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Wednesday, May 6,1970

Wednesday, May 6,1970

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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 1970-05-06 Kansas City Royals  1 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dave McNally Bill Butler Pete Richert 5,080 2:20
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 Washington Senators II  2 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Eddie Fisher Darold Knowles -- 5,541 2:08
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 Cleveland Indians  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Joe Horlen Sam McDowell -- 2,983 2:09
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 Minnesota Twins  2 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Les Cain Dave Boswell -- 10,368 2:42
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 Boston Red Sox  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Bobby Bolin Ed Phillips John Gelnar 5,320 2:03
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 New York Yankees  7 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mel Stottlemyre Al Downing Jack Aker 3,706 2:31
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Dock Ellis -- 9,782 2:07
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Don Sutton Ron Taylor 18,027 2:21
1970 reg season 1970-05-06 San Diego Padres  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Shibe Park Dick Selma Clay Kirby Joe Hoerner 2,263 2:47
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 24 16 8 .667 0.0 131 89 42 W2 9-2 7-6 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 1.5 111 91 20 W1 9-8 5-1 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 2.5 101 85 16 L1 3-6 10-4 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 3.5 114 117 -3 L1 2-2 11-10 4 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 3.5 123 119 4 W1 5-8 9-5 5 7 13 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 6.5 69 91 -22 L2 6-8 3-6 6 10 20 -- 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 Minnesota Twins franchise | log 23 15 8 .652 0.0 111 79 32 L1 8-4 7-4 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.5 107 87 20 W1 9-4 6-5 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 4.5 106 106 0 L1 5-9 7-5 3 8 15 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 4.5 90 123 -33 W2 5-5 6-8 4 9 16 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 7.5 93 128 -35 L3 4-5 4-11 5 11 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 6 20 .231 10.5 103 144 -41 W1 5-15 1-5 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 22 13 9 .591 0.0 95 85 10 L5 3-9 10-0 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 1.5 92 75 17 W1 8-7 5-5 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 1.5 83 105 -22 W1 8-9 5-3 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 3.0 97 96 1 L3 4-4 6-8 4 8 17 -- dnq
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 3.5 95 118 -23 L7 4-7 7-7 5 10 19 -- Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 22 6 16 .273 7.0 58 134 -76 L3 5-11 1-5 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 27 21 6 .778 0.0 146 86 60 W7 8-4 13-2 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 5.5 149 127 22 W9 7-5 8-6 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 7.0 90 71 19 L1 6-3 7-9 3 6 11 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 8.0 152 149 3 W1 4-5 9-9 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 9.0 125 126 -1 W3 4-11 8-4 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 11.0 93 103 -10 L1 6-8 4-9 6 11 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Turk Farrell -- Hist Released by Braves
1 record(s)