Events of Tuesday, May 23, 1961 (original) (raw)

Events of Tuesday, May 23, 1961

CHI A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 BAL A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Hoeft (1-1) LP: Pierce (1-3) SV: Wilhelm (6) HR: Williams (4), Adair (5)

WAS A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 - 7 13 0 KC A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 3 7 2

BOX+PBP WP: Hobaugh (2-2) LP: Herbert (3-3) SV: Kutyna (2)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 LA A 1 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 x - 9 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: McBride (4-2) LP: Perry (2-3) HR: Wagner (8), Hunt (6), Averill (9)

DET A 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 5 9 1 MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 3

BOX+PBP WP: Aguirre (2-3) LP: Moore (3-2) HR: Kaline (1), Cash (7), Boros (2), Brown (7)

PHI N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 1 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Sullivan (2-4) LP: Hobbie (2-5) SV: Short (1) HR: Williams (3)

LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 2 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Hunt (4-2) LP: Drysdale (3-3) SV: Henry (4)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 MIL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 1 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Burdette (4-2) LP: Shantz (1-1)

SF N 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 12 1 STL N 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 3 x - 12 15 1

BOX+PBP WP: Sadecki (3-3) LP: Jones (3-3) HR: Kuenn (2), Cepeda (12), White (1), Taussig (2)

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 34 21 13 0 .618 - 163 131 Los Angeles Dodgers 38 23 15 0 .605 - 183 164 Pittsburgh Pirates 32 19 13 0 .594 1.0 139 129 Cincinnati Reds 35 20 15 0 .571 1.5 131 118 Milwaukee Braves 32 16 16 0 .500 4.0 144 146 St. Louis Cardinals 32 14 18 0 .438 6.0 126 117 Chicago Cubs 34 12 22 0 .353 9.0 106 153 Philadelphia Phillies 33 10 23 0 .303 10.5 107 141

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 37 26 11 0 .703 - 229 140 Cleveland Indians 36 21 15 0 .583 4.5 158 133 New York Yankees 34 18 15 1 .545 6.0 155 142 Baltimore Orioles 38 19 18 1 .514 7.0 164 170 Minnesota Twins 36 18 18 0 .500 7.5 167 181 Washington Senators 38 18 20 0 .474 8.5 122 135 Boston Red Sox 33 15 18 0 .455 9.0 116 143 Kansas City Athletics 31 13 18 0 .419 10.0 135 170 Chicago White Sox 35 14 21 0 .400 11.0 144 158 Los Angeles Angels 34 13 21 0 .382 11.5 142 160