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Tuesday, August 20,1968

Tuesday, August 20,1968

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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
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Baltimore Orioles  2 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Clyde Wright Tom Phoebus -- 10,136 2:37
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Boston Red Sox  1 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sam McDowell Gary Bell -- 6,075 2:00
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Chicago White Sox  0 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Hiller Jack Fisher -- 0 2:09
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Chicago White Sox  10 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Gary Peters Denny McLain -- 48,814 2:19
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 New York Yankees  5 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mel Stottlemyre Dave Boswell -- 16,141 2:08
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Washington Senators II  7 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Frank Bertaina Jim Nash Dennis Higgins 0 2:24
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Washington Senators II  3 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Diego Segui Bob Humphreys -- 5,529 2:45
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Atlanta Braves  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Niekro Claude Raymond -- 16,749 3:28
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Dock Ellis Jay Ritchie Ron Kline 8,103 2:54
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 San Francisco Giants  0 New York Mets  8 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Ray Sadecki Cal Koonce 33,684 2:53
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Shibe Park Larry Jackson Nelson Briles -- 9,379 2:14
1968 reg season 1968-08-20 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Don Drysdale Danny Coombs 19,534 3:00
12 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
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 125 79 46 .632 0.0 514 398 116 L1 36-27 43-19 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 124 72 52 .581 6.5 451 376 75 L1 36-29 36-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 126 68 58 .540 11.5 482 491 -9 L1 31-30 37-28 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 129 68 61 .527 13.0 408 403 5 W1 32-30 35-32 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 126 64 62 .508 15.5 428 413 15 W1 32-31 31-32 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 121 58 63 .479 19.0 393 410 -17 W1 32-28 26-35 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 123 58 65 .472 20.0 439 421 18 L1 25-34 33-31 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 125 57 68 .456 22.0 402 469 -67 W1 29-34 28-34 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 124 52 72 .419 26.5 374 392 -18 W1 24-35 28-37 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 123 47 76 .382 31.0 407 525 -118 L1 24-44 23-32 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 126 80 46 .635 0.0 463 350 113 L1 40-22 40-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 122 65 57 .533 13.0 523 500 23 L1 35-26 29-32 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 124 65 59 .524 14.0 417 401 16 L1 33-27 32-32 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 127 66 61 .520 14.5 473 486 -13 W2 32-33 34-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 113 55 58 .487 18.5 366 381 -15 W2 24-32 31-26 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 115 55 60 .478 19.5 352 392 -40 L3 23-30 32-30 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 123 57 66 .463 21.5 405 441 -36 W1 29-36 28-30 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 113 52 61 .460 21.5 366 367 -1 W1 29-32 23-29 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 128 58 70 .453 23.0 374 369 5 W1 32-33 26-37 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 24.5 308 360 -52 L4 23-35 30-33 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)
Transactions
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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)
  • 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
Ken Boswell New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)