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Wednesday September 6,1961This date in baseball
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Roy Smith celebrated a birthday on this date.

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 1961-09-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	4	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Don Schwall	Jim Perry	(none)
Chicago White Sox	6	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Juan Pizarro	Pedro Ramos	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Don Larsen	Camilo Pascual	Turk Lown
Washington Senators II	0	New York Yankees	8	Box	Whitey Ford	Tom Cheney	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Don Cardwell	Joe Gibbon	(none)
San Francisco Giants	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	9	Box	Roger Craig	Stu Miller	Ron Perranoski
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Warren Spahn	John Buzhardt	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	St. Louis Cardinals	11	Box	Larry Jackson	Jim Maloney	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-06

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	140	94	46	.671	--	724	536	188	38-31	56-15	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	22	15	7	.682
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	140	87	53	.621	7.0	720	569	151	42-25	44-29	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	22	14	8	.636
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	143	84	59	.587	11.5	626	524	102	43-29	40-31	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	19	11	8	.579
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	143	77	66	.538	18.5	673	632	41	31-43	46-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	19	9	10	.474
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	140	71	69	.507	23.0	644	638	6	34-33	37-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	21	7	14	.333
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	143	67	76	.469	28.5	650	717	-67	25-48	42-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	19	9	10	.474
7	7	14	Minnesota Twins	139	60	79	.432	33.5	616	687	-71	27-43	32-37	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	21	10	11	.476
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	139	51	88	.367	42.5	547	684	-137	22-46	29-42	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	22	10	12	.455
9	9	16	Kansas City Athletics	140	51	89	.364	43.0	606	773	-167	24-49	27-40	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	21	10	11	.476
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	138	82	56	.594	--	638	593	45	44-29	38-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	16	11	5	.688
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	132	78	54	.591	1.0	622	577	45	39-26	39-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	22	11	11	.500
3	3	6	Milwaukee Braves	135	74	61	.548	6.5	634	577	57	37-32	37-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	19	9	10	.474
4	4	8	San Francisco Giants	133	70	63	.526	9.5	645	573	72	35-34	35-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	21	15	6	.714
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	135	71	64	.526	9.5	620	586	34	28-38	42-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	19	9	10	.474
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	131	64	67	.489	14.5	596	579	17	31-33	33-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	23	11	12	.478
7	7	13	Chicago Cubs	136	59	77	.434	22.0	619	692	-73	21-45	37-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	18	5	13	.278
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	136	40	96	.294	41.0	504	701	-197	19-47	20-50	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	18	7	11	.389

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Gary Wagner	P	21.070	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.