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Friday, May 17,1974

Friday, May 17,1974

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Boston Red Sox  0 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Cuellar Bill Lee -- 13,178 1:53
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Oakland Athletics  10 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dave Hamilton Jim Kaat -- 17,772 2:23
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Detroit Tigers  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Lerrin LaGrow Fritz Peterson John Hiller 11,292 2:15
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Texas Rangers  4 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bruce Dal Canton Jim Bibby Doug Bird 13,916 2:57
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 New York Yankees  3 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Doc Medich Clyde Wright Sparky Lyle 10,554 2:20
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 California Angels  1 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Joe Decker Frank Tanana Bill Campbell 4,695 2:19
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Cincinnati Reds  4 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Fred Norman Claude Osteen Clay Carroll 16,652 2:29
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Atlanta Braves  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Lew Krausse Jim Brewer -- 53,927 3:16
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Montreal Expos  0 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Balor Moore -- 23,200 2:10
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 San Diego Padres  7 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Randy Jones Ron Bryant Vicente Romo 3,099 2:40
1974 reg season 1974-05-17 Chicago Cubs  8 St. Louis Cardinals  9 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Orlando Pena Bill Bonham -- 21,691 2:49
11 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
1974 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 0.0 133 127 6 W2 7-8 10-7 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1974 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 0.0 119 136 -17 W3 12-8 5-7 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 1.0 150 144 6 L2 8-9 9-8 3 8 15 -- dnq
1974 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 1.0 145 129 16 L2 10-6 5-9 4 7 13 -- dnq
1974 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 1.0 144 154 -10 W1 8-10 11-9 5 6 16 -- dnq
1974 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 2.5 136 159 -23 L1 6-11 10-8 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
1974 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 0.0 138 150 -12 L1 8-9 9-8 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 0.0 163 148 15 W1 6-8 13-9 2 4 8 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1974 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 0.5 170 138 32 W2 10-10 8-7 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 1.5 118 139 -21 W1 7-10 7-7 4 9 17 -- dnq
1974 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 2.0 167 166 1 L2 8-9 9-10 5 10 18 -- dnq
1974 AL West California Angels franchise | log 37 17 20 .459 2.5 165 158 7 L2 7-10 10-10 6 11 19 -- 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
1974 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 0.0 148 146 2 W1 4-9 14-7 1 4 5 Yes dnq
1974 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 0.0 166 150 16 W1 9-9 9-7 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1974 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 0.5 119 125 -6 L2 8-10 6-3 3 6 10 -- dnq
1974 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 2.5 148 151 -3 W2 10-11 6-8 4 9 20 -- dnq
1974 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 3.5 124 169 -45 L3 3-12 10-6 5 10 22 -- dnq
1974 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 31 11 20 .355 5.5 131 154 -23 W2 4-11 7-9 6 12 24 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
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
1974 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 37 27 10 .730 0.0 220 120 100 L1 11-6 16-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1974 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 7.0 138 123 15 W2 6-7 12-8 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1974 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 7.5 157 144 13 L2 12-11 8-7 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 8.5 159 162 -3 W5 9-10 10-9 4 7 12 -- dnq
1974 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 40 20 20 .500 8.5 179 161 18 L7 6-13 14-7 5 8 14 -- dnq
1974 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 40 15 25 .375 13.5 140 224 -84 W1 6-12 9-13 6 11 23 -- 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.
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  • 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
Warren Brusstar Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed out of draft (Fresno State)
Gary Gentry Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Right elbow surgery. UCL repair and bone chips
Roger Metzger Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)