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Friday, August 31,1973

Friday, August 31,1973

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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 1973-08-31 California Angels  2 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Bill Singer Cy Acosta 13,305 2:37
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Cleveland Indians  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mike Kekich Mickey Lolich Tom Hilgendorf 18,442 2:39
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Oakland Athletics  10 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rollie Fingers Doug Bird -- 36,242 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Boston Red Sox  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Carlos Velazquez Luis Tiant Eduardo Rodriguez 0 2:33
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Boston Red Sox  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Eduardo Rodriguez Bobby Bolin -- 22,198 4:08
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Baltimore Orioles  2 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mel Stottlemyre Jim Palmer -- 20,499 2:27
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Minnesota Twins  11 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Danny Fife Jim Merritt Ray Corbin 4,445 2:56
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Houston Astros  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tom Griffin Jim Brewer -- 31,395 2:31
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Montreal Expos  5 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Rogers Jim Lonborg Mike Marshall 14,171 2:51
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Chicago Cubs  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Rooker Rick Reuschel -- 0 2:18
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Chicago Cubs  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Johnson Fergie Jenkins Ramon Hernandez 35,884 2:40
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Cincinnati Reds  10 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Don Gullett Bill Greif Clay Carroll 9,518 2:50
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 Atlanta Braves  10 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Roric Harrison Ron Bryant -- 7,750 3:19
1973 reg season 1973-08-31 New York Mets  6 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Tug McGraw Diego Segui -- 28,594 2:41
14 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
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 130 76 54 .585 0.0 569 439 130 L1 36-29 40-25 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 134 72 62 .537 6.0 595 541 54 L3 35-34 37-28 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 135 71 64 .526 7.5 547 557 -10 L2 32-36 39-28 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 135 69 66 .511 9.5 549 510 39 W1 24-43 45-23 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 133 66 67 .496 11.5 596 576 20 W4 30-35 36-32 5 7 13 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 135 57 78 .422 21.5 560 679 -119 W2 28-39 29-39 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 133 79 54 .594 0.0 613 492 121 W1 38-28 41-26 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 134 74 60 .552 5.5 630 627 3 L1 34-34 40-26 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 133 64 69 .481 15.0 592 569 23 W2 34-31 30-38 3 8 16 -- dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 134 64 70 .478 15.5 523 562 -39 W1 31-35 33-35 4 9 17 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 129 61 68 .473 16.0 473 501 -28 L1 29-37 32-31 5 10 19 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 133 46 87 .346 33.0 495 689 -194 L3 20-47 26-40 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 134 68 66 .507 0.0 537 510 27 L1 32-34 36-32 1 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 130 65 65 .500 1.0 553 564 -11 W2 29-35 36-30 2 6 12 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 129 63 66 .488 2.5 544 565 -21 W1 29-37 34-29 3 7 14 -- dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 133 64 69 .481 3.5 523 551 -28 L3 32-36 32-33 4 8 15 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 133 62 71 .466 5.5 493 506 -13 W1 30-36 32-35 5 10 20 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 134 62 72 .463 6.0 554 565 -11 L1 29-37 33-35 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
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 136 83 53 .610 0.0 563 444 119 L1 39-29 44-24 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 134 79 55 .590 3.0 594 520 74 W2 38-28 41-27 2 2 3 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 73 59 .553 8.0 584 543 41 L1 36-30 37-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 137 69 68 .504 14.5 567 551 16 W1 34-36 35-32 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 133 63 70 .474 18.5 651 647 4 W2 32-36 30-35 5 9 18 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 133 48 85 .361 33.5 442 639 -197 L4 20-45 28-40 6 12 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Mike Paul Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Texas Rangers to Chicago Cubs for Larry Gura (11/14/1973)
Steve Foucault Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)
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