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Saturday, August 15,1981

Saturday, August 15,1981

Baseball on this Date

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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 1981-08-15 Chicago White Sox  0 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez LaMarr Hoyt -- 15,323 2:36
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Kansas City Royals  5 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dennis Leonard John Denny Dan Quisenberry 7,582 2:32
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 New York Yankees  5 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dan Schatzeder Dave LaRoche Kevin Saucier 26,848 3:01
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Seattle Mariners  6 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Glenn Abbott Brad Havens Bryan Clark 17,831 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 California Angels  7 Oakland Athletics  8 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Tom Underwood Mike Witt -- 20,101 5:00
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Boston Red Sox  5 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Bob Stanley Jim Kern -- 29,353 2:41
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Mark Bomback Reggie Cleveland Joey McLaughlin 12,467 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Randy Martz Rod Scurry -- 15,388 4:57
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 San Francisco Giants  5 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Doyle Alexander Frank Pastore Greg Minton 20,671 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Atlanta Braves  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Steve Bedrosian Jerry Reuss Al Hrabosky 40,510 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Philadelphia Phillies  1 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pete Falcone Nino Espinosa Neil Allen 14,309 2:11
1981 reg season 1981-08-15 Houston Astros  5 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Don Sutton Juan Eichelberger -- 5,852 1:59
12 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
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 62 37 25 .597 0.0 241 212 29 L2 16-17 21-8 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 60 35 25 .583 1.0 244 230 14 W1 14-16 21-9 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 63 35 28 .556 2.5 282 259 23 L2 20-16 15-12 3 6 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 63 34 29 .540 3.5 241 240 1 W2 16-14 18-15 4 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 62 33 29 .532 4.0 285 280 5 W1 19-15 14-14 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 57 27 30 .474 7.5 213 217 -4 L3 16-11 11-19 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 63 20 43 .317 17.5 208 289 -81 W4 11-21 9-22 7 14 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 65 40 25 .615 0.0 272 216 56 W2 16-14 24-11 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 60 35 25 .583 2.5 280 230 50 L1 14-14 21-11 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 59 34 25 .576 3.0 273 220 53 L1 16-17 18-8 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 65 32 33 .492 8.0 285 268 17 L2 18-14 14-19 4 9 17 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 56 23 33 .411 12.5 206 243 -37 W2 15-17 8-16 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 65 26 39 .400 14.0 254 305 -51 W2 12-16 14-23 6 12 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 64 21 43 .328 18.5 205 280 -75 L2 8-19 12-25 7 13 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
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 56 34 22 .607 0.0 261 216 45 W3 14-11 20-11 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 61 36 25 .590 0.5 269 259 10 L1 14-15 22-10 2 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 60 33 27 .550 3.0 247 224 23 L1 11-18 22-9 3 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 54 27 27 .500 6.0 224 198 26 L3 15-13 11-15 4 8 16 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 58 21 37 .362 14.0 201 262 -61 W1 10-19 11-18 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 59 18 41 .305 17.5 200 281 -81 W2 2-21 15-21 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 63 39 24 .619 0.0 265 197 68 L1 19-13 20-11 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 62 37 25 .597 1.5 283 264 19 L1 19-12 18-13 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 61 31 30 .508 7.0 228 252 -24 W1 19-15 11-16 3 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 63 32 31 .508 7.0 219 205 14 W2 18-17 14-14 4 7 15 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 65 30 35 .462 10.0 249 246 3 W1 16-19 14-16 5 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 62 24 38 .387 14.5 210 252 -42 L2 12-20 12-18 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Lynn McGlothen Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Chicago White Sox for Bob Molinaro (3/29/1982)
Jerry Manuel Montreal Expos Injury DL - Knee
Joel Youngblood New York Mets Injury DL - Strained left knee
3 record(s)