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Saturday, August 19,1961

Saturday, August 19,1961

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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 1961-08-19 New York Yankees  3 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Whitey Ford Bobby Locke Luis Arroyo 23,398 2:50
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Boston Red Sox  2 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Hank Aguirre Mike Fornieles -- 17,965 2:38
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Chicago White Sox  5 Kansas City Athletics  3 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Cal McLish Jerry Walker Turk Lown 6,151 2:44
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Minnesota Twins  5 Los Angeles Angels  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jim Kaat Ted Bowsfield Ray Moore 2,857 2:41
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Baltimore Orioles  5 Washington Senators II  0 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Billy Hoeft Marty Kutyna -- 5,874 1:58
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Clem Labine Jack Curtis -- 11,777 3:10
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Joey Jay Curt Simmons -- 27,151 2:07
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Milwaukee Braves  4 box | pbp County Stadium Tony Cloninger Frank Sullivan Don McMahon 10,574 3:02
1961 reg season 1961-08-19 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Stan Williams Stu Miller 29,159 2:29
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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.
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 122 80 42 .656 0.0 636 489 147 W1 31-27 49-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 122 78 44 .639 2.0 635 509 126 W2 36-18 41-27 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 125 72 53 .576 9.5 542 468 74 W4 36-25 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 121 63 58 .521 16.5 570 549 21 L1 27-26 36-32 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 121 61 60 .504 18.5 560 547 13 W1 20-39 41-21 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 25.0 561 633 -72 L4 19-43 38-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 121 52 69 .430 27.5 549 615 -66 W1 24-42 28-27 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 119 50 69 .420 28.5 495 563 -68 L2 22-39 28-30 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 121 44 77 .364 35.5 506 666 -160 L1 22-47 22-30 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 19.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 75 46 .620 0.0 568 497 71 W6 40-25 35-21 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 115 69 46 .600 3.0 543 498 45 L6 34-18 35-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 64 52 .552 8.5 566 485 81 W2 30-23 34-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 115 63 52 .548 9.0 547 498 49 W9 32-26 31-26 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 118 59 59 .500 14.5 521 518 3 L2 25-36 33-24 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 15.5 530 509 21 W1 28-29 28-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 118 50 68 .424 23.5 551 626 -75 L1 18-41 31-28 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 31 86 .265 42.0 426 621 -195 L22 18-44 12-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)