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Monday, September 28,1981

Monday, September 28,1981

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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 1981-09-28 California Angels  6 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Mike Witt Dennis Lamp -- 3,129 2:14
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 New York Yankees  2 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Tom Brennan Rick Reuschel -- 6,168 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Baltimore Orioles  7 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Sammy Stewart George Cappuzzello -- 26,991 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Boston Red Sox  0 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Pete Vuckovich Frank Tanana -- 11,334 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Kansas City Royals  6 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dennis Leonard Brad Havens -- 3,654 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Texas Rangers  6 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Rick Honeycutt Glenn Abbott Jim Kern 4,674 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Rick Mahler Jerry Reuss Rick Camp 2,348 1:50
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 San Francisco Giants  4 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Cinergy Field Alan Hargesheimer Frank Pastore -- 12,944 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 San Diego Padres  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Sambito Juan Eichelberger -- 21,576 2:07
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 New York Mets  4 Philadelphia Phillies  12 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Larry Christenson Ed Lynch -- 20,403 2:44
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Chicago Cubs  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Rick Rhoden Mike Griffin -- 0 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Chicago Cubs  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dave Geisel Bob Long Randy Martz 3,698 2:49
1981 reg season 1981-09-28 Montreal Expos  2 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Martin Scott Sanderson Jim Kaat 21,216 2:19
13 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 Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 104 59 45 .567 0.0 469 441 28 W1 34-26 25-19 1 2 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 103 58 45 .563 0.5 408 332 76 L1 26-26 32-19 2 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 100 56 44 .560 1.0 416 408 8 W1 25-23 31-21 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 104 58 46 .558 1.0 403 387 16 L1 27-24 31-22 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 103 56 47 .544 2.5 493 456 37 L3 26-24 30-23 5 6 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 98 50 48 .510 6.0 415 417 -2 W3 27-22 23-26 6 8 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 101 36 65 .356 21.5 321 445 -124 W1 19-29 17-36 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 104 60 44 .577 0.0 438 392 46 L2 27-23 33-21 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 100 53 47 .530 5.0 432 371 61 W1 23-24 30-23 2 7 13 -- dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 101 51 50 .505 7.5 445 396 49 L1 29-28 22-22 3 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 97 46 51 .474 10.5 369 389 -20 W2 28-25 18-26 4 10 18 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 105 49 56 .467 11.5 453 431 22 W1 23-28 26-28 5 11 19 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 105 42 63 .400 18.5 410 505 -95 L2 24-29 18-34 6 12 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 105 41 64 .390 19.5 355 457 -102 L1 16-30 24-35 7 13 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 East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 97 55 42 .567 0.0 429 392 37 W3 24-21 31-21 1 4 6 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 101 56 45 .554 1.0 466 441 25 W1 23-29 33-16 2 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 102 56 46 .549 1.5 422 376 46 L2 18-28 38-18 3 6 11 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 97 45 52 .464 10.0 382 392 -10 L1 24-28 20-25 4 9 20 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 99 38 61 .384 18.0 331 420 -89 L1 16-36 22-25 5 10 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 100 38 62 .380 18.5 345 454 -109 W1 10-32 27-31 6 11 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 102 63 39 .618 0.0 443 412 31 L1 34-20 29-19 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 104 60 44 .577 4.0 429 342 87 L3 29-24 31-20 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 104 59 45 .567 5.0 375 307 68 W3 28-26 31-19 3 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 105 54 51 .514 10.5 407 385 22 W4 26-29 28-22 4 7 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 101 48 53 .475 14.5 366 392 -26 W1 26-28 21-26 5 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 104 36 68 .346 28.0 363 445 -82 L6 16-33 20-35 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jim Lentine Houston Astros Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Houston Astros for Mike Fischlin (4/3/1981)
1 record(s)