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Wednesday, August 31,1983

Wednesday, August 31,1983

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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
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Cleveland Indians  7 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rick Sutcliffe Luis Sanchez Jamie Easterly 22,659 2:56
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Kansas City Royals  3 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Floyd Bannister Larry Gura -- 31,346 2:51
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Texas Rangers  5 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Butcher Glenn Abbott Victor Cruz 23,287 2:36
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 New York Yankees  6 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Shane Rawley Tim Conroy Rich Gossage 15,279 2:46
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Bob Stoddard Pete Vuckovich Mike Stanton 6,307 2:19
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Baltimore Orioles  10 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Mike Boddicker Jim Gott -- 37,127 2:26
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Joaquin Andujar Len Barker Bruce Sutter 21,954 3:10
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Chicago Cubs  4 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rich Gale Rich Bordi Ben Hayes 17,474 2:37
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Niekro Rod Scurry -- 12,347 2:14
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 San Francisco Giants  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bill Gullickson Fred Breining Jeff Reardon 22,883 2:17
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 New York Mets  7 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mike Torrez Fernando Valenzuela -- 13,187 2:21
1983 reg season 1983-08-31 San Diego Padres  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Al Holland Elias Sosa -- 21,547 3:01
12 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
1983 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 129 77 52 .597 0.0 637 520 117 W8 35-27 42-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Phillies)
1983 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 132 75 57 .568 3.5 630 569 61 L1 29-36 46-21 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1983 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 131 74 57 .565 4.0 641 556 85 L1 34-30 40-27 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1983 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 130 73 57 .562 4.5 635 579 56 W3 31-32 42-25 4 5 7 Yes dnq
1983 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 134 72 62 .537 7.5 638 590 48 L3 35-35 37-27 5 6 8 -- dnq
1983 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 132 63 69 .477 15.5 611 654 -43 W2 35-34 28-35 6 9 17 -- dnq
1983 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 134 58 76 .433 21.5 569 633 -64 W1 28-37 30-39 7 12 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
1983 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 132 75 57 .568 0.0 626 559 67 W5 34-32 41-25 1 2 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1983 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 132 65 67 .492 10.0 571 625 -54 L4 26-38 38-30 2 7 14 -- dnq
1983 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 135 65 70 .481 11.5 602 629 -27 L3 30-40 35-30 3 8 16 -- dnq
1983 AL West California Angels franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 14.5 611 642 -31 L1 30-37 31-35 4 10 19 -- dnq
1983 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 134 61 73 .455 15.0 537 520 17 W1 27-42 34-31 5 11 21 -- dnq
1983 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 133 57 76 .429 18.5 598 689 -91 L1 27-39 30-37 6 13 24 -- dnq
1983 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 133 51 82 .383 24.5 461 602 -141 W1 25-42 26-40 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
1983 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 131 68 63 .519 0.0 519 545 -26 L1 35-28 33-35 1 4 10 Yes dnq
1983 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 132 68 64 .515 0.5 545 524 21 W1 29-38 38-27 2 5 11 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1983 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 131 66 65 .504 2.0 548 520 28 W1 31-37 35-28 3 6 12 -- dnq
1983 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 130 65 65 .500 2.5 558 564 -6 W1 31-36 34-29 4 7 13 -- dnq
1983 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 132 59 73 .447 9.5 556 551 5 L1 24-43 35-30 5 11 22 -- dnq
1983 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 133 56 77 .421 13.0 464 549 -85 W1 22-45 33-33 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
1983 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 132 77 55 .583 0.0 534 480 54 L1 36-29 41-26 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1983 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 133 76 57 .571 1.5 633 517 116 L3 37-32 39-25 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1983 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 7.0 520 520 0 W2 32-33 38-29 3 3 9 Yes dnq
1983 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 135 66 69 .489 12.5 533 541 -8 L1 27-38 39-31 4 8 15 -- dnq
1983 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 133 62 71 .466 15.5 564 580 -16 L1 28-37 35-33 5 9 18 -- dnq
1983 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 134 61 73 .455 17.0 501 584 -83 W1 31-35 30-38 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Aurelio Rodriguez Chicago White Sox Hist Signed contract with White Sox
Sixto Lezcano Philadelphia Phillies Hist Traded from San Diego Padres with Steve Fireovid to Philadelphia Phillies for Marty Decker (9/20/1983), Ed Wojna (9/20/1983), Darren Burroughs (9/20/1983) and Lance McCullers (9/20/1983)
Tito Landrum Baltimore Orioles Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore Orioles for Floyd Rayford (6/14/1983)
Bake McBride Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)