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Wednesday, August 20,1969

Wednesday, August 20,1969

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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
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Minnesota Twins  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Sparky Lyle Ron Perranoski -- 30,003 3:04
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Baltimore Orioles  2 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Andy Messersmith Dave McNally Ken Tatum 11,334 2:38
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 New York Yankees  0 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bill Butler Fritz Peterson -- 11,230 2:00
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Cleveland Indians  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Blue Moon Odom Luis Tiant -- 5,471 2:20
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Detroit Tigers  4 Seattle Pilots  3 box | pbp Sick's Stadium Mickey Lolich Gene Brabender -- 5,577 2:45
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Chicago White Sox  1 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Dick Bosman Tommy John Darold Knowles 8,011 2:03
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Atlanta Braves  6 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ron Reed Fergie Jenkins -- 34,709 2:19
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 San Diego Padres  10 Montreal Expos  11 box | pbp Parc Jarry Bill Stoneman Gary Ross -- 28,536 3:08
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 San Francisco Giants  0 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jim McAndrew Gaylord Perry -- 48,414 2:18
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Pete Mikkelsen Grant Jackson Al McBean 8,232 2:41
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Houston Astros  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Bob Veale Denny Lemaster -- 10,563 2:02
1969 reg season 1969-08-20 Cincinnati Reds  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Chuck Taylor Gary Nolan -- 25,445 2:01
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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
1969 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 122 86 36 .705 0.0 625 374 251 L1 40-20 46-16 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Mets)
1969 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 69 51 .575 16.0 525 435 90 W3 33-27 36-24 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 122 65 57 .533 21.0 583 571 12 W1 33-31 32-26 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 24.0 513 506 7 W2 31-32 32-29 4 6 15 -- dnq
1969 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 124 62 62 .500 25.0 450 460 -10 L1 29-36 33-26 5 7 16 -- dnq
1969 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 125 51 74 .408 36.5 453 558 -105 L1 23-36 28-38 6 9 18 -- 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
1969 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 122 72 50 .590 0.0 595 479 116 L1 32-34 40-16 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1969 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 69 50 .580 1.5 535 453 82 W1 30-27 39-23 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1969 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 122 51 71 .418 21.0 437 527 -90 W1 23-37 27-35 3 8 17 -- dnq
1969 AL West California Angels franchise | log 118 48 70 .407 22.0 364 479 -115 W1 17-38 31-32 4 10 19 -- dnq
1969 AL West Seattle Pilots franchise | log 120 48 72 .400 23.0 493 626 -133 L6 24-36 24-36 5 11 21 -- dnq
1969 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 122 46 76 .377 26.0 468 573 -105 L3 19-42 27-34 6 12 22 -- 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
1969 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 124 78 46 .629 0.0 570 422 148 L1 36-28 41-19 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1969 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 119 68 51 .571 7.5 462 430 32 W6 32-26 36-25 2 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1969 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 122 68 54 .557 9.0 462 412 50 W1 35-27 33-27 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1969 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 12.0 540 510 30 W4 29-32 35-24 4 7 11 -- dnq
1969 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 48 72 .400 28.0 490 553 -63 L3 26-30 22-42 5 10 20 -- dnq
1969 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 123 39 84 .317 38.5 461 617 -156 W1 20-40 19-44 6 11 23 -- 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
1969 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 0.0 513 409 104 W5 33-29 34-24 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 119 65 54 .546 1.5 628 598 30 L1 30-30 35-24 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 125 67 58 .536 2.5 529 524 5 W1 28-33 39-25 3 6 10 -- Lost NLCS (Mets)
1969 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 3.5 527 509 18 L2 21-37 43-20 4 8 14 -- dnq
1969 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 3.5 520 497 23 L3 28-34 36-23 5 9 13 -- dnq
1969 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 122 36 86 .295 32.0 344 565 -221 L1 20-44 16-42 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Ray Jarvis Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Bone spur in right shoulder
Jose Santiago Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)