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Tuesday, May 19,1981

Tuesday, May 19,1981

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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 1981-05-19 Oakland Athletics  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Mike Norris Tippy Martinez 14,689 3:01
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Seattle Mariners  0 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Frank Tanana Mike Parrott -- 12,768 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 California Angels  3 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dan Spillner Geoff Zahn -- 6,488 2:46
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Texas Rangers  1 Detroit Tigers  14 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dan Schatzeder Doc Medich -- 10,002 2:16
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Minnesota Twins  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Fernando Arroyo Rollie Fingers 8,979 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Kansas City Royals  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Doug Bird Renie Martin Ron Davis 23,128 3:21
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Chicago White Sox  5 Toronto Blue Jays  9 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jim Clancy LaMarr Hoyt Luis Leal 11,604 3:26
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Cincinnati Reds  5 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Tom Seaver Rick Reuschel Paul Moskau 5,896 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Dick Ruthven Bob Welch -- 43,812 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Atlanta Braves  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Bibby Phil Niekro -- 5,514 1:57
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Montreal Expos  1 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Rick Wise Bill Gullickson Gary Lucas 6,871 2:25
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 New York Mets  1 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Al Holland Mike Scott Greg Minton 5,168 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-05-19 Houston Astros  12 St. Louis Cardinals  15 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Kaat Bobby Sprowl -- 14,585 3:03
13 record(s)
Standings 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 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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 32 21 11 .656 0.0 147 113 34 W7 9-7 12-4 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.5 100 88 12 W1 11-4 8-6 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 1.5 134 110 24 W2 10-9 11-5 3 4 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 3.5 146 132 14 W4 11-7 7-8 4 7 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 4.0 158 172 -14 W2 11-7 7-9 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 5.5 128 142 -14 W1 10-9 7-9 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 37 12 25 .324 11.5 121 157 -36 W1 7-10 5-15 7 12 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 39 25 14 .641 0.0 171 124 47 L6 12-7 13-7 1 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 3.5 167 146 21 L1 7-9 12-6 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 4.0 153 127 26 L1 7-10 11-5 3 6 10 -- dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 5.0 173 155 18 L1 12-7 8-12 4 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 35 12 23 .343 11.0 125 155 -30 L6 6-9 5-15 5 11 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 29 9 20 .310 11.0 87 131 -44 L2 6-10 3-10 6 13 23 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 36 11 25 .306 12.5 127 185 -58 L2 4-12 7-13 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 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 30 20 10 .667 0.0 156 123 33 W3 9-5 11-5 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 36 23 13 .639 0.0 159 136 23 W3 9-8 14-5 2 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 3.5 140 148 -8 L1 6-10 13-6 3 5 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 6.0 114 107 7 W1 10-8 3-9 4 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 33 8 25 .242 13.5 96 156 -60 L9 2-13 6-12 5 11 25 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 33 6 27 .182 15.5 80 152 -72 L8 1-16 4-12 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 37 26 11 .703 0.0 145 93 52 L2 13-6 13-5 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 4.0 153 129 24 W7 11-6 10-8 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 6.5 143 133 10 L3 11-7 7-11 3 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 40 21 19 .525 6.5 141 135 6 W3 11-9 10-10 4 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 8.0 129 113 16 L1 10-8 8-11 5 8 17 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 38 15 23 .395 11.5 128 159 -31 W1 7-14 8-9 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)