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Thursday, August 1,1968

Thursday, August 1,1968

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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 1968-08-01 New York Yankees  1 Boston Red Sox  0 box | pbp Fenway Park Stan Bahnsen Dave Morehead -- 24,672 2:06
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 Baltimore Orioles  5 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dave McNally Luis Tiant -- 12,208 2:47
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 Washington Senators II  9 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Joe Coleman Pat Dobson -- 18,278 2:46
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 Chicago White Sox  1 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Perry Jack Fisher Dean Chance 14,140 2:16
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 Houston Astros  1 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Niekro Dave Giusti Phil Regan 20,356 2:27
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Crosley Field Tommie Sisk Jim Maloney Roy Face 10,926 2:23
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 San Francisco Giants  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Juan Marichal Don Drysdale -- 30,099 2:15
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 Atlanta Braves  4 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Cecil Upshaw Don Cardwell -- 18,580 2:23
1968 reg season 1968-08-01 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Steve Carlton Larry Jackson -- 12,674 1:35
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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.
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 106 65 41 .613 0.0 429 339 90 L1 30-24 35-17 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 103 58 45 .563 5.5 370 311 59 W3 27-24 31-21 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 108 59 49 .546 7.0 361 324 37 L2 29-25 29-25 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 103 54 49 .524 9.5 388 415 -27 L3 25-26 29-23 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 105 54 51 .514 10.5 354 343 11 W3 25-27 28-25 5 5 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 102 49 53 .480 14.0 333 349 -16 W2 25-26 24-27 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 103 49 54 .476 14.5 373 343 30 W1 21-31 28-23 7 7 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 104 48 56 .462 16.0 324 396 -72 L2 24-27 24-29 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 101 45 56 .446 17.5 300 308 -8 L1 20-28 25-28 9 9 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 101 37 64 .366 25.5 331 435 -104 W1 17-37 20-27 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 107 71 36 .664 0.0 404 289 115 W4 35-18 36-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 103 54 49 .524 15.0 435 423 12 L2 28-22 25-28 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 107 55 52 .514 16.0 391 397 -6 W3 25-30 30-22 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 105 53 52 .505 17.0 360 354 6 W1 28-24 25-28 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 97 48 49 .495 18.0 283 317 -34 W2 20-25 28-24 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 96 45 51 .469 20.5 309 330 -21 L3 19-29 26-22 6 6 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 99 46 53 .465 21.0 333 324 9 W2 25-26 21-27 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 104 48 56 .462 21.5 349 383 -34 L5 24-31 24-25 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 108 49 59 .454 22.5 317 317 0 L5 27-26 22-33 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 106 47 59 .443 23.5 271 318 -47 L1 23-31 24-28 10 10 19 -- dnq
20 record(s)