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Wednesday September 20,1961This 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 1961-09-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	4	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Ralph Terry	Milt Pappas	(none)
Boston Red Sox	1	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Ray Herbert	Gene Conley	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	4	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Norm Bass	Bob Allen	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Joey Jay	Roy Face	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Sandy Koufax	Barney Schultz	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	7	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Lew Burdette	Mike McCormick	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Box	Don Ferrarese	Ernie Broglio	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-20

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	155	104	51	.671	--	804	594	210	43-36	61-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	7	5	2	.714
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	153	94	59	.614	9.0	780	629	151	43-28	50-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	9	7	2	.778
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	155	90	65	.581	14.0	654	558	96	44-32	45-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	7	5	2	.714
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	155	84	71	.542	20.0	727	681	46	32-45	52-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	7	2	5	.286
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	153	74	79	.484	29.0	684	703	-19	34-38	40-41	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	8	4	4	.500
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	155	73	82	.471	31.0	703	761	-58	26-52	47-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	7	3	4	.429
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	151	68	83	.450	34.0	658	726	-68	33-46	34-38	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	9	2	7	.222
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	153	57	96	.373	46.0	651	819	-168	28-54	29-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	8	4	4	.500
9	9	16	Washington Senators II	151	56	95	.371	46.0	583	725	-142	23-50	33-45	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	10	5	5	.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	147	90	57	.612	--	674	611	63	44-29	46-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	7	3	4	.429
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	145	84	61	.579	5.0	689	664	25	39-29	45-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	9	5	4	.556
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	146	80	66	.548	9.5	718	620	98	35-34	45-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	8	5	3	.625
4	4	8	St. Louis Cardinals	147	78	69	.531	12.0	668	629	39	30-42	47-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	7	2	5	.286
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	147	77	70	.524	13.0	676	635	41	38-40	39-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	7	6	1	.857
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	144	69	75	.479	19.5	645	634	11	35-39	34-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	10	6	4	.600
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	149	62	87	.416	29.0	670	767	-97	23-52	38-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	5	2	3	.400
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	147	46	101	.313	44.0	567	747	-180	25-52	20-50	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	7	1	6	.143

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