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Thursday, August 2,1973

Thursday, August 2,1973

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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 1973-08-02 New York Yankees  0 Boston Red Sox  10 box | pbp Fenway Park Roger Moret Steve Kline -- 30,393 2:43
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Texas Rangers  2 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Nolan Ryan Sonny Siebert -- 7,500 2:18
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Kansas City Royals  3 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dick Drago Stan Bahnsen Gene Garber 11,775 2:28
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Baltimore Orioles  0 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Gaylord Perry Don Hood -- 3,980 2:23
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Detroit Tigers  3 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Bell Mike Strahler -- 17,008 2:27
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Minnesota Twins  6 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Joe Decker Paul Lindblad Bill Hands 5,218 2:59
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Cincinnati Reds  17 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Don Gullett Roric Harrison -- 9,407 2:58
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Don Sutton Juan Pizarro Jim Brewer 19,770 2:51
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Parc Jarry Balor Moore Tom Murphy -- 13,215 1:45
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ray Sadecki Jim Rooker Tug McGraw 13,429 2:08
1973 reg season 1973-08-02 Chicago Cubs  1 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Dick Ruthven Bill Bonham -- 16,855 2:31
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 102 56 46 .549 0.0 422 349 73 L1 29-25 27-21 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 110 60 50 .545 0.0 455 397 58 L2 21-31 39-19 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 106 57 49 .538 1.0 433 423 10 L1 27-28 30-21 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 105 56 49 .533 1.5 459 419 40 W2 24-25 32-24 4 6 10 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 6.5 463 453 10 W1 25-24 26-30 5 9 18 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 108 39 69 .361 20.0 424 567 -143 W1 20-36 19-33 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 110 62 48 .564 0.0 525 496 29 W5 31-26 31-22 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 108 60 48 .556 1.0 490 409 81 L1 28-25 32-23 2 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 105 54 51 .514 5.5 460 444 16 W1 29-21 25-30 3 7 11 -- dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 107 52 55 .486 8.5 427 442 -15 L3 28-26 24-29 4 8 15 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 8.5 391 402 -11 W2 26-30 25-24 5 10 17 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 105 40 65 .381 19.5 378 526 -148 L2 15-38 25-27 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
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 107 58 49 .542 0.0 438 383 55 L1 25-27 33-22 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 3.5 447 434 13 L3 28-27 27-26 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 102 51 51 .500 4.5 442 467 -25 W1 25-30 26-21 3 7 14 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 6.0 444 469 -25 L3 22-30 29-24 4 8 16 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 108 51 57 .472 7.5 453 444 9 W3 24-31 27-26 5 9 19 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 104 47 57 .452 9.5 383 415 -32 W3 26-30 21-27 6 10 20 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 109 67 42 .615 0.0 472 373 99 W1 29-22 38-20 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 108 63 45 .583 3.5 474 422 52 W1 30-22 33-23 2 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 107 60 47 .561 6.0 504 459 45 L1 29-25 31-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 110 56 54 .509 11.5 469 438 31 L1 25-30 31-24 4 6 13 -- dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 110 47 63 .427 20.5 496 556 -60 L1 23-33 23-31 5 11 21 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 106 36 70 .340 29.5 343 505 -162 W1 14-35 22-35 6 12 24 -- 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
Joe Rudi Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Thumb *Unknown*
1 record(s)