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Thursday, August 21,1969

Thursday, August 21,1969

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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 1969-08-21 Baltimore Orioles  0 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Steve Kealey Tom Phoebus -- 10,658 2:07
1969 reg season 1969-08-21 Detroit Tigers  7 Seattle Pilots  6 box | pbp Sick's Stadium John Hiller Jim Bouton -- 6,483 3:06
1969 reg season 1969-08-21 Atlanta Braves  3 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jim Britton Bill Hands -- 29,866 2:16
1969 reg season 1969-08-21 San Diego Padres  1 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Parc Jarry Joe Niekro Jerry Robertson -- 15,334 2:20
1969 reg season 1969-08-21 San Francisco Giants  7 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Don McMahon Ron Taylor -- 42,795 3:34
1969 reg season 1969-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Shibe Park Jerry Johnson Claude Osteen -- 8,357 2:05
1969 reg season 1969-08-21 Cincinnati Reds  5 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Merritt Nelson Briles Al Jackson 24,836 2:19
7 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.
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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.
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 123 86 37 .699 0.0 625 376 249 L2 40-21 46-16 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Mets)
1969 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 121 70 51 .579 15.0 532 441 91 W4 34-27 36-24 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 122 65 57 .533 20.5 583 571 12 W1 33-31 32-26 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 23.5 513 506 7 W2 31-32 32-29 4 6 15 -- dnq
1969 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 124 62 62 .500 24.5 450 460 -10 L1 29-36 33-26 5 7 16 -- dnq
1969 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 125 51 74 .408 36.0 453 558 -105 L1 23-36 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 122 72 50 .590 0.0 595 479 116 L1 32-34 40-16 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1969 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 69 50 .580 1.5 535 453 82 W1 30-27 39-23 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1969 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 122 51 71 .418 21.0 437 527 -90 W1 23-37 27-35 3 8 17 -- dnq
1969 AL West California Angels franchise | log 119 49 70 .412 21.5 366 479 -113 W2 17-38 32-32 4 9 18 -- dnq
1969 AL West Seattle Pilots franchise | log 121 48 73 .397 23.5 499 633 -134 L7 24-36 24-37 5 11 21 -- dnq
1969 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 122 46 76 .377 26.0 468 573 -105 L3 19-42 27-34 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 125 78 47 .624 0.0 571 425 146 L2 36-28 41-20 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1969 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 120 68 52 .567 7.5 468 437 31 L1 32-26 36-26 2 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1969 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 123 68 55 .553 9.0 465 417 48 L1 35-27 33-28 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1969 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 11.5 540 510 30 W4 29-32 35-24 4 7 11 -- dnq
1969 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 121 49 72 .405 27.0 492 554 -62 W1 26-30 23-42 5 10 20 -- dnq
1969 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 124 39 85 .315 38.5 461 618 -157 L1 20-40 19-45 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 121 67 54 .554 0.0 514 411 103 L1 33-30 34-24 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 120 66 54 .550 0.5 633 601 32 W1 31-30 35-24 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 126 68 58 .540 1.5 532 525 7 W2 29-33 39-25 3 6 10 -- Lost NLCS (Mets)
1969 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 122 65 57 .533 2.5 527 503 24 W1 29-34 36-23 4 8 12 -- dnq
1969 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 3.0 527 509 18 L2 21-37 43-20 5 9 14 -- dnq
1969 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 123 37 86 .301 31.0 345 565 -220 W1 21-44 16-42 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)