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Friday September 8,1961This 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 1961-09-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators II	1	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Hoyt Wilhelm	Pete Burnside	(none)
Washington Senators II	2	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Dick Hall	Ed Hobaugh	(none)
Detroit Tigers	2	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Mike Fornieles	Jim Bunning	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	Kansas City Athletics	6	Box	Dave Wickersham	Jim Kaat	John Wyatt
Cleveland Indians	1	New York Yankees	9	Box	Bill Stafford	Gary Bell	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Dick Ellsworth	Art Mahaffey	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Jim Brosnan	Ernie Broglio	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Bob Friend	Bob Hendley	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Mike McCormick	Johnny Podres	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-08

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	142	96	46	.676	--	740	540	200	38-31	58-15	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	20	13	7	.650
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	142	87	55	.613	9.0	726	586	140	42-27	44-29	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	20	14	6	.700
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	146	87	59	.596	11.0	638	530	108	43-29	43-31	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	16	8	8	.500
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	144	78	66	.542	19.0	678	635	43	32-43	46-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	18	8	10	.444
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	142	71	71	.500	25.0	648	654	-6	34-35	37-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	19	7	12	.368
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	145	69	76	.476	28.5	667	723	-56	25-48	44-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	17	7	10	.412
7	7	14	Minnesota Twins	140	60	80	.429	35.0	620	693	-73	27-44	32-37	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	20	10	10	.500
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	141	52	89	.369	43.5	612	777	-165	24-49	28-40	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	20	9	11	.450
9	9	16	Washington Senators II	142	51	91	.359	45.0	553	696	-143	22-49	29-42	L10	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	19	10	9	.526
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	139	83	56	.597	--	641	595	46	44-29	39-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	15	10	5	.667
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	133	78	55	.586	2.0	625	584	41	39-27	39-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	21	11	10	.524
3	3	6	Milwaukee Braves	136	74	62	.544	7.5	635	579	56	37-32	37-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	18	9	9	.500
4	4	8	San Francisco Giants	134	71	63	.530	9.5	652	576	76	35-34	36-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	20	14	6	.700
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	136	71	65	.522	10.5	622	589	33	28-39	42-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	18	9	9	.500
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	133	66	67	.496	14.0	605	585	20	33-33	33-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	21	9	12	.429
7	7	13	Chicago Cubs	138	60	78	.435	22.5	628	700	-72	21-45	38-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	16	4	12	.250
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	137	40	97	.292	42.0	505	705	-200	19-48	20-50	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	17	7	10	.412

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Chuck Tanner	OF	32.066	Purchased by Angels from Indians.
Vic Wertz	OF-1B	36.211	Claimed on waivers by Tigers from Red Sox.