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Tuesday, May 23, 1961
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Chicago White Sox
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Baltimore Orioles
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Billy Pierce (1-3)
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Hoyt Wilhelm (6)
Philadelphia Phillies
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inal
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Glen Hobbie (2-5)
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Chris Short (1)
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inal
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Bill Henry (4)
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inal
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Ray Herbert (3-3)
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Marty Kutyna (2)
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inal
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inal
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Ray Moore (3-2)
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inal
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inal
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Sam Jones (3-3)
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
26
11
.703
--
229
140
.711
CLE
21
15
.583
4.5
158
133
.578
NYY
18
15
.545
6.0
155
142
.540
BAL
19
18
.514
7.0
164
170
.484
MIN
18
18
.500
7.5
167
181
.463
WSA
18
20
.474
8.5
122
135
.454
BOS
15
18
.455
9.0
116
143
.405
KCA
13
18
.419
10.0
135
170
.396
CHW
14
21
.400
11.0
144
158
.458
LAA
13
21
.382
11.5
142
160
.446
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
SFG
21
13
.618
--
163
131
.599
LAD
23
15
.605
--
183
164
.550
PIT
19
13
.594
1.0
139
129
.534
CIN
20
15
.571
1.5
131
118
.548
MLN
16
16
.500
4.0
144
146
.494
STL
14
18
.438
6.0
126
117
.534
CHC
12
22
.353
9.0
106
153
.338
PHI
10
23
.303
10.5
107
141
.376
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
91
38
.705
--
672
470
.658
BAL
76
49
.608
13.0
527
418
.604
DET
75
50
.600
14.0
612
531
.565
CHW
72
55
.567
18.0
621
568
.541
BOS
61
68
.473
30.0
613
649
.474
CLE
57
68
.456
32.0
579
619
.469
LAA
57
70
.449
33.0
602
624
.484
MIN
52
72
.419
36.5
540
597
.454
KCA
48
82
.369
43.5
548
693
.394
WSA
43
80
.350
45.0
496
641
.385
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
73
46
.613
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579
535
.536
LAD
66
50
.569
5.5
552
533
.516
MLN
67
55
.549
7.5
568
510
.549
STL
66
56
.541
8.5
577
551
.521
SFG
64
56
.533
9.5
610
524
.569
PIT
56
66
.459
18.5
555
546
.507
CHC
52
68
.433
21.5
583
647
.452
PHI
37
84
.306
37.0
477
655
.359
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