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Friday, May 20,1966

Friday, May 20,1966

Baseball on this Date

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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
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Detroit Tigers  4 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Wally Bunker Joe Sparma Eddie Watt 0 2:53
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Detroit Tigers  9 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bill Monbouquette Dave McNally Larry Sherry 26,094 2:45
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Kansas City Athletics  0 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Jose Santiago Fred Talbot -- 13,192 2:16
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Cleveland Indians  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Gary Bell Tommy John -- 16,530 2:39
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Minnesota Twins  1 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Al Downing Camilo Pascual Pedro Ramos 21,908 2:27
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 California Angels  5 Washington Senators II  6 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Ron Kline Lew Burdette -- 14,737 2:43
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Chicago Cubs  2 Atlanta Braves  12 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Denny Lemaster Ken Holtzman -- 16,001 2:23
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Joey Jay Ray Washburn Billy McCool 12,850 2:40
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Darold Knowles Jim Owens -- 29,763 3:24
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Pete Mikkelsen Don Sutton -- 33,484 2:47
1966 reg season 1966-05-20 New York Mets  7 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dick Selma Lindy McDaniel Dennis Ribant 15,541 2:43
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
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 20 8 .714 0.0 85 70 15 W1 7-3 13-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 31 19 12 .613 2.5 136 97 39 L1 8-5 11-7 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 3.0 122 121 1 W1 10-5 8-7 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 4.0 104 90 14 L1 4-6 12-6 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 5.0 141 133 8 L4 5-7 12-8 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 6.5 96 92 4 L5 10-9 4-6 6 6 13 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 8.5 113 133 -20 W3 8-12 5-6 7 7 16 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 9.5 93 100 -7 W2 8-8 4-11 8 8 17 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 30 11 19 .367 10.0 76 116 -40 L1 1-14 10-5 9 9 18 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 32 11 21 .344 11.0 137 151 -14 W3 7-14 4-7 10 10 19 -- dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 35 23 12 .657 0.0 161 124 37 L2 12-6 11-6 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 2.5 123 112 11 L2 9-8 11-6 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 4.0 124 107 17 L1 8-10 11-6 3 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 4.5 116 108 8 W1 8-4 8-10 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 5.0 97 112 -15 W1 6-5 8-8 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 5.5 117 105 12 W5 10-11 5-4 6 6 11 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 6.0 134 127 7 W1 8-9 8-8 7 7 12 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 6.5 110 106 4 W1 5-5 7-9 8 8 14 -- dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 8.0 112 121 -9 L1 7-10 6-8 9 9 15 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 29 7 22 .241 13.0 77 149 -72 L1 3-11 4-11 10 10 20 -- 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
John Vukovich Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed out of draft (American River College)
Gerry Arrigo New York Mets Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to New York Mets for Gerry Arrigo (5/23/1966)
2 record(s)