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Wednesday, May 21,1980

Wednesday, May 21,1980

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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
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Minnesota Twins  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Geoff Zahn Steve Trout -- 33,967 2:33
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Baltimore Orioles  2 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Len Barker Mike Flanagan Sid Monge 6,739 2:31
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 New York Yankees  9 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Rudy May Aurelio Lopez -- 32,478 3:12
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Oakland Athletics  4 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bob Lacey Dan Quisenberry -- 24,030 4:14
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Jim Beattie Mike Caldwell Dave Heaverlo 8,219 2:41
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 California Angels  9 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mark Clear Jim Kern -- 16,232 3:00
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Boston Red Sox  11 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Mike Torrez Jesse Jefferson -- 19,556 2:38
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Joe Beckwith Mark Littell Bobby Castillo 31,174 2:27
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Atlanta Braves  2 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Gene Garber -- 13,606 2:35
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Houston Astros  1 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pete Falcone J.R. Richard Neil Allen 4,233 2:37
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Cincinnati Reds  8 Philadelphia Phillies  9 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Ron Reed Tom Hume -- 26,099 2:47
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 San Diego Padres  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Enrique Romo Rollie Fingers -- 0 2:24
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 San Diego Padres  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Grant Jackson John Curtis Kent Tekulve 17,301 2:41
1980 reg season 1980-05-21 Chicago Cubs  1 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Vida Blue Rick Reuschel -- 8,929 2:18
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
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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
1980 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 0.0 178 140 38 W1 11-6 10-8 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1980 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 1.5 147 133 14 L2 9-8 10-7 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 3.0 181 202 -21 W2 11-11 8-7 3 6 12 -- dnq
1980 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 34 16 18 .471 4.5 194 156 38 L1 8-8 8-10 4 9 16 -- dnq
1980 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 5.0 173 169 4 L1 8-12 8-7 5 10 18 -- dnq
1980 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 6.0 153 153 0 L1 8-15 8-6 6 12 20 -- dnq
1980 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 6.0 129 177 -48 W1 8-12 7-8 7 13 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
1980 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 0.0 163 164 -1 L1 9-6 13-10 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1980 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 1.0 155 167 -12 L1 8-9 12-7 2 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Phillies)
1980 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 37 20 17 .541 1.5 158 140 18 W1 6-11 14-6 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1980 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 3.0 173 161 12 L3 7-7 11-11 4 7 13 -- dnq
1980 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 3.5 156 175 -19 W1 6-9 13-11 5 8 14 -- dnq
1980 AL West California Angels franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 4.5 137 145 -8 W3 8-8 8-11 6 11 17 -- dnq
1980 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 38 16 22 .421 6.0 172 187 -15 W1 9-15 7-7 7 14 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
1980 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 33 21 12 .636 0.0 142 116 26 W2 10-8 11-4 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1980 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 3.5 172 139 33 W1 7-8 10-7 2 5 10 Yes Won World Series (Royals)
1980 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 33 17 16 .515 4.0 131 141 -10 W1 5-8 12-8 3 6 11 -- dnq
1980 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 6.0 147 147 0 L3 8-12 7-6 4 8 19 -- dnq
1980 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 8.0 117 144 -27 W1 6-10 7-10 5 10 24 -- dnq
1980 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 14 22 .389 8.5 171 163 8 L7 6-12 8-10 6 11 25 -- 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
1980 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 0.0 165 144 21 W6 7-10 17-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1980 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 35 20 15 .571 3.0 137 118 19 L1 10-8 10-7 2 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1980 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 37 21 16 .568 3.0 169 158 11 L1 9-9 12-7 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1980 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 6.0 121 128 -7 L2 6-13 12-6 4 7 15 -- dnq
1980 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 16 22 .421 8.5 135 161 -26 W5 5-16 11-6 5 9 23 -- dnq
1980 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 9.5 110 158 -48 L1 3-13 10-8 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 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
Bill Bonham Cincinnati Reds Injury DL - Right shoulder soreness
1 record(s)