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Monday, May 15,1961

Monday, May 15,1961

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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 1961-05-15 Detroit Tigers  10 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Paul Foytack Dick Hall -- 15,783 2:38
1961 reg season 1961-05-15 Cleveland Indians  13 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Mudcat Grant Ted Wills -- 3,130 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-05-15 Minnesota Twins  5 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Camilo Pascual Cal McLish -- 9,123 2:20
1961 reg season 1961-05-15 Los Angeles Angels  3 Kansas City Athletics  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bud Daley Ted Bowsfield -- 5,646 2:47
1961 reg season 1961-05-15 Milwaukee Braves  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Lew Burdette Johnny Podres -- 18,880 2:53
1961 reg season 1961-05-15 Chicago Cubs  1 San Francisco Giants  14 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike McCormick Dick Ellsworth -- 8,013 2:30
6 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 30 21 9 .700 0.0 187 123 64 W1 11-3 10-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 3.5 122 111 11 W2 8-8 8-3 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 4.0 140 148 -8 W4 8-4 8-8 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 5.0 119 101 18 W3 9-6 6-7 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 5.0 141 131 10 L3 11-6 4-9 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 7.0 116 128 -12 W2 3-6 8-7 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 8.0 82 105 -23 W3 7-7 6-10 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 8.5 118 125 -7 L2 4-6 7-10 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 10.0 90 124 -34 L4 7-12 3-4 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 6.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 138 99 39 W3 9-3 9-6 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 31 18 13 .581 2.0 161 143 18 L2 8-4 10-9 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 3.0 113 105 8 L1 6-5 8-6 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 3.0 105 93 12 W1 7-10 8-2 4 4 7 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 4.5 116 122 -6 W1 6-5 6-7 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.5 100 99 1 L2 5-7 6-6 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 8.0 96 136 -40 L1 4-13 6-4 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 27 8 19 .296 10.0 84 116 -32 W2 4-10 4-9 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Joe Ginsberg -- Hist Released by White Sox
1 record(s)