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Saturday September 2,1961This date in baseball
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Jeff Russell celebrated a birthday on this date.

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 1961-09-02

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	2	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Milt Pappas	Bobby Locke	Hoyt Wilhelm
Cleveland Indians	6	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Jim Perry	Hal Brown	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Bill Monbouquette	Don Lee	Arnold Earley
Detroit Tigers	2	New York Yankees	7	Box	Ralph Terry	Frank Lary	Luis Arroyo
Chicago White Sox	12	Washington Senators II	7	Box	Don Larsen	Tom Cheney	Russ Kemmerer
San Francisco Giants	0	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Don Cardwell	Jack Sanford	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Milwaukee Braves	4	Box	Warren Spahn	Sandy Koufax	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Joey Jay	John Buzhardt	Bill Henry
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Roy Face	Lindy McDaniel	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-02

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	135	89	46	.659	--	694	525	169	38-31	51-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	27	20	7	.741
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	136	87	49	.640	2.5	711	550	161	42-21	44-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	26	14	12	.538
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	139	80	59	.576	11.0	614	520	94	43-29	36-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	23	15	8	.652
4	4	8	Chicago White Sox	136	72	64	.529	17.5	637	605	32	26-41	46-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	26	14	12	.538
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	136	69	67	.507	20.5	624	621	3	32-31	37-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	25	9	16	.360
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	139	65	74	.468	26.0	626	691	-65	24-48	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	23	11	12	.478
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	133	58	75	.436	30.0	588	652	-64	27-43	31-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	27	12	15	.444
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	133	51	82	.383	37.0	536	653	-117	22-42	29-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	28	10	18	.357
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	136	48	88	.353	41.5	570	747	-177	24-49	24-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	25	13	12	.520
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	133	80	53	.602	--	618	572	46	42-26	38-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	21	13	8	.619
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	128	74	54	.578	3.5	600	566	34	39-26	35-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	26	15	11	.577
3	3	6	Milwaukee Braves	130	71	59	.546	7.5	617	559	58	36-30	35-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	24	12	12	.500
4	4	7	San Francisco Giants	129	70	59	.543	8.0	634	551	83	35-30	35-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	25	15	10	.600
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	131	69	62	.527	10.0	597	564	33	28-38	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	23	11	12	.478
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	127	62	65	.488	15.0	574	560	14	29-31	33-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	27	13	14	.481
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	131	56	75	.427	23.0	596	671	-75	21-45	34-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	23	8	15	.348
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	131	38	93	.290	41.0	492	685	-193	19-45	18-49	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	23	9	14	.391

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jim Campbell	H	18.235	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.
Earl Torgeson	1B	37.245	Released by Yankees.