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Friday, August 6,1976

Friday, August 6,1976

Baseball on this Date

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Murphy Jim Colborn -- 25,544 2:07
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Kansas City Royals  9 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Andy Hassler Bart Johnson -- 0 2:29
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Kansas City Royals  8 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Doug Bird Rich Gossage -- 13,284 2:00
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Cleveland Indians  1 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dave Roberts Jackie Brown -- 19,079 2:10
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 California Angels  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Frank Tanana Vida Blue -- 5,777 2:26
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Minnesota Twins  0 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Gaylord Perry Pete Redfern -- 23,078 2:35
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 San Francisco Giants  0 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Carl Morton Rob Dressler -- 6,633 2:05
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Cincinnati Reds  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rawly Eastwick Rick Rhoden -- 48,627 2:51
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Chicago Cubs  6 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Parc Jarry Paul Reuschel Chuck Taylor -- 0 3:21
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Chicago Cubs  1 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Parc Jarry Steve Stone Joe Kerrigan -- 13,145 2:16
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Houston Astros  3 San Diego Padres  9 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Tom Griffin Larry Dierker Butch Metzger 12,911 2:34
1976 reg season 1976-08-06 Philadelphia Phillies  2 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Denny Jim Lonborg Al Hrabosky 25,339 2:12
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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.
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
1976 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 105 64 41 .610 0.0 480 367 113 L1 33-18 31-23 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1976 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 105 53 52 .505 11.0 381 395 -14 W1 30-24 23-28 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 105 52 53 .495 12.0 427 415 12 L2 27-28 25-25 3 6 12 -- dnq
1976 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 106 51 55 .481 13.5 440 445 -5 W3 24-30 27-25 4 8 14 -- dnq
1976 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 105 49 56 .467 15.0 406 462 -56 W1 27-29 22-27 5 9 16 -- dnq
1976 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 104 47 57 .452 16.5 388 420 -32 L1 19-31 28-26 6 10 17 -- 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
1976 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 106 66 40 .623 0.0 500 387 113 W5 28-22 38-18 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1976 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 12.0 465 424 41 L1 24-33 31-20 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 108 54 54 .500 13.0 471 482 -11 L4 24-29 30-25 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 14.5 428 440 -12 W2 21-26 30-28 4 7 13 -- dnq
1976 AL West California Angels franchise | log 109 48 61 .440 19.5 370 434 -64 W1 24-31 24-30 5 11 20 -- dnq
1976 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 106 46 60 .434 20.0 386 471 -85 L4 23-31 23-29 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
1976 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 107 71 36 .664 0.0 539 373 166 L1 36-16 36-19 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1976 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 106 58 48 .547 12.5 469 459 10 L1 28-22 30-26 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1976 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 110 55 55 .500 17.5 422 366 56 W3 28-29 27-26 3 6 10 -- dnq
1976 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 23.5 426 529 -103 W3 23-35 26-26 4 9 19 -- dnq
1976 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 105 45 60 .429 25.0 400 434 -34 W1 23-30 22-30 5 11 23 -- dnq
1976 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 102 36 66 .353 32.5 342 471 -129 L5 21-35 15-31 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
1976 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 110 71 39 .645 0.0 633 432 201 W2 37-18 34-21 1 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1976 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 108 59 49 .546 11.0 425 412 13 L3 25-28 34-21 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1976 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 112 57 55 .509 15.0 438 472 -34 L2 23-31 33-25 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1976 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 112 53 59 .473 19.0 410 468 -58 W2 21-33 32-26 4 7 15 -- dnq
1976 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 109 49 60 .450 21.5 453 462 -9 W1 26-29 23-31 5 8 18 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 111 48 63 .432 23.5 406 485 -79 L1 21-33 27-30 6 10 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)