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Wednesday, September 6,1961

Wednesday, September 6,1961

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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 1961-09-06 Cleveland Indians  4 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Don Schwall Jim Perry -- 4,158 2:28
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 Chicago White Sox  6 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Juan Pizarro Pedro Ramos -- 0 2:39
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 Chicago White Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Don Larsen Camilo Pascual Turk Lown 17,898 3:12
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 Washington Senators II  0 New York Yankees  8 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Whitey Ford Tom Cheney -- 12,295 2:11
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Don Cardwell Joe Gibbon -- 3,080 2:32
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 San Francisco Giants  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Roger Craig Stu Miller Ron Perranoski 35,622 3:19
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Milwaukee Braves  1 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn John Buzhardt -- 10,090 2:21
1961 reg season 1961-09-06 Cincinnati Reds  5 St. Louis Cardinals  11 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Larry Jackson Jim Maloney -- 11,857 3:08
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 140 94 46 .671 0.0 724 536 188 W7 38-31 56-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 140 87 53 .621 7.0 720 569 151 L6 42-25 44-29 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 143 84 59 .587 11.5 626 524 102 W4 43-29 40-31 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 143 77 66 .538 18.5 673 632 41 W2 31-43 46-23 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 140 71 69 .507 23.0 644 638 6 L1 34-33 37-36 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 143 67 76 .469 28.5 650 717 -67 W1 25-48 42-28 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 139 60 79 .432 33.5 616 687 -71 L4 27-43 32-37 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 139 51 88 .367 42.5 547 684 -137 L7 22-46 29-42 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 140 51 89 .364 43.0 606 773 -167 W3 24-49 27-40 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 24.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 138 82 56 .594 0.0 638 593 45 L1 44-29 38-27 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 132 78 54 .591 1.0 622 577 45 W4 39-26 39-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 135 74 61 .548 6.5 634 577 57 W2 37-32 37-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 133 70 63 .526 9.5 645 573 72 L5 35-34 35-29 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 135 71 64 .526 9.5 620 586 34 W1 28-38 42-27 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 131 64 67 .489 14.5 596 579 17 L1 31-33 33-34 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 136 59 77 .434 22.0 619 692 -73 W1 21-45 37-33 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 136 40 96 .294 41.0 504 701 -197 L2 19-47 20-50 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Gary Wagner Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Eastern Illinois)
1 record(s)