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Thursday, July 4,1968

Thursday, July 4,1968

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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 1968-07-04 Chicago White Sox  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Eddie Watt Wilbur Wood -- 19,256 3:16
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Oakland Athletics  2 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Juan Pizarro Blue Moon Odom -- 14,332 2:46
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Minnesota Twins  3 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Vicente Romo Dean Chance Stan Williams 11,847 2:38
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 California Angels  10 Detroit Tigers  13 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dennis Ribant Tom Burgmeier John Hiller 18,186 3:00
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 New York Yankees  2 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jim Hannan Stan Bahnsen Bob Humphreys 12,433 2:28
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Niekro Grant Jackson Phil Regan 0 2:28
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jeff James Darcy Fast John Boozer 21,516 2:49
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Cincinnati Reds  7 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Gary Nolan Don Wilson Ted Abernathy 22,827 2:50
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ray Washburn Claude Osteen Dick Hughes 21,681 2:32
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Kline Jerry Koosman -- 0 2:34
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Don Cardwell Jim Bunning Ron Taylor 29,587 2:32
1968 reg season 1968-07-04 Atlanta Braves  4 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Frank Linzy George Stone -- 14,249 2:40
12 record(s)
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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 80 52 28 .650 0.0 329 241 88 W4 23-17 29-11 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 83 46 37 .554 7.5 264 241 23 W2 21-20 24-18 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 76 41 35 .539 9.0 275 234 41 W3 18-17 23-18 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 77 39 38 .506 11.5 247 236 11 L2 20-24 19-14 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 77 39 38 .506 11.5 279 294 -15 W4 18-20 21-18 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 79 39 40 .494 12.5 258 238 20 L6 19-22 19-19 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 79 37 42 .468 14.5 248 308 -60 L4 17-20 20-22 7 7 15 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 76 34 42 .447 16.0 247 273 -26 L1 17-21 17-21 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 75 32 43 .427 17.5 221 227 -6 L3 13-25 19-18 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 74 29 45 .392 20.0 245 321 -76 W1 12-24 17-21 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 80 50 30 .625 0.0 290 229 61 W4 26-16 24-14 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 79 41 38 .519 8.5 331 311 20 W2 20-19 20-20 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 81 42 39 .519 8.5 286 281 5 W1 20-18 22-21 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 74 37 37 .500 10.0 211 240 -29 L1 16-19 21-18 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 82 40 42 .488 11.0 218 234 -16 L4 20-21 20-21 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 74 36 38 .486 11.0 242 254 -12 W1 17-24 19-14 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 70 34 36 .486 11.0 235 216 19 L1 20-21 14-15 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 78 37 41 .474 12.0 240 222 18 W1 19-18 18-23 8 8 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 73 33 40 .452 13.5 231 251 -20 L2 10-21 23-19 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 79 35 44 .443 14.5 281 327 -46 L1 15-25 20-19 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ethan Blackaby Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from California Angels to Oakland Athletics for Arturo Miranda
Bill Voss Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Fractured jaw
2 record(s)
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