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Wednesday, June 21,1961

Wednesday, June 21,1961

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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 1961-06-21 Cleveland Indians  3 Chicago White Sox  15 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Don Larsen Gary Bell -- 0 2:29
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 Cleveland Indians  1 Chicago White Sox  11 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Juan Pizarro Wynn Hawkins -- 37,558 2:21
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 New York Yankees  5 Kansas City Athletics  3 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bud Daley Bob Shaw Luis Arroyo 19,416 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 Boston Red Sox  1 Los Angeles Angels  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ken McBride Don Schwall -- 5,054 2:22
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 Baltimore Orioles  11 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Hoyt Wilhelm Bert Cueto -- 15,711 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Stan Williams Dick Ellsworth Larry Sherry 0 2:28
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Johnny Podres Don Cardwell Larry Sherry 12,364 2:40
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Cincinnati Reds  9 box | pbp Crosley Field Ken Hunt Ernie Broglio -- 10,387 2:35
1961 reg season 1961-06-21 San Francisco Giants  3 Milwaukee Braves  5 box | pbp County Stadium Lew Burdette Jack Sanford -- 16,337 2:46
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 65 42 23 .646 0.0 346 273 73 W1 19-10 22-14 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 65 40 25 .615 2.0 334 259 75 W2 17-17 23-8 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 67 40 27 .597 3.0 322 268 54 L4 20-13 20-14 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 65 33 32 .508 9.0 291 312 -21 L1 10-18 23-14 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 67 34 33 .507 9.0 271 284 -13 W1 18-14 15-20 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 66 32 34 .485 10.5 312 289 23 W6 9-19 23-15 6 6 10 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 65 30 35 .462 12.0 270 294 -24 L5 15-18 15-17 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 63 27 36 .429 14.0 286 329 -43 L2 14-22 13-14 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 65 25 40 .385 17.0 278 355 -77 L1 11-24 14-16 9 9 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 9.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 64 40 24 .625 0.0 294 232 62 W1 21-13 19-11 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 66 40 26 .606 1.0 296 271 25 W3 17-10 23-16 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 62 36 26 .581 3.0 303 257 46 L2 15-8 21-18 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 58 31 27 .534 6.0 248 259 -11 W1 14-14 17-13 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 58 28 30 .483 9.0 266 278 -12 W3 15-19 13-11 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 61 29 32 .475 9.5 259 247 12 L1 13-21 15-12 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 62 22 40 .355 17.0 241 308 -67 L5 12-24 10-16 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 57 18 39 .316 18.5 199 254 -55 L6 11-17 7-22 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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ron Stillwell Washington Senators II Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (USC)
1 record(s)