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Sunday September 17,1961This 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 1961-09-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	0	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Bill Monbouquette	Chuck Estrada	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Cleveland Indians	0	Box	Camilo Pascual	Jim Perry	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Al Schroll	Mudcat Grant	Ray Moore
New York Yankees	6	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Luis Arroyo	Terry Fox	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	3	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Lew Krausse	Hector Maestri	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Cincinnati Reds	0	Box	Art Mahaffey	Bob Purkey	Frank Sullivan
Milwaukee Braves	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Sandy Koufax	Don McMahon	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Larry Jackson	Al McBean	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Billy O'Dell	Jack Curtis	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-17

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	152	102	50	.671	--	797	590	207	41-35	61-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	10	7	3	.700
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	151	92	59	.609	9.5	768	624	144	43-28	48-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	11	9	2	.818
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	152	89	63	.586	13.0	650	551	99	44-32	44-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	10	6	4	.600
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	153	82	71	.536	20.5	719	679	40	32-45	50-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	9	4	5	.444
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	150	73	77	.487	28.0	676	691	-15	34-38	39-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	11	5	6	.455
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	153	73	80	.477	29.5	701	753	-52	26-50	47-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	9	3	6	.333
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	150	67	83	.447	34.0	655	725	-70	32-46	34-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	10	3	7	.300
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	150	56	94	.373	45.0	582	722	-140	23-50	33-44	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	11	5	6	.455
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	150	55	95	.367	46.0	639	811	-172	26-53	29-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	11	6	5	.545
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	145	88	57	.607	--	661	608	53	44-29	44-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	9	5	4	.556
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	142	83	59	.585	3.5	680	650	30	39-29	44-30	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	12	6	6	.500
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	143	78	65	.545	9.0	700	601	99	35-34	43-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	11	7	4	.636
4	4	8	St. Louis Cardinals	144	77	67	.535	10.5	658	615	43	30-41	46-27	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	10	3	7	.300
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	144	76	68	.528	11.5	657	617	40	37-38	39-30	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	10	7	3	.700
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	141	68	73	.482	18.0	634	615	19	35-37	33-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	13	7	6	.538
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	146	60	86	.411	28.5	656	758	-102	21-51	38-36	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	8	4	4	.500
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	145	45	100	.310	43.0	561	743	-182	24-51	20-50	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	9	2	7	.222

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