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Sunday, August 30,1981

Sunday, August 30,1981

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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 1981-08-30 California Angels  7 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Andy Hassler Jim Palmer -- 13,727 3:02
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Oakland Athletics  5 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Steve McCatty Frank Tanana -- 25,160 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 New York Yankees  5 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Rudy May Dennis Lamp -- 33,213 2:49
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Seattle Mariners  11 Cleveland Indians  17 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sid Monge Shane Rawley -- 11,409 3:36
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Texas Rangers  2 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Pete Vuckovich Doc Medich Rollie Fingers 14,722 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Detroit Tigers  6 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jack Morris Don Cooper -- 8,217 2:23
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Smith Sparky Lyle -- 23,102 2:53
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Chicago Cubs  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Doug Bird Dave Goltz Dick Tidrow 34,284 2:19
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Atlanta Braves  5 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Gene Garber Bill Lee -- 45,515 3:30
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Cincinnati Reds  6 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mike LaCoss Greg Harris -- 18,770 2:53
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 St. Louis Cardinals  6 San Diego Padres  9 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Gary Lucas Mark Littell -- 4,281 2:47
1981 reg season 1981-08-30 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Griffin Pascual Perez -- 18,117 2:43
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 76 44 32 .579 0.0 297 246 51 W3 19-19 25-13 1 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 73 42 31 .575 0.5 304 297 7 L1 19-19 23-12 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 77 43 34 .558 1.5 296 285 11 W1 17-17 26-17 3 6 11 -- dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 77 43 34 .558 1.5 342 316 26 W1 23-18 20-16 4 7 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 75 40 35 .533 3.5 355 343 12 L1 23-20 17-15 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 71 36 35 .507 5.5 290 290 0 W5 20-15 16-20 6 10 16 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 76 24 52 .316 20.0 244 359 -115 L1 13-22 11-30 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 78 46 32 .590 0.0 335 277 58 W1 17-17 29-15 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 73 42 31 .575 1.5 331 273 58 L1 18-19 24-12 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 72 41 31 .569 2.0 332 274 58 L3 22-20 19-11 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 78 40 38 .513 6.0 363 322 41 W1 20-17 20-21 4 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 70 30 40 .429 12.0 263 299 -36 W1 21-22 9-18 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 78 28 50 .359 18.0 313 397 -84 L10 13-20 15-30 6 12 23 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 78 27 51 .346 19.0 252 339 -87 L1 11-25 15-27 7 13 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 69 42 27 .609 0.0 320 267 53 L1 17-12 25-15 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 73 41 32 .562 3.0 305 264 41 L1 14-22 27-10 2 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 74 40 34 .541 4.5 314 319 -5 L6 14-22 26-12 3 5 12 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 70 32 38 .457 10.5 281 283 -2 L7 16-18 15-21 4 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 72 28 44 .389 15.5 242 310 -68 L1 13-23 15-21 5 10 21 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 74 27 47 .365 17.5 254 341 -87 W2 4-23 22-25 6 11 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
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 77 48 29 .623 0.0 336 241 95 L2 25-16 23-13 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 75 44 31 .587 3.0 318 314 4 W1 21-16 23-15 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 77 40 37 .519 8.0 273 249 24 W4 20-22 20-15 3 6 14 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 75 38 37 .507 9.0 290 302 -12 W1 22-19 15-19 4 7 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 79 39 40 .494 10.0 305 289 16 W4 21-24 18-16 5 8 18 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 77 27 50 .351 21.0 269 328 -59 W1 14-28 13-22 6 12 24 -- 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
Jerry Koosman Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from Minnesota Twins to Chicago White Sox for Bambi Mesa, Ron Perry and Randy Johnson (9/2/1981)
1 record(s)