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Events of Saturday, April 15, 1961
Events of Saturday, April 15, 1961
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MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3
BAL A 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 x - 8 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Barber (1-0)
LP: Stobbs (0-1)
HR: Williams (1)
LA A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
BOS A 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Delock (1-0)
LP: Casale (0-1)
CHI A 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
DET A 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 6 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Mossi (1-0)
LP: McLish (0-1)
SV: Fox (1)
HR: Bruton (1), Brown (1)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 5 2
NY A 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 5 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Turley (1-0)
LP: Daley (0-1)
SV: Stafford (1)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 3 8 0
WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Grant (1-0)
LP: Daniels (0-1)
SV: Funk (1)
HR: Klaus (1)
MIL N 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 1
CHI N 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 - 9 11 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Elston (2-0)
LP: Nottebart (0-1)
HR: Santo (1), Heist (1)
PIT N 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 11 1
LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Friend (1-0)
LP: Drysdale (1-1)
HR: Virdon 2 (3)
PHI N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Green (1-0)
LP: Marichal (0-1)
HR: Gonzalez (2)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2
STL N 2 0 0 0 2 x - 4 5 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Broglio (1-0)
LP: Jay (0-1)
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Standings At Close of Play of April 15, 1961
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cincinnati Reds 4 3 1 0 .750 - 19 10
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 3 2 0 .600 0.5 24 19
San Francisco Giants 5 3 2 0 .600 0.5 17 16
Chicago Cubs 4 2 2 0 .500 1.0 15 19
St. Louis Cardinals 4 2 2 0 .500 1.0 13 13
Los Angeles Dodgers 5 2 3 0 .400 1.5 20 22
Philadelphia Phillies 5 2 3 0 .400 1.5 14 18
Milwaukee Braves 4 1 3 0 .250 2.0 13 18
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cleveland Indians 3 2 1 0 .667 - 14 9
Detroit Tigers 3 2 1 0 .667 - 18 11
Minnesota Twins 3 2 1 0 .667 - 9 10
Boston Red Sox 2 1 1 0 .500 0.5 5 5
Los Angeles Angels 2 1 1 0 .500 0.5 7 5
New York Yankees 2 1 1 0 .500 0.5 5 9
Kansas City Athletics 2 1 1 0 .500 0.5 8 7
Baltimore Orioles 3 1 2 0 .333 1.0 12 10
Chicago White Sox 3 1 2 0 .333 1.0 6 16
Washington Senators 3 1 2 0 .333 1.0 7 9
ML League Leaders
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
SF N Bob Farley (23)
KC A Jay Hankins (25)
MIN A Ron Henry (24)
KC A Bill Kunkel (24)
MIN A Lee Stange (24)
Deaths on This Date
Nick Cullop (73)
Jess Doyle (63)
Cy Falkenberg (81)
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Transactions
Clint Courtney returned to Baltimore Orioles, completing trade in which Baltimore
Orioles traded Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey and Clint Courtney to
Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog (January 24,
1961).
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