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Friday, May 9,1980

Friday, May 9,1980

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Kansas City Royals  6 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Leonard Bob Stanley Dan Quisenberry 28,597 2:46
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Detroit Tigers  6 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Aurelio Lopez John Montague -- 27,269 3:16
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Baltimore Orioles  5 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Steve Stone Jerry Augustine Tim Stoddard 34,784 3:17
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Minnesota Twins  2 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Guidry Jerry Koosman Rich Gossage 27,225 2:04
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Cleveland Indians  4 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Dan Spillner Floyd Bannister -- 23,229 2:42
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Chicago White Sox  1 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jim Kern Mike Proly -- 23,600 2:35
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Houston Astros  4 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Larry McWilliams Ken Forsch Larry Bradford 11,111 2:21
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 San Francisco Giants  6 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Vida Blue Dennis Lamp -- 8,403 2:41
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Charlie Leibrandt Randy Lerch -- 32,583 2:29
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 New York Mets  2 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Craig Swan Steve Rogers -- 8,674 2:09
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Kent Tekulve Rollie Fingers -- 34,078 2:31
1980 reg season 1980-05-09 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 St. Louis Cardinals  15 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Pedro Borbon Rick Sutcliffe -- 23,394 2:49
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1980 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 122 96 26 W6 9-5 6-4 1 1 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1980 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 115 88 27 W6 9-6 6-3 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 3.5 119 150 -31 L1 7-8 5-5 3 8 16 -- dnq
1980 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 3.5 127 96 31 L1 6-4 5-8 4 9 17 -- dnq
1980 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 4.0 118 114 4 W1 5-10 7-4 5 10 18 -- dnq
1980 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 5.0 94 126 -32 W3 7-11 3-3 6 12 20 -- dnq
1980 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 6.0 129 136 -7 W1 6-12 4-4 7 14 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
1980 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 0.0 120 102 18 L2 4-5 12-6 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1980 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 1.0 128 112 16 W1 4-4 10-7 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1980 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 1.0 120 125 -5 L1 6-4 9-8 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1980 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 2.0 104 110 -6 W1 5-7 8-5 4 6 11 -- Lost World Series (Phillies)
1980 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 3.0 113 131 -18 L1 4-6 10-9 5 7 14 -- dnq
1980 AL West California Angels franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 4.5 91 106 -15 L4 3-6 8-9 6 11 19 -- dnq
1980 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 5.0 126 134 -8 L3 6-10 5-6 7 13 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
1980 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 23 16 7 .696 0.0 113 79 34 W4 7-3 9-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1980 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 4.0 118 113 5 L2 6-6 6-5 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1980 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 4.0 144 120 24 W4 5-4 8-8 3 6 12 -- dnq
1980 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 4.5 122 99 23 L1 3-5 8-6 4 7 13 -- Won World Series (Royals)
1980 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 7.0 97 118 -21 L1 3-8 7-7 5 9 22 -- dnq
1980 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 8.0 88 108 -20 W1 3-7 6-9 6 11 25 -- 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
1980 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 119 91 28 L2 8-6 9-3 1 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1980 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 0.0 114 105 9 W3 8-5 10-5 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1980 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 3.0 121 117 4 L3 5-10 9-2 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1980 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 4.5 92 102 -10 L1 6-11 7-3 4 8 15 -- dnq
1980 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 7.0 76 117 -41 W1 2-11 7-4 5 10 24 -- dnq
1980 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 28 9 19 .321 9.0 94 129 -35 W1 4-15 5-4 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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
Darold Knowles -- Hist Released by Cardinals
Julio Cruz Seattle Mariners Hist Activated from Disabled List
Joe Ferguson Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)