The Baseball Cube

Thursday, August 17,1961

Thursday, August 17,1961

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Boston Red Sox  3 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Bobby Locke Mike Fornieles -- 4,456 3:36
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Baltimore Orioles  3 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Fisher Paul Foytack -- 24,241 2:17
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Chicago White Sox  3 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bill Stafford Frank Baumann Luis Arroyo 25,532 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Los Angeles Angels  3 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Bennie Daniels Ryne Duren -- 2,221 2:41
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Chicago Cubs  11 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dick Drott Vinegar Bend Mizell Bob Anderson 0 2:39
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Earl Francis Jim Brewer Roy Face 16,961 2:39
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Milwaukee Braves  7 box | pbp County Stadium Don Nottebart Jack Baldschun -- 12,451 3:58
1961 reg season 1961-08-17 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Larry Jackson Mike McCormick -- 10,825 2:29
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1961 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 120 79 41 .658 0.0 632 482 150 W2 30-26 49-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 76 44 .633 3.0 627 507 120 L2 36-18 39-27 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 123 70 53 .569 10.5 534 466 68 W2 34-25 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 16.5 563 545 18 W2 27-26 35-31 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 119 60 59 .504 18.5 554 541 13 L2 19-38 41-21 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 57 67 .460 24.0 559 625 -66 L2 19-41 38-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 51 68 .429 27.5 542 607 -65 L1 23-41 28-27 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 117 50 67 .427 27.5 493 555 -62 W2 22-39 28-28 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 119 43 76 .361 35.5 500 660 -160 W1 22-47 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 19.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 119 73 46 .613 0.0 559 493 66 W4 40-25 33-21 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 113 69 44 .611 1.0 542 491 51 L4 34-16 35-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 114 62 52 .544 8.5 559 484 75 L1 30-23 32-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 113 61 52 .540 9.0 539 494 45 W7 32-26 29-26 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 12.5 517 509 8 W1 25-34 33-24 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 112 55 57 .491 14.5 525 504 21 W1 27-28 28-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 116 49 67 .422 22.5 546 621 -75 L1 18-41 30-27 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 115 31 84 .270 40.0 422 613 -191 L20 18-42 12-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)