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Friday, June 23,1961

Friday, June 23,1961

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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 1961-06-23 Washington Senators II  3 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ray Herbert Joe McClain Warren Hacker 19,730 2:18
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 Detroit Tigers  15 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Don Mossi Jim Perry Bill Fischer 24,037 3:02
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 Boston Red Sox  5 Kansas City Athletics  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Gene Conley Lew Krausse Chet Nichols 26,304 3:18
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 Baltimore Orioles  8 Los Angeles Angels  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Steve Barber Ron Kline Hoyt Wilhelm 6,554 2:57
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 New York Yankees  0 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Camilo Pascual Bob Turley -- 30,940 2:30
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Brosnan Ron Perranoski -- 27,868 3:06
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 Chicago Cubs  5 Milwaukee Braves  3 box | pbp County Stadium Jack Curtis Bob Hendley Barney Schultz 20,202 2:44
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 Philadelphia Phillies  12 Pittsburgh Pirates  11 box | pbp Forbes Field Ken Lehman Earl Francis Frank Sullivan 16,170 3:05
1961 reg season 1961-06-23 San Francisco Giants  5 St. Louis Cardinals  10 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Craig Anderson Stu Miller -- 15,444 3:06
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 67 44 23 .657 0.0 367 284 83 W3 21-10 22-14 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 67 41 26 .612 3.0 342 266 76 L1 18-18 23-8 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 68 40 28 .588 4.5 329 283 46 L5 20-13 20-15 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 67 35 32 .522 9.0 299 318 -19 W2 12-18 23-14 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 69 36 33 .522 9.0 287 292 -5 W3 20-14 15-20 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 67 33 34 .493 11.0 316 292 24 W7 9-19 24-15 6 6 10 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 67 30 37 .448 14.0 277 304 -27 L7 15-19 15-18 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 65 27 38 .415 16.0 293 342 -49 L4 14-22 13-16 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 67 26 41 .388 18.0 284 363 -79 W1 11-24 15-17 9 9 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 10.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 66 42 24 .636 0.0 306 241 65 W3 21-13 21-11 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 68 40 28 .588 3.0 305 283 22 L2 17-12 23-16 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 64 36 28 .563 5.0 314 275 39 L4 15-10 21-18 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 60 32 28 .533 7.0 264 272 -8 L1 15-14 17-14 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 60 29 31 .483 10.0 277 289 -12 L1 15-19 14-12 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 63 30 33 .476 10.5 274 259 15 W1 13-22 16-12 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 64 24 40 .375 17.0 253 316 -63 W2 13-24 11-16 7 7 16 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 59 19 40 .322 19.5 212 270 -58 W1 12-17 7-23 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)