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Wednesday, May 16,1973

Wednesday, May 16,1973

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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
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Oakland Athletics  2 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Clyde Wright Blue Moon Odom -- 11,087 2:29
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Boston Red Sox  5 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Hiller Luis Tiant -- 10,030 3:00
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Chicago White Sox  6 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bill Hands Eddie Fisher Ken Sanders 6,119 2:29
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Milwaukee Brewers  4 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Steve Kline Jim Slaton Sparky Lyle 6,721 2:39
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Kansas City Royals  1 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Steve Foucault Paul Splittorff -- 16,663 2:19
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Alan Foster Rick Reuschel Rich Folkers 8,899 2:03
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Charlie Hough Tom Hall -- 10,120 2:56
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Atlanta Braves  5 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Ron Schueler Cecil Upshaw -- 12,491 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 New York Mets  8 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Harry Parker Mike Torrez Tug McGraw 10,023 2:19
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Wayne Twitchell Dock Ellis Mac Scarce 6,885 1:57
1973 reg season 1973-05-16 San Francisco Giants  1 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mike Caldwell Juan Marichal -- 7,989 2:21
11 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
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 0.0 126 124 2 W2 9-7 7-10 1 6 12 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 0.0 119 127 -8 L1 7-8 8-8 2 7 13 -- dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 0.5 141 125 16 W1 5-9 10-8 3 8 14 -- dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 0.5 140 142 -2 L1 5-7 9-9 4 9 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 1.0 102 99 3 L1 7-11 7-6 5 10 17 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 1.5 115 148 -33 L1 8-11 7-8 6 11 19 -- 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
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.0 141 115 26 L1 10-5 9-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 31 18 13 .581 2.0 107 105 2 W5 9-7 9-6 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 35 20 15 .571 2.0 175 153 22 L4 10-5 10-10 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 4.0 163 144 19 L2 11-9 7-8 4 4 10 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 4.5 139 145 -6 W3 7-9 8-6 5 5 11 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 8.0 107 148 -41 W1 4-11 8-8 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
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 36 22 14 .611 0.0 160 132 28 L1 10-8 12-6 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 2.5 124 119 5 W1 11-5 7-10 2 6 9 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 5.5 119 155 -36 L2 8-12 6-5 3 7 16 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 6.0 158 156 2 L1 8-8 5-9 4 9 20 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 7.5 112 147 -35 W1 5-12 8-8 5 10 21 -- dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 33 10 23 .303 10.5 120 148 -28 W2 4-12 6-11 6 12 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
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 40 26 14 .650 0.0 182 168 14 L1 11-5 15-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 37 22 15 .595 2.5 160 124 36 L4 10-9 12-6 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 3.0 154 118 36 L1 14-7 6-7 3 4 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 4.0 152 132 20 W1 8-7 12-9 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 8.0 142 137 5 W4 9-11 6-8 5 8 18 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 37 14 23 .378 10.5 127 174 -47 W1 2-11 12-12 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Elliott Maddox Texas Rangers Injury DL - Pulled hamstring and sore shoulder
Dick Billings Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)