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Wednesday, May 8,1974

Wednesday, May 8,1974

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 New York Yankees  0 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Lee Mel Stottlemyre -- 13,985 2:02
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 Cleveland Indians  3 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tom Hilgendorf Dave Sells Tom Buskey 6,649 3:04
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 Baltimore Orioles  3 Oakland Athletics  7 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Vida Blue Jim Palmer -- 2,980 2:22
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 Kansas City Royals  4 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Al Fitzmorris Fergie Jenkins -- 10,466 2:24
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Cinergy Field John Curtis Don Gullett -- 9,864 1:57
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Mike Nagy Jim Sadowski -- 11,266 3:26
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Andy Messersmith Ernie McAnally -- 16,141 2:26
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 San Francisco Giants  2 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jon Matlack John D'Acquisto -- 13,421 2:18
1974 reg season 1974-05-08 San Diego Padres  0 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jim Lonborg Randy Jones -- 5,081 1:49
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
  • 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
1974 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 0.0 121 122 -1 L1 7-9 10-4 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 1.0 131 115 16 W4 8-9 7-4 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 2.0 99 103 -4 L1 5-8 8-5 3 6 12 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1974 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 2.0 90 109 -19 L1 9-8 4-5 4 8 13 -- dnq
1974 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 3.0 104 100 4 L4 5-4 5-8 5 10 18 -- dnq
1974 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 3.5 107 125 -18 W2 3-7 9-8 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
1974 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 0.0 135 125 10 L4 8-7 7-6 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 0.5 104 115 -11 W3 6-6 6-7 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 0.5 109 116 -7 W1 6-8 7-6 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1974 AL West California Angels franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 1.0 147 127 20 L3 6-8 9-7 4 7 10 -- dnq
1974 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 2.0 118 128 -10 W1 5-7 8-8 5 9 17 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1974 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 2.5 127 107 20 W3 5-7 6-7 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
1974 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 0.0 135 122 13 W3 9-7 7-5 1 3 3 Yes dnq
1974 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 2.0 122 119 3 W1 4-9 10-5 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1974 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 2.5 94 103 -9 L3 6-8 4-3 3 7 15 -- dnq
1974 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 3.5 93 134 -41 W1 2-9 8-4 4 10 22 -- dnq
1974 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 5.0 115 125 -10 W1 6-9 5-8 5 11 23 -- dnq
1974 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 6.0 108 128 -20 L3 3-8 5-8 6 12 24 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
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
1974 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 28 19 9 .679 0.0 150 82 68 W1 7-6 12-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1974 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 1.0 156 110 46 W2 5-6 14-5 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1974 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 4.0 126 111 15 L1 8-8 8-6 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 5.5 113 106 7 L2 5-7 7-6 4 6 14 -- dnq
1974 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 6.0 111 128 -17 L1 4-9 9-6 5 8 16 -- dnq
1974 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 6.5 105 160 -55 L1 5-12 9-5 6 9 19 -- dnq
24 record(s)