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Wednesday, September 16,1981

Wednesday, September 16,1981

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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 1981-09-16 Detroit Tigers  1 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Eckersley Jack Morris -- 0 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Detroit Tigers  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Burgmeier Dave Tobik -- 13,312 2:37
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Kansas City Royals  3 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dennis Leonard Geoff Zahn -- 20,582 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 New York Yankees  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Randy Lerch Dave Righetti Rollie Fingers 13,510 2:10
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Chicago White Sox  3 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Britt Burns Dick Drago -- 5,178 3:14
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Oakland Athletics  2 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mike Norris Danny Darwin -- 9,743 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Minnesota Twins  5 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Albert Williams Juan Berenguer -- 11,733 2:10
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Atlanta Braves  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jerry Reuss Gaylord Perry Steve Howe 19,905 2:32
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bob Forsch Ray Burris -- 0 2:24
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jeff Reardon Jim Kaat -- 30,222 2:57
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Philadelphia Phillies  3 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dick Ruthven Pat Zachry -- 0 2:14
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Philadelphia Phillies  4 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mike Marshall Steve Carlton Neil Allen 4,353 2:16
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Houston Astros  5 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Don Sutton Tim Lollar Joe Sambito 4,241 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-09-16 Cincinnati Reds  7 San Francisco Giants  12 box | pbp Candlestick Park Fred Breining Mario Soto -- 4,168 2:51
14 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 92 54 38 .587 0.0 372 286 86 L2 25-23 29-15 1 1 4 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 93 53 40 .570 1.5 364 344 20 L3 23-21 30-19 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 88 50 38 .568 2.0 369 362 7 W1 21-21 29-17 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 94 53 41 .564 2.0 419 385 34 W2 29-22 24-19 4 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 91 50 41 .549 3.5 424 400 24 W3 26-23 24-18 5 6 9 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 86 43 43 .500 8.0 359 367 -8 L4 22-20 21-23 6 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 92 32 60 .348 22.0 288 404 -116 L1 18-27 14-33 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 94 54 40 .574 0.0 395 345 50 W1 22-22 32-18 1 2 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 89 48 41 .539 3.5 395 335 60 L1 21-22 27-19 2 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 89 46 43 .517 5.5 392 345 47 W1 25-24 21-19 3 8 14 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 86 41 45 .477 9.0 317 347 -30 W5 26-23 15-22 4 10 19 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 94 43 51 .457 11.0 404 392 12 L3 22-25 21-26 5 11 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 94 36 58 .383 18.0 315 413 -98 W1 13-26 22-33 6 12 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 94 35 59 .372 19.0 372 460 -88 L1 19-27 16-32 7 13 23 -- 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 85 50 35 .588 0.0 376 325 51 L1 22-17 28-18 1 3 3 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 89 48 41 .539 4.0 393 387 6 L1 18-26 30-15 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 90 48 42 .533 4.5 372 349 23 W1 18-27 30-15 3 6 13 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 85 41 44 .482 9.0 340 337 3 W3 21-21 19-24 4 9 18 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 87 33 54 .379 18.0 280 365 -85 W1 15-31 18-23 5 10 22 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 88 32 56 .364 19.5 306 404 -98 L3 8-29 23-28 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 93 57 36 .613 0.0 401 298 103 W1 27-19 30-17 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 91 54 37 .593 2.0 401 387 14 L1 25-19 29-18 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 93 51 42 .548 6.0 329 287 42 W1 25-25 26-17 3 4 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 94 47 47 .500 10.5 362 346 16 W3 22-29 25-18 4 7 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 90 44 46 .489 11.5 345 357 -12 L4 23-24 20-23 5 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 93 34 59 .366 23.0 338 401 -63 L1 16-32 18-27 6 11 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
Enrique Romo Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)