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Wednesday July 5,1961This date in baseball
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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 1961-07-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	6	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Jim Bunning	Billy Muffett	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Bill Monbouquette	Bob Bruce	Mike Fornieles
Chicago White Sox	3	Kansas City Athletics	8	Box	Bob Shaw	Juan Pizarro	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	New York Yankees	6	Box	Rollie Sheldon	Gary Bell	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Washington Senators II	0	Box	Dick Hall	Bennie Daniels	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Bob Gibson	Johnny Podres	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Don McMahon	Frank Sullivan	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Milwaukee Braves	4	Box	Lew Burdette	Ken Lehman	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Sherman Jones	Mike McCormick	Bill Henry

Standings as of 1961-07-05

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	81	52	29	.642	--	439	357	82	27-14	24-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	81	49	32	.605
2	2	3	New York Yankees	78	49	29	.628	1.5	417	312	105	21-20	28-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	84	60	24	.714
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	81	45	36	.556	7.0	351	336	15	26-15	18-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	81	50	31	.617
4	4	6	Cleveland Indians	81	45	36	.556	7.0	381	342	39	23-16	22-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	80	33	47	.413
6	6	10	Chicago White Sox	81	39	42	.481	13.0	392	374	18	12-27	27-15	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	81	47	34	.580
5	5	11	Boston Red Sox	81	39	42	.481	13.0	361	404	-43	15-24	24-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	81	37	44	.457
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	80	35	45	.438	16.5	331	373	-42	18-26	17-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	81	26	55	.321
8	8	15	Minnesota Twins	80	33	47	.413	18.5	357	435	-78	13-25	20-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	80	37	43	.463
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	79	31	48	.392	20.0	354	428	-74	14-25	17-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	82	30	52	.366
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	79	50	29	.633	--	367	316	51	26-17	24-12	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	75	43	32	.573
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	79	47	32	.595	3.0	357	336	21	24-15	23-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	75	42	33	.560
3	3	7	San Francisco Giants	79	43	36	.544	7.0	394	336	58	22-17	21-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	75	42	33	.560
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	72	38	34	.528	8.5	323	320	3	15-16	23-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	82	37	45	.451
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	73	36	37	.493	11.0	342	337	5	18-19	18-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	81	47	34	.580
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	75	34	41	.453	14.0	337	337	0	15-24	18-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	79	46	33	.582
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	75	31	44	.413	17.0	341	399	-58	14-25	17-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	79	33	46	.418
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	74	24	50	.324	23.5	278	358	-80	15-21	8-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	80	23	57	.288

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