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Thursday, September 17,1970

Thursday, September 17,1970

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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 1970-09-17 Detroit Tigers  2 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sam McDowell Joe Niekro -- 4,005 2:42
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 Kansas City Royals  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Ken Sanders Tom Burgmeier -- 7,116 3:15
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 California Angels  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Perry Tom Murphy Stan Williams 7,179 2:14
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 Boston Red Sox  5 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bobby Bolin Jack Aker Vicente Romo 4,985 2:44
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 Baltimore Orioles  0 Washington Senators II  2 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Dick Bosman Mike Cuellar -- 7,393 1:48
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 St. Louis Cardinals  9 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jerry Reuss Bill Hands -- 16,605 2:29
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 Houston Astros  10 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ron Cook Alan Foster Denny Lemaster 9,033 2:52
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Shibe Park Chris Short John Lamb Dick Selma 4,199 2:27
1970 reg season 1970-09-17 San Francisco Giants  4 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Rich Robertson Pat Dobson Don McMahon 3,332 2:26
9 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.
  • 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 149 96 53 .644 0.0 723 536 187 L2 46-32 50-21 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 151 83 68 .550 14.0 627 581 46 L2 36-41 47-27 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 150 77 73 .513 19.5 720 691 29 W2 31-46 46-27 3 6 12 -- dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 149 76 73 .510 20.0 634 670 -36 L1 36-38 40-35 4 7 13 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 150 73 77 .487 23.5 612 623 -11 W1 30-42 43-35 5 8 14 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 148 70 78 .473 25.5 596 615 -19 W2 30-41 40-37 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 Minnesota Twins franchise | log 149 89 60 .597 0.0 686 557 129 W1 41-31 48-29 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 150 82 68 .547 7.5 634 551 83 W2 38-40 44-28 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 149 79 70 .530 10.0 577 582 -5 L1 41-34 38-36 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 147 58 89 .395 30.0 554 649 -95 L1 25-46 33-43 4 10 21 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 150 58 92 .387 31.5 554 704 -150 W1 23-52 34-41 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 146 53 93 .363 34.5 581 739 -158 W2 25-49 28-44 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 148 79 69 .534 0.0 672 629 43 L1 34-39 45-30 1 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 149 78 71 .523 1.5 654 585 69 L2 37-38 41-33 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 148 77 71 .520 2.0 758 633 125 L2 31-37 46-34 3 6 11 -- dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 150 72 78 .480 8.0 699 683 16 W2 41-37 31-41 4 9 17 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 148 67 81 .453 12.0 640 753 -113 W2 30-45 36-37 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 150 66 84 .440 14.0 534 676 -142 W1 30-48 37-35 6 11 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 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 151 94 57 .623 0.0 719 633 86 W1 43-35 51-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 149 80 69 .537 13.0 689 625 64 L2 45-29 35-40 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 150 80 70 .533 13.5 782 783 -1 W1 34-38 46-32 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 151 73 78 .483 21.0 696 716 -20 W1 33-46 40-32 4 7 15 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 149 72 77 .483 21.0 687 712 -25 W1 32-40 40-37 5 8 16 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 151 59 92 .391 35.0 647 749 -102 L1 29-46 30-46 6 12 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)