The Baseball Cube

Friday, May 18,1962

Friday, May 18,1962

Baseball on this Date

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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 1962-05-18 Los Angeles Angels  8 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Jim Donohue Galen Cisco Jack Spring 10,124 3:07
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Baltimore Orioles  7 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Hoyt Wilhelm Frank Baumann -- 21,337 3:30
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Detroit Tigers  2 Cleveland Indians  9 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dick Donovan Paul Foytack -- 20,012 2:22
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Minnesota Twins  4 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Don Lee Whitey Ford Dick Stigman 20,974 2:21
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Kansas City Athletics  2 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Pete Burnside Dan Pfister -- 7,316 2:18
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Larry Jackson Johnny Podres -- 38,951 2:54
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 New York Mets  2 Milwaukee Braves  5 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn Roger Craig -- 9,655 2:36
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Chicago Cubs  11 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Shibe Park Dick Ellsworth Jack Baldschun -- 8,425 3:16
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Cincinnati Reds  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Bob Purkey Harvey Haddix -- 17,425 2:51
1962 reg season 1962-05-18 Houston Colt 45s  3 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Ken Johnson Jack Sanford -- 18,544 2:25
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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 -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 26 16 10 .615 0.0 140 113 27 W2 7-4 9-6 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 0.0 139 126 13 L1 11-6 6-5 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1962 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 1.0 141 137 4 W3 8-4 8-9 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 2.0 110 117 -7 W2 5-6 10-7 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 31 16 15 .516 2.5 136 139 -3 L2 9-6 7-9 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 3.5 79 77 2 L2 7-8 1-0 6 6 11 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 4.5 123 116 7 L3 2-9 10-6 7 7 13 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 27 8 19 .296 8.5 105 130 -25 W2 4-9 4-10 8 8 18 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 11 3 8 .273 5.5 50 63 -13 L2 3-8 0-0 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 33 24 9 .727 0.0 206 123 83 L2 8-5 16-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1962 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 32 20 12 .625 3.5 168 156 12 L1 9-6 11-6 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 4.5 182 125 57 W2 8-5 10-7 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 5.0 163 171 -8 W1 7-8 12-6 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 7.5 116 128 -12 L1 9-11 6-4 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 9.0 122 131 -9 W1 3-11 10-5 6 6 12 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 10.0 158 169 -11 L1 5-10 7-7 7 7 14 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 30 10 20 .333 12.5 142 212 -70 W1 4-10 6-11 8 8 15 -- dnq
1962 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 28 9 19 .321 12.5 119 168 -49 L1 3-8 6-11 9 9 16 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Houston Colt 45s franchise | log 16 5 11 .313 10.5 70 63 7 W1 5-11 1-0 10 10 17 -- dnq
20 record(s)