Baseball on this Date - Friday August 31,1962

Games on 1962-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	5	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Dick Radatz	Dick Stigman	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	6	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Dick Donovan	Robin Roberts	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Jim Bunning	John Buzhardt	Don Mossi
Kansas City Athletics	1	New York Yankees	5	Box	Whitey Ford	Ed Rakow	Marshall Bridges
Milwaukee Braves	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Box	Pete Richert	Jack Curtis	Ed Roebuck
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Jack Baldschun	Earl Francis	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Francisco Giants	10	Box	Billy Pierce	Jim Maloney	(none)
New York Mets	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Larry Jackson	Craig Anderson	Bobby Shantz

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1962 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	New York Yankees	120	70	50	.583	--	570	492	78	30-25	40-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	42	26	16	.619
2	2	6	Minnesota Twins	122	68	54	.557	3.0	578	549	29	30-24	37-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	40	23	17	.575
3	3	9	Chicago White Sox	119	62	57	.521	7.5	521	475	46	29-24	33-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	43	23	20	.535
4	4	10	Baltimore Orioles	120	62	58	.517	8.0	507	485	22	24-30	38-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	42	15	27	.357
5	5	11	Cleveland Indians	121	59	62	.488	11.5	513	551	-38	24-29	35-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	41	21	20	.512
6	6	13	Boston Red Sox	118	53	65	.449	16.0	506	574	-68	21-31	32-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	42	23	19	.548
7	7	14	Kansas City Athletics	57	25	32	.439	13.5	256	281	-25	25-32	1-0	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	105	47	58	.448
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	120	50	70	.417	20.0	462	504	-42	27-26	23-44	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	RFK Memorial Stadium	41	10	31	.244
9	9	18	Detroit Tigers	60	22	38	.367	18.0	222	254	-32	22-38	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	101	63	38	.624
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1962 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	82	45	.646	--	666	519	147	37-26	45-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	38	20	18	.526
2	2	2	San Francisco Giants	128	80	48	.625	2.5	693	548	145	30-30	50-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	37	23	14	.622
3	3	3	Cincinnati Reds	127	75	52	.591	7.0	638	574	64	25-32	50-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	35	23	12	.657
4	4	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	121	69	52	.570	10.0	546	491	55	29-28	40-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	40	24	16	.600
5	5	7	St. Louis Cardinals	125	68	57	.544	13.0	625	530	95	30-28	38-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	37	16	21	.432
6	6	8	Milwaukee Braves	117	62	55	.530	15.0	541	481	60	23-34	39-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	45	24	21	.533
7	7	12	Philadelphia Phillies	133	60	73	.451	25.0	598	673	-75	22-43	38-30	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	28	21	7	.750
8	8	16	Houston Colt 45s	65	24	41	.369	27.0	268	307	-39	24-41	1-0	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards		95	40	55	.421
9	9	17	Chicago Cubs	122	45	77	.369	34.5	499	669	-170	19-36	26-42	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	40	14	26	.350
10	10	19	New York Mets	131	33	98	.252	51.0	516	798	-282	15-47	18-51	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Polo Grounds	29	7	22	.241

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