The Baseball Cube

Thursday, May 25,1961

Thursday, May 25,1961

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 1961-05-25 Chicago White Sox  4 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Steve Barber Herb Score Hoyt Wilhelm 8,856 2:45
1961 reg season 1961-05-25 Washington Senators II  3 Kansas City Athletics  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Joe Nuxhall Dick Donovan -- 4,396 2:14
1961 reg season 1961-05-25 Cleveland Indians  13 Los Angeles Angels  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Mudcat Grant Ron Moeller Barry Latman 3,012 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-05-25 Detroit Tigers  6 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Paul Giel Jim Donohue -- 8,549 3:18
1961 reg season 1961-05-25 Boston Red Sox  4 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Whitey Ford Billy Muffett Luis Arroyo 13,087 2:11
1961 reg season 1961-05-25 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Sandy Koufax Bob Gibson -- 6,878 2:14
6 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 39 27 12 .692 0.0 240 151 89 L1 17-6 10-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 38 23 15 .605 3.5 178 139 39 W2 15-8 8-7 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 41 23 18 .561 5.0 177 178 -1 W4 12-8 10-11 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 5.5 164 148 16 W3 8-10 12-6 4 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 7.5 178 192 -14 W1 8-5 11-14 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 9.0 145 178 -33 W2 4-8 11-10 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 40 18 22 .450 9.5 130 145 -15 L2 12-12 6-10 7 7 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 35 14 21 .400 11.0 122 152 -30 L2 7-14 8-6 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 38 14 24 .368 12.5 152 171 -19 L6 6-14 8-10 9 9 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 7.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 35 22 13 .629 0.0 168 135 33 W1 11-4 11-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 33 20 13 .606 1.0 146 132 14 W1 10-7 10-6 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 40 24 16 .600 0.5 186 171 15 W1 13-6 11-10 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 2.5 135 123 12 L1 9-10 11-6 4 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 5.0 145 153 -8 L1 9-8 7-9 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 6.5 133 120 13 L1 7-11 8-8 6 6 13 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 35 12 23 .343 10.0 109 160 -51 L4 4-15 8-8 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 11 23 .324 10.5 114 142 -28 W2 6-10 5-13 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)