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Wednesday, June 3,1981

Wednesday, June 3,1981

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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 1981-06-03 Oakland Athletics  8 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Brian Kingman Francisco Barrios -- 42,358 3:07
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Boston Red Sox  1 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Waits John Tudor Sid Monge 9,710 2:20
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dan Schatzeder Jim Slaton Kevin Saucier 13,392 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Seattle Mariners  9 Kansas City Royals  12 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rich Gale Bryan Clark Ken Brett 23,025 3:01
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Texas Rangers  6 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Rick Honeycutt Roger Erickson -- 3,789 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Baltimore Orioles  0 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Davis Tippy Martinez -- 30,162 3:33
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 California Angels  17 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Geoff Zahn Jim Clancy -- 12,401 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Atlanta Braves  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Phil Niekro Burt Hooton Rick Camp 42,649 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 New York Mets  6 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Greg Harris Dick Ruthven Neil Allen 27,588 2:27
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Chicago Cubs  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Bibby Randy Martz Enrique Romo 5,003 2:24
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Houston Astros  6 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Don Sutton Rick Wise -- 10,023 2:25
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Cincinnati Reds  6 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Frank Pastore Vida Blue -- 7,114 2:40
1981 reg season 1981-06-03 Montreal Expos  2 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bruce Sutter Elias Sosa -- 13,085 2:37
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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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
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 46 28 18 .609 0.0 206 166 40 L4 11-11 17-7 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 48 28 20 .583 1.0 180 172 8 W3 13-13 15-7 2 4 6 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 49 28 21 .571 1.5 223 198 25 L1 14-10 14-11 3 6 9 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 43 24 19 .558 2.5 158 146 12 W1 14-7 10-12 4 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 48 26 22 .542 3.0 227 228 -1 L1 14-10 12-12 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 50 25 25 .500 5.0 194 206 -12 W1 13-13 12-12 6 9 17 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 51 16 35 .314 14.5 170 227 -57 L4 9-15 7-20 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 53 33 20 .623 0.0 228 172 56 W3 15-11 18-9 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 47 28 19 .596 2.0 225 187 38 W2 12-10 16-9 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 45 26 19 .578 3.0 222 171 51 L2 13-11 13-8 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 7.0 227 227 0 W3 17-10 9-17 4 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 43 17 26 .395 11.0 145 194 -49 W1 10-14 7-12 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 51 18 33 .353 14.0 191 253 -62 L1 9-15 9-18 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 49 15 34 .306 16.0 164 213 -49 L2 8-16 6-19 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 49 29 20 .592 0.0 216 205 11 L1 11-13 18-7 1 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 44 25 19 .568 1.5 203 187 16 W1 10-10 15-9 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 48 27 21 .563 1.5 193 186 7 L1 9-14 18-7 3 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 43 23 20 .535 3.0 186 151 35 W2 14-11 8-10 4 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 46 16 30 .348 11.5 164 211 -47 W1 6-16 10-14 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 47 11 36 .234 17.0 145 233 -88 L3 2-20 8-17 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 51 34 17 .667 0.0 216 146 70 L2 17-9 17-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 50 29 21 .580 4.5 230 219 11 W1 15-10 14-11 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 50 26 24 .520 7.5 170 152 18 W2 14-11 12-13 3 7 15 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 49 25 24 .510 8.0 189 195 -6 W2 14-11 10-14 4 8 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 9.0 203 196 7 L1 13-13 13-14 5 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 50 19 31 .380 14.5 170 204 -34 L2 9-18 10-13 6 10 21 -- dnq
26 record(s)