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Wednesday, August 18,1976

Wednesday, August 18,1976

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Boston Red Sox  2 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Rich Gossage Fergie Jenkins -- 10,136 2:09
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 California Angels  5 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Nolan Ryan John Hiller John Verhoeven 10,104 3:32
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Cleveland Indians  4 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Eckersley Al Fitzmorris Jim Kern 15,095 2:44
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Oakland Athletics  1 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Slaton Vida Blue Ray Sadecki 13,013 2:08
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Baltimore Orioles  1 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Goltz Jim Palmer Bill Campbell 7,482 2:30
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Texas Rangers  6 New York Yankees  8 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Sparky Lyle Steve Hargan -- 23,358 3:27
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Atlanta Braves  1 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jack Billingham Dick Ruthven -- 29,065 2:03
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 New York Mets  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Charlie Hough Tom Seaver -- 25,578 2:12
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Montreal Expos  4 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jim Lonborg Don Stanhouse Ron Reed 28,483 2:24
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 Pittsburgh Pirates  12 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Rooker John Montefusco -- 3,817 2:08
1976 reg season 1976-08-18 San Diego Padres  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Pete Falcone Randy Jones Bill Greif 15,002 2:32
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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
1976 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 117 72 45 .615 0.0 547 423 124 W3 38-20 34-25 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1976 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 116 61 55 .526 10.5 436 434 2 L1 34-25 27-30 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 14.5 468 468 0 W1 28-33 30-27 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 117 56 61 .479 16.0 457 519 -62 L1 28-31 28-30 4 7 14 -- dnq
1976 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 117 55 62 .470 17.0 485 492 -7 L1 27-37 28-25 5 9 16 -- dnq
1976 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 18.5 419 452 -33 W1 22-35 30-27 6 10 18 -- 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
1976 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 72 46 .610 0.0 559 424 135 L1 29-24 43-22 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1976 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 8.0 536 466 70 L1 25-35 40-20 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 58 61 .487 14.5 513 543 -30 W1 26-31 32-30 3 6 12 -- dnq
1976 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 119 56 63 .471 16.5 475 492 -17 L5 25-34 31-29 4 8 15 -- dnq
1976 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 119 51 68 .429 21.5 436 536 -100 W1 24-36 27-32 5 11 21 -- dnq
1976 AL West California Angels franchise | log 120 51 69 .425 22.0 407 489 -82 W1 25-35 26-34 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
1976 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 76 41 .650 0.0 585 407 178 W2 37-17 40-23 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1976 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 65 53 .551 11.5 532 503 29 W1 33-23 32-30 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1976 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 121 61 60 .504 17.0 454 407 47 L2 30-32 31-28 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1976 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 122 55 67 .451 23.5 478 588 -110 L1 26-37 29-30 4 9 19 -- dnq
1976 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 116 51 65 .440 24.5 454 482 -28 W2 25-31 26-34 5 10 20 -- dnq
1976 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 114 41 73 .360 33.5 386 523 -137 L5 21-37 20-36 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
1976 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 77 44 .636 0.0 681 468 213 W1 42-21 35-23 1 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1976 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 65 54 .546 11.0 455 441 14 W3 29-31 36-23 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1976 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 123 60 63 .488 18.0 491 522 -31 W1 25-34 34-30 3 6 11 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 124 60 64 .484 18.5 461 513 -52 L2 26-38 34-26 4 7 13 -- dnq
1976 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 121 56 65 .463 21.0 478 501 -23 L1 30-31 26-34 5 8 17 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 122 52 70 .426 25.5 442 542 -100 L1 24-39 28-31 6 11 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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
Blue Moon Odom Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Unknown
1 record(s)