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Wednesday, August 21,1968

Wednesday, August 21,1968

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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 1968-08-21 Baltimore Orioles  4 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Gene Brabender Marty Pattin -- 10,514 4:39
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 Boston Red Sox  2 Cleveland Indians  8 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Horacio Pina Jim Lonborg Vicente Romo 8,991 2:40
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 Chicago White Sox  2 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Daryl Patterson Wilbur Wood -- 29,540 2:39
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 New York Yankees  2 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Al Downing Jim Kaat Lindy McDaniel 16,330 1:58
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 Atlanta Braves  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Cecil Upshaw Phil Regan 0 2:43
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 Atlanta Braves  5 Chicago Cubs  13 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jack Lamabe Ken Johnson Ken Holtzman 22,842 2:45
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  19 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Crosley Field Steve Blass Jim Maloney Roy Face 8,155 2:51
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Don Wilson Mike Kekich -- 16,780 2:20
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 San Francisco Giants  13 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Juan Marichal Jim McAndrew -- 32,023 3:08
1968 reg season 1968-08-21 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Shibe Park Dick Hughes Jerry Johnson Joe Hoerner 9,500 2:42
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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Grid Actions:
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • 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.
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 126 80 46 .635 0.0 517 400 117 W1 36-27 44-19 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 125 73 52 .584 6.5 455 379 76 W1 37-29 36-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 127 68 59 .535 12.5 484 499 -15 L2 31-31 37-28 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 130 69 61 .531 13.0 416 405 11 W2 32-30 36-32 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 126 64 62 .508 16.0 428 413 15 W1 32-31 31-32 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 122 59 63 .484 19.0 395 411 -16 W2 33-28 26-35 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 124 58 66 .468 21.0 440 423 17 L2 25-34 33-32 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 23.0 405 473 -68 L1 29-34 28-35 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 125 52 73 .416 27.5 376 395 -19 L1 24-36 28-37 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 123 47 76 .382 31.5 407 525 -118 L1 24-44 23-32 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 127 81 46 .638 0.0 471 353 118 W1 41-22 40-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 123 65 58 .528 14.0 524 519 5 L2 35-26 29-33 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 14.0 430 404 26 W1 34-27 32-32 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 129 68 61 .527 14.0 491 495 -4 W4 32-33 36-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 18.5 372 382 -10 W3 24-32 32-26 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 117 55 62 .470 21.0 361 410 -49 L5 23-32 32-30 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 114 53 61 .465 21.5 385 368 17 W2 30-32 23-29 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 124 57 67 .460 22.5 408 449 -41 L1 29-36 28-31 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 129 58 71 .450 24.0 377 382 -5 L1 32-33 26-38 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 122 53 69 .434 25.5 309 366 -57 L5 23-36 30-33 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)
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