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Thursday, May 04, 1961
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San Francisco Giants
9
F
inal
Chicago Cubs
3
W
Sam Jones (3-1)
L
Glen Hobbie (1-3)
Philadelphia Phillies
0
F
inal
Cincinnati Reds
4
W
Joey Jay (1-3)
L
Art Mahaffey (2-2)
Baltimore Orioles
8
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inal
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7
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W
Hoyt Wilhelm (4-0)
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Ned Garver (0-2)
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5
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inal
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2
W
Whitey Ford (4-1)
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Jim Kaat (1-2)
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Jim Coates (1)
Los Angeles Dodgers
6
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inal
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Jim Golden (1-1)
Detroit Tigers
6
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inal
Washington Senators
0
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Don Mossi (3-0)
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Bennie Daniels (0-3)
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%
DET
12
5
.706
--
101
61
.716
NYY
12
5
.706
--
79
66
.582
CLE
10
8
.556
2.5
77
70
.543
BAL
10
9
.526
3.0
87
84
.516
MIN
10
9
.526
3.0
77
96
.400
KCA
7
8
.467
4.0
89
81
.543
BOS
7
9
.438
4.5
58
71
.409
CHW
7
9
.438
4.5
70
70
.500
LAA
5
11
.313
6.5
60
72
.417
WSA
6
13
.316
7.0
44
71
.294
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
SFG
12
7
.632
--
84
70
.583
PIT
10
7
.588
1.0
71
63
.554
MLN
8
7
.533
2.0
72
75
.481
LAD
11
10
.524
2.0
103
105
.491
CIN
10
10
.500
2.5
73
60
.589
CHC
9
10
.474
3.0
70
82
.428
STL
8
10
.444
3.5
78
83
.472
PHI
6
13
.316
6.0
67
80
.420
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
97
48
.669
--
748
546
.640
DET
89
56
.614
8.0
740
610
.587
BAL
85
58
.594
11.0
604
504
.582
CHW
79
67
.541
18.5
695
656
.526
CLE
68
75
.476
28.0
660
682
.485
BOS
69
77
.473
28.5
671
721
.467
LAA
65
80
.448
32.0
684
712
.482
MIN
60
81
.426
35.0
630
682
.464
WSA
55
87
.387
40.5
574
705
.407
KCA
54
92
.370
43.5
594
782
.377
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
83
51
.619
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637
593
.533
LAD
78
55
.586
4.5
632
592
.530
SFG
73
62
.541
10.5
689
585
.574
MLN
75
64
.540
10.5
640
581
.544
STL
72
64
.529
12.0
625
585
.530
PIT
65
72
.474
19.5
623
612
.508
CHC
55
80
.407
28.5
619
718
.433
PHI
41
94
.304
42.5
517
716
.355
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