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Saturday, July 20,1968

Saturday, July 20,1968

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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 1968-07-20 Washington Senators II  2 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Dick Ellsworth Frank Bertaina -- 25,245 2:35
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 California Angels  7 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Marty Pattin Wilbur Wood Minnie Rojas 5,993 2:37
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Baltimore Orioles  5 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dave McNally Denny McLain John O'Donoghue 31,748 2:54
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Oakland Athletics  2 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Diego Segui Ron Perranoski Jack Aker 15,166 3:19
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Cleveland Indians  3 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Tiant Fritz Peterson -- 38,224 2:20
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  9 box | pbp Crosley Field Gerry Arrigo Larry Jackson Ted Abernathy 13,256 2:29
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Chicago Cubs  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Drysdale Ken Holtzman -- 32,328 2:34
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Houston Astros  0 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Ray Sadecki Denny Lemaster -- 12,154 1:50
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 New York Mets  0 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Ray Washburn Dick Selma -- 22,794 2:17
1968 reg season 1968-07-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bob Veale Phil Niekro -- 20,771 2:15
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 94 59 35 .628 0.0 385 297 88 L1 26-22 33-13 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 95 54 41 .568 5.5 315 275 40 W5 27-22 26-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 90 50 40 .556 7.0 321 264 57 W1 22-22 28-18 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 91 48 43 .527 9.5 340 363 -23 W1 22-24 26-19 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 93 46 47 .495 12.5 313 293 20 W2 22-25 23-23 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 92 44 48 .478 14.0 297 355 -58 W2 21-22 23-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 91 43 48 .473 14.5 302 296 6 L2 20-28 23-20 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 90 42 48 .467 15.0 285 313 -28 L1 20-23 22-25 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 89 39 50 .438 17.5 267 274 -7 L2 15-26 24-24 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 89 32 57 .360 24.5 285 380 -95 L1 14-34 18-23 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 93 60 33 .645 0.0 343 260 83 W1 29-16 31-17 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 90 46 44 .511 12.5 311 316 -5 L2 24-26 22-18 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 83 42 41 .506 13.0 247 270 -23 L2 16-20 26-21 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 91 46 45 .505 13.0 379 374 5 W3 22-20 23-26 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 93 47 46 .505 13.0 325 313 12 W1 24-21 23-25 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 95 46 49 .484 15.0 338 372 -34 L1 22-29 24-20 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 84 40 44 .476 15.5 285 298 -13 L1 16-25 24-19 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 95 44 51 .463 17.0 289 279 10 L1 24-23 20-28 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 94 43 51 .457 17.5 250 283 -33 W1 21-27 22-24 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 86 38 48 .442 18.5 274 276 -2 W1 22-25 16-23 10 10 18 -- 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
Woodie Held Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from California Angels to Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey
Wayne Causey California Angels Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to California Angels for Woodie Held
2 record(s)