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Saturday, August 26, 1961
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Cleveland Indians
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Chicago White Sox
10
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Don Larsen (5-1)
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Wynn Hawkins (6-9)
Los Angeles Dodgers
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inal
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Johnny Podres (16-4)
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Jay Hook (1-3)
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Ron Perranoski (3)
New York Yankees
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inal
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Jerry Walker (5-11)
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inal
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Tracy Stallard (1-4)
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Tom Morgan (5)
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inal
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Al Schroll (1-3)
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Wes Stock (3)
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inal
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Roy Face (5-6)
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Bob Anderson (7)
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Ed Bauta (4)
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%
NYY
85
43
.664
--
670
508
.624
DET
82
45
.646
2.5
670
521
.613
BAL
75
55
.577
11.0
575
490
.573
CHW
66
62
.516
19.0
589
567
.517
CLE
64
64
.500
21.0
584
589
.496
BOS
61
71
.462
26.0
599
667
.451
MIN
55
72
.433
29.5
573
634
.454
LAA
55
72
.433
29.5
567
586
.485
WSA
50
74
.403
33.0
508
595
.428
KCA
46
81
.362
38.5
519
697
.368
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
76
52
.594
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593
557
.529
LAD
71
50
.587
1.5
580
540
.533
SFG
68
54
.557
5.0
621
521
.580
MLN
66
55
.545
6.5
582
532
.541
STL
64
59
.520
9.5
566
542
.520
PIT
59
61
.492
13.0
546
530
.514
CHC
51
70
.421
21.5
563
643
.440
PHI
34
88
.279
39.0
461
647
.350
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
24
10
.706
--
157
104
.680
BAL
20
12
.625
3.0
116
98
.577
CHW
20
14
.588
4.0
176
159
.546
DET
19
16
.543
5.5
171
150
.560
BOS
15
15
.500
7.0
130
125
.518
MIN
15
18
.455
8.5
134
144
.467
KCA
15
19
.441
9.0
164
166
.494
LAA
15
19
.441
9.0
177
198
.449
CLE
14
19
.424
9.5
153
163
.471
WSA
11
26
.297
14.5
110
181
.287
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
17
9
.654
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117
96
.590
LAD
18
15
.545
2.5
155
157
.494
SFG
17
15
.531
3.0
152
134
.557
STL
16
15
.516
3.5
137
126
.538
MLN
17
16
.515
3.5
130
124
.522
PIT
16
18
.471
5.0
148
145
.509
PHI
13
19
.406
7.0
123
149
.413
CHC
13
20
.394
7.5
126
157
.401
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