The Baseball Cube

Thursday, April 20,1961

Thursday, April 20,1961

Baseball on this Date

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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 1961-04-20 Washington Senators II  1 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Early Wynn Hal Woodeshick -- 2,186 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 Detroit Tigers  11 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Frank Lary Gary Bell -- 2,272 2:31
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 Los Angeles Angels  5 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Art Ditmar Eli Grba Bill Stafford 0 2:37
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 Los Angeles Angels  2 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bob Turley Ned Garver Luis Arroyo 7,059 2:33
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 St. Louis Cardinals  11 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Curt Simmons Stan Williams Bob Miller 12,054 3:11
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 Milwaukee Braves  7 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Shibe Park Ron Piche John Buzhardt -- 9,531 4:12
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 Chicago Cubs  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Forbes Field Glen Hobbie Joe Gibbon -- 10,428 1:58
1961 reg season 1961-04-20 Cincinnati Reds  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike McCormick Jim O'Toole -- 7,014 1:51
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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 -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 6 5 1 .833 0.0 28 21 7 W3 5-1 0-0 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 5 4 1 .800 0.5 34 17 17 W4 2-0 2-1 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 5 4 1 .800 0.5 19 16 3 W4 0-0 4-1 3 3 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 2.0 10 10 0 L1 0-0 2-2 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 2.0 23 27 -4 L2 3-1 0-2 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.5 14 24 -10 W1 1-2 1-1 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 2.5 8 10 -2 L2 1-2 0-0 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 3.0 17 20 -3 L1 1-1 1-3 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 5 1 4 .200 3.5 21 26 -5 L2 0-0 1-4 9 9 17 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 2.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.0 36 20 16 L1 3-3 2-0 1 1 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 0.5 39 39 0 L1 3-3 2-1 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 0.5 27 32 -5 W1 0-0 5-4 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 0.5 44 35 9 W1 3-3 2-1 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 1.0 52 54 -2 L1 0-0 5-5 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 7 3 4 .429 1.5 22 28 -6 W1 1-4 2-0 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 1.5 20 24 -4 W1 1-2 1-1 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 7 2 5 .286 2.5 22 30 -8 L2 2-4 0-1 8 8 16 -- dnq
18 record(s)