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Wednesday July 26,1961This 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 1961-07-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Wes Stock	Bill Monbouquette	Hoyt Wilhelm
Boston Red Sox	2	Baltimore Orioles	9	Box	Jack Fisher	Gene Conley	(none)
Cleveland Indians	12	Kansas City Athletics	5	Box	Gary Bell	Norm Bass	(none)
Washington Senators II	9	Minnesota Twins	10	Box	Bert Cueto	Dave Sisler	Ray Moore
Chicago White Sox	2	New York Yankees	5	Box	Rollie Sheldon	Ray Herbert	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Barney Schultz	Lindy McDaniel	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Milwaukee Braves	2	Box	Ken Johnson	Don Nottebart	Jim Brosnan
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Don Drysdale	Jim Owens	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Bob Friend	Dick LeMay	(none)

Standings as of 1961-07-26

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	100	65	35	.650	--	547	432	115	32-16	32-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	62	36	26	.581
2	2	2	New York Yankees	97	63	34	.649	0.5	534	394	140	28-24	35-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	65	46	19	.708
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	100	55	45	.550	10.0	437	410	27	29-22	25-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	62	40	22	.645
4	4	6	Cleveland Indians	100	54	46	.540	11.0	484	452	32	25-20	29-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	61	24	37	.393
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	100	50	50	.500	15.0	477	467	10	15-32	35-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	62	36	26	.581
6	6	12	Washington Senators II	97	43	54	.443	20.5	410	467	-57	19-30	24-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	64	18	46	.281
7	7	13	Boston Red Sox	102	45	57	.441	21.0	453	531	-78	18-35	27-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	60	31	29	.517
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	97	41	56	.423	22.5	442	500	-58	18-31	23-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	63	29	34	.460
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	97	35	62	.361	28.5	424	550	-126	16-35	19-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	64	26	38	.406
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	98	60	38	.612	--	463	420	43	32-19	28-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	56	33	23	.589
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	96	58	38	.604	1.0	459	420	39	30-16	28-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	58	31	27	.534
3	3	7	San Francisco Giants	96	50	46	.521	9.0	488	425	63	25-21	25-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	58	35	23	.603
4	4	8	Milwaukee Braves	93	48	45	.516	9.5	453	423	30	28-22	20-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	61	35	26	.574
5	5	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	89	45	44	.506	10.5	413	417	-4	20-21	25-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	65	30	35	.462
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	95	46	49	.484	12.5	444	436	8	19-27	26-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	59	34	25	.576
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	95	40	55	.421	18.5	447	514	-67	17-34	23-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	59	24	35	.407
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	92	30	62	.326	27.0	359	471	-112	18-28	11-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	62	17	45	.274

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Hank Bauer	OF	38.360	Released by Athletics.