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Friday July 21,1961This 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.

1961 Calendar -- Boxscores Main -- Review Data Topics -- Inclusion Rules -- About Boxscore Data
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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1961-07-21

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	11	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Luis Arroyo	Arnold Earley	(none)
Detroit Tigers	2	Kansas City Athletics	3	Box	Jim Archer	Phil Regan	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Don Lee	Joe Schaffernoth	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Jack Baldschun	Barney Schultz	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Lew Burdette	Bob Friend	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	St. Louis Cardinals	10	Box	Curt Simmons	Don Drysdale	(none)

Standings as of 1961-07-21

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	95	61	34	.642	--	510	403	107	28-15	32-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	67	40	27	.597
2	2	2	New York Yankees	92	59	33	.641	0.5	497	377	120	27-23	32-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	70	50	20	.714
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	94	52	42	.553	8.5	408	383	25	29-19	22-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	68	43	25	.632
4	4	6	Cleveland Indians	96	52	44	.542	9.5	466	434	32	23-18	29-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	65	26	39	.400
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	94	47	47	.500	13.5	451	435	16	15-29	32-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	68	39	29	.574
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	97	44	53	.454	18.0	435	497	-62	18-32	26-21	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	65	32	33	.492
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	93	42	51	.452	18.0	390	441	-51	18-27	24-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	68	19	49	.279
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	93	39	54	.419	21.0	421	485	-64	18-31	21-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	67	31	36	.463
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	93	34	59	.366	26.0	398	513	-115	16-35	18-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	68	27	41	.397
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	92	56	36	.609	--	431	398	33	30-18	26-18	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	62	37	25	.597
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	54	38	.587	2.0	439	412	27	26-16	28-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	62	35	27	.565
3	3	7	San Francisco Giants	91	48	43	.527	7.5	454	390	64	23-18	25-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	63	37	26	.587
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	44	40	.524	8.0	386	377	9	20-21	24-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	70	31	39	.443
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	87	44	43	.506	9.5	425	399	26	25-22	19-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	67	39	28	.582
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	91	45	46	.495	10.5	427	417	10	18-26	26-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	63	35	28	.556
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	91	38	53	.418	17.5	419	491	-72	16-33	22-20	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	63	26	37	.413
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	88	29	59	.330	25.0	345	442	-97	18-28	10-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	66	18	48	.273

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ken Johnson	P	28.035	Traded by Toronto (International) to Reds for Orlando Pena and Cash.
Mickey McDermott	P	32.326	Purchased by Athletics from Cardinals.
Orlando Pena	P	27.246	Traded by Reds with Cash to Toronto (International) for Ken Johnson.