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Sunday, May 24,1981

Sunday, May 24,1981

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Games on this date
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  • 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 1981-05-24 Chicago White Sox  10 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Steve Trout Geoff Zahn -- 27,405 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Baltimore Orioles  2 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dan Petry Dennis Martinez Kevin Saucier 0 2:44
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Baltimore Orioles  3 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dave Tobik Tippy Martinez -- 30,310 2:47
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Minnesota Twins  4 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rich Gale Jack O'Connor -- 37,207 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Boston Red Sox  1 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Jamie Easterly Bob Stanley -- 0 3:56
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Boston Red Sox  7 Milwaukee Brewers  10 box | pbp County Stadium Moose Haas Bob Stanley -- 34,992 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Cleveland Indians  12 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I John Denny Rudy May -- 53,874 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bob Owchinko Joey McLaughlin -- 0 4:00
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Norris Jerry Garvin -- 32,985 2:18
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Texas Rangers  5 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Jon Matlack Ken Clay John Henry Johnson 6,382 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 San Diego Padres  7 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium John Curtis Phil Niekro Danny Boone 19,538 3:00
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Montreal Expos  2 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bill Caudill Scott Sanderson Dick Tidrow 10,821 2:37
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Paul Moskau Bob Welch Joe Price 0 2:33
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bobby Castillo Bruce Berenyi -- 36,113 3:12
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 San Francisco Giants  2 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Vida Blue Don Sutton Greg Minton 34,922 2:26
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Bibby Marty Bystrom Victor Cruz 21,771 2:25
1981 reg season 1981-05-24 New York Mets  3 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Neil Allen Bruce Sutter -- 33,889 2:25
17 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 38 24 14 .632 0.0 170 135 35 L2 11-9 13-5 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 34 21 13 .618 1.0 125 108 17 W1 13-5 8-8 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 39 23 16 .590 1.5 150 135 15 L1 10-9 13-7 3 5 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 39 22 17 .564 2.5 176 158 18 W2 11-7 11-10 4 7 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 40 22 18 .550 3.0 189 191 -2 L2 13-9 9-9 5 8 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 40 20 20 .500 5.0 153 164 -11 W2 10-9 10-11 6 9 17 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 42 12 30 .286 14.0 135 183 -48 L5 7-14 5-16 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 45 29 16 .644 0.0 194 141 53 W4 12-9 17-7 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 37 22 15 .595 3.0 193 143 50 W4 11-10 11-5 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 3.5 188 163 25 W3 10-10 12-6 3 6 9 -- dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 44 21 23 .477 7.5 189 194 -5 L3 13-8 8-15 4 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 12.0 98 147 -49 W2 6-11 5-11 5 11 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 40 13 27 .325 13.5 139 176 -37 L2 7-13 5-15 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 41 13 28 .317 14.0 145 206 -61 L3 6-12 7-16 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 35 22 13 .629 0.0 174 142 32 L1 9-5 13-8 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 40 24 16 .600 0.5 169 153 16 L1 10-11 14-5 2 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 39 21 18 .538 3.0 158 165 -7 L2 8-12 13-6 3 5 13 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 4.5 134 116 18 W1 10-8 6-10 4 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 37 11 26 .297 12.0 114 171 -57 W1 5-14 6-12 5 11 24 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 9 29 .237 14.5 107 175 -68 W2 1-16 7-14 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 42 30 12 .714 0.0 173 109 64 W1 16-7 14-5 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 41 23 18 .561 6.5 178 166 12 L1 12-7 11-11 2 4 11 Yes dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 44 23 21 .523 8.0 155 148 7 W1 13-10 10-11 3 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 40 20 20 .500 9.0 158 157 1 L1 11-8 8-13 4 8 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 42 20 22 .476 10.0 143 130 13 L1 11-9 9-13 5 9 19 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 42 17 25 .405 13.0 148 179 -31 W1 9-15 8-10 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
*Reload page to restore grid
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
Brian Doyle Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Shoulder soreness
Bake McBride Philadelphia Phillies Injury DL - Inflamed knee
2 record(s)