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Saturday, September 23,1961

Saturday, September 23,1961

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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 1961-09-23 New York Yankees  8 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Whitey Ford Don Schwall Luis Arroyo 28,128 2:30
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Cleveland Indians  9 Kansas City Athletics  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bill Dailey Dave Wickersham -- 1,612 2:37
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Detroit Tigers  4 Los Angeles Angels  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jim Bunning Ken McBride Terry Fox 2,939 2:32
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Washington Senators II  6 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Claude Osteen Pedro Ramos Dave Sisler 0 2:49
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Washington Senators II  0 Minnesota Twins  10 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Camilo Pascual Pete Burnside -- 11,121 2:28
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 San Francisco Giants  6 Cincinnati Reds  10 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim O'Toole Jim Duffalo Jim Brosnan 15,353 2:44
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Chicago Cubs  3 Milwaukee Braves  6 box | pbp County Stadium Tony Cloninger Jack Curtis -- 8,706 2:08
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Jack Baldschun Roy Face -- 4,005 4:05
1961 reg season 1961-09-23 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Ed Roebuck Larry Jackson Turk Farrell 10,481 3:21
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 157 105 52 .669 0.0 815 602 213 W1 44-37 61-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 155 96 59 .619 8.0 790 635 155 W4 45-28 50-32 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 157 92 65 .586 13.0 667 567 100 W2 45-32 46-34 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 156 84 72 .538 20.5 733 689 44 L1 32-45 52-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 155 75 80 .484 29.0 696 712 -16 W1 35-39 40-41 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 156 73 83 .468 31.5 706 769 -63 L3 26-52 47-31 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 154 70 84 .455 33.5 678 735 -57 W1 34-46 35-39 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 155 58 97 .374 46.0 660 831 -171 L1 28-54 30-43 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 154 57 97 .370 46.5 592 745 -153 L1 24-51 33-46 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 26.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 149 91 58 .611 0.0 684 623 61 W1 44-29 47-29 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 147 86 61 .585 4.0 703 672 31 W3 41-29 45-32 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 148 81 67 .547 9.5 730 630 100 L1 36-35 45-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 148 78 70 .527 12.5 682 638 44 W2 38-40 40-30 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 149 78 71 .523 13.0 676 643 33 L3 30-42 47-30 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 146 70 76 .479 19.5 655 642 13 L1 36-40 34-36 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 150 62 88 .413 29.5 673 773 -100 L2 23-53 38-36 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 149 47 102 .315 44.0 575 757 -182 W1 25-52 21-51 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)