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Wednesday, August 23,1961

Wednesday, August 23,1961

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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 1961-08-23 Washington Senators II  4 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Monbouquette Marty Kutyna -- 5,316 2:25
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 Minnesota Twins  4 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Camilo Pascual Cal McLish -- 17,761 2:13
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 Detroit Tigers  2 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Barry Latman Don Mossi Frank Funk 10,460 2:23
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 Baltimore Orioles  7 Kansas City Athletics  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Billy Hoeft Bill Kunkel -- 5,429 3:21
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 New York Yankees  8 Los Angeles Angels  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Luis Arroyo Jim Donohue -- 19,773 3:43
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 San Francisco Giants  14 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Crosley Field Juan Marichal Joey Jay -- 20,827 2:39
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 Milwaukee Braves  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Forbes Field Roy Face Don Nottebart -- 15,117 2:50
1961 reg season 1961-08-23 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Ed Bauta Ron Perranoski -- 13,933 3:01
8 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 126 83 43 .659 0.0 658 501 157 W1 34-28 49-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 126 81 45 .643 2.0 658 521 137 L1 37-19 43-27 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 128 74 54 .578 10.0 560 479 81 W1 38-26 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 125 64 61 .512 18.5 576 557 19 L1 22-39 42-22 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 125 64 61 .512 18.5 577 570 7 W1 27-26 37-35 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 130 59 71 .454 26.0 580 652 -72 W2 19-45 40-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 124 54 70 .435 28.0 565 626 -61 W1 26-43 28-27 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 122 50 72 .410 31.0 504 584 -80 L5 22-41 28-31 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 125 45 80 .360 37.5 517 687 -170 L1 22-47 23-33 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 20.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 125 75 50 .600 0.0 577 535 42 L4 40-25 35-25 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 69 49 .585 2.5 562 522 40 L9 34-21 35-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 120 68 52 .567 4.5 608 498 110 W6 33-23 35-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 8.0 563 518 45 L3 32-28 32-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 121 62 59 .512 11.0 541 533 8 W3 26-36 35-24 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 13.0 541 517 24 W2 28-30 30-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 51 69 .425 21.5 552 632 -80 L1 18-42 32-28 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 33 87 .275 39.5 441 630 -189 W2 19-45 13-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)