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Wednesday September 27,1961This date in baseball
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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 1961-09-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	4	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Galen Cisco	Joe Horlen	Mike Fornieles
Detroit Tigers	10	Kansas City Athletics	2	Box	Frank Lary	Jerry Walker	Terry Fox
Cleveland Indians	4	Minnesota Twins	10	Box	Al Schroll	Jim Perry	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	3	New York Yankees	2	Box	Steve Barber	Bill Stafford	Dick Hall
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Don Cardwell	Larry Jackson	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Jim Owens	Sandy Koufax	Jack Baldschun
San Francisco Giants	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Harvey Haddix	Stu Miller	(none)

Standings as of 1961-09-27

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	160	106	54	.663	--	821	610	211	44-38	62-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	2	3	-1	1.500
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	160	99	61	.619	7.0	821	660	161	48-30	50-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	2	2	0	1.000
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	161	94	67	.584	12.5	684	583	101	47-34	46-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	1	1	0	1.000
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	161	86	75	.534	20.5	760	719	41	33-47	53-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	1	0	1	.000
5	5	11	Cleveland Indians	157	76	81	.484	28.5	707	725	-18	36-40	40-41	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	4	2	2	.500
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	160	76	84	.475	30.0	727	786	-59	26-52	50-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	2	0	2	.000
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	157	71	86	.452	33.5	692	750	-58	34-46	36-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	3	-1	4	-.333
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	159	60	99	.377	45.5	680	855	-175	28-54	32-45	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	2	1	1	.500
9	9	16	Washington Senators II	157	59	98	.376	45.5	605	756	-151	26-52	33-46	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	Griffith Stadium	4	2	2	.500
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	151	92	59	.609	--	695	638	57	45-29	47-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	3	1	2	.333
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	151	87	64	.576	5.0	716	693	23	42-32	45-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	3	2	1	.667
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	151	83	68	.550	9.0	755	642	113	38-36	45-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	3	2	1	.667
4	4	8	Milwaukee Braves	152	81	71	.533	11.5	703	645	58	38-40	43-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	2	2	0	1.000
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	153	79	74	.516	14.0	689	666	23	30-45	48-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	1	1	0	1.000
6	6	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	150	73	77	.487	18.5	675	653	22	37-40	36-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	4	2	2	.500
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	154	64	90	.416	29.5	685	791	-106	24-54	39-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	0	0	0
8	8	17	Philadelphia Phillies	152	48	104	.316	44.5	582	772	-190	25-52	22-53	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	2	-1	3	-.500

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