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Events of Wednesday, August 23, 1961

8-22-1961 8-24-1961 8-23-1960 8-23-1962

WAS A 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 8 3 BOS A 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 x - 9 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Monbouquette (9-12) LP: Kutyna (6-6) HR: Johnson (4), Woodling (10), Geiger (17), Jensen (10)

MIN A 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 12 1 CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2

BOX+PBP WP: Pascual (11-13) LP: McLish (8-12)

DET A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 1 CLE A 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 4 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Latman (10-3) LP: Mossi (13-3) SV: Funk (9) HR: Colavito (34), Temple (3)

BAL A 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 - 7 15 1 KC A 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 13 2

BOX+PBP WP: Hoeft (4-3) LP: Kunkel (2-3) HR: Gentile 2 (38)

NY A 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 - 8 10 0 LA A 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Arroyo (11-3) LP: Donohue (4-6) HR: Skowron (22)

SF N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 - 14 13 2 CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 3

BOX+PBP WP: Marichal (13-7) LP: Jay (18-8) HR: Amalfitano (2), Davenport (8), Mays (34), Cepeda (36), F. Alou (15), Orsino (2)

MIL N 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 PIT N 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 - 7 13 1

BOX+PBP WP: Face (5-5) LP: Nottebart (4-7) HR: Thomas (24), Skinner (3), Stuart (20)

LA N 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 - 7 12 1 STL N 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 x - 8 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Bauta (1-0) LP: Perranoski (6-3) HR: Fairly (7), White (17), Boyer (19), Sawatski (8)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 23, 1961

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 125 75 50 0 .600 - 577 535 Los Angeles Dodgers 118 69 49 0 .585 2.5 562 522 San Francisco Giants 120 68 51 1 .571 4.0 608 498 Milwaukee Braves 119 64 54 1 .542 7.5 563 518 St. Louis Cardinals 121 61 59 1 .508 11.5 541 533 Pittsburgh Pirates 117 58 59 0 .496 13.0 541 517 Chicago Cubs 120 50 68 2 .424 21.5 552 632 Philadelphia Phillies 120 32 87 1 .269 40.0 441 630

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 126 83 42 1 .664 - 658 501 Detroit Tigers 126 80 45 1 .640 3.0 658 521 Baltimore Orioles 128 73 54 1 .575 11.0 560 479 Chicago White Sox 125 64 61 0 .512 19.0 576 557 Cleveland Indians 125 64 61 0 .512 19.0 577 570 Boston Red Sox 130 59 70 1 .457 26.0 580 652 Minnesota Twins 124 54 70 0 .435 28.5 564 622 Los Angeles Angels 125 53 71 1 .427 29.5 550 568 Washington Senators 122 50 72 0 .410 31.5 504 584 Kansas City Athletics 125 45 79 1 .363 37.5 513 686

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Tony Ghelfi

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) NY A Earl Torgeson (37)

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