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Tuesday, August 31,1971

Tuesday, August 31,1971

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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 1971-08-31 Baltimore Orioles  3 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Luis Tiant Jim Palmer -- 26,040 2:25
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Oakland Athletics  4 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Blue Moon Odom Tom Murphy Darold Knowles 8,690 2:26
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Cleveland Indians  1 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Joe Coleman Ed Farmer -- 0 2:19
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Cleveland Indians  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Vince Colbert Joe Niekro Sam McDowell 27,209 3:00
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Kansas City Royals  6 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Tom Burgmeier Skip Lockwood Ted Abernathy 4,863 3:07
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Chicago White Sox  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bob Gebhard Bart Johnson -- 5,640 3:10
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Washington Senators II  6 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Paul Lindblad Lindy McDaniel -- 8,950 3:13
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Montreal Expos  6 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Phil Regan Howie Reed -- 0 3:11
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Montreal Expos  11 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field John Strohmayer Ken Holtzman Mike Marshall 18,699 2:30
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 San Diego Padres  1 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Wayne Granger Al Severinsen -- 12,859 2:10
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Doyle Alexander Ron Cook -- 7,340 2:18
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bruce Kison Joe Hoerner Bob Miller 16,179 2:34
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 Atlanta Braves  0 San Francisco Giants  9 box | pbp Candlestick Park Gaylord Perry George Stone -- 13,615 2:44
1971 reg season 1971-08-31 New York Mets  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jerry Reuss Danny Frisella -- 15,854 2:32
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 129 81 48 .628 0.0 592 449 143 L2 37-28 44-20 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 134 72 62 .537 11.5 581 550 31 L1 29-39 43-23 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 134 70 64 .522 13.5 563 559 4 W1 31-35 39-29 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 134 66 68 .493 17.5 535 524 11 L1 31-38 35-30 4 6 14 -- dnq
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 133 56 77 .421 27.0 458 546 -88 W1 26-41 30-36 5 11 21 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 135 54 81 .400 30.0 466 595 -129 W1 28-38 26-43 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 134 87 47 .649 0.0 597 462 135 W5 48-20 39-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 16.0 504 464 40 W1 33-33 37-29 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 133 63 70 .474 23.5 506 509 -3 L1 32-36 31-34 3 7 16 -- dnq
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 135 63 72 .467 24.5 433 484 -51 L1 33-34 30-38 4 8 17 -- dnq
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 25.5 543 577 -34 W2 28-38 32-33 5 9 18 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 132 56 76 .424 30.0 444 503 -59 L1 27-35 29-41 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
1971 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 137 81 56 .591 0.0 677 527 150 W3 38-31 43-25 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 137 77 60 .562 4.0 614 592 22 W4 37-30 39-31 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 134 71 63 .530 8.5 535 522 13 L1 32-34 39-29 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1971 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 12.5 486 448 38 L2 30-36 36-30 4 6 11 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 134 57 77 .425 22.5 461 570 -109 L3 27-41 30-36 5 10 19 -- dnq
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 131 55 76 .420 23.0 490 588 -98 W1 29-39 26-37 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 135 79 56 .585 0.0 597 543 54 W2 33-33 46-23 1 2 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 135 71 64 .526 8.0 549 492 57 W2 38-31 33-33 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 11.5 537 586 -49 L1 30-35 36-31 3 7 12 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 137 68 69 .496 12.0 497 486 11 W1 27-41 41-28 4 8 13 -- dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 131 63 68 .481 14.0 477 466 11 L3 29-33 34-35 5 9 15 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 131 49 82 .374 28.0 400 500 -100 L1 21-48 28-34 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
John Hiller -- Hist Released by Tigers
Adrian Garrett Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Oakland Athletics for Frank Fernandez
Frank Fernandez Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs for Adrian Garrett
Tommy Davis Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Strained back
4 record(s)