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Friday, August 9,1968

Friday, August 9,1968

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
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 California Angels  0 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dave McNally Bill Harrelson -- 12,414 2:31
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Cleveland Indians  0 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Tommy John Steve Hargan Hoyt Wilhelm 9,553 2:11
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Boston Red Sox  5 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Lee Stange Pat Dobson -- 41,674 2:33
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Minnesota Twins  4 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jim Roland Fritz Peterson -- 14,968 3:31
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Oakland Athletics  4 Washington Senators II  2 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jack Aker Dennis Higgins -- 0 2:18
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Oakland Athletics  2 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Phil Ortega Paul Lindblad -- 5,985 3:04
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bob Gibson Phil Niekro -- 41,267 1:49
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Chicago Cubs  3 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Crosley Field Jay Ritchie Fergie Jenkins Clay Carroll 13,762 2:37
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Chris Short Claude Osteen Gary Wagner 15,150 2:30
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 New York Mets  5 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Cal Koonce Juan Marichal Ron Taylor 7,482 2:46
1968 reg season 1968-08-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Steve Shea Dock Ellis -- 15,270 2:30
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • 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 114 71 43 .623 0.0 466 359 107 L1 32-25 39-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 112 65 47 .580 5.0 414 335 79 W4 30-25 35-22 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 113 62 51 .549 8.5 434 445 -11 W5 30-26 32-25 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 11.5 378 366 12 L5 29-30 31-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 114 59 55 .518 12.0 385 370 15 L1 30-31 28-25 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 111 52 59 .468 17.5 401 380 21 W1 23-34 29-25 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 110 51 59 .464 18.0 356 378 -22 L3 25-26 26-33 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 19.0 362 439 -77 L2 28-33 24-29 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 110 48 62 .436 21.0 326 340 -14 W1 20-28 28-34 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 111 42 69 .378 27.5 367 477 -110 W1 19-39 23-30 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 115 75 40 .652 0.0 419 309 110 W3 36-18 39-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 111 58 53 .523 15.0 461 441 20 W1 31-26 26-28 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 115 60 55 .522 15.0 417 430 -13 L1 30-33 30-22 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 112 57 55 .509 16.5 386 372 14 L1 28-24 29-31 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 19.0 310 340 -30 L2 20-25 31-29 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 112 53 59 .473 20.5 371 404 -33 W2 29-34 24-25 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 103 48 55 .466 21.0 330 354 -24 L1 19-29 29-26 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 106 49 57 .462 21.5 346 345 1 W1 28-30 21-27 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 116 53 63 .457 22.5 345 348 -3 W1 31-30 22-33 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 115 51 64 .443 24.0 297 339 -42 L2 23-31 28-33 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)