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Saturday August 19,1961This 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 1961-08-19

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	3	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Whitey Ford	Bobby Locke	Luis Arroyo
Boston Red Sox	2	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Hank Aguirre	Mike Fornieles	(none)
Chicago White Sox	5	Kansas City Athletics	3	Box	Cal McLish	Jerry Walker	Turk Lown
Baltimore Orioles	5	Washington Senators II	0	Box	Billy Hoeft	Marty Kutyna	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Clem Labine	Jack Curtis	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Joey Jay	Curt Simmons	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Milwaukee Braves	4	Box	Tony Cloninger	Frank Sullivan	Don McMahon
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Juan Marichal	Stan Williams	Stu Miller

Standings as of 1961-08-19

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	122	80	42	.656	--	636	489	147	31-27	49-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	40	29	11	.725
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	122	78	44	.639	2.0	635	509	126	36-18	41-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	40	23	17	.575
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	125	72	53	.576	9.5	542	468	74	36-25	35-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	37	23	14	.622
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	121	63	58	.521	16.5	570	549	21	27-26	36-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	40	15	25	.375
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	121	61	60	.504	18.5	560	547	13	20-39	41-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	41	25	16	.610
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	126	57	69	.452	25.0	561	633	-72	19-43	38-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	36	19	17	.528
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	121	52	69	.430	27.5	549	615	-66	24-42	28-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	39	18	21	.462
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	119	50	69	.420	28.5	495	563	-68	22-39	28-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	42	11	31	.262
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	121	44	77	.364	35.5	506	666	-160	22-47	22-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	40	17	23	.425
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	121	75	46	.620	--	568	497	71	40-25	35-21	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	33	18	15	.545
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	115	69	46	.600	3.0	543	498	45	34-18	35-28	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	39	20	19	.513
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	116	64	52	.552	8.5	566	485	81	30-23	34-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	38	21	17	.553
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	115	63	52	.548	9.0	547	498	49	32-26	31-26	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	39	20	19	.513
5	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	118	59	59	.500	14.5	521	518	3	25-36	33-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	36	21	15	.583
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	114	56	58	.491	15.5	530	509	21	28-29	28-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	40	19	21	.475
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	118	50	68	.424	23.5	551	626	-75	18-41	31-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	36	14	22	.389
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	117	31	86	.265	42.0	426	621	-195	18-44	12-43	L22	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	37	16	21	.432

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