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Tuesday, July 21,1987

Tuesday, July 21,1987

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
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 California Angels  0 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Roger Clemens Kirk McCaskill -- 30,301 2:28
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Baltimore Orioles  11 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Mark Williamson Bill Long -- 12,789 3:13
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Oakland Athletics  5 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Eric King Jay Howell -- 23,118 3:33
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Cleveland Indians  2 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Charlie Leibrandt Scott Bailes -- 26,880 2:32
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Seattle Mariners  4 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Teddy Higuera Mike Moore -- 13,373 2:43
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 New York Yankees  1 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Tim Stoddard -- 37,391 2:44
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dale Mohorcic Jeff Musselman -- 13,791 2:39
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bob Forsch Fernando Valenzuela -- 41,023 2:41
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Houston Astros  4 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Danny Darwin Floyd Youmans Dave Smith 30,708 2:37
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Atlanta Braves  8 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Doyle Alexander Dwight Gooden -- 37,906 2:53
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Cincinnati Reds  4 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Bill Gullickson Kevin Gross Rob Murphy 27,184 2:46
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Chicago Cubs  3 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mark Davis Jamie Moyer -- 17,305 2:43
1987 reg season 1987-07-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dave Dravecky Bob Kipper -- 8,382 2:23
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
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 95 58 37 .611 0.0 510 429 81 L1 26-21 32-16 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 91 53 38 .582 3.0 514 423 91 W2 26-21 27-17 2 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 93 54 39 .581 3.0 475 373 102 L1 26-23 28-16 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 91 46 45 .505 10.0 468 502 -34 W2 22-26 24-19 4 7 12 -- dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 94 43 51 .457 14.5 468 488 -20 W1 15-34 28-17 5 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 94 41 53 .436 16.5 454 508 -54 W7 25-24 16-29 6 12 23 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 93 33 60 .355 24.0 412 558 -146 L1 15-34 18-26 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
1987 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 95 52 43 .547 0.0 473 480 -7 W1 20-27 32-16 1 4 6 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 93 49 44 .527 2.0 475 430 45 L2 23-20 26-24 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 95 49 46 .516 3.0 457 450 7 L1 24-20 25-26 3 6 11 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 93 47 46 .505 4.0 394 397 -3 W1 19-27 28-19 4 8 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 94 46 48 .489 5.5 436 482 -46 L2 22-21 24-27 5 9 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 92 44 48 .478 6.5 496 492 4 W1 17-27 27-21 6 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 91 37 54 .407 13.0 415 435 -20 L2 20-27 17-27 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
1987 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 91 59 32 .648 0.0 512 397 115 W2 31-15 28-17 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 92 52 40 .565 7.5 432 415 17 L1 25-20 27-20 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 93 50 43 .538 10.0 454 409 45 L1 24-25 26-18 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 94 49 45 .521 11.5 434 425 9 L4 23-22 26-23 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 92 45 47 .489 14.5 413 450 -37 L2 22-24 23-23 5 8 17 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 93 42 51 .452 18.0 397 459 -62 L1 18-29 24-22 6 9 20 -- 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
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 94 51 43 .543 0.0 478 450 28 W2 26-19 25-24 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 94 47 47 .500 4.0 441 420 21 W1 28-22 19-25 2 6 14 -- Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 93 46 47 .495 4.5 373 381 -8 W1 19-25 27-22 3 7 15 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 93 42 51 .452 8.5 448 453 -5 W1 18-26 24-25 4 10 21 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 93 41 52 .441 9.5 355 385 -30 L3 17-31 24-21 5 11 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 94 34 60 .362 17.0 374 467 -93 W2 15-34 19-26 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Hal McRae -- Hist Released by Royals
Fred Lynn Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Right thigh
Jamie Quirk Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Fractured right hand
3 record(s)