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Tuesday, May 8,1973

Tuesday, May 8,1973

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Boston Red Sox  0 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Eddie Fisher Marty Pattin Terry Forster 9,234 2:05
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 California Angels  0 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Gaylord Perry Clyde Wright -- 1,437 2:03
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Detroit Tigers  2 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Woodie Fryman -- 13,065 2:12
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Texas Rangers  5 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Charlie Hudson Bill Champion Steve Foucault 4,005 2:49
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 New York Yankees  14 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mel Stottlemyre Dick Woodson Lindy McDaniel 6,041 3:06
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Andy Messersmith Nelson Briles Jim Brewer 13,620 2:22
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Houston Astros  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Parc Jarry Steve Renko Ken Forsch -- 5,035 1:55
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Atlanta Braves  10 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Reed Jon Matlack Roric Harrison 6,840 2:48
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  7 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jack Billingham Dick Ruthven -- 6,196 2:02
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 Chicago Cubs  3 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Bob Locker Gary Ross Bill Bonham 4,554 3:12
1973 reg season 1973-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  7 San Francisco Giants  9 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Barr Bob Gibson Randy Moffitt 4,777 2:24
11 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
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 0.0 87 76 11 W2 5-8 7-5 1 6 14 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 0.5 93 93 0 L2 7-6 5-8 2 7 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 0.5 90 99 -9 L1 5-6 6-7 3 8 16 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 1.0 84 124 -40 W1 6-7 6-8 4 9 17 -- dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 1.0 110 101 9 W1 4-9 7-5 5 10 19 -- dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 1.5 116 118 -2 L1 5-6 5-8 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
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 22 16 6 .727 0.0 112 81 31 W1 7-1 9-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 1.5 153 130 23 W1 10-4 7-6 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 3.5 75 75 0 L2 7-6 6-4 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 5.0 101 111 -10 L1 4-6 7-5 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 5.5 120 113 7 L1 7-7 6-7 5 5 12 -- Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 7.0 74 94 -20 W2 4-10 5-3 6 12 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
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 0.0 126 115 11 W1 9-8 7-5 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 1.0 133 116 17 L1 8-7 4-4 2 6 9 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 2.0 89 104 -15 L1 7-4 6-10 3 7 11 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 2.0 100 120 -20 W1 6-9 6-4 4 8 13 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 3.0 77 103 -26 L1 3-7 8-7 5 9 18 -- dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 25 5 20 .200 9.0 82 121 -39 L4 2-11 3-9 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
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 32 23 9 .719 0.0 159 127 32 W3 10-3 13-6 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 31 20 11 .645 2.5 144 104 40 L1 10-9 10-2 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 4.0 131 90 41 W1 12-5 5-6 3 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 6.0 113 107 6 W1 5-5 11-9 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 10.5 101 115 -14 W1 6-10 4-7 5 10 22 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 30 11 19 .367 11.0 102 135 -33 L1 1-9 10-10 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Dick Selma -- Hist Released by Phillies
Tom Murphy St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Kansas City Royals to St. Louis Cardinals for Al Santorini
Al Santorini Kansas City Royals Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Kansas City Royals for Tom Murphy
3 record(s)