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Wednesday, April 29,1970

Wednesday, April 29,1970

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
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Oakland Athletics  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Sonny Siebert Chuck Dobson Sparky Lyle 14,297 2:54
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Baltimore Orioles  18 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Palmer Tommie Sisk -- 5,188 2:45
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Detroit Tigers  8 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Mike Kilkenny Dick Drago Fred Lasher 6,165 2:47
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Cleveland Indians  0 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Kaat Rich Hand Stan Williams 4,241 1:58
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 California Angels  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Andy Messersmith John Cumberland Paul Doyle 5,450 2:24
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Milwaukee Brewers  0 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Dick Bosman Lew Krausse -- 4,452 2:20
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Houston Astros  3 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Merritt Tom Griffin Clay Carroll 6,766 2:07
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Claude Osteen Grant Jackson -- 10,777 2:18
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Chicago Cubs  10 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Forbes Field Bill Hands Bob Moose Phil Regan 7,900 2:37
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Montreal Expos  0 San Diego Padres  10 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Pat Dobson Joe Sparma -- 1,753 2:25
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 New York Mets  6 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Frank Linzy Ron Taylor Don McMahon 6,139 2:55
1970 reg season 1970-04-29 Atlanta Braves  10 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Priddy Chuck Taylor -- 10,562 2:38
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 18 13 5 .722 0.0 104 68 36 W5 9-1 4-4 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.5 85 57 28 W2 8-5 4-0 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 3.0 72 63 9 W3 2-5 8-3 3 6 10 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 3.0 79 85 -6 W3 1-1 9-7 4 5 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 17 7 10 .412 5.5 50 71 -21 L1 4-4 3-6 5 8 17 -- dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.0 87 84 3 L1 4-7 4-5 6 9 18 -- 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
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 19 13 6 .684 0.0 91 66 25 W1 8-2 5-4 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 1.0 86 54 32 W1 5-2 6-4 2 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 19 8 11 .421 5.0 57 73 -16 L4 2-7 6-4 3 7 16 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 6.5 59 104 -45 L2 5-5 1-7 4 11 21 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 6.5 74 100 -26 L7 4-3 2-9 5 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 19 5 14 .263 8.0 79 98 -19 L3 5-10 0-4 6 12 24 -- 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
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 17 13 4 .765 0.0 86 59 27 W1 3-4 10-0 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 19 11 8 .579 3.0 73 74 -1 L1 4-1 7-7 2 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 3.5 79 58 21 L2 4-2 5-5 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 4.0 48 69 -21 L1 6-7 4-2 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 4.5 71 54 17 L1 5-5 4-4 5 6 12 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 17 5 12 .294 8.0 49 105 -56 L1 4-8 1-4 6 12 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
1970 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 22 16 6 .727 0.0 110 69 41 W2 8-4 8-2 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 5.5 125 121 4 W1 3-5 7-6 2 7 13 -- dnq
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 5.5 57 58 -1 W1 5-2 4-8 3 8 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 6.0 113 112 1 W3 7-5 2-6 4 9 15 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 21 7 14 .333 8.5 89 109 -20 L8 1-10 6-4 5 10 20 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 21 7 14 .333 8.5 67 79 -12 W1 5-7 2-7 6 11 19 -- dnq
24 record(s)