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Monday August 7,1961This 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 1961-08-07

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	4	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Chuck Estrada	Art Ditmar	Billy Hoeft
Minnesota Twins	4	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Mike Fornieles	Don Lee	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Don Schwall	Pedro Ramos	Arnold Earley
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Bob Friend	John Buzhardt	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Larry Jackson	Ken Johnson	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-07

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	New York Yankees	110	72	38	.655	--	587	442	145	28-24	44-14	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	52	37	15	.712
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	110	70	40	.636	2.0	582	472	110	32-16	37-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	52	31	21	.596
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	112	63	49	.563	10.0	480	439	41	32-23	30-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	50	32	18	.640
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	111	57	54	.514	15.5	534	511	23	27-26	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	50	21	29	.420
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	110	56	54	.509	16.0	529	512	17	18-36	38-18	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	52	30	22	.577
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	115	54	61	.470	20.5	520	583	-63	18-36	36-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	47	22	25	.468
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	107	46	61	.430	24.5	446	504	-58	22-37	24-24	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	54	15	39	.278
8	8	15	Minnesota Twins	110	46	64	.418	26.0	489	549	-60	22-39	24-25	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	50	24	26	.480
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	109	40	69	.367	31.5	466	604	-138	19-40	21-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	52	21	31	.404
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	105	65	40	.619	--	512	460	52	34-16	31-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	49	24	25	.490
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	111	68	43	.613	--	516	474	42	35-22	33-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	43	25	18	.581
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	106	56	50	.528	9.5	527	457	70	30-23	26-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	48	29	19	.604
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	104	54	50	.519	10.5	494	458	36	32-24	22-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	50	29	21	.580
5	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	107	54	53	.505	12.0	491	482	9	21-30	32-24	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	47	26	21	.553
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	100	49	51	.490	13.5	474	461	13	24-24	25-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	54	26	28	.481
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	106	45	61	.425	20.5	492	569	-77	18-36	26-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	48	19	29	.396
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	105	31	74	.295	34.0	396	541	-145	18-35	12-40	L10	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	49	16	33	.327

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Willie Horton	OF	18.293	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers.