Events of Thursday, April 27, 1961 (original) (raw)

Events of Thursday, April 27, 1961

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Events of Thursday, April 27, 1961

4-26-1961 4-28-1961 4-27-1960 4-27-1962

BOS A 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 0 DET A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2

BOX+PBP WP: Hillman (1-0) LP: Bunning (0-2) HR: Wertz (1), Nixon (1)

CHI A 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 9 14 1 KC A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Wynn (2-0) LP: Daley (1-3) HR: Hankins (1)

MIN A 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 8 2 LA A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Pascual (2-0) LP: Grba (1-2) SV: Moore (2) HR: Battey (1), Averill (1)

CLE A 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 2 NY A 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 x - 4 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Ditmar (2-0) LP: Antonelli (0-2)

BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 9 1 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0

BOX+PBP WP: Hall (1-0) LP: McClain (2-1)

CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 CHI N 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 x - 5 8 2

BOX+PBP WP: Cardwell (2-0) LP: Hunt (1-1) SV: Elston (2) HR: Robinson (3), Thomas (2), Cardwell (1)

Standings At Close of Play of April 27, 1961

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 13 8 5 0 .615 - 42 46 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 7 5 0 .583 0.5 50 50 Milwaukee Braves 9 5 4 0 .556 1.0 41 36 Chicago Cubs 13 7 6 0 .538 1.0 39 45 Los Angeles Dodgers 15 8 7 0 .533 1.0 69 67 St. Louis Cardinals 13 6 7 0 .462 2.0 56 53 Cincinnati Reds 13 5 8 0 .385 3.0 44 39 Philadelphia Phillies 12 4 8 0 .333 3.5 37 42

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Minnesota Twins 12 9 3 0 .750 - 53 58 Detroit Tigers 11 8 3 0 .727 0.5 66 42 New York Yankees 12 7 4 1 .636 1.5 52 50 Boston Red Sox 11 6 5 0 .545 2.5 36 34 Cleveland Indians 13 7 6 0 .538 2.5 56 56 Chicago White Sox 10 5 5 0 .500 3.0 42 39 Baltimore Orioles 13 5 7 1 .417 4.0 51 52 Washington Senators 12 4 8 0 .333 5.0 29 41 Kansas City Athletics 9 3 6 0 .333 4.5 51 48 Los Angeles Angels 9 1 8 0 .111 6.5 22 38

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CIN N Jim Baumer (30)

Deaths on This Date

Frank Gibson (70)

Transactions

San Francisco Giants traded Bob Schmidt, Don Blasingame and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ed Bailey; Cincinnati Reds received Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961).