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Monday, May 17,1971

Monday, May 17,1971

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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 1971-05-17 Detroit Tigers  2 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Ray Culp Dean Chance Sparky Lyle 14,001 2:45
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 Minnesota Twins  3 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Bert Blyleven Rudy May Tom Hall 6,903 2:39
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 Baltimore Orioles  3 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mel Stottlemyre Pat Dobson Jack Aker 15,378 2:18
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 Cleveland Indians  6 Washington Senators II  3 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Steve Dunning Dick Bosman Phil Hennigan 3,186 2:43
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 New York Mets  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bob Priddy Ron Taylor -- 16,051 3:15
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jim Bunning Jim Merritt Bucky Brandon 7,089 1:53
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 San Diego Padres  0 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Don Wilson Dave Roberts -- 7,457 1:49
1971 reg season 1971-05-17 Montreal Expos  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mudcat Grant Mike Marshall -- 6,431 2:23
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 32 21 11 .656 0.0 152 126 26 W1 9-7 12-4 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 2.5 138 108 30 L1 8-9 11-5 2 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 32 16 16 .500 5.0 122 124 -2 W1 8-8 8-8 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 34 16 18 .471 6.0 132 145 -13 L1 7-13 9-5 4 8 16 -- dnq
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 7.5 120 146 -26 L2 5-8 10-12 5 10 19 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 8.5 103 144 -41 W3 7-11 6-9 6 11 20 -- 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 39 25 14 .641 0.0 173 144 29 L1 17-6 8-8 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.5 156 137 19 W2 8-8 11-9 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 6.0 140 132 8 W1 9-10 9-9 3 6 13 -- dnq
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.5 123 129 -6 L2 10-8 8-12 4 7 14 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 32 14 18 .438 7.5 86 96 -10 W1 8-8 6-10 5 9 18 -- dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 9.0 119 133 -14 L1 9-6 4-14 6 12 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 33 21 12 .636 0.0 138 98 40 L2 10-7 11-5 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 1.0 152 111 41 W2 10-7 11-7 2 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 1.5 150 141 9 L1 13-7 7-9 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 3.5 140 147 -7 W7 8-12 11-5 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 5.5 92 102 -10 L1 6-10 7-5 5 9 17 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 10.0 95 144 -49 W2 6-11 5-11 6 11 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 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 37 27 10 .730 0.0 164 110 54 L1 11-4 16-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 8.5 131 148 -17 W1 9-8 9-10 2 6 11 -- dnq
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 9.0 146 146 0 W1 10-9 8-10 3 7 12 -- dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 9.5 129 115 14 W2 7-9 10-10 4 8 15 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 35 13 22 .371 13.0 114 137 -23 L2 5-12 8-10 5 10 22 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 36 10 26 .278 16.5 118 170 -52 L5 4-14 6-12 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1971-1971 ($0m) [Free Agent]
John Lowenstein Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Left ankle and right lower leg *3-player collision while tracking a popup*
2 record(s)