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Friday, August 21,1981

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Friday, August 21,1981

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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 1981-08-21 Cleveland Indians  2 California Angels  12 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ken Forsch Len Barker -- 31,482 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Texas Rangers  4 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Aurelio Lopez Danny Darwin Kevin Saucier 27,761 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Minnesota Twins  7 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Albert Williams Mike Caldwell Jerry Koosman 30,123 2:26
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Kansas City Royals  4 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Larry Gura Dave Righetti -- 37,970 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Baltimore Orioles  4 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jim Palmer Brian Kingman Tim Stoddard 21,208 2:41
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Boston Red Sox  7 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Bob Stanley Randy Stein -- 10,999 2:47
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Chicago White Sox  4 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Dave Stieb Ed Farmer -- 14,161 2:36
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Montreal Expos  4 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Woodie Fryman Gene Garber -- 9,103 2:46
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 San Francisco Giants  4 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fred Breining Dick Tidrow Greg Minton 12,826 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 New York Mets  0 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mario Soto Pat Zachry -- 20,410 2:09
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Houston Astros  4 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Sparky Lyle Vern Ruhle Tug McGraw 31,693 2:41
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 San Diego Padres  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Rick Rhoden Steve Mura Grant Jackson 0 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 San Diego Padres  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Bibby Tim Lollar Kent Tekulve 19,049 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jerry Reuss Joaquin Andujar -- 33,375 2:05
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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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 68 39 29 .574 0.0 272 250 22 W7 16-14 23-15 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 65 37 28 .569 0.5 266 257 9 W1 16-18 21-10 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 67 38 29 .567 0.5 255 231 24 L2 16-18 22-11 3 6 10 -- Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 69 38 31 .551 1.5 306 281 25 L3 23-18 15-13 4 7 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 67 35 32 .522 3.5 302 298 4 W2 21-18 14-14 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 63 30 33 .476 6.5 239 252 -13 L1 18-13 12-20 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 69 23 46 .333 16.5 232 313 -81 W3 13-22 10-24 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 70 43 27 .614 0.0 292 236 56 L2 16-14 27-13 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 65 38 27 .585 2.5 300 247 53 L1 14-15 24-12 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 64 37 27 .578 3.0 295 242 53 L1 19-19 18-8 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 70 35 35 .500 8.0 320 288 32 W3 18-15 17-20 4 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 62 26 36 .419 13.0 234 270 -36 W1 17-18 9-18 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 70 28 42 .400 15.0 276 330 -54 L2 13-16 15-26 6 12 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 69 22 47 .319 20.5 218 312 -94 W1 9-22 12-26 7 14 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 East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 60 36 24 .600 0.0 273 231 42 L1 14-11 22-13 1 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 65 37 28 .569 1.5 280 277 3 W1 14-18 23-10 2 4 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 64 35 29 .547 3.0 260 240 20 W1 13-20 22-9 3 5 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 61 31 30 .508 5.5 249 223 26 W3 16-14 14-17 4 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 63 23 40 .365 14.5 216 277 -61 L3 11-22 12-18 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 65 21 44 .323 17.5 219 302 -83 L1 2-21 18-24 6 12 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 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 66 41 25 .621 0.0 296 269 27 W4 19-12 22-13 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 68 42 26 .618 0.0 284 209 75 W1 21-15 21-11 2 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 68 35 33 .515 7.0 241 219 22 L1 19-18 16-15 3 6 14 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 66 33 33 .500 8.0 245 272 -27 L1 19-16 13-18 4 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 70 33 37 .471 10.0 266 261 5 W1 19-21 14-16 5 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 68 25 43 .368 17.0 225 274 -49 L3 13-24 12-19 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)