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Friday, September 1,1961

Friday, September 1,1961

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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 1961-09-01 Cleveland Indians  5 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Barry Latman Chuck Estrada Frank Funk 12,721 2:35
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Kansas City Athletics  4 Los Angeles Angels  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Tom Morgan Norm Bass -- 1,646 2:39
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Boston Red Sox  1 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Pedro Ramos Don Schwall -- 11,917 2:18
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Detroit Tigers  0 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Arroyo Don Mossi -- 65,566 2:44
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Chicago White Sox  3 Washington Senators II  2 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Cal McLish Ed Hobaugh Juan Pizarro 0 2:31
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Chicago White Sox  1 Washington Senators II  5 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Joe McClain Billy Pierce -- 4,803 2:04
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 San Francisco Giants  4 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Billy Loes Don Elston -- 5,427 4:05
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Milwaukee Braves  3 box | pbp County Stadium Turk Farrell Don McMahon -- 19,189 3:07
1961 reg season 1961-09-01 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Larry Jackson Joe Gibbon -- 13,480 2:30
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 134 88 46 .657 0.0 687 523 164 W1 38-31 50-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 135 87 48 .644 1.5 709 543 166 L1 42-20 44-29 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 137 79 58 .577 10.5 611 512 99 L1 43-29 35-30 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 135 71 64 .526 17.5 625 598 27 L1 25-41 46-23 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 134 68 66 .507 20.0 616 618 -2 W4 31-30 37-36 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 138 64 74 .464 26.0 624 690 -66 L1 23-48 41-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 132 58 74 .439 29.0 587 650 -63 W2 27-43 31-31 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 132 51 81 .386 36.0 529 641 -112 W1 22-42 29-39 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 135 48 87 .356 40.5 567 741 -174 L1 24-48 24-39 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 21.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 79 53 .598 0.0 611 568 43 L1 41-26 38-27 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 127 74 53 .583 2.5 600 562 38 W1 39-25 35-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 128 70 58 .547 7.0 634 544 90 W1 35-29 35-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 129 70 59 .543 7.5 613 559 54 L1 36-30 34-29 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 130 69 61 .531 9.0 593 559 34 W2 28-38 40-24 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 126 61 65 .484 15.0 569 556 13 L1 28-31 33-34 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 130 55 75 .423 23.0 589 671 -82 L1 21-45 33-31 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 130 38 92 .292 40.0 488 678 -190 L1 19-45 18-48 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)