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Wednesday August 9,1961This 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 1961-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	2	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Jerry Walker	Jack Fisher	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Gene Conley	Jack Kralick	Mike Fornieles
Detroit Tigers	8	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Frank Lary	Cal McLish	(none)
Washington Senators II	1	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Gary Bell	John Gabler	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Box	Don Drysdale	Don Nottebart	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	Philadelphia Phillies	0	Box	Joey Jay	Don Ferrarese	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Curt Simmons	Joe Gibbon	Ed Bauta
Chicago Cubs	5	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	Stu Miller	Barney Schultz	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-09

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	112	74	38	.661	--	594	446	148	28-24	46-14	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	50	35	15	.700
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	112	72	40	.643	2.0	593	474	119	34-16	37-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	50	29	21	.580
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	115	64	51	.557	11.5	493	447	46	32-23	31-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	47	31	16	.660
4	4	7	Cleveland Indians	113	59	54	.522	15.5	543	517	26	27-26	32-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	48	19	29	.396
5	5	10	Chicago White Sox	112	56	56	.500	18.0	531	523	8	18-36	38-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	50	30	20	.600
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	117	55	62	.470	21.5	530	593	-63	18-36	37-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	45	21	24	.467
7	7	13	Washington Senators II	109	46	63	.422	26.5	452	513	-61	22-39	24-24	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	52	15	37	.288
8	8	14	Minnesota Twins	112	47	65	.420	27.0	499	559	-60	23-40	24-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	48	23	25	.479
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	112	42	70	.375	32.0	474	617	-143	21-41	21-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	49	19	30	.388
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	107	67	40	.626	--	527	466	61	34-16	33-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	47	22	25	.468
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	113	69	44	.611	1.0	526	480	46	36-23	33-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	41	24	17	.585
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	108	58	50	.537	9.5	541	463	78	30-23	28-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	46	27	19	.587
4	4	8	St. Louis Cardinals	109	56	53	.514	12.0	501	487	14	22-30	33-24	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	45	24	21	.533
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	106	54	52	.509	12.5	500	473	27	32-26	22-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	48	29	19	.604
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	103	51	52	.495	14.0	487	469	18	26-24	25-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	51	24	27	.471
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	108	45	63	.417	22.5	498	583	-85	18-38	26-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	46	19	27	.413
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	108	31	77	.287	36.5	400	559	-159	18-35	12-43	L13	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	46	16	30	.348

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