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Saturday June 17,1961This date in baseball
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Mickey Brantley celebrated a birthday on this date.

Events that happened in baseball on this date. The page was designed to be like a newspaper sports page with baseball-only. All of the basbeall events for this date have been consolidated into this page. Though historically relevant, it is also a great place to review the prior day's events.

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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1961-06-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators II	5	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Galen Cisco	Joe McClain	Chet Nichols
Minnesota Twins	1	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Juan Pizarro	Jim Kaat	Warren Hacker
Baltimore Orioles	4	Cleveland Indians	1	Box	Milt Pappas	Wynn Hawkins	Hoyt Wilhelm
New York Yankees	10	Detroit Tigers	12	Box	Paul Foytack	Bud Daley	Terry Fox
Milwaukee Braves	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Stan Williams	Bob Buhl	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	10	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Bob Purkey	Robin Roberts	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Box	Bobby Shantz	Ernie Broglio	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	San Francisco Giants	9	Box	Billy O'Dell	Jack Curtis	(none)

Standings as of 1961-06-17

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1961 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	63	41	22	.651	--	341	260	81	18-10	22-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	99	60	39	.606
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	62	39	23	.629	1.5	308	228	80	20-10	19-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	99	39	60	.394
3	3	4	New York Yankees	61	37	24	.607	3.0	311	250	61	14-16	23-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	101	72	29	.713
4	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	63	32	31	.508	9.0	247	267	-20	16-12	15-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	99	63	36	.636
5	5	9	Boston Red Sox	61	30	31	.492	10.0	260	282	-22	9-17	21-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	101	46	55	.455
6	6	10	Washington Senators II	62	30	32	.484	10.5	249	270	-21	15-16	15-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	99	31	68	.313
7	7	13	Chicago White Sox	61	27	34	.443	13.0	267	272	-5	9-19	18-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	101	59	42	.584
8	8	14	Kansas City Athletics	59	26	33	.441	13.0	274	310	-36	14-22	12-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	102	35	67	.343
9	9	15	Minnesota Twins	61	24	37	.393	16.0	258	326	-68	11-22	13-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	99	46	53	.465
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1961 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Cincinnati Reds	59	36	23	.610	--	261	219	42	19-13	17-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	95	57	38	.600
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	62	37	25	.597	0.5	283	258	25	14-10	23-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	92	52	40	.565
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	59	35	24	.593	1.0	292	248	44	15-6	20-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	95	50	45	.526
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	55	29	26	.527	5.0	234	247	-13	13-14	16-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	99	46	53	.465
5	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	56	27	29	.482	7.5	238	223	15	11-18	15-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	98	53	45	.541
6	6	12	Milwaukee Braves	55	25	30	.455	9.0	249	272	-23	14-19	11-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	99	58	41	.586
7	7	16	Chicago Cubs	58	22	36	.379	13.5	236	290	-54	12-23	10-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	96	42	54	.438
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	54	18	36	.333	15.5	195	231	-36	11-17	7-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	100	29	71	.290

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Earl Torgeson	1B	37.168	Released by White Sox.
Earl Torgeson	1B	37.168	Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.
Elmer Valo	OF	40.104	Signed as Free Agent by Phillies.
Elmer Valo	OF	40.104	Released by Twins.