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Monday, August 24,1981

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Monday, August 24,1981

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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 1981-08-24 Boston Red Sox  6 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jesse Jefferson Frank Tanana Don Aase 25,808 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Kansas City Royals  4 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ken Brett Dan Schatzeder Dan Quisenberry 41,009 2:53
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Chicago White Sox  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Pete Vuckovich Richard Dotson Reggie Cleveland 16,809 2:41
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Minnesota Twins  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jack O'Connor George Frazier -- 21,513 3:06
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Cleveland Indians  4 Oakland Athletics  16 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Matt Keough Rick Waits -- 30,139 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Baltimore Orioles  12 Seattle Mariners  8 box | pbp Kingdome Dennis Martinez Jerry Gleaton -- 8,417 2:51
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Texas Rangers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Doc Medich Juan Berenguer -- 12,735 2:05
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 San Diego Padres  8 Chicago Cubs  9 box | pbp Wrigley Field Lee Smith Gary Lucas -- 7,068 3:19
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 New York Mets  0 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bruce Berenyi Mike Scott -- 19,506 2:04
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Atlanta Braves  5 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Tug McGraw Al Hrabosky -- 23,383 3:42
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Burt Hooton Odell Jones -- 12,308 2:14
1981 reg season 1981-08-24 San Francisco Giants  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Kaat Greg Minton -- 13,385 2:58
12 record(s)
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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 71 41 30 .577 0.0 281 258 23 L1 16-14 25-16 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 68 39 29 .574 0.5 285 271 14 W2 18-19 21-10 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 70 40 30 .571 0.5 270 234 36 L1 16-18 24-12 3 6 10 -- Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 72 41 31 .569 0.5 323 293 30 W3 23-18 18-13 4 7 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 70 37 33 .529 3.5 320 314 6 L1 23-19 14-14 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 66 31 35 .470 7.5 251 274 -23 L1 19-15 12-20 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 72 23 49 .319 18.5 234 337 -103 L3 13-22 10-27 7 13 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 73 45 28 .616 0.0 314 247 67 W1 16-14 29-14 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 67 39 28 .582 3.0 320 249 71 L1 21-20 18-8 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 68 39 29 .574 3.5 307 254 53 W1 15-17 24-12 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 73 37 36 .507 8.0 334 302 32 W1 18-15 19-21 4 9 14 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 65 27 38 .415 14.0 238 285 -47 W1 18-20 9-18 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 73 28 45 .384 17.0 292 354 -62 L5 13-16 15-29 6 12 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 72 23 49 .319 21.5 229 326 -97 W1 10-24 12-26 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 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 63 38 25 .603 0.0 288 242 46 W2 14-11 24-14 1 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 68 40 28 .588 0.5 301 286 15 W4 14-18 26-10 2 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 67 36 31 .537 4.0 267 255 12 L2 14-22 22-9 3 5 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 64 32 32 .500 6.5 260 235 25 L1 16-14 15-19 4 6 17 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 66 25 41 .379 14.5 226 285 -59 L1 13-23 12-18 5 10 22 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 68 23 45 .338 17.5 235 317 -82 W2 2-21 20-25 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
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 71 44 27 .620 0.0 297 222 75 W1 23-16 21-11 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 69 42 27 .609 1.0 304 279 25 W1 19-12 23-15 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 70 35 35 .500 8.5 265 286 -21 L1 19-17 15-19 3 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 70 35 35 .500 8.5 245 233 12 L3 19-20 16-15 4 8 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 73 34 39 .466 11.0 274 270 4 L2 20-23 14-16 5 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 71 26 45 .366 18.0 242 294 -52 L2 14-26 12-19 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Keith Hughes Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Pennsylvania HS)
John Vukovich -- Hist Released by Phillies
Andre Thornton Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Broken right thumb *on-field brawl*
Keith Drumright Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Unknown
4 record(s)