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Saturday, August 31,1985

Saturday, August 31,1985

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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 1985-08-31 Seattle Mariners  6 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Moore Mike Flanagan -- 21,472 2:46
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Oakland Athletics  1 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Walt Terrell Tim Birtsas Guillermo Hernandez 24,240 2:42
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Cleveland Indians  8 Milwaukee Brewers  10 box | pbp County Stadium Teddy Higuera Neal Heaton Bob Gibson 10,780 2:55
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Boston Red Sox  5 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Steve Crawford -- 0 2:38
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Boston Red Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Mark Portugal Al Nipper Ron Davis 20,779 2:39
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 California Angels  4 New York Yankees  10 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dave Righetti Doug Corbett -- 26,991 3:04
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Kansas City Royals  4 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Greg Harris Charlie Leibrandt -- 14,709 2:34
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Chicago White Sox  2 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Gary Lavelle Joel Davis -- 36,153 2:40
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Atlanta Braves  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Warren Brusstar Gene Garber -- 31,876 3:15
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bob Walk Andy McGaffigan -- 28,656 2:04
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Shane Rawley Fernando Valenzuela -- 46,942 2:20
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Montreal Expos  7 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Bill Gullickson Eric Show -- 43,065 2:30
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 New York Mets  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Gott Dwight Gooden Mark Davis 20,334 2:32
1985 reg season 1985-08-31 Houston Astros  3 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Knepper Danny Cox -- 38,387 2:29
14 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 129 81 48 .628 0.0 625 465 160 W2 39-30 42-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1985 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 127 75 52 .591 5.0 666 513 153 W1 33-36 42-16 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 128 69 59 .539 11.5 561 534 27 W1 36-32 33-27 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 126 67 59 .532 12.5 662 590 72 L1 32-32 35-27 4 6 10 -- dnq
1985 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 129 61 68 .473 20.0 599 573 26 L2 27-39 33-30 5 9 17 -- dnq
1985 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 126 59 67 .468 20.5 553 601 -48 W2 24-36 35-31 6 10 19 -- dnq
1985 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 129 46 83 .357 35.0 529 657 -128 L3 15-45 31-38 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 129 73 56 .566 0.0 568 558 10 L1 32-31 41-25 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1985 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 126 69 57 .548 2.5 549 504 45 L2 34-32 35-25 2 4 8 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1985 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 129 67 62 .519 6.0 611 595 16 L1 29-35 38-27 3 7 13 -- dnq
1985 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 128 63 65 .492 9.5 551 577 -26 L2 27-34 36-31 4 8 14 -- dnq
1985 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 129 59 70 .457 14.0 556 647 -91 W1 23-35 36-35 5 11 20 -- dnq
1985 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 127 58 69 .457 14.0 546 627 -81 W2 21-38 37-31 6 12 21 -- dnq
1985 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 128 48 80 .375 24.5 482 617 -135 W2 21-47 27-33 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 St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 126 77 49 .611 0.0 584 456 128 L3 38-29 39-20 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Cardinals)
1985 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 128 76 52 .594 2.0 525 457 68 L1 32-28 44-24 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 128 71 57 .555 7.0 484 468 16 W2 33-28 38-29 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 127 62 65 .488 15.5 502 538 -36 W1 29-37 33-28 4 7 15 -- dnq
1985 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 127 61 66 .480 16.5 545 507 38 W3 25-36 36-30 5 8 16 -- dnq
1985 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 126 40 86 .317 37.0 409 549 -140 W1 13-49 27-37 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 126 74 52 .587 0.0 485 441 44 L3 36-28 38-24 1 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1985 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 128 68 60 .531 7.0 511 470 41 L2 34-33 34-27 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1985 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 127 67 60 .528 7.5 509 522 -13 L1 33-30 34-30 3 6 12 -- dnq
1985 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 127 60 67 .472 14.5 535 545 -10 W4 28-37 32-30 4 9 18 -- dnq
1985 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 127 55 72 .433 19.5 514 569 -55 L1 26-35 29-37 5 10 22 -- dnq
1985 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 127 51 76 .402 23.5 413 494 -81 W1 20-45 31-31 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
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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
Bill Madlock Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Los Angeles Dodgers for RJ Reynolds (9/3/1985), Cecil Espy (9/9/1985) and Sid Bream (9/9/1985)
Dave Anderson Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)