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Tuesday, September 3,1968

Tuesday, September 3,1968

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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 1968-09-03 New York Yankees  6 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Fritz Peterson Tom Phoebus Dooley Womack 7,236 2:47
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Cleveland Indians  7 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Sam McDowell Jim McGlothlin Vicente Romo 7,560 2:42
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Boston Red Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dick Ellsworth Jim Merritt -- 7,053 1:30
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Detroit Tigers  6 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Pat Dobson Ed Sprague -- 5,955 2:53
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Chicago White Sox  1 Washington Senators II  2 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Joe Coleman Cisco Carlos -- 2,638 2:17
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 San Francisco Giants  3 Chicago Cubs  8 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Gaylord Perry Rich Nye 6,970 2:36
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Joe Hoerner Dan McGinn Wayne Granger 7,446 3:15
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Atlanta Braves  3 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Milt Pappas Ron Taylor 0 2:09
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Atlanta Braves  7 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Cecil Upshaw Al Jackson -- 12,799 3:48
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 Philadelphia Phillies  9 box | pbp Shibe Park Jim Brewer John Boozer -- 2,812 2:43
1968 reg season 1968-09-03 Houston Astros  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Forbes Field Dock Ellis Larry Dierker Luke Walker 3,003 2:10
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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
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 142 88 54 .620 0.0 574 442 132 W2 39-34 49-20 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 140 80 60 .571 7.0 509 435 74 L1 38-31 42-29 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 140 75 65 .536 12.0 537 541 -4 W1 33-35 42-30 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 144 76 68 .528 13.0 458 449 9 W2 36-33 39-36 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 142 72 70 .507 16.0 485 479 6 L2 36-36 35-35 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 141 71 70 .504 16.5 448 457 -9 W1 38-33 32-38 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 140 67 73 .479 20.0 501 463 38 L1 30-39 37-34 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 141 61 80 .433 26.5 445 533 -88 L4 32-41 29-39 8 8 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 140 58 82 .414 29.0 411 453 -42 L3 25-42 33-40 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 138 56 82 .406 30.0 461 577 -116 W3 27-46 29-36 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 140 89 51 .636 0.0 511 388 123 W4 47-24 42-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 139 74 65 .532 14.5 493 455 38 L2 38-30 36-35 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 137 72 65 .526 15.5 587 572 15 L6 37-30 34-36 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 142 74 68 .521 16.0 533 547 -14 W1 34-38 39-31 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 124 61 63 .492 20.0 405 407 -2 L1 27-36 34-27 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 128 62 66 .484 21.0 405 434 -29 W1 29-34 33-32 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 139 65 74 .468 23.5 466 523 -57 L1 31-39 34-35 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 144 65 79 .451 26.0 428 432 -4 L1 35-35 29-45 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 54 67 .446 25.5 400 401 -1 L4 31-35 23-32 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 136 59 77 .434 28.0 371 440 -69 W1 26-39 33-38 10 10 17 -- dnq
20 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Al Ferrara Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Wade Blasingame Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)