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Friday August 25,1961This 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 1961-08-25

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	2	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Juan Pizarro	Gary Bell	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Kansas City Athletics	0	Box	Ralph Terry	Jim Archer	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Jack Fisher	Jack Kralick	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Washington Senators II	0	Box	Jim Bunning	John Gabler	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Sandy Koufax	Bob Purkey	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	4	Philadelphia Phillies	9	Box	John Buzhardt	Carl Willey	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	9	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Tony Cloninger	Frank Sullivan	(none)
Chicago Cubs	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Tom Sturdivant	Don Cardwell	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Ray Sadecki	Billy O'Dell	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-25

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	128	84	44	.656	--	665	507	158	35-29	49-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	34	25	9	.735
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	128	83	45	.648	1.0	670	521	149	39-19	43-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	34	18	16	.529
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	130	75	55	.577	10.0	568	486	82	39-27	35-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	32	20	12	.625
4	4	9	Chicago White Sox	127	65	62	.512	18.5	579	562	17	22-39	43-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	35	21	14	.600
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	127	64	63	.504	19.5	579	579	0	27-27	37-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	34	14	20	.412
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	132	61	71	.462	25.0	597	662	-65	20-45	41-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	30	15	15	.500
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	126	55	71	.437	28.0	570	631	-61	27-43	28-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	34	15	19	.441
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	124	50	74	.403	32.0	508	595	-87	22-42	28-32	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	37	11	26	.297
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	127	46	81	.362	37.5	522	693	-171	22-47	24-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	34	15	19	.441
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	127	76	51	.598	--	587	547	40	40-25	36-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	27	17	10	.630
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	120	70	50	.583	2.5	570	534	36	35-22	35-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	34	19	15	.559
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	122	68	54	.557	5.5	616	513	103	33-25	35-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	32	17	15	.531
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	122	66	56	.541	7.5	582	532	50	34-29	32-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	32	17	15	.531
5	5	8	St. Louis Cardinals	123	64	59	.520	10.0	558	537	21	26-36	37-24	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	31	16	15	.516
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	119	59	60	.496	13.0	543	523	20	28-30	31-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	35	16	19	.457
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	122	51	71	.418	22.5	556	640	-84	18-44	32-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	32	13	19	.406
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	123	35	88	.285	39.0	461	647	-186	19-45	15-44	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	31	12	19	.387

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