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Saturday, May 8,1971

Saturday, May 8,1971

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 New York Yankees  2 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Kline Joe Horlen -- 10,477 2:47
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 California Angels  5 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rudy May Rich Hand Dave LaRoche 4,295 2:41
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Kansas City Royals  1 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Joe Coleman Wally Bunker Fred Scherman 15,441 1:55
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Boston Red Sox  4 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Sonny Siebert Lew Krausse Ken Tatum 11,684 2:23
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Washington Senators II  2 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Kaat Dick Bosman -- 9,091 2:37
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Nelson Briles Al Downing Dave Giusti 26,737 2:39
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Chicago Cubs  3 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Parc Jarry Ken Holtzman Ernie McAnally -- 20,699 2:07
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  0 San Diego Padres  10 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Steve Arlin Don Gullett -- 0 2:44
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  7 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Gary Nolan Tom Phoebus Wayne Granger 16,406 3:06
1971 reg season 1971-05-08 Atlanta Braves  5 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Ron Reed Ron Bryant Cecil Upshaw 10,751 2:19
10 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
1971 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 26 18 8 .692 0.0 137 106 31 W6 8-5 10-3 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 1.5 113 80 33 W4 7-7 9-2 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 5.0 105 117 -12 W2 6-10 7-3 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 6.0 96 110 -14 L1 5-5 8-10 4 8 16 -- dnq
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 6.0 100 111 -11 W2 5-8 7-6 5 9 17 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 27 8 19 .296 10.5 79 124 -45 L4 4-11 4-8 6 12 23 -- dnq
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
1971 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 0.0 129 110 19 W1 11-3 8-8 1 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 3.0 105 98 7 W2 9-5 7-9 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 4.0 103 95 8 L2 7-8 7-6 3 6 10 -- dnq
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 4.5 130 112 18 W1 7-8 7-7 4 7 15 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 6.0 66 81 -15 L2 6-7 5-8 5 10 19 -- dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 7.5 91 110 -19 L4 8-4 2-13 6 11 21 -- dnq
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
1971 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 0.0 93 71 22 W1 8-5 8-4 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 0.5 113 76 37 W2 8-6 9-5 2 3 6 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 1.5 113 104 9 L1 9-5 7-9 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 3.0 59 61 -2 L1 5-7 6-3 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 5.5 95 116 -21 W1 5-11 7-5 5 9 18 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 8.0 76 111 -35 L3 4-9 4-8 6 11 22 -- dnq
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
1971 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 29 21 8 .724 0.0 123 84 39 L1 11-4 10-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 6.5 106 116 -10 W1 8-5 6-9 2 7 13 -- dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 6.5 100 85 15 W2 6-6 8-8 3 6 11 -- dnq
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 7.0 117 119 -2 L2 9-7 6-9 4 8 14 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 9.0 91 99 -8 W1 5-8 6-8 5 10 20 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 28 8 20 .286 12.5 87 131 -44 L1 4-9 4-11 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
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  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Kurt Bevacqua Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians for Buddy Bradford
Buddy Bradford Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds for Kurt Bevacqua
Mike Epstein Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from Washington Senators II with Darold Knowles to Oakland Athletics for Frank Fernandez, Don Mincher and Paul Lindblad
Darold Knowles Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from Washington Senators II with Mike Epstein to Oakland Athletics for Frank Fernandez, Don Mincher and Paul Lindblad
Frank Fernandez Washington Senators II Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics with Don Mincher and Paul Lindblad to Washington Senators II for Mike Epstein and Darold Knowles
Don Mincher Washington Senators II Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics with Frank Fernandez and Paul Lindblad to Washington Senators II for Mike Epstein and Darold Knowles
Paul Lindblad Washington Senators II Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics with Frank Fernandez and Don Mincher to Washington Senators II for Mike Epstein and Darold Knowles
Lee Maye Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Arm
Blue Moon Odom Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
9 record(s)
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