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Wednesday, August 21,1985

Wednesday, August 21,1985

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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 1985-08-21 Texas Rangers  5 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Jeff Russell Oil Can Boyd Greg Harris 18,447 2:41
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 New York Yankees  13 California Angels  10 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave Righetti Donnie Moore -- 40,363 4:01
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Kansas City Royals  2 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Charlie Leibrandt Floyd Bannister Dan Quisenberry 16,243 2:51
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Neal Heaton Doyle Alexander -- 6,342 2:25
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Minnesota Twins  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Ray Burris Steve Howe -- 15,136 2:27
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Detroit Tigers  3 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Steve Mura Guillermo Hernandez -- 13,604 3:06
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Baltimore Orioles  11 Seattle Mariners  8 box | pbp Kingdome Dennis Martinez Jim Beattie Don Aase 8,752 3:11
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Chicago Cubs  9 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Warren Brusstar Gene Garber Lee Smith 12,245 3:08
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Jeff Lahti Dave Smith -- 14,164 2:53
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 San Diego Padres  6 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Eric Show Bill Laskey -- 20,571 2:45
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 San Francisco Giants  3 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dave LaPoint Roger McDowell Scott Garrelts 22,450 2:12
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  15 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Fernando Valenzuela Jerry Koosman -- 23,650 2:56
1985 reg season 1985-08-21 Cincinnati Reds  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Tom Browning Bob Walk John Franco 17,198 3:13
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
1985 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 120 74 46 .617 0.0 572 437 135 L1 34-28 40-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1985 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 118 70 48 .593 3.0 632 487 145 W7 30-33 40-15 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 9.5 519 498 21 L1 33-29 31-26 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 117 62 55 .530 10.5 614 555 59 W1 29-29 33-26 4 6 11 -- dnq
1985 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 58 61 .487 15.5 544 527 17 L6 25-34 32-28 5 9 16 -- dnq
1985 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 117 55 62 .470 17.5 506 549 -43 W3 23-32 32-30 6 10 17 -- dnq
1985 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 40 79 .336 33.5 475 597 -122 W1 15-43 25-36 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 120 68 52 .567 0.0 531 501 30 L2 31-29 37-23 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1985 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 117 65 52 .556 1.5 501 466 35 W1 32-29 33-23 2 4 8 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1985 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 63 57 .525 5.0 576 563 13 W1 28-33 35-24 3 7 13 -- dnq
1985 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 8.5 504 518 -14 L1 27-32 31-27 4 8 14 -- dnq
1985 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 12.0 531 612 -81 L1 22-33 34-31 5 11 18 -- dnq
1985 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 53 66 .445 14.5 517 592 -75 L4 19-38 34-28 6 12 21 -- dnq
1985 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 118 44 74 .373 23.0 443 563 -120 W2 19-41 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 118 72 46 .610 0.0 494 426 68 L1 31-26 41-20 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1985 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 117 71 46 .607 0.5 543 430 113 W1 32-28 39-18 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Cardinals)
1985 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 6.0 449 435 14 L3 31-28 36-25 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 13.5 464 489 -25 W2 26-33 32-26 4 7 15 -- dnq
1985 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 118 54 64 .458 18.0 501 485 16 L2 22-36 32-28 5 9 20 -- dnq
1985 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 116 36 80 .310 35.0 371 512 -141 L1 12-44 24-36 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 117 71 46 .607 0.0 462 409 53 W2 33-25 38-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1985 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 8.0 482 435 47 W2 30-30 34-25 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1985 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 117 62 55 .530 9.0 482 487 -5 W1 33-29 29-26 3 6 12 -- dnq
1985 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 118 55 63 .466 16.5 492 504 -12 L1 25-35 30-28 4 8 19 -- dnq
1985 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 117 50 67 .427 21.0 472 528 -56 L2 24-34 26-33 5 10 22 -- dnq
1985 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 118 46 72 .390 25.5 379 451 -72 W1 17-42 29-30 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Roger Clemens Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Right shoulder surgery
Glenn Hoffman Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)