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Monday, May 21,1973

Monday, May 21,1973

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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 1973-05-21 Boston Red Sox  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Luis Tiant Jim Palmer -- 7,105 2:34
1973 reg season 1973-05-21 New York Yankees  5 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Gaylord Perry Jim Magnuson -- 4,168 2:15
1973 reg season 1973-05-21 Kansas City Royals  0 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Catfish Hunter Bruce Dal Canton -- 15,675 2:19
1973 reg season 1973-05-21 San Francisco Giants  9 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Ron Bryant Ken Forsch Randy Moffitt 24,186 2:52
1973 reg season 1973-05-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Blass Mac Scarce Dave Giusti 9,010 2:12
5 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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 0.0 141 134 7 W1 11-8 9-10 1 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 1.5 116 107 9 L1 9-11 8-7 2 7 13 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 2.0 170 154 16 L1 7-11 11-9 3 8 14 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 2.0 133 145 -12 L1 8-9 9-10 4 9 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 3.0 149 152 -3 W1 6-10 9-9 5 10 18 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 40 17 23 .425 4.0 139 178 -39 W1 8-11 9-12 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 34 21 13 .618 0.0 158 136 22 L1 11-5 10-8 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 0.5 127 113 14 W3 9-7 12-7 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 40 23 17 .575 1.0 198 168 30 L1 13-7 10-10 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 40 21 19 .525 3.0 181 161 20 W1 12-9 9-10 4 5 11 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 3.5 160 162 -2 W1 10-10 8-7 5 6 12 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 35 12 23 .343 9.5 112 174 -62 L4 4-14 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 40 24 16 .600 0.0 180 149 31 W1 12-9 12-7 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 2.5 129 126 3 L1 11-5 8-11 2 6 9 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 34 16 18 .471 5.0 175 167 8 W2 10-9 6-9 3 7 16 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 5.5 126 163 -37 L1 8-12 7-6 4 8 17 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 38 14 24 .368 9.0 129 173 -44 L2 5-13 9-11 5 10 21 -- dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 12 24 .333 10.0 134 159 -25 W1 6-13 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 42 26 16 .619 0.0 179 143 36 L1 10-9 16-7 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 44 27 17 .614 0.0 200 185 15 W1 12-8 15-9 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 39 23 16 .590 1.5 174 133 41 W1 14-7 9-9 3 4 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 41 23 18 .561 2.5 175 148 27 W1 11-9 12-9 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 7.5 158 159 -1 L1 9-12 7-11 5 9 19 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 41 15 26 .366 10.5 139 193 -54 L1 3-14 12-12 6 11 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Dick Selma St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1973-1973 ($0m) [Free Agent]
1 record(s)