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Friday, August 28,1981

Friday, August 28,1981

Baseball on this Date

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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 1981-08-28 California Angels  9 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Witt Steve Stone -- 34,862 2:49
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Oakland Athletics  5 Boston Red Sox  12 box | pbp Fenway Park Bob Ojeda Mike Norris -- 25,356 2:47
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 New York Yankees  6 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ron Guidry Steve Trout -- 33,390 2:48
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Seattle Mariners  0 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium John Denny Shane Rawley -- 7,785 2:11
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Texas Rangers  3 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Moose Haas Rick Honeycutt Rollie Fingers 17,072 2:47
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Detroit Tigers  0 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Fernando Arroyo Dave Rozema Jerry Koosman 5,415 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Kansas City Royals  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Joey McLaughlin Ken Brett -- 13,230 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Smith Sparky Lyle -- 29,482 2:37
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Chicago Cubs  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bob Welch Mike Krukow Dave Stewart 42,160 2:37
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Atlanta Braves  0 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Rick Mahler -- 36,474 2:14
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Cincinnati Reds  5 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Neil Allen -- 23,061 2:33
1981 reg season 1981-08-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Ed Whitson Rod Scurry -- 8,418 2:33
12 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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 71 41 30 .577 0.0 299 287 12 L1 19-19 22-11 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 74 42 32 .568 0.5 280 243 37 W1 17-19 25-13 2 5 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 75 42 33 .560 1.0 289 277 12 L3 16-16 26-17 3 6 11 -- dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 75 42 33 .560 1.0 331 306 25 W1 23-18 19-15 4 7 12 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 73 39 34 .534 3.0 345 332 13 W2 23-20 16-14 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 69 34 35 .493 6.0 266 276 -10 W3 20-15 14-20 6 10 17 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 75 24 51 .320 19.0 244 357 -113 W1 13-22 11-29 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 76 45 31 .592 0.0 324 267 57 L3 16-16 29-15 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 70 41 29 .586 1.0 329 257 72 L1 22-20 19-9 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 71 41 30 .577 1.5 321 262 59 L1 17-18 24-12 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 76 39 37 .513 6.0 353 317 36 W1 19-16 20-21 4 9 14 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 69 29 40 .420 12.5 261 299 -38 L1 20-22 9-18 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 76 28 48 .368 17.0 299 373 -74 L8 13-18 15-30 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 76 26 50 .342 19.0 244 332 -88 W2 11-25 14-26 7 13 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 St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 66 40 26 .606 0.0 302 252 50 W2 15-11 25-15 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 71 40 31 .563 2.5 297 256 41 W4 14-22 26-9 2 5 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 71 40 31 .563 2.5 308 306 2 L3 14-19 26-12 3 4 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 68 32 36 .471 9.0 278 270 8 L5 16-16 15-21 4 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 70 27 43 .386 15.0 236 302 -66 L1 13-23 14-20 5 10 21 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 72 25 47 .347 18.0 249 339 -90 L2 2-23 22-25 6 12 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 75 48 27 .640 0.0 334 236 98 W5 25-16 23-11 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 73 43 30 .589 4.0 310 308 2 W1 20-15 23-15 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 73 37 36 .507 10.0 282 294 -12 L1 21-18 15-19 3 6 15 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 74 37 37 .500 10.5 260 243 17 W1 20-22 17-15 4 7 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 77 37 40 .481 12.0 292 286 6 W2 21-24 16-16 5 8 18 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 74 26 48 .351 21.5 254 310 -56 L5 14-28 12-20 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)