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Tuesday, August 11,1981

Tuesday, August 11,1981

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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 1981-08-11 Chicago White Sox  4 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Steve Trout Bob Stanley Ed Farmer 17,889 2:37
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Caldwell John Denny Jamie Easterly 0 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Slaton Rick Waits Jerry Augustine 7,776 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Juan Berenguer Dan Schatzeder Roy Lee Jackson 10,526 2:53
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Oakland Athletics  6 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Norris Albert Williams Jeff Jones 8,836 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Texas Rangers  1 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Rick Honeycutt Dave Righetti Dave J. Schmidt 30,117 2:24
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 California Angels  1 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Jim Beattie Ken Forsch Larry Andersen 6,808 2:00
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 New York Mets  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ray Searage Lee Smith Neil Allen 10,250 3:02
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Cincinnati Reds  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Scott Brown Terry Forster Tom Hume 45,817 2:50
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Kent Tekulve Woodie Fryman -- 33,045 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Ron Reed Jim Kaat -- 24,549 2:56
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Atlanta Braves  5 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Gaylord Perry Steve Mura -- 5,360 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-08-11 Houston Astros  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Griffin Joe Niekro Greg Minton 12,354 2:36
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 New York Yankees franchise | log 58 35 23 .603 0.0 228 199 29 L1 15-15 20-8 1 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 55 32 23 .582 1.5 231 211 20 W1 14-16 18-7 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 59 34 25 .576 1.5 263 236 27 W4 19-13 15-12 3 6 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 59 32 27 .542 3.5 229 228 1 L1 16-14 16-13 4 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 58 30 28 .517 5.0 261 267 -6 L3 18-14 12-14 5 8 14 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 6.5 195 196 -1 L7 16-11 10-16 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 60 17 43 .283 19.0 195 279 -84 W1 10-21 7-22 7 14 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 62 38 24 .613 0.0 257 203 54 W1 16-13 22-11 1 1 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 55 33 22 .600 1.5 261 196 65 W6 15-14 18-8 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 57 34 23 .596 1.5 270 218 52 W1 14-13 20-10 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 62 31 31 .500 7.0 272 255 17 L2 17-12 14-19 4 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 51 20 31 .392 12.5 183 233 -50 L1 12-15 8-16 5 11 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 60 23 37 .383 14.0 222 291 -69 W3 9-15 14-22 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 59 19 40 .322 17.5 191 246 -55 L1 8-19 10-22 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 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 57 35 22 .614 0.0 255 236 19 W1 13-14 22-8 1 3 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 53 31 22 .585 2.0 242 210 32 L1 11-11 20-11 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 57 31 26 .544 4.0 236 217 19 L1 9-18 22-8 3 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 51 27 24 .529 5.0 217 184 33 W1 15-12 11-13 4 6 13 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 54 19 35 .352 14.5 186 243 -57 W2 9-18 10-17 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 56 16 40 .286 18.5 186 270 -84 L2 2-21 13-20 6 12 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 59 37 22 .627 0.0 247 177 70 L1 19-13 18-9 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 58 36 22 .621 0.5 269 241 28 W1 19-11 17-11 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 59 29 30 .492 8.0 203 191 12 L1 15-16 14-14 3 7 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 57 28 29 .491 8.0 209 239 -30 W2 16-14 11-16 4 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 61 28 33 .459 10.0 230 232 -2 W1 14-18 14-15 5 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 58 23 35 .397 13.5 197 237 -40 L2 12-20 11-15 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Greg Jelks Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Gadsden State)
Craig Swan New York Mets Injury DL - Right rotator cuff inflammation
Steve Henderson Chicago Cubs Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)