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Wednesday, August 14,1968

Wednesday, August 14,1968

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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 1968-08-14 Chicago White Sox  5 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Tommy John Dave Morehead Bob Locker 26,469 2:35
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Chicago White Sox  5 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Jerry Stephenson Bob Priddy Sparky Lyle 21,402 2:42
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 New York Yankees  5 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Stan Bahnsen Tom Murphy Steve Hamilton 14,104 2:35
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Detroit Tigers  3 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mickey Lolich Luis Tiant -- 17,312 2:45
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Washington Senators II  4 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dennis Higgins Jim Merritt -- 8,263 1:59
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Baltimore Orioles  1 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Chuck Dobson Dave Leonhard Diego Segui 8,101 2:14
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bob Gibson Joe Niekro -- 32,733 2:25
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Atlanta Braves  4 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Crosley Field Gerry Arrigo Phil Niekro Clay Carroll 8,944 2:44
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jerry Koosman Bill Singer -- 23,730 2:23
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 Houston Astros  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Shibe Park Chris Short Denny Lemaster Gary Wagner 4,040 2:17
1968 reg season 1968-08-14 San Francisco Giants  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Gaylord Perry Ron Kline -- 6,926 2:30
11 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 120 76 44 .633 0.0 490 375 115 W1 34-26 42-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 117 68 49 .581 6.5 426 356 70 L1 32-26 36-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 11.0 462 474 -12 W1 30-29 35-26 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 123 65 58 .528 12.5 393 379 14 L1 32-30 32-29 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 13.5 407 384 23 W1 32-31 29-27 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 19.0 425 394 31 L1 25-34 30-27 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 115 54 61 .470 19.5 373 398 -25 W3 28-26 26-35 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 119 53 66 .445 22.5 379 454 -75 L3 29-34 24-32 8 8 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 117 49 68 .419 25.5 344 367 -23 L1 21-31 28-37 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 116 44 72 .379 30.0 381 499 -118 W1 21-40 23-32 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 120 77 43 .642 0.0 438 333 105 W1 38-21 39-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 13.0 451 449 2 L1 32-33 32-23 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 14.0 400 377 23 W5 30-24 32-32 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 15.0 489 478 11 W2 31-26 28-31 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 110 53 57 .482 19.0 337 368 -31 L2 21-27 32-30 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 55 62 .470 20.5 381 418 -37 W2 29-36 26-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 20.5 345 363 -18 L2 20-31 30-26 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 22.0 355 358 -3 W2 32-33 24-33 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 109 49 60 .450 22.5 348 355 -7 L3 28-31 21-29 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 53 66 .445 23.5 302 347 -45 L2 23-33 30-33 10 10 17 -- 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
Galen Cisco Kansas City Royals Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to Kansas City Royals
Andy Etchebarren Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Broken bone in hand *Hit by foul tip while catching*
2 record(s)