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Wednesday, May 31, 1961
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Danny McDevitt (1)
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inal
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Frank Lary (7-3)
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Bill Kunkel (2)
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inal
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Jim Brosnan (6)
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Don Elston (5)
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inal
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inal
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Curt Simmons (2-4)
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Ted Bowsfield (1-1)
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Marty Kutyna (3-1)
Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
DET
29
16
.644
--
266
188
.654
CLE
26
17
.605
2.0
207
163
.608
NYY
23
17
.575
3.5
198
176
.554
BAL
25
20
.556
4.0
194
197
.493
WSA
22
23
.489
7.0
162
162
.500
KCA
19
20
.487
7.0
179
208
.432
MIN
19
24
.442
9.0
197
227
.436
BOS
17
23
.425
9.5
142
177
.401
LAA
16
25
.390
11.0
173
202
.430
CHW
16
27
.372
12.0
179
197
.456
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
26
16
.619
--
170
147
.566
SFG
26
16
.619
--
199
164
.588
LAD
27
19
.587
1.0
214
206
.517
PIT
21
18
.538
3.5
169
175
.484
MLN
19
20
.487
5.5
176
188
.470
STL
18
22
.450
7.0
166
141
.574
CHC
15
26
.366
10.5
138
184
.371
PHI
12
27
.308
12.5
136
163
.418
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
86
36
.705
--
629
436
.662
DET
72
45
.615
11.5
575
483
.579
BAL
70
47
.598
13.5
497
391
.608
CHW
70
49
.588
14.5
586
529
.547
BOS
59
63
.484
27.0
587
615
.479
LAA
54
66
.450
31.0
571
582
.491
CLE
52
66
.441
32.0
530
589
.452
MIN
51
66
.436
32.5
510
551
.465
KCA
42
80
.344
44.0
504
655
.382
WSA
39
77
.336
44.0
456
614
.367
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
67
45
.598
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540
506
.530
LAD
62
46
.574
3.0
521
491
.527
MLN
64
51
.557
4.5
536
468
.562
STL
62
52
.544
6.0
537
527
.509
SFG
59
53
.527
8.0
574
491
.571
PIT
54
61
.470
14.5
525
500
.522
CHC
49
64
.434
18.5
551
616
.449
PHI
35
80
.304
33.5
448
633
.347
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