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Friday, June 28,1968

Friday, June 28,1968

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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 1968-06-28 Minnesota Twins  5 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Kaat Tom Phoebus Al Worthington 13,188 2:38
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 Chicago White Sox  4 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Fred Lasher Wilbur Wood -- 37,433 2:28
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 Oakland Athletics  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Lew Krausse Stan Bahnsen Jack Aker 10,442 2:46
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 California Angels  4 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Tom Murphy Phil Ortega Tom Burgmeier 0 2:37
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 California Angels  1 Washington Senators II  0 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Marty Pattin Darold Knowles -- 7,576 3:10
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 St. Louis Cardinals  9 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Nelson Briles Fergie Jenkins Wayne Granger 17,433 2:31
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 New York Mets  2 Houston Astros  7 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Nolan Ryan -- 15,370 2:41
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 Atlanta Braves  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Milt Pappas Mike Kekich -- 51,747 2:14
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Jim Bunning Woodie Fryman -- 18,994 3:02
1968 reg season 1968-06-28 Cincinnati Reds  3 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Gaylord Perry Tony Cloninger -- 9,542 2:34
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
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 74 47 27 .635 0.0 298 213 85 W4 23-17 24-10 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 71 38 33 .535 7.5 232 214 18 W4 19-19 19-14 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 72 38 34 .528 8.0 239 209 30 W2 18-16 19-19 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 76 40 36 .526 8.0 234 224 10 L2 18-20 21-17 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 70 36 34 .514 9.0 253 219 34 L2 18-17 18-17 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 70 35 35 .500 10.0 254 267 -13 W1 18-20 17-15 6 6 9 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 73 36 37 .493 10.5 224 270 -46 W2 16-15 20-22 7 7 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 70 31 39 .443 14.0 229 254 -25 L3 16-19 15-20 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 69 30 39 .435 14.5 197 211 -14 L2 11-21 19-18 9 9 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 69 26 43 .377 18.5 225 304 -79 L2 12-24 14-19 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 74 46 28 .622 0.0 265 206 59 W1 22-14 24-14 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 75 40 35 .533 6.5 271 260 11 W1 20-18 20-17 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 68 35 33 .515 8.0 196 218 -22 W2 14-15 21-18 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 76 38 38 .500 9.0 201 215 -14 L1 20-21 18-17 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 73 36 37 .493 9.5 302 293 9 L1 15-18 20-20 5 5 12 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 67 33 34 .493 9.5 219 227 -8 L2 14-22 19-12 6 6 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 72 35 37 .486 10.0 231 204 27 L1 18-17 17-20 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 67 31 36 .463 11.5 214 231 -17 W1 10-21 21-15 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 64 29 35 .453 12.0 213 206 7 W2 15-20 14-15 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 72 31 41 .431 14.0 244 296 -52 L7 15-25 16-16 10 10 19 -- 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
Lou Johnson Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Cleveland Indians for Willie Smith
Willie Smith Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Chicago Cubs for Lou Johnson
2 record(s)