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Sunday, May 17,1981

Sunday, May 17,1981

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Games on this date
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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.
year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Kansas City Royals  5 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Leonard Tom Burgmeier Dan Quisenberry 26,723 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Texas Rangers  0 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ross Baumgarten Rick Honeycutt -- 30,990 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Waits Dave Stieb Sid Monge 0 2:03
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Bert Blyleven Roy Lee Jackson -- 46,168 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 California Angels  7 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ken Forsch Milt Wilcox -- 19,720 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Oakland Athletics  2 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Moose Haas Rick Langford -- 33,142 2:16
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Baltimore Orioles  6 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Palmer Roger Erickson Tim Stoddard 9,313 2:25
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Seattle Mariners  1 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Floyd Bannister Ron Davis Shane Rawley 54,223 2:39
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bob Forsch Gaylord Perry Bruce Sutter 14,045 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Chicago Cubs  1 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Knepper Mike Krukow -- 34,068 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 New York Mets  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jerry Reuss Pat Zachry -- 50,746 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Cincinnati Reds  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mario Soto Eddie Solomon -- 11,775 2:20
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Philadelphia Phillies  6 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Nino Espinosa Juan Eichelberger -- 18,330 2:12
1981 reg season 1981-05-17 Montreal Expos  4 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Al Holland Bill Lee -- 27,975 3:28
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 91 78 13 W2 11-4 7-5 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 0.5 136 107 29 W5 9-7 10-4 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 2.0 126 104 22 L1 10-9 9-5 3 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 3.5 142 129 13 W3 11-7 6-8 4 7 13 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 32 16 16 .500 4.5 146 167 -21 L2 11-7 5-9 5 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 5.0 109 128 -19 L1 10-9 6-8 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 35 11 24 .314 11.0 110 145 -35 L2 7-10 4-14 7 14 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 37 25 12 .676 0.0 165 113 52 L4 12-5 13-7 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 32 18 14 .563 4.5 153 127 26 L2 6-8 12-6 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 5.0 141 116 25 W2 6-9 11-5 3 6 10 -- dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 6.0 163 146 17 W1 11-6 8-12 4 8 14 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 34 12 22 .353 11.5 122 151 -29 L5 6-8 5-15 5 11 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 11.0 81 123 -42 W2 6-8 3-10 6 12 22 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 34 11 23 .324 12.5 122 173 -51 W1 4-10 7-13 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
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.0 141 111 30 W2 9-5 10-5 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 21 13 .618 0.5 152 134 18 W1 7-8 14-5 2 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 3.0 136 143 -7 L1 5-9 13-6 3 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 6.0 109 107 2 L3 10-8 2-9 4 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 31 8 23 .258 12.0 94 149 -55 L7 2-11 6-12 5 11 25 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 32 6 26 .188 14.5 80 147 -67 L7 1-16 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 35 26 9 .743 0.0 143 86 57 W7 13-6 13-3 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 5.5 148 129 19 W6 10-6 10-8 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 7.0 143 128 15 L2 11-6 7-11 3 6 12 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 8.5 117 98 19 W3 10-7 8-11 4 7 17 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 8.5 134 133 1 W1 11-9 8-10 5 8 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 36 14 22 .389 12.5 123 155 -32 L1 7-14 7-8 6 10 20 -- 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
Orestes Destrade New York Yankees Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Florida College)
Mike Lum Chicago Cubs Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Phil Ouellette San Francisco Giants Hist Signed as amateur free agent
3 record(s)