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Thursday, June 15,1961

Thursday, June 15,1961

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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 1961-06-15 Washington Senators II  5 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Ed Hobaugh Hal Brown -- 7,651 2:12
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 Los Angeles Angels  2 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Billy Pierce Eli Grba Warren Hacker 4,076 2:15
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 New York Yankees  3 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Ralph Terry Frank Funk -- 23,350 2:51
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 Boston Red Sox  10 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bill Monbouquette Jim Bunning -- 4,706 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 Kansas City Athletics  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jack Kralick Gerry Staley -- 12,476 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 Chicago Cubs  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Turk Farrell Barney Schultz -- 13,348 3:36
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Shibe Park Ray Sadecki Art Mahaffey Bob Miller 6,789 2:54
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 Cincinnati Reds  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Joey Jay Vinegar Bend Mizell -- 19,209 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-06-15 Milwaukee Braves  3 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike McCormick Tony Cloninger Dick LeMay 11,976 2:26
9 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 61 39 22 .639 0.0 325 248 77 L1 18-10 20-13 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 60 38 22 .633 0.5 304 223 81 L2 20-10 18-12 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 59 37 22 .627 1.0 299 234 65 W2 14-14 23-8 3 3 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 61 31 30 .508 8.0 242 263 -21 L2 15-11 15-20 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 60 30 30 .500 8.5 235 250 -15 W2 15-14 15-16 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 59 28 31 .475 10.0 240 268 -28 W1 9-17 19-14 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 59 26 33 .441 12.0 261 265 -4 W7 9-19 17-14 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 57 25 32 .439 12.0 270 307 -37 L1 14-22 11-10 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 59 23 36 .390 15.0 251 320 -69 W1 10-21 13-15 9 9 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 8.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 60 36 24 .600 0.0 279 256 23 W2 14-10 22-14 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 57 34 23 .596 0.5 247 213 34 W1 17-13 17-10 2 2 6 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 57 34 23 .596 0.5 277 233 44 W4 15-6 19-17 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 53 28 25 .528 4.5 223 239 -16 L1 13-14 15-11 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 54 26 28 .481 7.0 230 212 18 W1 10-17 15-12 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 53 24 29 .453 8.5 247 268 -21 L3 13-18 11-11 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 56 21 35 .375 13.0 221 275 -54 L2 11-22 10-13 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 52 18 34 .346 14.0 189 217 -28 L1 11-17 7-17 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Adrian Garrett Milwaukee Braves Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Florida HS)
Walt Hriniak Milwaukee Braves Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Massachusetts HS)
Jim Merritt Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Walt Moryn Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates
Sammy White Milwaukee Braves Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to Milwaukee Braves
Gino Cimoli Milwaukee Braves Hist Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Milwaukee Braves for Johnny Logan
Johnny Logan Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Traded from Milwaukee Braves to Pittsburgh Pirates for Gino Cimoli
7 record(s)