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Wednesday, May 5,1971

Wednesday, May 5,1971

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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
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Kansas City Royals  4 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dick Drago Steve Dunning Tom Burgmeier 3,056 2:32
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Oakland Athletics  5 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Vida Blue Dean Chance -- 13,131 2:35
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Washington Senators II  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Skip Lockwood Denny McLain Ken Sanders 4,769 2:13
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 New York Yankees  3 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Perry Stan Bahnsen Ray Corbin 7,059 2:40
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Cincinnati Reds  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Milt Wilcox Bill Singer Wayne Granger 22,739 2:53
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Houston Astros  1 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Parc Jarry Bill Stoneman Wade Blasingame -- 8,282 2:39
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Chicago Cubs  5 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Fergie Jenkins Charlie Williams -- 21,437 2:42
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Reggie Cleveland Joe Hoerner -- 10,184 2:09
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Atlanta Braves  1 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dave Roberts Phil Niekro Al Severinsen 0 1:53
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Atlanta Braves  3 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jim Nash Clay Kirby Cecil Upshaw 4,973 2:37
1971 reg season 1971-05-05 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Luke Walker -- 5,212 2:02
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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
1971 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 23 15 8 .652 0.0 118 99 19 W3 5-5 10-3 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 1.0 107 78 29 W2 7-7 7-2 2 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 4.5 88 96 -8 L6 4-4 8-10 3 7 14 -- dnq
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 4.5 100 115 -15 L1 6-10 5-3 4 8 17 -- dnq
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 5.0 91 102 -11 L2 3-7 7-6 5 10 18 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 8.0 75 115 -40 L2 4-11 4-6 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
1971 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 0.0 129 110 19 W1 11-3 8-8 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 3.0 101 90 11 W2 7-6 7-6 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 3.0 94 88 6 L1 7-3 7-9 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 5.0 111 101 10 W2 7-8 5-6 4 6 13 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.0 60 72 -12 W2 6-7 5-6 5 9 16 -- dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 6.0 86 94 -8 L1 8-4 2-10 6 11 21 -- 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
1971 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 90 70 20 L1 8-5 7-4 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 0.5 112 101 11 W2 9-4 7-9 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 1.0 105 71 34 L1 6-6 9-5 3 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 2.0 54 52 2 W1 5-7 5-1 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 5.0 91 113 -22 W1 4-10 7-5 5 9 19 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 7.0 75 103 -28 L2 4-9 4-7 6 11 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
1971 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 20 7 .741 0.0 117 76 41 W1 11-4 9-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 6.5 98 110 -12 W1 7-4 6-9 2 7 12 -- dnq
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 6.5 107 109 -2 L1 9-7 5-7 3 6 11 -- dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 7.5 87 82 5 L2 4-6 8-8 4 8 15 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 8.5 82 80 2 W1 4-6 6-8 5 10 20 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 26 7 19 .269 12.5 73 124 -51 L1 4-9 3-10 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Lou Piniella Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Fractured right thumb *Hit by a Steve Hargan pitch*
Steve Hargan Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Hairline fracture in right ankle *Cover play at 1b*
Jim Gosger Montreal Expos Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)