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Saturday, May 21,1977

Saturday, May 21,1977

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Milwaukee Brewers  9 Boston Red Sox  10 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom House Bill Castro -- 25,405 3:07
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Minnesota Twins  1 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Gary Ross Geoff Zahn Dave LaRoche 24,139 2:28
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Detroit Tigers  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Fernando Arroyo Francisco Barrios -- 20,790 2:26
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Cleveland Indians  12 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rick Waits Mark Littell -- 20,114 3:40
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Baltimore Orioles  4 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Tippy Martinez Sparky Lyle -- 19,968 3:12
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Seattle Mariners  7 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Kekich Bob Lacey -- 3,230 2:57
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Toronto Blue Jays  9 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jesse Jefferson Nelson Briles Mike Willis 20,351 2:34
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Chicago Cubs  9 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Donnie Moore Max Leon Bruce Sutter 11,842 2:44
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 New York Mets  7 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Cinergy Field Dale Murray Bob Apodaca Rawly Eastwick 34,406 2:40
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Ron Reed Dan Larson -- 21,154 2:38
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 San Diego Padres  11 Montreal Expos  8 box | pbp Stade Olympique Rick Sawyer Jeff Terpko -- 16,892 5:33
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Tommy John Jim Rooker -- 32,674 2:04
1977 reg season 1977-05-21 San Francisco Giants  5 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Denny John Montefusco Clay Carroll 15,546 2:31
13 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
1977 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 0.0 115 114 1 W2 9-7 10-7 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 0.5 175 174 1 W1 9-8 10-7 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1977 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 0.5 175 131 44 L2 9-9 11-7 3 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1977 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 2.0 160 157 3 L1 9-11 11-8 4 7 12 -- dnq
1977 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 4.5 156 186 -30 W2 11-12 5-8 5 11 17 -- dnq
1977 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 5.0 166 185 -19 W2 7-13 10-9 6 12 18 -- dnq
1977 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 6.5 144 197 -53 W1 7-11 6-10 7 13 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
1977 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 38 24 14 .632 0.0 203 146 57 L3 13-11 11-3 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 36 22 14 .611 1.0 201 160 41 L2 12-9 10-5 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 4.0 137 134 3 L2 11-5 7-11 3 6 10 -- dnq
1977 AL West California Angels franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 5.5 190 161 29 W4 7-11 12-9 4 8 13 -- dnq
1977 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 5.5 182 159 23 L1 7-5 11-14 5 9 14 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1977 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.0 165 191 -26 L1 5-10 13-10 6 10 15 -- dnq
1977 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 43 15 28 .349 11.5 172 246 -74 W1 5-15 10-13 7 14 25 -- 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
1977 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 36 24 12 .667 0.0 169 139 30 L2 11-5 13-7 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 35 23 12 .657 0.5 197 149 48 W2 12-6 11-6 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1977 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 22 14 .611 2.0 187 140 47 W1 11-7 11-7 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 5.5 161 151 10 W1 10-9 8-8 4 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1977 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 10.0 131 168 -37 L11 7-8 6-13 5 10 22 -- dnq
1977 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 37 14 23 .378 10.5 134 139 -5 L2 7-12 7-11 6 11 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
1977 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 39 30 9 .769 0.0 222 143 79 W2 19-5 11-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1977 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 11.5 171 163 8 W3 7-11 10-8 2 6 16 -- dnq
1977 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 38 16 22 .421 13.5 136 172 -36 L1 5-10 11-12 3 7 19 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 41 17 24 .415 14.0 205 232 -27 W3 12-10 5-14 4 8 20 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 15 23 .395 14.5 127 159 -32 L1 10-12 5-11 5 9 21 -- dnq
1977 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 39 13 26 .333 17.0 164 249 -85 L2 3-13 10-13 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Santo Alcala Montreal Expos Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to Montreal Expos for Shane Rawley (5/27/1977) and Angel Torres (5/27/1977)
Vern Ruhle Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Knee inflammation
2 record(s)