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Monday, August 19,1968

Monday, August 19,1968

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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 1968-08-19 Baltimore Orioles  1 California Angels  0 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Hardin Jim McGlothlin -- 9,802 2:16
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 Boston Red Sox  3 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dave Morehead Luis Tiant -- 6,020 2:29
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 New York Yankees  0 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dean Chance Stan Bahnsen -- 13,029 2:04
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 Washington Senators II  4 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bob Humphreys Blue Moon Odom -- 2,817 2:21
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 Atlanta Braves  1 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ken Holtzman George Stone -- 11,363 2:27
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Crosley Field Gerry Arrigo Jim Bunning -- 6,659 2:45
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Danny Coombs Bill Singer -- 20,347 2:25
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 San Francisco Giants  1 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Frank Linzy Ron Taylor Mike McCormick 28,370 4:19
1968 reg season 1968-08-19 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Shibe Park Bob Gibson Woodie Fryman -- 12,278 2:19
9 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 123 78 45 .634 0.0 505 388 117 L1 36-27 42-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 123 72 51 .585 6.0 449 369 80 W3 36-28 36-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 125 68 57 .544 11.0 481 489 -8 W2 31-29 37-28 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 128 67 61 .523 13.5 406 402 4 L3 32-30 34-32 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 15.5 419 403 16 L4 32-31 30-31 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 122 58 64 .475 19.5 439 416 23 W1 25-34 33-30 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 120 57 63 .475 19.5 388 410 -22 L1 31-28 26-35 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 124 56 68 .452 22.5 395 467 -72 L1 29-34 27-34 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 122 51 71 .418 26.5 364 383 -19 W2 23-34 28-37 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 121 46 75 .380 31.0 397 516 -119 W1 23-43 23-32 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 125 80 45 .640 0.0 461 342 119 W2 40-21 40-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 65 56 .537 13.0 520 492 28 W7 35-26 29-31 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 123 65 58 .528 14.0 417 393 24 W1 33-26 32-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 126 65 61 .516 15.5 467 481 -14 W1 32-33 33-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 113 55 58 .487 19.0 366 381 -15 W2 24-32 31-26 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 19.5 347 386 -39 L2 23-29 32-30 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 22.5 397 439 -42 L1 29-36 27-30 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 112 51 61 .455 22.5 358 364 -6 L1 28-32 23-29 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 127 57 70 .449 24.0 366 369 -3 L2 32-33 25-37 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 25.0 308 360 -52 L4 23-35 30-33 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
Bill Henry -- Hist Released by Pirates
1 record(s)