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Wednesday, August 23, 1961
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Boston Red Sox
9
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Bill Monbouquette (9-12)
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Marty Kutyna (6-6)
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inal
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inal
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Joey Jay (18-8)
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inal
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Don Mossi (13-3)
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Frank Funk (9)
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inal
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Jim Donohue (4-6)
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inal
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Ron Perranoski (6-3)
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%
NYY
83
42
.664
--
658
501
.622
DET
80
45
.640
3.0
658
521
.605
BAL
73
54
.575
11.0
560
479
.571
CHW
64
61
.512
19.0
576
557
.515
CLE
64
61
.512
19.0
577
570
.506
BOS
59
70
.457
26.0
580
652
.447
MIN
54
70
.435
28.5
564
622
.455
LAA
53
71
.427
29.5
550
568
.485
WSA
50
72
.410
31.5
504
584
.433
KCA
45
79
.363
37.5
513
686
.370
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
75
50
.600
--
577
535
.535
LAD
69
49
.585
2.5
562
522
.534
SFG
68
51
.571
4.0
608
498
.590
MLN
64
54
.542
7.5
563
518
.538
STL
61
59
.508
11.5
541
533
.507
PIT
58
59
.496
13.0
541
517
.521
CHC
50
68
.424
21.5
552
632
.438
PHI
32
87
.269
40.0
441
630
.342
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
26
11
.703
--
169
111
.683
BAL
22
13
.629
3.0
131
109
.583
CHW
22
15
.595
4.0
189
169
.551
DET
21
16
.568
5.0
183
150
.590
BOS
17
16
.515
7.0
149
140
.528
LAA
17
20
.459
9.0
194
216
.451
MIN
16
20
.444
9.5
143
156
.460
KCA
16
21
.432
10.0
170
177
.482
CLE
14
22
.389
11.5
160
182
.441
WSA
11
28
.282
16.0
114
192
.278
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
18
11
.621
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133
118
.555
STL
19
15
.559
1.5
162
135
.583
LAD
20
16
.556
1.5
173
175
.495
MLN
19
17
.528
2.5
149
138
.535
SFG
17
18
.486
4.0
165
157
.523
PIT
17
20
.459
5.0
153
158
.485
PHI
15
20
.429
6.0
143
166
.432
CHC
14
22
.389
7.5
137
168
.408
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