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Tuesday, August 28,1973

Tuesday, August 28,1973

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Texas Rangers  5 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Charlie Hudson Dave McNally Sonny Siebert 10,524 2:38
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 New York Yankees  2 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Clyde Wright Fritz Peterson -- 9,725 1:44
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Stone Skip Lockwood Cy Acosta 10,765 2:33
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Kansas City Royals  3 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Tom Timmermann Dick Drago Tom Hilgendorf 8,015 2:36
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Minnesota Twins  5 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Joe Decker Mickey Lolich -- 18,325 2:43
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Boston Red Sox  1 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Catfish Hunter Dick Pole Rollie Fingers 7,284 1:54
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Chicago Cubs  9 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Burt Hooton Joe Niekro Bob Locker 7,566 2:44
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bob Moose Ross Grimsley Bob Johnson 31,729 2:52
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Alan Foster Jerry Reuss -- 11,042 2:15
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Parc Jarry Claude Osteen Balor Moore -- 19,131 2:24
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 San Diego Padres  6 New York Mets  8 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jon Matlack Clay Kirby Tug McGraw 16,801 2:58
1973 reg season 1973-08-28 San Francisco Giants  0 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Wayne Twitchell Juan Marichal -- 20,363 2:11
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 128 75 53 .586 0.0 561 433 128 L1 36-28 39-25 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 130 71 59 .546 5.0 582 525 57 L1 34-31 37-28 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 7.0 535 543 -8 L4 32-36 38-26 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 133 68 65 .511 9.5 544 503 41 L7 24-42 44-23 4 6 10 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 129 62 67 .481 13.5 575 569 6 L2 29-35 33-32 5 7 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 132 55 77 .417 22.0 549 673 -124 W1 26-39 29-38 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
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 131 78 53 .595 0.0 599 479 120 W1 37-28 41-25 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 132 73 59 .553 5.5 620 615 5 L4 33-34 40-25 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 132 63 69 .477 15.5 516 551 -35 W4 31-35 32-34 3 8 16 -- dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 130 62 68 .477 15.5 571 556 15 W2 32-30 30-38 4 9 17 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 127 60 67 .472 16.0 466 494 -28 W2 29-36 31-31 5 10 18 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 130 46 84 .354 31.5 490 667 -177 W1 20-46 26-38 6 12 24 -- 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
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 131 67 64 .511 0.0 530 501 29 W2 32-33 35-31 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 127 63 64 .496 2.0 538 557 -19 W1 29-34 34-30 2 6 12 -- dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 130 64 66 .492 2.5 517 532 -15 W3 32-33 32-33 3 7 13 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 126 61 65 .484 3.5 526 550 -24 L1 28-36 33-29 4 8 14 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 131 61 70 .466 6.0 543 550 -7 W2 29-37 32-33 5 9 19 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 130 60 70 .462 6.5 484 501 -17 W2 29-35 31-35 6 11 21 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
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
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 133 82 51 .617 0.0 550 430 120 W1 39-28 43-23 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 77 55 .583 4.5 579 513 66 L1 37-28 40-27 2 2 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 130 72 58 .554 8.5 577 532 45 L2 35-30 37-28 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 134 67 67 .500 15.5 556 541 15 L4 33-35 34-32 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 131 61 70 .466 20.0 634 639 -5 L1 31-36 29-35 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 131 48 83 .366 33.0 438 626 -188 L2 20-44 28-39 6 12 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
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