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Wednesday, May 16,1962

Wednesday, May 16,1962

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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 1962-05-16 Los Angeles Angels  3 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Ken McBride Chuck Estrada Ryne Duren 7,735 2:26
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 New York Yankees  9 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Rollie Sheldon Mike Fornieles Marshall Bridges 16,485 3:16
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Washington Senators II  3 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dave Stenhouse Early Wynn -- 10,068 2:16
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Kansas City Athletics  9 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Ron Taylor Diego Segui -- 5,131 2:52
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Minnesota Twins  8 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Camilo Pascual Jim Bunning -- 5,249 2:41
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Houston Colt 45s  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Joe Moeller Turk Farrell Ed Roebuck 16,075 2:57
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Chicago Cubs  5 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Polo Grounds V Jay Hook Don Elston -- 3,273 3:21
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Cincinnati Reds  6 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Jim Brosnan Frank Sullivan -- 5,350 2:48
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 Milwaukee Braves  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Forbes Field Al McBean Bob Hendley Diomedes Olivo 11,168 2:08
1962 reg season 1962-05-16 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Lindy McDaniel -- 12,925 2:35
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 26 16 10 .615 0.0 134 121 13 W1 10-6 6-4 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1962 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.5 131 111 20 W1 7-4 8-6 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 1.5 137 134 3 W2 7-4 8-9 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 2.0 132 132 0 L1 9-6 7-8 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 3.0 77 74 3 L1 7-7 1-0 5 5 10 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 3.0 97 109 -12 L1 4-6 9-7 6 6 11 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 3.5 118 106 12 L1 2-9 10-4 7 7 12 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 5.0 48 54 -6 L1 3-7 0-0 8 8 17 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 26 7 19 .269 9.0 102 128 -26 W1 4-9 3-10 9 9 19 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 3.0 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 20 -- dnq
1962 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 31 24 7 .774 0.0 204 119 85 W3 8-5 16-2 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1962 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 4.5 160 144 16 W3 9-6 10-5 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 31 18 13 .581 6.0 153 161 -8 W6 6-7 12-6 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 6.5 173 122 51 L3 6-5 10-7 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 8.0 115 124 -9 W1 9-11 6-3 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 10.5 117 129 -12 L1 3-11 9-5 6 6 13 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 11.0 141 152 -11 L5 5-10 6-6 7 7 14 -- dnq
1962 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 13.0 117 163 -46 W2 3-7 6-11 8 8 15 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 29 9 20 .310 14.0 131 204 -73 L2 3-10 6-11 9 9 16 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Houston Colt 45s franchise | log 14 4 10 .286 11.5 63 56 7 L2 4-10 1-0 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
George Witt Houston Colt 45s Hist Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Houston Colt 45s
Ben Johnson Milwaukee Braves Hist Traded from Houston Colt 45s to Milwaukee Braves for George Brunet
George Brunet Houston Colt 45s Hist Traded from Milwaukee Braves to Houston Colt 45s for Ben Johnson
Pete Richert Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Strained left elbow
4 record(s)