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Tuesday, May 18,1971

Tuesday, May 18,1971

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Detroit Tigers  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Jim Lonborg Bill Denehy -- 13,021 2:31
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Minnesota Twins  1 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tom Murphy Jim Kaat -- 7,095 2:08
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Baltimore Orioles  6 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mike Cuellar Fritz Peterson -- 14,700 1:55
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Milwaukee Brewers  2 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Catfish Hunter Marty Pattin -- 6,672 2:03
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Cleveland Indians  7 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Sam McDowell Denny McLain Vince Colbert 5,690 2:14
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 New York Mets  6 Atlanta Braves  8 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Mike McQueen Jim McAndrew Bob Priddy 9,264 2:12
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 San Francisco Giants  7 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ron Bryant Milt Pappas Jerry Johnson 12,600 2:46
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Don Gullett Barry Lersch Joe Gibbon 7,399 2:06
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 San Diego Padres  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Fred Gladding Bob Miller -- 8,015 2:36
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Montreal Expos  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Johnson Mike Marshall -- 10,226 2:46
1971 reg season 1971-05-18 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Moe Drabowsky Jim Brewer -- 14,753 2:57
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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)
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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
1971 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 33 22 11 .667 0.0 157 129 28 W2 9-7 13-4 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 2.5 144 110 34 W1 9-9 11-5 2 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 6.0 124 130 -6 L1 8-8 8-9 3 7 14 -- dnq
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 7.0 135 150 -15 L2 7-14 9-5 4 8 16 -- dnq
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 36 15 21 .417 8.5 123 153 -30 L3 5-8 10-13 5 10 19 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 34 14 20 .412 8.5 110 147 -37 W4 8-11 6-9 6 11 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
1971 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 40 26 14 .650 0.0 178 146 32 W1 17-6 9-8 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 5.5 157 140 17 L1 8-9 11-9 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 6.5 126 130 -4 W1 10-8 9-12 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 6.5 140 132 8 W1 9-10 9-9 4 6 12 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 33 14 19 .424 8.5 88 101 -13 L1 8-9 6-10 5 9 18 -- dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 9.5 119 133 -14 L1 9-6 4-14 6 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
1971 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 34 21 13 .618 0.0 144 106 38 L3 10-8 11-5 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 36 22 14 .611 0.0 155 113 42 W3 10-7 12-7 2 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 37 22 15 .595 0.5 156 146 10 W1 13-7 8-9 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 3.5 143 154 -11 L1 8-12 11-6 4 5 10 -- dnq
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 5.5 94 105 -11 L2 6-11 7-5 5 9 17 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 11 23 .324 10.0 98 148 -50 L1 6-12 5-11 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
1971 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 28 10 .737 0.0 171 113 58 W1 12-4 16-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 8.5 139 154 -15 W2 9-8 10-10 2 6 8 Yes dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 9.5 132 117 15 W3 7-9 11-10 3 7 13 -- dnq
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 10.0 151 152 -1 L1 10-10 8-10 4 8 15 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 14 22 .389 13.0 118 140 -22 W1 5-12 9-10 5 10 22 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 37 10 27 .270 17.5 120 173 -53 L6 4-15 6-12 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)