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Wednesday, May 2,1962

Wednesday, May 2,1962

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1962 reg season 1962-05-02 New York Yankees  4 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Coates Joe Horlen -- 25,547 2:47
1962 reg season 1962-05-02 Detroit Tigers  8 Kansas City Athletics  12 box | pbp Municipal Stadium John Wyatt Don Mossi Diego Segui 4,914 2:36
1962 reg season 1962-05-02 Baltimore Orioles  6 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Hal Brown Jim Kaat Dick Hall 5,926 2:44
1962 reg season 1962-05-02 Chicago Cubs  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bob Buhl Sandy Koufax Don Elston 24,297 2:30
1962 reg season 1962-05-02 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Earl Francis -- 9,926 2:17
1962 reg season 1962-05-02 Houston Colt 45s  1 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Bob Gibson Ken Johnson -- 7,880 2:27
6 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1962 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 0.0 81 60 21 W7 8-1 3-3 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1962 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 7 5 2 .714 2.0 45 30 15 W4 5-2 1-0 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 2.5 73 68 5 L3 5-3 4-4 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 3.0 56 54 2 W1 4-2 4-5 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 3.0 73 67 6 L2 4-1 5-7 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 17 8 9 .471 4.0 81 91 -10 L1 7-4 1-6 6 6 10 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 17 7 10 .412 5.0 61 69 -8 L5 1-8 6-2 7 7 12 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 4 1 3 .250 4.5 17 23 -6 W1 1-3 0-0 8 8 17 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 14 3 11 .214 7.5 50 79 -29 W1 1-4 2-7 9 9 18 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 3.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 20 -- dnq
1962 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 15 12 3 .800 0.0 124 63 61 W2 5-0 7-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 22 17 5 .773 1.5 144 79 65 W8 4-3 13-2 2 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1962 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 1.5 87 72 15 L3 9-5 4-2 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 2.0 114 115 -1 L1 6-4 8-5 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 5.5 99 120 -21 W2 4-7 5-4 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 6.0 70 84 -14 W2 3-6 3-3 6 6 13 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 16 6 10 .375 6.5 63 69 -6 L1 1-7 5-3 7 7 14 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Houston Colt 45s franchise | log 7 2 5 .286 6.0 31 23 8 L2 2-5 1-0 8 8 15 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 19 5 14 .263 9.0 72 131 -59 W1 3-8 2-7 9 9 16 -- dnq
1962 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 17 3 14 .176 10.0 71 119 -48 L2 1-5 2-9 10 10 19 -- dnq
20 record(s)