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Friday, September 18,1987

Friday, September 18,1987

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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 1987-09-18 Boston Red Sox  4 Baltimore Orioles  9 box | pbp Memorial Stadium John Habyan Bruce Hurst Jack O'Connor 0 2:46
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Boston Red Sox  10 Baltimore Orioles  7 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Rob Woodward Jeff Ballard -- 19,000 3:25
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Seattle Mariners  1 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Mark Langston Floyd Bannister -- 10,775 2:42
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Walt Terrell Bill Wegman Eric King 30,104 2:44
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Oakland Athletics  4 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Steve Ontiveros Mark Gubicza Dennis Eckersley 31,301 2:44
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Cleveland Indians  4 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Darrel Akerfelds -- 23,173 2:50
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Toronto Blue Jays  6 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jim Clancy Neil Allen David Wells 34,110 3:20
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 California Angels  1 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jose Guzman Jerry Reuss -- 12,243 2:38
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 San Diego Padres  2 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Lance McCullers Dave Smith -- 13,182 2:32
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Atlanta Braves  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Orel Hershiser Pete Smith -- 24,513 2:27
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bryn Smith Bruce Ruffin -- 23,466 3:10
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 New York Mets  9 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Smiley Randy Myers Jim Gott 15,308 3:36
1987 reg season 1987-09-18 Chicago Cubs  8 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rick Sutcliffe Danny Cox -- 44,189 2:46
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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 146 89 57 .610 0.0 824 668 156 W5 41-33 48-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 147 89 58 .605 0.5 788 602 186 W1 40-33 49-25 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 147 81 66 .551 8.5 779 746 33 L1 38-35 43-31 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 147 81 66 .551 8.5 717 686 31 L1 35-40 46-26 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 146 70 76 .479 19.0 762 754 8 W1 23-49 47-27 5 9 18 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 147 63 84 .429 26.5 683 805 -122 L1 33-40 30-44 6 13 23 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 148 56 92 .378 34.0 666 860 -194 L2 25-48 31-44 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 148 78 70 .527 0.0 733 751 -18 W1 28-47 50-23 1 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 147 74 73 .503 3.5 741 711 30 W1 35-38 39-35 2 6 10 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 148 74 74 .500 4.0 642 634 8 L1 33-42 41-32 3 7 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 147 71 76 .483 6.5 774 775 -1 W2 32-43 39-33 4 8 17 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 148 70 78 .473 8.0 689 726 -37 L2 36-37 34-41 5 10 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 147 69 78 .469 8.5 685 733 -48 W1 33-39 36-39 6 11 20 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 147 65 82 .442 12.5 668 700 -32 L1 34-40 31-42 7 12 21 -- 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 146 85 61 .582 0.0 742 641 101 L2 45-33 40-28 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 147 84 63 .571 1.5 745 640 105 L2 38-33 46-30 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 146 83 63 .568 2.0 675 660 15 W2 39-33 44-30 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 147 74 73 .503 11.5 654 690 -36 L1 34-38 40-35 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 146 71 75 .486 14.0 666 718 -52 W1 34-39 37-36 5 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 147 71 76 .483 14.5 640 671 -31 W2 30-44 41-32 6 8 16 -- 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 San Francisco Giants franchise | log 147 81 66 .551 0.0 701 597 104 W6 39-35 42-31 1 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 147 73 74 .497 8.0 711 693 18 L1 37-37 36-37 2 6 13 -- dnq
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 147 71 76 .483 10.0 590 607 -17 L4 28-47 43-29 3 9 15 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 147 63 84 .429 18.0 562 619 -57 W2 28-45 35-39 4 10 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 146 62 84 .425 18.5 667 742 -75 L4 24-47 38-37 5 11 24 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 147 62 85 .422 19.0 626 701 -75 W3 26-47 36-38 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Curt Ford St. Louis Cardinals Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)