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Thursday, August 24,1961

Thursday, August 24,1961

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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 1961-08-24 Washington Senators II  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Mike Fornieles Pete Burnside -- 4,773 3:07
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 Minnesota Twins  3 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Kaat Ray Herbert -- 6,703 2:21
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 Detroit Tigers  6 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Frank Lary Jim Perry -- 10,542 2:02
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 Baltimore Orioles  3 Kansas City Athletics  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bill Kunkel Dick Hall -- 7,695 2:24
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 New York Yankees  4 Los Angeles Angels  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Tom Morgan Jim Coates -- 19,819 2:37
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 San Francisco Giants  5 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim O'Toole Jack Sanford Jim Maloney 15,376 2:54
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 Chicago Cubs  4 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Jim Owens Jack Curtis Don Ferrarese 2,773 2:22
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 Milwaukee Braves  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Warren Spahn Bob Friend -- 16,653 2:29
1961 reg season 1961-08-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 St. Louis Cardinals  10 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Lindy McDaniel Stan Williams -- 17,947 3:11
9 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 127 83 44 .654 0.0 662 507 155 L1 34-29 49-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 127 82 45 .646 1.0 664 521 143 W1 38-19 43-27 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 129 74 55 .574 10.0 563 484 79 L1 38-27 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 126 64 62 .508 18.5 576 560 16 L2 22-39 42-23 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 126 64 62 .508 18.5 577 576 1 L1 27-26 37-36 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 25.0 585 656 -71 W3 19-45 41-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 125 55 70 .440 27.0 568 626 -58 W2 27-43 28-27 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 123 50 73 .407 31.0 508 589 -81 L6 22-42 28-31 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 126 46 80 .365 36.5 522 690 -168 W1 22-47 24-33 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 19.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 126 76 50 .603 0.0 585 540 45 W1 40-25 36-25 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 69 50 .580 3.5 563 532 31 L10 34-22 35-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 121 68 53 .562 5.5 613 506 107 L1 33-24 35-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 8.0 569 519 50 W1 33-28 32-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 122 63 59 .516 11.0 551 534 17 W4 26-36 36-24 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 14.0 542 523 19 L1 28-30 30-30 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 121 51 70 .421 22.5 556 639 -83 L2 18-43 32-28 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 121 34 87 .281 39.5 448 634 -186 W3 19-45 14-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)