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Friday September 1,1961This 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 1961-09-01

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	5	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Barry Latman	Chuck Estrada	Frank Funk
Boston Red Sox	1	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Pedro Ramos	Don Schwall	(none)
Detroit Tigers	0	New York Yankees	1	Box	Luis Arroyo	Don Mossi	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Cal McLish	Ed Hobaugh	Juan Pizarro
Chicago White Sox	1	Washington Senators II	5	Box	Joe McClain	Billy Pierce	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Billy Loes	Don Elston	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Milwaukee Braves	3	Box	Turk Farrell	Don McMahon	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	St. Louis Cardinals	8	Box	Larry Jackson	Joe Gibbon	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-01

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	134	88	46	.657	--	687	523	164	38-31	50-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	28	21	7	.750
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	135	87	48	.644	1.5	709	543	166	42-20	44-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	27	14	13	.519
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	137	79	58	.577	10.5	611	512	99	43-29	35-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	25	16	9	.640
4	4	9	Chicago White Sox	135	71	64	.526	17.5	625	598	27	25-41	46-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	27	15	12	.556
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	134	68	66	.507	20.0	616	618	-2	31-30	37-36	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	27	10	17	.370
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	138	64	74	.464	26.0	624	690	-66	23-48	41-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	24	12	12	.500
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	132	58	74	.439	29.0	587	650	-63	27-43	31-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	28	12	16	.429
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	132	51	81	.386	36.0	529	641	-112	22-42	29-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	29	10	19	.345
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	135	48	87	.356	40.5	567	741	-174	24-48	24-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	26	13	13	.500
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	132	79	53	.598	--	611	568	43	41-26	38-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	22	14	8	.636
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	74	53	.583	2.5	600	562	38	39-25	35-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	27	15	12	.556
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	128	70	58	.547	7.0	634	544	90	35-29	35-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	26	15	11	.577
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	129	70	59	.543	7.5	613	559	54	36-30	34-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	25	13	12	.520
5	5	8	St. Louis Cardinals	130	69	61	.531	9.0	593	559	34	28-38	40-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	24	11	13	.458
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	126	61	65	.484	15.0	569	556	13	28-31	33-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	28	14	14	.500
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	130	55	75	.423	23.0	589	671	-82	21-45	33-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	24	9	15	.375
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	130	38	92	.292	40.0	488	678	-190	19-45	18-48	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	24	9	15	.375

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