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Friday, August 18, 1961
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inal
Chicago Cubs
2
(11)
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Dick Ellsworth (7-7)
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Tom Sturdivant (4-7)
St. Louis Cardinals
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inal
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Ken Johnson (4-5)
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Bob Gibson (8-10)
New York Yankees
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inal
Cleveland Indians
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Jim Coates (9-4)
Boston Red Sox
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inal
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5
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Ron Kline (4-7)
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Bill Monbouquette (8-12)
Chicago White Sox
1
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inal
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W
Bob Shaw (8-11)
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Ray Herbert (8-11)
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Ed Rakow (1)
Minnesota Twins
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inal
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Eli Grba (6-11)
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Camilo Pascual (10-13)
Philadelphia Phillies
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inal
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Jim Owens (1-8)
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inal
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Larry Sherry (4-4)
Baltimore Orioles
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inal
Washington Senators
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Steve Barber (15-9)
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Joe McClain (7-14)
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%
NYY
79
41
.658
--
633
487
.618
DET
76
44
.633
3.0
632
507
.599
BAL
70
53
.569
10.5
537
468
.563
CLE
63
57
.525
16.0
568
546
.518
CHW
60
60
.500
19.0
555
544
.509
BOS
57
67
.460
24.0
559
630
.446
LAA
52
68
.433
27.0
530
543
.489
MIN
51
69
.425
28.0
543
608
.448
WSA
50
68
.424
28.0
495
558
.445
KCA
44
75
.370
34.5
499
660
.375
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
74
46
.617
--
565
496
.559
LAD
69
45
.605
2.0
543
493
.544
SFG
63
51
.553
8.0
561
485
.566
MLN
62
51
.549
8.5
543
495
.542
STL
58
58
.500
14.0
520
515
.504
PIT
55
58
.487
15.5
526
506
.518
CHC
49
66
.426
22.5
548
622
.442
PHI
30
85
.261
41.5
423
617
.334
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
30
12
.714
--
194
125
.691
BAL
25
14
.641
3.5
154
120
.612
CHW
26
16
.619
4.0
210
182
.565
DET
25
17
.595
5.0
209
164
.609
BOS
19
19
.500
9.0
170
162
.522
MIN
19
21
.475
10.0
164
170
.484
LAA
18
23
.439
11.5
214
241
.446
KCA
17
25
.405
13.0
184
203
.455
CLE
15
26
.366
14.5
169
206
.410
WSA
11
32
.256
19.5
123
218
.260
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
STL
22
16
.579
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183
153
.581
CIN
19
15
.559
1.0
145
157
.464
SFG
22
18
.550
1.0
212
170
.600
MLN
21
20
.512
2.5
169
161
.522
LAD
20
20
.500
3.0
192
204
.472
PIT
20
21
.488
3.5
168
169
.497
PHI
17
22
.436
5.5
161
179
.452
CHC
15
24
.385
7.5
141
178
.395
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