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Thursday, April 30,1981

Thursday, April 30,1981

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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
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Jackson Todd -- 7,726 2:14
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Minnesota Twins  8 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Roger Erickson Frank Tanana -- 15,506 2:25
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Milwaukee Brewers  12 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jerry Augustine Jesse Jefferson -- 23,428 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Chicago White Sox  2 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Waits Ross Baumgarten -- 6,639 2:18
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Detroit Tigers  2 Seattle Mariners  0 box | pbp Kingdome Dave Rozema Jerry Gleaton -- 5,116 2:00
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Kansas City Royals  0 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Rick Honeycutt Rich Gale -- 19,352 2:19
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Houston Astros  5 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Joe Niekro Tommy Boggs -- 10,006 2:19
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 San Diego Padres  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mike LaCoss Steve Mura Tom Hume 12,794 2:43
1981 reg season 1981-04-30 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium John Candelaria Randy Jones Grant Jackson 5,553 2:25
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 12 8 4 .667 0.0 40 36 4 W2 6-1 2-3 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 0.5 64 48 16 W3 5-3 6-3 2 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 1.0 74 52 22 W1 6-2 3-5 3 6 12 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 2.5 58 64 -6 W2 2-5 5-3 4 8 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 3.0 69 93 -24 L4 3-5 4-4 5 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 19 8 11 .421 3.5 55 69 -14 W1 6-4 2-7 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 4.5 67 72 -5 L1 5-5 2-7 7 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 21 18 3 .857 0.0 105 41 64 W1 11-0 7-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 5.0 83 65 18 L2 5-4 6-2 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 6.0 94 62 32 W4 3-5 7-2 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 8.0 83 91 -8 L2 7-4 3-7 4 7 13 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 10.0 63 82 -19 W1 3-5 3-8 5 12 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 20 5 15 .250 12.5 70 116 -46 L3 3-7 2-8 6 13 24 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 13 3 10 .231 11.0 26 60 -34 L2 2-4 1-6 7 14 25 -- Lost in 1st Round (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
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 16 12 4 .750 0.0 82 63 19 L1 4-4 8-0 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 13 9 4 .692 1.5 64 35 29 L2 5-3 4-1 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 18 12 6 .667 1.0 86 70 16 W1 4-5 8-1 3 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 14 8 6 .571 3.0 57 42 15 W3 6-3 1-4 4 6 11 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 15 4 11 .267 7.5 42 69 -27 L7 2-5 2-6 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 16 3 13 .188 9.0 36 73 -37 L1 0-8 2-6 6 12 26 -- 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
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 19 14 5 .737 0.0 64 38 26 L2 7-2 7-3 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 2.5 78 66 12 W3 7-3 4-4 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 5.0 68 63 5 L5 6-4 3-6 3 7 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 6.0 65 75 -10 W2 5-4 4-8 4 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 7.0 44 50 -6 W4 3-3 4-9 5 9 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 8.5 47 89 -42 L5 3-8 3-6 6 10 22 -- 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
Tom Dodd New York Yankees Minors Assigned to Greensboro [SAL] (A)
Mike Warren Oakland Athletics Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1981-1981 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Dave Stegman New York Yankees Hist Traded from San Diego Padres to New York Yankees for Byron Ballard (4/6/1981)
Jim Kern Texas Rangers Injury DL - Strained right shoulder
Vern Ruhle Houston Astros Injury DL - Strained hamstring
Brian Asselstine Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
Duane Kuiper Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)