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Tuesday, May 3,1966

Tuesday, May 3,1966

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Kansas City Athletics  2 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Marcelino Lopez Catfish Hunter Bob Lee 8,757 2:48
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Minnesota Twins  4 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Camilo Pascual Joe Horlen -- 12,487 1:58
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Boston Red Sox  0 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mickey Lolich Jose Santiago -- 2,744 2:25
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Cleveland Indians  1 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Tiant Al Downing -- 11,275 2:19
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Baltimore Orioles  0 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Phil Ortega Jim Palmer Casey Cox 8,550 2:18
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Philadelphia Phillies  8 Atlanta Braves  9 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Ray Herbert -- 10,485 3:42
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Roy Face Sammy Ellis -- 4,669 3:25
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Chicago Cubs  2 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Giusti Bill Hands -- 14,460 2:31
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Don Drysdale -- 35,193 2:20
1966 reg season 1966-05-03 New York Mets  2 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Al Jackson Tug McGraw -- 8,645 2:47
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
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 13 12 1 .923 0.0 45 23 22 W2 3-0 9-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 14 12 2 .857 0.5 75 39 36 L1 7-1 5-1 2 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 3.0 51 36 15 L2 7-3 3-2 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 3.5 77 65 12 W1 6-3 5-4 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 4.5 69 63 6 W1 5-4 4-3 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 6.0 38 41 -3 W2 3-5 3-2 6 6 12 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 8.0 51 68 -17 W1 2-4 3-6 7 7 15 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 16 4 12 .250 9.5 73 95 -22 L1 1-5 3-7 8 8 18 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 17 4 13 .235 10.0 49 59 -10 L1 1-4 3-9 9 9 19 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 15 3 12 .200 10.0 27 66 -39 L2 1-11 2-1 10 10 20 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 0.0 59 58 1 W2 3-2 7-3 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 0.5 84 66 18 W3 4-2 9-5 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 20 12 8 .600 0.5 64 55 9 L1 3-4 9-4 3 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 19 11 8 .579 1.0 84 71 13 W1 6-4 5-4 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 1.5 73 62 11 W3 4-5 7-4 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 2.0 63 56 7 L2 6-3 2-4 6 6 11 -- dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 18 8 10 .444 3.5 67 61 6 W1 5-7 3-3 7 7 13 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 4.0 51 65 -14 L2 3-5 2-3 8 8 14 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 16 4 12 .250 6.5 45 57 -12 L2 3-10 1-2 9 9 16 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 16 4 12 .250 6.5 51 90 -39 L1 1-6 3-6 10 10 17 -- dnq
20 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Al Closter New York Yankees Hist Sold by Washington Senators II to New York Yankees
1 record(s)