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Thursday, May 7,1981

Thursday, May 7,1981

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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
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 New York Yankees  1 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ken Forsch Tommy John Don Aase 38,789 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Detroit Tigers  3 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jeff Jones Dan Petry Bo McLaughlin 15,902 2:43
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Floyd Bannister Moose Haas -- 5,855 2:03
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Chicago White Sox  4 Texas Rangers  9 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Bob Babcock Ed Farmer -- 11,710 2:56
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Cleveland Indians  2 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Dave Stieb Rick Waits -- 11,328 2:18
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Houston Astros  6 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bob Knepper Randy Martz -- 3,112 2:40
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rick Rhoden Mario Soto Enrique Romo 0 2:48
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Eddie Solomon Mike LaCoss -- 20,301 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 San Diego Padres  1 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Scott Sanderson Chris Welsh -- 12,248 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 San Francisco Giants  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ed Lynch Doyle Alexander Neil Allen 5,653 2:13
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jerry Reuss Marty Bystrom -- 29,259 2:12
1981 reg season 1981-05-07 Atlanta Braves  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rick Camp Silvio Martinez -- 13,630 2:24
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 0.0 59 52 7 L1 7-2 4-4 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.0 90 76 14 L1 9-7 6-3 2 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.0 84 83 1 W3 2-5 10-4 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.0 105 90 15 L2 10-5 3-5 4 6 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 4.0 79 93 -14 L1 9-7 2-7 5 9 17 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 4.5 85 123 -38 W1 5-6 4-7 6 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 5.5 84 92 -8 W1 6-7 3-8 7 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 28 22 6 .786 0.0 134 63 71 W1 11-0 11-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 5.5 124 88 36 W4 3-5 11-4 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 7.5 99 97 2 L3 6-9 6-2 3 7 13 -- dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 9.0 111 119 -8 W1 7-4 6-11 4 8 15 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 10.5 92 98 -6 L3 6-8 3-8 5 11 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 19 6 13 .316 11.5 55 83 -28 L1 4-5 2-8 6 13 24 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 27 8 19 .296 13.5 103 147 -44 W2 3-7 5-12 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
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 23 16 7 .696 0.0 107 101 6 W1 4-4 12-3 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 1.5 98 72 26 L2 5-3 8-4 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 1.0 114 97 17 L2 4-5 12-4 3 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 3.5 84 65 19 W2 8-4 2-6 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 22 7 15 .318 8.5 72 100 -28 W1 2-5 5-10 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 23 5 18 .217 11.0 58 102 -44 L1 0-8 4-11 6 12 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
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 26 18 8 .692 0.0 96 62 34 W2 11-5 7-3 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 4.0 105 91 14 W2 11-6 3-6 2 6 12 -- dnq
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 5.0 102 103 -1 L2 7-6 5-6 3 7 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 6.0 72 68 4 W1 8-5 4-9 4 8 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 7.0 98 107 -9 L1 8-8 4-8 5 9 18 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 9.5 78 116 -38 L1 6-12 3-6 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Darrell Jackson Minnesota Twins Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)