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Sunday, August 15,1971

Sunday, August 15,1971

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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 1971-08-15 Kansas City Royals  5 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Mike Hedlund Ray Culp Tom Burgmeier 22,453 2:11
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Baltimore Orioles  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Pat Dobson -- 18,246 2:24
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Cleveland Indians  2 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Bill Parsons Sam McDowell Ken Sanders 22,604 2:43
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Detroit Tigers  7 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Kilkenny Jim Perry Fred Scherman 20,761 2:58
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Oakland Athletics  6 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Vida Blue Jack Aker -- 45,343 3:12
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 California Angels  4 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Mel Queen Paul Lindblad Rickey Clark 6,895 3:02
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Houston Astros  5 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium George Culver Cecil Upshaw -- 12,895 2:45
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Chicago Cubs  1 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Ross Grimsley Juan Pizarro -- 28,383 2:07
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Montreal Expos  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Steve Renko Bill Singer -- 18,572 2:10
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Frank Linzy Bob Miller Moe Drabowsky 49,329 2:30
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Philadelphia Phillies  4 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dick Kelley Bill Wilson -- 0 2:38
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 Philadelphia Phillies  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dave Roberts Barry Lersch -- 8,108 1:45
1971 reg season 1971-08-15 New York Mets  1 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Jim McAndrew -- 22,320 2:16
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
1971 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 115 71 44 .617 0.0 534 402 132 L2 34-27 37-17 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 8.5 531 504 27 W1 29-36 36-19 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 9.5 517 512 5 L7 28-28 36-28 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 121 60 61 .496 14.0 496 480 16 L3 28-32 32-29 4 6 13 -- dnq
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 119 49 70 .412 24.0 389 482 -93 L1 21-34 28-36 5 11 21 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 121 49 72 .405 25.0 398 507 -109 L3 26-35 23-37 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
1971 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 78 42 .650 0.0 535 419 116 W7 47-18 31-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 63 55 .534 14.0 452 398 54 W3 32-30 31-25 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 57 63 .475 21.0 449 458 -9 W2 29-29 28-34 3 7 15 -- dnq
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 23.0 395 445 -50 W1 32-32 24-34 4 8 17 -- dnq
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 24.0 481 523 -42 L1 24-33 29-32 5 9 18 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 118 51 67 .432 26.0 391 438 -47 W3 22-30 29-37 6 10 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 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 71 50 .587 0.0 588 451 137 L4 32-26 39-24 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 123 69 54 .561 3.0 554 540 14 W4 33-25 35-30 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 5.5 475 453 22 L1 30-33 34-21 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1971 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 11.5 440 416 24 L5 28-33 30-27 4 8 14 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 18.0 425 508 -83 L2 27-37 26-31 5 10 19 -- dnq
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 119 47 72 .395 23.0 416 540 -124 W2 26-38 21-34 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 123 72 51 .585 0.0 544 505 39 W3 29-28 43-23 1 2 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 121 65 56 .537 6.0 501 437 64 L2 33-25 32-31 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 9.5 437 409 28 W1 26-29 33-28 3 6 11 -- dnq
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 9.5 475 493 -18 L1 28-33 32-25 4 7 12 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 57 64 .471 14.0 427 432 -5 W1 24-38 33-26 5 9 16 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 119 44 75 .370 26.0 364 462 -98 W2 16-42 28-33 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Dave Ricketts -- Hist Released by Pirates
Steve Mingori Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Unknown
2 record(s)