MLB Scores and Standings Tuesday, August 8, 1961

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Kansas City Athletics	0	Final
Baltimore Orioles	7

W	Steve Barber (13-9)
L	Bob Shaw (7-10)

Kansas City Athletics	6	Final
Baltimore Orioles	5

W	Norm Bass (6-7)
L	Hoyt Wilhelm (8-7)
S	Bill Fischer (4)

Minnesota Twins	6	Final
Boston Red Sox	5

W	Camilo Pascual (9-12)
L	Bill Monbouquette (8-11)

Detroit Tigers	3	Final
Chicago White Sox	0

W	Jim Bunning (13-8)
L	Frank Baumann (8-9)

Washington Senators	5	Final
Cleveland Indians	6	(10)

W	Wynn Hawkins (6-8)
L	Dave Sisler (2-6)

Milwaukee Braves	3	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	7

W	Turk Farrell (7-5)
L	Lew Burdette (13-8)

Los Angeles Angels	4	Final
New York Yankees	5	(10)

W	Luis Arroyo (10-3)
L	Art Fowler (5-5)

Pittsburgh Pirates	10	Final
Philadelphia Phillies	2

W	Harvey Haddix (8-5)
L	Art Mahaffey (7-16)

Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Final
Philadelphia Phillies	2

W	Tom Sturdivant (3-6)
L	Chris Short (4-8)

Chicago Cubs	1	Final
San Francisco Giants	8

W	Jack Sanford (7-6)
L	Don Cardwell (9-10)

Cincinnati Reds	5	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	6

W	Lindy McDaniel (8-5)
L	Bob Purkey (13-6)

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	73	37	.664	--	592	446	.627
DET	70	40	.636	3.0	585	472	.597
BAL	63	50	.558	11.5	492	445	.546
CLE	58	54	.518	16.0	540	516	.521
CHW	56	55	.505	17.5	529	515	.512
BOS	54	61	.470	21.5	525	589	.448
LAA	47	63	.427	26.0	493	511	.484
WSA	46	62	.426	26.0	451	510	.444
MIN	47	64	.423	26.5	495	554	.449
KCA	41	69	.373	32.0	472	616	.381

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
LAD	66	40	.623	--	519	463	.552
CIN	68	44	.607	1.0	521	480	.537
SFG	57	49	.538	9.0	535	458	.571
MLN	54	50	.519	11.0	497	465	.530
STL	54	53	.505	12.5	497	487	.509
PIT	51	51	.500	13.0	487	465	.521
CHC	44	61	.419	21.5	493	577	.429
PHI	30	76	.283	36.0	400	554	.355

Standings For Games Played After this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	36	16	.692	--	235	166	.654
BAL	32	17	.653	2.5	199	143	.647
DET	31	21	.596	5.0	256	199	.613
CHW	30	21	.588	5.5	236	211	.551
MIN	23	26	.469	11.5	212	224	.475
BOS	22	25	.468	11.5	204	203	.502
LAA	23	28	.451	12.5	251	273	.462
CLE	20	29	.408	14.5	197	236	.418
KCA	20	31	.392	15.5	211	247	.428
WSA	15	38	.283	21.5	167	266	.299

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
CIN	25	17	.595	--	189	173	.540
SFG	28	20	.583	--	238	197	.586
MLN	29	21	.580	--	215	191	.554
STL	26	21	.553	1.5	206	181	.559
LAD	23	25	.479	5.0	216	234	.463
PIT	24	28	.462	6.0	207	210	.493
CHC	20	29	.408	8.5	196	223	.441
PHI	17	31	.354	11.0	184	242	.377