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Friday, May 18,1973

Friday, May 18,1973

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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 1973-05-18 Texas Rangers  1 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Bill Singer Mike Paul -- 13,926 1:57
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Minnesota Twins  3 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Kaat Rich Gossage -- 20,712 2:10
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Baltimore Orioles  6 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Orlando Pena Dick Tidrow -- 6,064 3:15
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Boston Red Sox  4 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Tom Timmermann Marty Pattin John Hiller 21,845 2:23
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Milwaukee Brewers  6 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Skip Lockwood Sparky Lyle Frank Linzy 6,066 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Kansas City Royals  4 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ken Holtzman Steve Busby -- 7,535 2:38
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Andy Messersmith Roric Harrison Jim Brewer 10,181 2:13
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 San Diego Padres  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jack Billingham Bill Greif -- 28,109 2:02
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 San Francisco Giants  1 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Roberts Jim Willoughby -- 35,169 2:05
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Luke Walker -- 34,565 2:12
1973 reg season 1973-05-18 Chicago Cubs  9 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Fergie Jenkins Dick Ruthven -- 10,067 2:40
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)
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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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 0.0 132 128 4 W4 9-7 9-10 1 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 1.0 112 102 10 W2 9-11 7-6 2 8 14 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 1.0 127 136 -9 W1 8-9 8-8 3 7 13 -- dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 34 16 18 .471 1.5 150 133 17 L1 5-9 11-9 4 9 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 32 14 18 .438 2.5 144 148 -4 L3 5-9 9-9 5 10 18 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 36 15 21 .417 3.5 118 158 -40 L3 8-11 7-10 6 11 19 -- 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 31 20 11 .645 0.0 146 122 24 L1 11-5 9-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 2.0 114 110 4 W1 9-7 10-7 2 2 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 37 21 16 .568 2.0 185 159 26 L1 11-6 10-10 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 37 20 17 .541 3.0 172 148 24 W2 12-9 8-8 4 4 10 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 32 16 16 .500 4.5 146 150 -4 W1 8-9 8-7 5 6 12 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 33 12 21 .364 9.0 109 161 -52 L2 4-12 8-9 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
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 23 15 .605 0.0 173 140 33 W1 11-8 12-7 1 3 4 Yes dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 2.0 128 122 6 W2 11-5 8-10 2 6 9 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 5.5 119 155 -36 L2 8-12 6-5 3 7 16 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 32 14 18 .438 6.0 166 162 4 L1 8-9 6-9 4 8 17 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 35 13 22 .371 8.5 116 161 -45 L2 5-13 8-9 5 10 21 -- dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 34 11 23 .324 10.0 126 152 -26 W3 5-12 6-11 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 41 26 15 .634 0.0 183 171 12 L2 11-6 15-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 39 24 15 .615 1.0 165 126 39 W2 10-9 14-6 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 2.5 160 125 35 W1 14-7 7-8 3 4 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 2.5 158 135 23 W3 10-7 12-9 4 5 6 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 36 15 21 .417 8.5 145 142 3 L2 9-12 6-9 5 9 20 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 38 14 24 .368 10.5 131 179 -48 L1 2-12 12-12 6 11 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)