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Tuesday, May 21,1968

Tuesday, May 21,1968

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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 1968-05-21 Chicago White Sox  2 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bob Locker Eddie Watt Hoyt Wilhelm 7,612 3:28
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Boston Red Sox  1 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim McGlothlin Dick Ellsworth -- 10,502 2:06
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Detroit Tigers  1 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dean Chance Joe Sparma -- 9,024 2:17
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Cleveland Indians  1 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Sam McDowell Chuck Dobson -- 0 2:28
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Cleveland Indians  0 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Blue Moon Odom Luis Tiant -- 8,342 2:17
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 New York Yankees  2 Washington Senators II  1 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Mel Stottlemyre Joe Coleman -- 7,685 2:42
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 San Francisco Giants  6 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ray Sadecki Jim Britton Frank Linzy 9,311 2:44
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Rich Nye Turk Farrell -- 4,422 2:41
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Houston Astros  8 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Crosley Field Larry Dierker Milt Pappas -- 4,273 2:52
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Taylor Bob Moose -- 8,188 4:25
1968 reg season 1968-05-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bill Singer Ray Washburn -- 13,633 2:21
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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)
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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 36 23 13 .639 0.0 150 106 44 L1 11-6 12-7 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 37 22 15 .595 1.5 122 84 38 L1 10-9 11-7 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.0 137 110 27 L1 10-6 9-11 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.0 128 113 15 W1 12-8 7-9 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 5.0 127 143 -16 L3 8-9 10-9 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 5.5 124 142 -18 W2 9-7 9-12 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 34 16 18 .471 6.0 92 102 -10 W1 8-10 8-8 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 7.5 112 116 -4 W1 10-10 6-11 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 38 16 22 .421 8.0 110 137 -27 W3 10-12 6-10 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 37 15 22 .405 8.5 110 159 -49 L4 8-9 7-13 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 0.0 133 108 25 L1 8-11 13-4 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 21 17 .553 1.0 144 141 3 W1 8-8 13-9 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 2.0 106 110 -4 L1 9-9 10-8 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 2.5 148 136 12 L1 10-8 9-10 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 2.5 142 163 -21 W2 10-12 10-7 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 3.0 100 110 -10 L1 7-13 10-4 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 39 18 21 .462 4.5 95 102 -7 W1 9-9 9-12 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 37 17 20 .459 4.5 102 88 14 W2 6-9 11-11 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 4.5 109 130 -21 W1 5-15 11-4 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 5.5 106 97 9 L5 6-11 9-9 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)