MLB Scores and Standings Sunday, August 6, 1961

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Kansas City Athletics	2	Final
Boston Red Sox	4

W	Chet Nichols (2-1)
L	Ed Rakow (2-5)

Kansas City Athletics	1	Final
Boston Red Sox	0

W	Jim Archer (8-6)
L	Tracy Stallard (0-1)

Washington Senators	4	Final
Chicago White Sox	5

W	Warren Hacker (3-2)
L	Ed Hobaugh (6-6)

Washington Senators	2	Final
Chicago White Sox	3

W	Billy Pierce (6-7)
L	Joe McClain (7-12)

Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Final
Cincinnati Reds	4

W	Vinegar Bend Mizell (5-8)
L	Joey Jay (15-7)
S	Clem Labine (7)

Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Final
Cincinnati Reds	3	(10)

W	Jim Brosnan (7-3)
L	Roy Face (4-5)

Cleveland Indians	1	Final
Detroit Tigers	2

W	Don Mossi (12-2)
L	Jim Perry (8-10)

Cleveland Indians	9	Final
Detroit Tigers	5

W	Mudcat Grant (11-5)
L	Bob Bruce (1-2)

Chicago Cubs	4	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	11

W	Johnny Podres (14-3)
L	Jack Curtis (7-6)

Minnesota Twins	6	Final
New York Yankees	7	(15)

W	Hal Reniff (1-0)
L	Ray Moore (4-4)

Minnesota Twins	2	Final
New York Yankees	3

W	Rollie Sheldon (8-3)
L	Al Schroll (0-1)

Milwaukee Braves	3	Final
San Francisco Giants	4

W	Juan Marichal (9-7)
L	Carl Willey (4-6)
S	Stu Miller (10)

Philadelphia Phillies	1	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	3

W	Ray Sadecki (9-5)
L	Frank Sullivan (3-10)

Philadelphia Phillies	2	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	3

W	Bob Gibson (8-8)
L	Jim Owens (1-6)

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	71	37	.657	--	583	441	.625
DET	69	40	.633	2.5	582	472	.595
BAL	61	49	.555	11.0	475	435	.540
CLE	57	54	.514	15.5	534	511	.520
CHW	56	54	.509	16.0	529	512	.515
BOS	52	60	.464	21.0	510	575	.445
LAA	47	61	.435	24.0	488	502	.487
WSA	46	61	.430	24.5	446	504	.444
MIN	46	62	.426	25.0	481	539	.448
KCA	40	67	.374	30.5	462	599	.383

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
CIN	68	42	.618	--	515	469	.543
LAD	65	40	.619	0.5	512	460	.549
SFG	56	49	.533	9.5	527	457	.565
MLN	54	49	.524	10.5	494	458	.535
STL	52	53	.495	13.5	486	481	.505
PIT	48	51	.485	14.5	471	460	.511
CHC	44	60	.423	21.0	492	569	.434
PHI	30	73	.291	34.5	395	538	.362

Standings For Games Played After this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	38	16	.704	--	244	171	.657
BAL	34	18	.654	3.0	216	153	.653
DET	32	21	.604	5.5	259	199	.618
CHW	30	22	.577	7.0	236	214	.545
BOS	24	26	.480	12.0	219	217	.504
MIN	24	28	.462	13.0	226	239	.474
LAA	23	30	.434	14.5	256	282	.456
CLE	21	29	.420	15.0	203	241	.422
KCA	21	33	.389	17.0	221	264	.419
WSA	15	39	.278	23.0	172	272	.302

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
SFG	29	20	.592	--	246	198	.598
STL	28	21	.571	1.0	217	187	.568
MLN	29	22	.569	1.0	218	198	.544
CIN	25	19	.568	1.5	195	184	.527
PIT	27	28	.491	5.0	223	215	.517
LAD	24	25	.490	5.0	223	237	.472
CHC	20	30	.400	9.5	197	231	.428
PHI	17	34	.333	13.0	189	258	.361