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Friday, July 8,1966

Friday, July 8,1966

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
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 California Angels  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Stu Miller Marcelino Lopez -- 19,312 2:07
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Chicago White Sox  1 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Jim Lonborg Jack Lamabe -- 0 2:00
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Chicago White Sox  1 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Lee Stange Bob Locker -- 15,747 2:21
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Cleveland Indians  1 Kansas City Athletics  2 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Lew Krausse Sonny Siebert Jim Duckworth 15,461 2:34
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Detroit Tigers  1 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Kaat Mickey Lolich -- 22,808 2:33
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Washington Senators II  7 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dick Lines Mel Stottlemyre Ron Kline 0 2:42
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Washington Senators II  5 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Fritz Peterson Dick Bosman -- 14,863 2:34
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Chris Short Ken Holtzman Darold Knowles 5,166 2:50
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Atlanta Braves  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ron Perranoski Clay Carroll Phil Regan 31,516 2:42
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 New York Mets  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 box | pbp Forbes Field Vern Law Bob Shaw -- 0 2:37
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 New York Mets  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 box | pbp Forbes Field Tommie Sisk Jack Fisher Billy O'Dell 32,440 2:16
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Hank Fischer -- 21,347 2:40
1966 reg season 1966-07-08 Houston Astros  6 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Bruce Bob Gibson Claude Raymond 30,044 2:26
13 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 -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 84 57 27 .679 0.0 432 292 140 W1 28-14 29-13 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 81 47 34 .580 8.5 360 341 19 L1 27-10 20-24 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 80 45 35 .563 10.0 303 291 12 L6 22-18 23-17 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 82 44 38 .537 12.0 336 326 10 L1 21-17 23-21 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 83 39 44 .470 17.5 318 323 -5 W1 18-24 21-20 5 5 12 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 83 38 45 .458 18.5 289 257 32 L2 18-25 20-20 6 6 13 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 82 37 45 .451 19.0 304 311 -7 W1 18-20 18-26 7 7 14 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 82 37 45 .451 19.0 288 361 -73 W2 16-29 21-16 8 8 15 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 85 36 49 .424 21.5 309 377 -68 L1 16-30 20-19 9 9 18 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 86 34 52 .395 24.0 363 423 -60 W2 15-28 19-24 10 10 19 -- dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 85 53 32 .624 0.0 361 315 46 W3 26-16 27-16 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 72 42 30 .583 4.5 328 267 61 W2 21-19 21-11 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 81 47 34 .580 4.0 297 249 48 W5 21-20 26-14 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 83 45 38 .542 7.0 362 305 57 W1 21-17 24-21 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 83 44 39 .530 8.0 312 323 -11 W1 15-21 29-18 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 74 36 38 .486 11.5 345 312 33 L2 19-18 17-20 6 6 10 -- dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 80 38 42 .475 12.5 249 264 -15 L2 20-23 18-19 7 7 11 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 81 36 45 .444 15.0 313 327 -14 L10 14-28 22-17 8 8 16 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 81 35 46 .432 16.0 302 380 -78 L2 19-20 16-26 9 9 17 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 76 22 54 .289 26.5 288 415 -127 L1 11-29 11-25 10 10 20 -- 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
Wade Blasingame Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Left shoulder soreness
1 record(s)