The Baseball Cube

Thursday, September 28,1961

Thursday, September 28,1961

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Games on this date
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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 1961-09-28 Washington Senators II  4 Los Angeles Angels  13 box | pbp Wrigley Field Eli Grba Dick Donovan -- 1,681 2:26
1961 reg season 1961-09-28 Cleveland Indians  12 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Wynn Hawkins Pedro Ramos -- 3,323 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-09-28 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Shibe Park Don Drysdale Chris Short -- 3,651 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-09-28 San Francisco Giants  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Forbes Field Jim Duffalo Earl Francis Stu Miller 5,384 2:38
4 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • 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 160 106 54 .663 0.0 821 610 211 L1 44-38 62-16 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 160 99 61 .619 7.0 821 660 161 W1 48-30 50-32 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 161 94 67 .584 12.5 684 583 101 W1 47-34 46-34 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 161 86 75 .534 20.5 760 719 41 L2 33-47 53-28 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 158 77 81 .487 28.0 719 730 -11 W1 37-40 40-41 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 160 76 84 .475 30.0 727 786 -59 W2 26-52 50-32 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 158 71 87 .449 34.0 697 762 -65 L1 34-46 36-42 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 159 60 99 .377 45.5 680 855 -175 L1 28-54 32-45 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 158 59 99 .373 46.0 609 769 -160 L2 26-53 33-46 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 26.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 151 92 59 .609 0.0 695 638 57 W1 45-29 47-30 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 152 88 64 .579 4.5 726 693 33 W1 43-32 45-32 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 152 84 68 .553 8.5 762 646 116 W1 39-36 45-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 152 81 71 .533 11.5 703 645 58 W2 38-40 43-31 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 153 79 74 .516 14.0 689 666 23 L3 30-45 48-30 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 151 73 78 .483 19.0 679 660 19 L1 37-40 36-38 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 154 64 90 .416 29.5 685 791 -106 W1 24-54 39-37 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 153 48 105 .314 45.0 582 782 -200 L1 25-52 22-54 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)