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Wednesday, August 16,1961

Wednesday, August 16,1961

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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 1961-08-16 Boston Red Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Perry Tracy Stallard -- 4,516 2:17
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Baltimore Orioles  8 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Milt Pappas Jim Bunning -- 19,754 2:56
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Kansas City Athletics  12 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Norm Bass Pedro Ramos Bill Fischer 18,894 2:50
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Chicago White Sox  4 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ralph Terry Turk Lown -- 29,728 2:24
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Los Angeles Angels  2 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Dick Donovan Ken McBride -- 3,497 2:42
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Chicago Cubs  9 box | pbp Wrigley Field Don Cardwell Chris Short -- 6,390 2:46
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Bob Purkey Larry Sherry -- 0 2:22
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Jim O'Toole Johnny Podres -- 72,140 2:21
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Milwaukee Braves  2 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn Bob Friend -- 18,330 2:13
1961 reg season 1961-08-16 St. Louis Cardinals  3 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jack Sanford Ray Sadecki -- 10,585 2:11
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 119 78 41 .655 0.0 627 479 148 W1 30-26 48-15 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1961 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 76 43 .639 2.0 626 504 122 L1 36-18 39-26 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 122 69 53 .566 10.5 531 465 66 W1 33-25 35-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 16.5 559 542 17 W1 27-26 34-31 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 17.5 551 536 15 L1 19-37 41-21 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1961 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 123 57 66 .463 23.0 556 621 -65 L1 19-40 38-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 51 68 .429 27.0 542 607 -65 L1 23-41 28-27 7 7 13 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 116 49 67 .422 27.5 489 552 -63 W1 22-39 27-28 8 8 14 -- dnq
1961 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 119 43 76 .361 35.0 500 660 -160 W1 22-47 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 -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 119 73 46 .613 0.0 559 493 66 W4 40-25 33-21 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1961 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 113 69 44 .611 1.0 542 491 51 L4 34-16 35-28 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 113 62 51 .549 8.0 559 482 77 W2 30-23 32-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 112 60 52 .536 9.5 532 488 44 W6 32-26 28-26 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 115 58 57 .504 13.0 515 509 6 L2 24-34 33-24 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1961 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 110 54 56 .491 14.5 517 490 27 L3 26-27 28-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 114 48 66 .421 22.5 532 613 -81 W3 18-41 29-26 7 7 15 -- dnq
1961 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 31 83 .272 39.5 416 606 -190 L19 18-41 12-43 8 8 17 -- dnq
18 record(s)