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Wednesday August 16,1961This 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 1961-08-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	4	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Jim Perry	Tracy Stallard	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	8	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Milt Pappas	Jim Bunning	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	12	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Norm Bass	Pedro Ramos	Bill Fischer
Chicago White Sox	4	New York Yankees	5	Box	Ralph Terry	Turk Lown	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Don Cardwell	Chris Short	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Bob Purkey	Larry Sherry	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Jim O'Toole	Johnny Podres	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Milwaukee Braves	2	Box	Warren Spahn	Bob Friend	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Jack Sanford	Ray Sadecki	(none)

Standings as of 1961-08-16

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	119	78	41	.655	--	627	479	148	30-26	48-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	43	31	12	.721
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	119	76	43	.639	2.0	626	504	122	36-18	39-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	43	25	18	.581
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	122	69	53	.566	10.5	531	465	66	33-25	35-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	40	26	14	.650
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	118	61	57	.517	16.5	559	542	17	27-26	34-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	43	17	26	.395
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	118	60	58	.508	17.5	551	536	15	19-37	41-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	44	26	18	.591
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	123	57	66	.463	23.0	556	621	-65	19-40	38-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	39	19	20	.487
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	119	51	68	.429	27.0	542	607	-65	23-41	28-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	41	19	22	.463
8	8	14	Washington Senators II	116	49	67	.422	27.5	489	552	-63	22-39	27-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	45	12	33	.267
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	119	43	76	.361	35.0	500	660	-160	22-47	21-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Municipal Stadium	42	18	24	.429
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	119	73	46	.613	--	559	493	66	40-25	33-21	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	35	20	15	.571
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	113	69	44	.611	1.0	542	491	51	34-16	35-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	41	20	21	.488
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	113	62	51	.549	8.0	559	482	77	30-23	32-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	41	23	18	.561
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	112	60	52	.536	9.5	532	488	44	32-26	28-26	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	42	23	19	.548
5	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	115	58	57	.504	13.0	515	509	6	24-34	33-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	39	22	17	.564
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	54	56	.491	14.5	517	490	27	26-27	28-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	44	21	23	.477
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	114	48	66	.421	22.5	532	613	-81	18-41	29-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	40	16	24	.400
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	114	31	83	.272	39.5	416	606	-190	18-41	12-43	L19	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	40	16	24	.400

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