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Events of Friday, August 18, 1961

8-17-1961 8-19-1961 8-18-1960 8-18-1962

NY A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 CLE A 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Grant (12-6) LP: Coates (9-4) HR: Howard (12), Phillips (18)

BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 DET A 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 5 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Kline (4-7) LP: Monbouquette (8-12) HR: Bruton (12), Colavito (32)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 3 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Shaw (8-11) LP: Herbert (8-11) SV: Rakow (1)

MIN A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 4 1 LA A 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 x - 5 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Grba (6-11) LP: Pascual (10-13) HR: Koppe (4)

BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 10 0 WAS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Barber (15-9) LP: McClain (7-14)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 1 CHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Ellsworth (7-7) LP: Sturdivant (2-1)

STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 6 1 CIN N 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 x - 6 9 2

BOX+PBP WP: K. Johnson (4-1) LP: Gibson (8-10) HR: Boyer (18)

PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0 MIL N 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 4 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Burdette (15-8) LP: Owens (1-8) HR: Demeter (11), Maye (13)

LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 0 SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Miller (10-3) LP: L. Sherry (4-4) HR: McCovey (12), Cepeda (33)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 18, 1961

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 120 74 46 0 .617 - 565 496 Los Angeles Dodgers 114 69 45 0 .605 2.0 543 493 San Francisco Giants 115 63 51 1 .553 8.0 561 485 Milwaukee Braves 114 62 51 1 .549 8.5 543 495 St. Louis Cardinals 117 58 58 1 .500 14.0 520 515 Pittsburgh Pirates 113 55 58 0 .487 15.5 526 506 Chicago Cubs 117 49 66 2 .426 22.5 548 622 Philadelphia Phillies 116 30 85 1 .261 41.5 423 617

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 121 79 41 1 .658 - 633 487 Detroit Tigers 121 76 44 1 .633 3.0 632 507 Baltimore Orioles 124 70 53 1 .569 10.5 537 468 Cleveland Indians 120 63 57 0 .525 16.0 568 546 Chicago White Sox 120 60 60 0 .500 19.0 555 544 Boston Red Sox 125 57 67 1 .460 24.0 559 630 Los Angeles Angels 121 52 68 1 .433 27.0 530 543 Minnesota Twins 120 51 69 0 .425 28.0 543 608 Washington Senators 118 50 68 0 .424 28.0 495 558 Kansas City Athletics 120 44 75 1 .370 34.5 499 660

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Jack Howell

Deaths on This Date

John Leary (70)

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Transactions

Cincinnati Reds released Pete Whisenant.

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