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Events of Thursday, June 8, 1961
Events of Thursday, June 8, 1961
6-7-1961 6-9-1961 6-8-1960 6-8-1962
MIN A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 1
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Kaat (2-5)
LP: Fisher (2-7)
SV: Stobbs (2)
HR: Martin (1)
LA A 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 (1)
BOS A 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 x - 6 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Wills (2-2)
LP: Duren (1-6)
HR: Wagner (11), Wertz (7)
LA A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 11 1 (2)
BOS A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 9 1
BOX+PBP
HR: Leek (5)
CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 (1)
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Perry (4-4)
LP: Mossi (6-1)
SV: Funk (5)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 (2)
DET A 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 2 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Lary (9-3)
LP: Hawkins (5-3)
HR: Cash (13)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 (1)
NY A 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 x - 6 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Stafford (3-2)
LP: Bass (4-3)
HR: Skowron (11)
KC A 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 9 11 0 (2)
NY A 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Archer (3-1)
LP: McDevitt (1-2)
HR: Sullivan (2)
MIL N 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 - 8 13 2
CIN N 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 0 x - 10 14 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Maloney (4-2)
LP: Spahn (6-5)
SV: Brosnan (8)
HR: Mathews 2 (14), Aaron (10), Adcock (6), Thomas (8), Spahn (1), Freese (11), Coleman (10)
PIT N 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 3
LA N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Friend (6-7)
LP: Williams (4-5)
SV: Shantz (1)
HR: Skinner (1), Mazeroski (5), W. Davis (10)
PHI N 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 0
SF N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Buzhardt (2-5)
LP: Jones (5-5)
HR: McCovey (8), Mays (11)
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Standings At Close of Play of June 8, 1961
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cincinnati Reds 50 30 20 0 .600 - 211 190
Los Angeles Dodgers 53 31 22 0 .585 0.5 245 234
San Francisco Giants 50 28 22 0 .560 2.0 231 207
Pittsburgh Pirates 47 25 22 0 .532 3.5 201 208
St. Louis Cardinals 48 23 24 1 .489 5.5 207 183
Milwaukee Braves 47 22 25 0 .468 6.5 212 226
Chicago Cubs 50 19 30 1 .388 10.5 193 232
Philadelphia Phillies 47 17 30 0 .362 11.5 175 195
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cleveland Indians 52 34 18 0 .654 - 269 188
Detroit Tigers 54 34 19 1 .642 0.5 296 217
New York Yankees 51 30 20 1 .600 3.0 260 208
Baltimore Orioles 54 27 26 1 .509 7.5 210 225
Boston Red Sox 50 24 25 1 .490 8.5 193 218
Kansas City Athletics 49 23 25 1 .479 9.0 230 264
Washington Senators 52 24 28 0 .462 10.0 190 216
Chicago White Sox 48 19 29 0 .396 13.0 203 219
Minnesota Twins 52 20 32 0 .385 14.0 214 275
Los Angeles Angels 52 19 32 1 .373 14.5 213 248
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Kevin Gross
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
NY A Hal Reniff (22)
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Transactions
Kansas City Athletics signed Lew Krausse as an amateur free agent.
Milwaukee Braves signed Arnold Umbach as an amateur free agent.
Kansas City Athletics traded Marv Throneberry to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for
Gene Stephens.
Cleveland Indians sold Joe Shipley to Kansas City Athletics.
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