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Saturday, August 17,1985

Saturday, August 17,1985

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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
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Texas Rangers  2 Baltimore Orioles  9 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Scott McGregor Burt Hooton -- 30,269 2:46
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Oakland Athletics  5 California Angels  9 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mike Witt Chris Codiroli Jim Slaton 48,545 3:00
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Cleveland Indians  5 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Tanana Curt Wardle Randy O'Neal 32,723 2:38
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Chicago White Sox  12 Milwaukee Brewers  7 box | pbp County Stadium Dan Spillner Jaime Cocanower -- 33,467 3:10
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Seattle Mariners  0 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Frank Wills -- 15,665 2:17
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Boston Red Sox  1 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Guidry Al Nipper Brian Fisher 40,179 2:57
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Kansas City Royals  4 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Danny Jackson Doyle Alexander Dan Quisenberry 42,313 2:21
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  10 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field John Denny Lary Sorensen -- 31,421 2:27
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Cincinnati Reds  8 Houston Astros  0 box | pbp Astrodome Tom Browning Joe Niekro -- 22,703 2:07
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 New York Mets  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Sid Fernandez Lee Tunnell Roger McDowell 10,200 2:30
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Scott Garrelts Carlos Diaz -- 18,791 2:52
1985 reg season 1985-08-17 Montreal Expos  5 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Tim Burke Bill Campbell Gary Lucas 45,093 2:55
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
1985 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 116 72 44 .621 0.0 554 419 135 L2 33-26 39-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1985 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 114 66 48 .579 5.0 601 465 136 W3 28-33 38-15 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 115 62 53 .539 9.5 507 491 16 W2 32-27 30-26 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 60 54 .526 11.0 591 541 50 W5 28-28 32-26 4 6 11 -- dnq
1985 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 115 58 57 .504 13.5 533 509 24 L2 25-32 32-26 5 8 14 -- dnq
1985 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 113 52 61 .460 18.5 492 536 -44 L1 23-32 29-29 6 12 21 -- dnq
1985 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 115 38 77 .330 33.5 463 585 -122 L2 15-42 23-35 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
1985 AL West California Angels franchise | log 116 67 49 .578 0.0 508 472 36 W2 31-29 36-20 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1985 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 113 63 50 .558 2.5 490 452 38 W2 31-27 32-23 2 4 8 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1985 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 116 61 55 .526 6.0 563 548 15 L2 27-32 34-23 3 7 13 -- dnq
1985 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 10.0 493 511 -18 W1 26-32 30-26 4 9 15 -- dnq
1985 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 117 54 63 .462 13.5 512 596 -84 L1 21-33 33-30 5 10 18 -- dnq
1985 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 115 53 62 .461 13.5 510 575 -65 W1 19-35 34-27 6 11 19 -- dnq
1985 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 115 42 73 .365 24.5 433 550 -117 L5 17-40 25-33 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
1985 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 114 70 44 .614 0.0 488 418 70 W1 30-25 40-19 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1985 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 114 70 44 .614 0.0 529 403 126 L1 31-27 39-17 2 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Cardinals)
1985 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 5.0 441 422 19 W1 30-28 36-22 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 14.0 445 473 -28 L1 24-33 32-25 4 7 16 -- dnq
1985 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 115 53 62 .461 17.5 482 460 22 W1 21-36 32-26 5 9 20 -- dnq
1985 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 113 34 79 .301 35.5 358 502 -144 L1 12-44 22-35 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
1985 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 114 69 45 .605 0.0 441 397 44 L1 31-24 38-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1985 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 115 61 54 .530 8.5 470 426 44 W1 28-30 33-24 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1985 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 114 60 54 .526 9.0 464 476 -12 W1 31-28 29-26 3 6 12 -- dnq
1985 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 115 54 61 .470 15.5 468 487 -19 L1 25-35 29-26 4 8 17 -- dnq
1985 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 113 49 64 .434 19.5 458 509 -51 L5 23-33 26-31 5 10 22 -- dnq
1985 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 115 44 71 .383 25.5 374 445 -71 W1 16-41 28-30 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
  • 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
Dave Anderson Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Back soreness
1 record(s)