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Friday, September 22,1961

Friday, September 22,1961

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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 1961-09-22 Baltimore Orioles  8 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Chuck Estrada Frank Baumann Milt Pappas 12,276 2:32
1961 reg season 1961-09-22 Cleveland Indians  3 Kansas City Athletics  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Jerry Walker Jim Perry Jim Archer 3,383 2:03
1961 reg season 1961-09-22 Detroit Tigers  6 Los Angeles Angels  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Frank Lary Eli Grba -- 5,792 2:35
1961 reg season 1961-09-22 San Francisco Giants  6 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Crosley Field Billy O'Dell Bob Purkey -- 31,469 2:49
1961 reg season 1961-09-22 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Shibe Park Clem Labine Frank Sullivan -- 4,687 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-09-22 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Don Drysdale Ray Sadecki Ron Perranoski 15,154 2:56
6 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 156 104 52 .667 0.0 807 599 208 L1 43-37 61-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 154 95 59 .617 8.0 786 633 153 W3 44-28 50-32 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 157 92 65 .586 12.5 667 567 100 W2 45-32 46-34 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 156 84 72 .538 20.0 733 689 44 L1 32-45 52-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 154 74 80 .481 29.0 687 707 -20 L2 34-39 40-41 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 155 73 82 .471 30.5 703 761 -58 L2 26-52 47-30 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 152 69 83 .454 33.0 664 729 -65 W4 34-46 34-38 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 154 58 96 .377 45.0 655 822 -167 W2 28-54 30-42 8 8 15 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 152 56 96 .368 46.0 586 731 -145 L3 23-50 33-46 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 26.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 148 90 58 .608 0.0 674 617 57 L1 44-29 46-29 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 146 85 61 .582 4.0 695 667 28 W2 40-29 45-32 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 147 81 66 .551 8.5 724 620 104 W1 36-34 45-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 148 78 70 .527 12.0 671 635 36 L2 30-42 47-29 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 147 77 70 .524 12.5 676 635 41 W1 38-40 39-30 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 145 70 75 .483 18.5 651 637 14 W1 36-39 34-36 6 6 10 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 149 62 87 .416 28.5 670 767 -97 L1 23-52 38-36 7 7 14 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 148 46 102 .311 44.0 570 753 -183 L1 25-52 20-51 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)