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Saturday, August 16,1969

Saturday, August 16,1969

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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
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Cleveland Indians  0 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Andy Messersmith Luis Tiant -- 8,368 2:06
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 New York Yankees  4 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Jack Aker -- 4,135 2:17
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Boston Red Sox  10 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Mike Nagy Bill Butler -- 0 2:45
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Boston Red Sox  7 Kansas City Royals  8 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Jim Rooker Jim Lonborg Galen Cisco 15,278 2:55
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Detroit Tigers  3 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Rollie Fingers Mike Kilkenny -- 22,859 2:29
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Baltimore Orioles  15 Seattle Pilots  3 box | pbp Sick's Stadium Dave McNally Diego Segui Jim Hardin 11,550 3:01
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Minnesota Twins  5 Washington Senators II  6 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Darold Knowles Jim Kaat -- 10,866 2:46
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bob Gibson Jim Britton -- 24,731 2:15
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Merritt Dock Ellis -- 13,218 2:11
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Claude Osteen Larry Jaster -- 24,949 2:36
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 San Diego Padres  0 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Tommie Sisk Ron Taylor 0 2:30
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 San Diego Padres  1 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jim McAndrew Gary Ross Tug McGraw 19,940 2:25
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Houston Astros  0 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Rick Wise Tom Griffin -- 3,113 2:45
1969 reg season 1969-08-16 Chicago Cubs  3 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Fergie Jenkins Gaylord Perry -- 16,236 2:21
14 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
1969 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 118 83 35 .703 0.0 597 367 230 W4 37-19 46-16 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Mets)
1969 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 117 66 51 .564 16.5 507 425 82 L2 30-27 36-24 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 21.0 562 551 11 L1 32-31 30-25 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 121 61 60 .504 23.5 503 500 3 W1 31-32 30-28 4 6 15 -- dnq
1969 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 24.0 439 446 -7 L1 27-34 33-26 5 7 16 -- dnq
1969 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 121 50 71 .413 34.5 442 546 -104 L1 22-33 28-38 6 10 19 -- dnq
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
1969 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 118 70 48 .593 0.0 571 456 115 L1 30-32 40-16 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1969 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 116 68 48 .586 1.0 529 440 89 W2 30-27 38-21 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1969 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 49 69 .415 21.0 425 520 -95 W1 23-37 25-33 3 8 17 -- dnq
1969 AL West Seattle Pilots franchise | log 116 48 68 .414 21.0 483 601 -118 L2 24-36 24-32 4 9 18 -- dnq
1969 AL West California Angels franchise | log 114 45 69 .395 23.0 351 460 -109 W1 17-38 28-31 5 11 21 -- dnq
1969 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 119 46 73 .387 24.5 464 561 -97 W1 19-40 27-33 6 12 22 -- dnq
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
1969 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 76 44 .633 0.0 559 410 149 W1 35-27 40-18 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1969 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 115 64 51 .557 9.5 449 426 23 W2 32-26 32-25 2 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1969 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 9.5 451 400 51 W1 34-27 32-26 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1969 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 14.0 514 499 15 L1 27-32 33-24 4 9 14 -- dnq
1969 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 48 69 .410 26.5 483 540 -57 W4 26-30 22-39 5 10 20 -- dnq
1969 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 120 38 82 .317 38.0 443 593 -150 L2 20-40 18-42 6 11 23 -- dnq
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
1969 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 115 64 51 .557 0.0 609 572 37 W1 29-29 35-22 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 117 64 53 .547 1.0 494 401 93 W2 30-29 34-24 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 122 66 56 .541 1.5 520 514 6 L1 27-32 39-24 3 6 10 -- Lost NLCS (Mets)
1969 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 117 63 54 .538 2.0 514 484 30 L1 28-32 35-22 4 7 11 -- dnq
1969 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 118 63 55 .534 2.5 523 501 22 L2 20-35 43-20 5 8 12 -- dnq
1969 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 118 35 83 .297 30.5 325 544 -219 L8 19-41 16-42 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
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  • 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
Bob Galasso Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Robert Morris)
1 record(s)