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Tuesday, September 24,1968

Tuesday, September 24,1968

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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 1968-09-24 Detroit Tigers  5 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mickey Lolich Jim Hardin Daryl Patterson 6,943 2:58
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Minnesota Twins  5 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ron Perranoski Bobby Locke Bob Miller 6,710 3:02
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Cleveland Indians  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mel Stottlemyre Sam McDowell -- 0 2:07
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Cleveland Indians  5 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mike Paul Fritz Peterson Vicente Romo 13,453 2:12
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Chicago White Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Hoyt Wilhelm Jack Aker Bob Locker 2,998 3:10
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Boston Red Sox  2 Washington Senators II  10 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Frank Bertaina Jim Lonborg Dennis Higgins 2,730 2:36
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 New York Mets  4 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Jerry Koosman -- 3,058 2:22
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Alan Foster -- 1,770 2:14
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 San Francisco Giants  5 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Frank Linzy Danny Coombs Gaylord Perry 7,460 2:49
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Cincinnati Reds  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field Steve Blass Gary Nolan -- 4,044 2:24
1968 reg season 1968-09-24 Philadelphia Phillies  2 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jerry Johnson Ray Washburn -- 10,530 2:08
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 160 102 58 .638 0.0 663 481 182 W1 46-36 56-22 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 159 90 69 .566 11.5 569 490 79 L1 44-38 46-31 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 159 85 74 .535 16.5 510 497 13 W1 41-37 43-38 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 158 84 74 .532 17.0 595 601 -6 L2 39-41 45-33 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 160 82 78 .513 20.0 526 510 16 L1 42-37 39-42 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 159 80 79 .503 21.5 546 531 15 L1 38-42 41-38 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 158 77 81 .487 24.0 548 526 22 W4 36-41 41-40 7 7 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 158 66 92 .418 35.0 488 598 -110 L4 35-46 31-46 8 8 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 158 65 93 .411 36.0 447 514 -67 W1 29-48 36-45 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 157 62 95 .395 38.5 516 660 -144 W3 28-49 34-46 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 158 94 64 .595 0.0 564 464 100 L5 50-31 44-33 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 159 86 73 .541 8.5 584 517 67 W2 44-34 42-39 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 159 82 77 .516 12.5 678 660 18 L2 42-38 39-40 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 159 81 78 .509 13.5 595 602 -7 W1 37-44 43-35 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 140 68 72 .486 17.0 431 476 -45 W1 32-39 36-33 5 5 12 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 136 65 71 .478 18.0 443 465 -22 L1 28-39 37-32 6 6 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 139 66 73 .475 18.5 472 445 27 W2 35-37 31-36 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 155 73 82 .471 19.5 446 484 -38 L1 32-42 41-40 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 158 74 84 .468 20.0 525 602 -77 W1 36-41 38-43 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 159 72 87 .453 22.5 462 485 -23 L1 40-40 31-48 10 10 17 -- dnq
20 record(s)