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Wednesday, August 2,1961

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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 1961-08-02 Minnesota Twins  4 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bill Pleis Chuck Estrada Ray Moore 0 2:35
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Minnesota Twins  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Hoyt Wilhelm Pedro Ramos -- 14,379 2:37
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Los Angeles Angels  2 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Ike Delock Art Fowler Mike Fornieles 0 2:47
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Los Angeles Angels  7 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Arnold Earley Art Fowler -- 11,865 2:49
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Chicago White Sox  2 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mudcat Grant Ray Herbert -- 0 2:04
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Chicago White Sox  8 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Cal McLish Jim Perry Billy Pierce 15,079 2:25
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Washington Senators II  3 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Don Mossi Marty Kutyna -- 0 2:18
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Washington Senators II  6 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Johnny Klippstein Phil Regan Pete Burnside 27,010 3:10
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Kansas City Athletics  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Arroyo Jim Archer -- 0 2:36
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Kansas City Athletics  5 New York Yankees  12 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ralph Terry Art Ditmar Hal Reniff 23,616 2:16
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Milwaukee Braves  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Carl Willey Glen Hobbie -- 0 2:25
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Milwaukee Braves  7 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field -- 19,587 3:19
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim O'Toole Art Mahaffey Bill Henry 0 2:34
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Joey Jay Chris Short Sherman Jones 19,286 2:59
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 San Francisco Giants  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Juan Marichal Johnny Podres -- 45,249 2:24
1961 reg season 1961-08-02 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Larry Jackson Bobby Shantz -- 12,048 2:19
16 record(s)
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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 104 67 37 .644 0.0 562 421 141 W2 28-24 39-13 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 105 66 39 .629 1.5 560 454 106 L1 32-16 33-24 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 107 60 47 .561 8.5 466 428 38 W1 32-23 27-25 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 106 56 50 .528 12.0 511 483 28 L1 26-23 30-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 106 52 54 .491 16.0 505 497 8 W1 17-36 35-18 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 108 49 59 .454 20.0 492 563 -71 W3 18-36 31-23 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 103 46 57 .447 20.5 467 516 -49 L1 22-32 24-25 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 103 46 57 .447 20.5 436 486 -50 W1 22-33 24-24 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 103 37 66 .359 29.5 444 584 -140 L3 16-37 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 15.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 105 65 40 .619 0.0 489 442 47 W3 35-21 30-19 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 101 62 39 .614 1.0 488 443 45 L1 34-16 28-23 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 102 55 47 .539 8.5 516 439 77 W3 30-22 25-25 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 100 51 49 .510 11.5 475 448 27 L1 29-23 22-26 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 101 49 52 .485 14.0 464 451 13 W1 21-30 27-23 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 94 45 49 .479 14.5 426 441 -15 L5 20-22 25-27 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 102 44 58 .431 19.5 476 544 -68 L3 17-34 26-25 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 99 31 68 .313 31.0 383 509 -126 L4 18-30 12-39 8 8 17 -- dnq
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Gerry Staley Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Kansas City Athletics with Reno Bertoia to Detroit Tigers for Ozzie Virgil and Bill Fischer
Reno Bertoia Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Kansas City Athletics with Gerry Staley to Detroit Tigers for Ozzie Virgil and Bill Fischer
Ozzie Virgil Kansas City Athletics Hist Traded from Detroit Tigers with Bill Fischer to Kansas City Athletics for Gerry Staley and Reno Bertoia
Bill Fischer Kansas City Athletics Hist Traded from Detroit Tigers with Ozzie Virgil to Kansas City Athletics for Gerry Staley and Reno Bertoia
4 record(s)