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Sunday, August 4,1968

Sunday, August 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 1968-08-04 California Angels  12 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park George Brunet Juan Pizarro Marty Pattin 27,182 3:00
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Washington Senators II  2 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jack Fisher Dick Bosman Wilbur Wood 9,393 2:26
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Oakland Athletics  5 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Chuck Dobson Sonny Siebert Lew Krausse 0 2:32
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Oakland Athletics  4 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Steve Hargan Catfish Hunter Vicente Romo 16,186 2:39
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Detroit Tigers  2 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Denny McLain Jim Kaat -- 28,911 2:18
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Baltimore Orioles  5 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Tom Phoebus Steve Barber Eddie Watt 20,704 2:44
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Cincinnati Reds  6 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jay Ritchie Cecil Upshaw -- 14,507 3:48
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Rick Wise Steve Shea -- 15,003 2:39
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 New York Mets  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Cal Koonce Claude Osteen -- 0 2:30
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 New York Mets  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Mike Kekich Jim McAndrew -- 17,101 2:20
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bobby Bolin Jim Bunning -- 18,151 2:09
1968 reg season 1968-08-04 Chicago Cubs  6 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jack Lamabe Joe Hoerner Joe Niekro 47,445 3:27
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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 109 67 42 .615 0.0 437 349 88 W1 32-25 35-17 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 106 60 46 .566 5.5 380 318 62 W1 29-25 31-21 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 112 61 51 .545 7.5 373 339 34 W1 29-25 31-27 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 108 57 51 .528 9.5 415 437 -22 L1 25-26 32-25 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 109 56 53 .514 11.0 369 355 14 L1 27-29 28-25 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 105 50 55 .476 15.0 340 359 -19 L1 25-26 25-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 106 50 56 .472 15.5 383 351 32 L1 21-31 29-25 7 7 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 109 50 59 .459 17.0 346 423 -77 W1 26-30 24-29 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 105 47 58 .448 18.0 320 326 -6 W2 20-28 27-30 9 9 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 105 39 66 .371 26.0 349 455 -106 L2 19-39 20-27 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 110 71 39 .645 0.0 411 301 110 L3 35-18 36-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 106 56 50 .528 13.0 446 431 15 W2 30-23 25-28 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 110 58 52 .527 13.0 403 404 -1 W6 28-30 30-22 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 15.0 370 357 13 W2 28-24 27-29 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 100 49 51 .490 17.0 291 328 -37 L2 20-25 29-26 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 19.5 357 390 -33 W2 26-32 24-25 6 6 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 99 46 53 .465 19.5 316 338 -22 L2 19-29 27-24 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 102 47 55 .461 20.0 336 334 2 L2 26-28 21-27 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 112 51 61 .455 21.0 328 333 -5 L1 29-28 22-33 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 22.0 287 329 -42 W1 23-31 26-30 10 10 19 -- dnq
20 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Max Alvis Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
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