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Friday, June 7,1968

Friday, June 7,1968

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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
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Oakland Athletics  6 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Blue Moon Odom Tom Phoebus -- 0 2:42
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Oakland Athletics  6 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Nash Bruce Howard -- 13,229 2:18
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Chicago White Sox  2 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Jose Santiago Joe Horlen -- 30,058 2:22
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Cleveland Indians  4 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Fred Lasher Mike Paul -- 31,646 3:15
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 California Angels  1 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Fritz Peterson George Brunet -- 0 2:22
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 California Angels  8 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jim McGlothlin Bill Monbouquette -- 19,791 2:43
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Minnesota Twins  5 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jim Kaat Phil Ortega Al Worthington 0 2:56
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Minnesota Twins  2 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Bob Humphreys Ron Perranoski -- 16,334 2:50
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Atlanta Braves  7 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Cecil Upshaw Frank Reberger -- 6,553 2:41
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Maloney Hal Gilson -- 17,685 2:16
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Houston Astros  0 box | pbp Astrodome Steve Blass Dave Giusti -- 14,578 2:54
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Claude Osteen Chris Short -- 18,249 2:02
1968 reg season 1968-06-07 New York Mets  4 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Nolan Ryan Ray Sadecki Cal Koonce 7,805 2:34
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
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 54 34 20 .630 0.0 220 157 63 W4 18-12 16-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 55 32 23 .582 2.5 180 137 43 L1 14-15 17-9 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 53 29 24 .547 4.5 195 169 26 L3 14-9 15-15 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 54 28 26 .519 6.0 175 162 13 L1 16-14 12-12 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 7.5 181 196 -15 W1 11-14 15-13 5 5 12 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 7.5 169 153 16 W2 12-13 13-15 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 55 25 30 .455 9.5 174 217 -43 W1 13-12 12-18 7 7 15 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 55 24 31 .436 10.5 169 195 -26 L1 11-15 13-16 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 53 23 30 .434 10.5 178 231 -53 W1 11-16 12-14 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 51 21 30 .412 11.5 120 144 -24 L5 8-20 13-10 10 10 19 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 53 31 22 .585 0.0 187 148 39 L1 16-12 15-10 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 56 30 26 .536 2.5 150 151 -1 W5 14-13 16-13 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 51 27 24 .529 3.0 210 193 17 W3 12-9 14-16 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 48 25 23 .521 3.5 158 151 7 L2 12-16 13-7 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 54 28 26 .519 3.5 179 185 -6 L1 14-13 14-13 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 47 24 23 .511 4.0 132 162 -30 W1 11-11 13-12 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 52 25 27 .481 5.5 187 219 -32 L4 13-14 12-13 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 51 24 27 .471 6.0 153 132 21 W4 13-12 11-15 8 8 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 49 21 28 .429 8.0 153 174 -21 L6 7-16 14-12 9 9 18 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 45 18 27 .400 9.0 150 144 6 L7 9-16 9-11 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
Doyle Alexander Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Alabama HS)
Lloyd Allen California Angels Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Rick Austin Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (Washington State)
Mel Behney Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed out of draft (Michigan State)
Larry Biittner Washington Senators II Hist Signed out of draft (Buena Vista)
Tom Bradley California Angels Hist Signed out of draft (Maryland)
Bill Buckner Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Al Bumbry Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (Virginia State)
Don Castle Washington Senators II Hist Signed out of draft (Mississippi HS)
Ron Cey Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Washington State)
Rich Chiles Houston Astros Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Lance Clemons -- Hist Signed out of draft (West Chester)
Rich Coggins Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Vince Colbert Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (East Carolina)
Clint Compton Atlanta Braves Hist Signed out of draft (Alabama HS)
Cecil Cooper Boston Red Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
John Curtis Boston Red Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Clemson)
Ron Dunn Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Joe Ferguson Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Pacific)
Tim Foli New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Bob Forsch St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Ken Forsch Houston Astros Hist Signed out of draft (Oregon State)
John Fuller Atlanta Braves Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Bob Gallagher Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Stanford)
Steve Garvey Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Michigan State)
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ed Goodson San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (East Tennessee State)
Bill Greif Houston Astros Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
Buddy Harris Houston Astros Hist Signed out of draft (Miami)
Tom Heintzelman St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (Parsons)
Rick Henninger Washington Senators II Hist Signed out of draft (Missouri)
Ken Hottman Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Sacramento City)
Jim Howarth San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (Mississippi State)
Wilbur Howard Seattle Pilots Hist Signed out of draft (North Carolina HS)
Jesse Jefferson Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (Virginia HS)
Bart Johnson Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft
Lamar Johnson Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Alabama HS)
Larry Johnson Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (Ohio HS)
Bob Kaiser Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (Utah HS)
Tom Kelly Seattle Pilots Hist Signed out of draft (New Jersey HS)
Junior Kennedy Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Bruce Kison Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed out of draft (Washington HS)
Marvin Lane Detroit Tigers Hist Signed out of draft (Michigan HS)
Bill Lee Boston Red Sox Hist Signed out of draft (USC)
Dave Lemonds Chicago Cubs Hist Signed out of draft (North Carolina)
Don Leshnock Detroit Tigers Hist Signed out of draft (Youngstown State)
John Lowenstein Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (UC Riverside)
Chuck Machemehl Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (Texas Christian)
Elliott Maddox Detroit Tigers Hist Signed out of draft (Michigan)
Jim Mason Washington Senators II Hist Signed out of draft (Alabama HS)
Gary Matthews San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Milt May Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed out of draft (Florida HS)
Rich McKinney Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Ohio)
Mike McQueen Atlanta Braves Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
John Milner New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (Georgia HS)
Richie Moloney Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Massachusetts HS)
Monty Montgomery -- Hist Signed out of draft (Pfeiffer)
Thurman Munson New York Yankees Hist Signed out of draft (Kent State)
Jim Nettles Minnesota Twins Hist Signed out of draft (San Diego State)
Dan Neumeier Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (UW Oshkosh)
Wayne Nordhagen New York Yankees Hist Signed out of draft (Treasure Valley CC)
Ben Oglivie Boston Red Sox Hist Signed out of draft (New York HS)
Tom Paciorek Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Houston)
Bill Parsons Seattle Pilots Hist Signed out of draft (Riverside CC)
Stan Perzanowski Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Indiana HS)
Tim Plodinec St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (Arizona)
Dave Robinson -- Hist Signed out of draft (San Diego State)
Don Rose New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (Stanford)
Harvey Shank California Angels Hist Signed out of draft (Stanford)
Dick Sharon Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Paul Splittorff -- Hist Signed out of draft (Morningside)
Bob Strampe Detroit Tigers Hist Signed out of draft (Wisconsin HS)
John Strohmayer Oakland Athletics Hist Signed out of draft (Pacific)
Jeff Terpko Washington Senators II Hist Signed out of draft (Pennsylvania HS)
Jerry Terrell Minnesota Twins Hist Signed out of draft (Minnesota State)
Danny Thompson Minnesota Twins Hist Signed out of draft (Oklahoma State)
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Bobby Valentine Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Connecticut HS)
Sandy Vance Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Stanford)
Hank Webb New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (New York HS)
Charlie Williams New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (Parsons)
Hugh Yancy Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Florida HS)
Larry Yount Houston Astros Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
George Zeber New York Yankees Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Fred Gladding Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
83 record(s)