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Tuesday, August 16,1977

Tuesday, August 16,1977

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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 1977-08-16 Minnesota Twins  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Tom Johnson -- 20,846 4:28
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Kansas City Royals  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Campbell Doug Bird -- 35,748 2:28
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Oakland Athletics  7 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Vida Blue Dennis Eckersley -- 8,863 2:38
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Seattle Mariners  3 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Glenn Abbott Jack Morris -- 9,065 2:10
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Texas Rangers  11 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Doyle Alexander Moose Haas -- 7,777 2:29
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Chicago White Sox  10 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ken Clay Randy Wiles -- 29,312 2:55
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 California Angels  7 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Paul Hartzell Jeff Byrd -- 15,424 2:35
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Houston Astros  4 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Mark Lemongello Dick Ruthven Bo McLaughlin 6,759 2:53
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Guillermo Hernandez Larry Demery -- 24,039 4:40
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 San Diego Padres  1 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Seaver Bob Owchinko -- 30,610 2:10
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 San Francisco Giants  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Lance Rautzhan Randy Moffitt -- 27,679 2:19
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Warren Brusstar Joe Kerrigan Gene Garber 15,234 2:45
1977 reg season 1977-08-16 New York Mets  5 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Pat Zachry Tom Underwood -- 21,277 2:28
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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 114 70 44 .614 0.0 616 519 97 W5 34-22 36-22 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 117 68 49 .581 3.5 489 479 10 W1 30-27 38-22 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1977 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 117 67 50 .573 4.5 609 487 122 W3 27-31 40-19 3 3 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1977 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 116 54 62 .466 17.0 513 512 1 L1 24-34 30-28 4 9 16 -- dnq
1977 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 18.5 505 566 -61 L1 26-34 27-30 5 10 18 -- dnq
1977 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 122 52 70 .426 22.0 486 583 -97 L1 23-39 29-31 6 11 21 -- dnq
1977 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 115 40 75 .348 30.5 440 595 -155 L2 18-37 22-38 7 14 26 -- 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 119 68 51 .571 0.0 674 564 110 L1 30-33 38-18 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 0.5 646 581 65 L3 29-28 37-22 2 6 9 -- dnq
1977 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 0.5 545 468 77 W1 36-22 30-28 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 115 64 51 .557 2.0 574 501 73 L3 30-28 34-23 4 7 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1977 AL West California Angels franchise | log 116 58 58 .500 8.5 518 490 28 W2 27-31 31-27 5 8 14 -- dnq
1977 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 121 49 72 .405 20.0 473 629 -156 W1 25-36 24-36 6 12 23 -- dnq
1977 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 117 44 73 .376 23.0 423 537 -114 W1 19-39 25-34 7 13 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 East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 116 72 44 .621 0.0 604 485 119 W13 28-30 44-14 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1977 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 119 69 50 .580 4.5 568 514 54 L1 24-35 45-15 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 117 67 50 .573 5.5 548 538 10 W1 28-28 38-23 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1977 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 119 65 54 .546 8.5 540 479 61 L3 26-33 39-21 4 5 12 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 118 52 66 .441 21.0 484 557 -73 L1 27-35 26-30 5 9 19 -- dnq
1977 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 49 69 .415 24.0 429 468 -39 W2 21-39 28-30 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
1977 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 72 47 .605 0.0 572 434 138 W1 38-24 34-23 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1977 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 119 61 58 .513 11.0 611 564 47 W3 24-34 37-24 2 6 13 -- dnq
1977 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 120 57 63 .475 15.5 476 500 -24 W3 25-34 32-29 3 7 15 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 121 55 66 .455 18.0 515 551 -36 L1 27-33 28-33 4 8 17 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 123 53 70 .431 21.0 551 637 -86 L3 28-35 25-35 5 10 20 -- dnq
1977 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 117 41 76 .350 30.0 482 653 -171 L4 12-45 29-31 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 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
Stan Perzanowski -- Hist Released by Angels
Sixto Lezcano Milwaukee Brewers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)