Baseball on Thursday, August 31, 1961
This research section allows you to see a list of events that occured on a particular date in baseball history. Games, standings and feats are available since 1957 while other data is available since 1903.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
| Vis | Home | Box | Winning Pitcher | Losing pitcher | Home Runs | Best Hitter Impact | ||
| Chicago White Sox | 2 | Detroit Tigers | 8 | Box | Paul Foytack (10-8) | Frank Baumann (9-11) | DET B Bruton (16), N Cash (32) | Norm Cash (22.2) |
| KC1 UNBRIDGED | 17 | LAA UNBRIDGED | 3 | Box G1 | Jerry Walker (6-11) | Ken McBride (11-11) | KC1 W Causey (6), B Del Greco (4), L Posada (7), N Siebern (16) LAA L Wagner (21) | Leo Posada (18.5) |
| KC1 UNBRIDGED | 6 | LAA UNBRIDGED | 5 | Box G2 | Bob Shaw (9-12) | Art Fowler (5-6) | None | Steve Bilko (49.7) |
| New York Yankees | 4 | Minnesota Twins | 5 | Box | Jack Kralick (12-9) | Rollie Sheldon (9-4) | MIN J Lemon (13) NYA H Lopez (3), M Mantle (48), B Skowron (23) | Bob Allison (24.8) |
| Cleveland Indians | 3 | Washington Senators | 2 | Box | Mudcat Grant (13-8) | Bennie Daniels (8-9) | CLE W Held (17) | Woodie Held (26.5) |
| San Francisco Giants | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 6 | Box | Jack Curtis (9-10) | Juan Marichal (13-9) | None | George Altman (23.1) |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | MLN UNBRIDGED | 2 | Box | Bob Hendley (5-3) | Don Drysdale (10-9) | MLN F Thomas (27) | Gil Hodges (12.2) |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | Box | Bob Gibson (10-10) | Art Mahaffey (9-18) | None | Stan Musial (45.7) |
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