	25-35	33-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	37	21	16	.568
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	113	55	58	.487	15.5	526	506	20	27-29	28-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	41	20	21	.488
7	7	13	Chicago Cubs	117	50	67	.427	22.5	548	622	-74	18-41	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	37	14	23	.378
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	116	31	85	.267	41.0	423	617	-194	18-43	12-43	L21	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	38	16	22	.421

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Pete Whisenant	OF	31.247	Released by Reds.