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Monday, August 14,1961

Monday, August 14,1961

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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 1961-08-14 Kansas City Athletics  2 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Kaat Jerry Walker -- 13,305 1:58
1961 reg season 1961-08-14 Los Angeles Angels  5 Washington Senators II  1 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Ted Bowsfield John Gabler -- 4,234 2:08
1961 reg season 1961-08-14 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Chicago Cubs  9 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dick Ellsworth Frank Sullivan -- 5,608 2:13
1961 reg season 1961-08-14 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Ernie Broglio Don Drysdale -- 24,400 2:33
1961 reg season 1961-08-14 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Milwaukee Braves  8 box | pbp County Stadium Tony Cloninger Harvey Haddix -- 14,648 2:34
5 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
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 117 77 40 .658 0.0 621 473 148 W1 30-26 47-14 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 116 74 42 .638 2.5 619 494 125 L1 36-18 37-25 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 119 68 51 .571 10.0 521 458 63 W4 32-23 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 16.5 553 530 23 L2 27-26 33-30 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 17.5 545 530 15 W3 18-36 41-21 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 121 56 65 .463 23.0 544 615 -71 L3 18-39 38-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 117 50 67 .427 27.0 526 591 -65 W2 23-41 27-26 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 114 48 66 .421 27.5 479 542 -63 L2 22-39 26-27 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 117 42 75 .359 35.0 484 644 -160 L5 21-46 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 18.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 110 69 41 .627 0.0 540 472 68 L1 34-16 35-25 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 116 70 46 .603 2.0 540 491 49 W1 37-25 33-21 2 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 111 60 51 .541 9.5 552 477 75 L1 30-23 30-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 110 58 52 .527 11.0 526 486 40 W4 32-26 26-26 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 113 58 55 .513 12.5 510 502 8 W1 24-32 33-24 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 108 54 54 .500 14.0 515 484 31 L1 26-25 28-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 46 66 .411 24.0 517 603 -86 W1 18-41 27-26 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 112 31 81 .277 39.0 406 591 -185 L17 18-39 12-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Darrell Johnson Cincinnati Reds Hist Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds
1 record(s)