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Wednesday, September 30,1981

Wednesday, September 30,1981

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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 1981-09-30 California Angels  3 Chicago White Sox  10 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Britt Burns Dave Frost LaMarr Hoyt 5,674 3:04
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Boston Red Sox  5 Milwaukee Brewers  10 box | pbp County Stadium Randy Lerch Bob Stanley -- 11,472 2:39
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Kansas City Royals  5 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Larry Gura Fernando Arroyo -- 15,900 2:37
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Norris Luis Leal -- 11,144 1:58
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Texas Rangers  3 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Charlie Hough Floyd Bannister -- 5,158 2:12
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 San Francisco Giants  2 Atlanta Braves  9 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Larry McWilliams Ed Whitson -- 2,724 2:12
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Houston Astros  2 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mario Soto Vern Ruhle Tom Hume 24,394 2:14
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 San Diego Padres  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Danny Boone Dave Goltz Gary Lucas 19,467 2:47
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Chicago Cubs  1 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Neil Allen Randy Martz -- 4,473 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Sparky Lyle Luis DeLeon Ron Reed 21,382 3:06
1981 reg season 1981-09-30 Montreal Expos  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bill Gullickson Eddie Solomon Woodie Fryman 5,826 2:42
11 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)
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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 106 60 46 .566 0.0 481 453 28 W1 34-26 26-20 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 105 59 46 .562 0.5 417 387 30 W1 27-24 32-22 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 104 58 46 .558 1.0 410 335 75 L2 26-27 32-19 3 4 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 101 56 45 .554 1.5 416 422 -6 L1 25-24 31-21 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 105 57 48 .543 2.5 505 468 37 L1 27-25 30-23 5 6 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 99 51 48 .515 5.5 418 419 -1 W4 27-22 24-26 6 8 14 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 103 36 67 .350 22.5 322 453 -131 L2 19-31 17-36 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 106 62 44 .585 0.0 446 393 53 W2 27-23 35-21 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 102 55 47 .539 5.0 441 374 67 W3 25-24 30-23 2 7 13 -- dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 103 52 51 .505 8.5 456 404 52 W1 29-28 23-23 3 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 99 48 51 .485 10.5 378 393 -15 W4 30-25 18-26 4 10 17 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 12.5 461 442 19 L1 24-29 26-28 5 11 19 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 107 42 65 .393 20.5 413 514 -101 L4 24-29 18-36 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 107 41 66 .383 21.5 359 466 -107 L3 16-30 24-37 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 99 56 43 .566 0.0 442 404 38 L1 24-22 32-21 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 103 57 46 .553 1.0 474 453 21 W1 23-29 34-17 2 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 104 57 47 .548 1.5 429 386 43 W1 19-29 38-18 3 6 11 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 99 46 53 .465 10.0 394 401 -7 L1 24-28 21-26 4 9 20 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 101 40 61 .396 17.0 340 421 -81 W2 17-36 23-25 5 10 21 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 102 38 64 .373 19.5 352 466 -114 L2 10-34 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 104 65 39 .625 0.0 452 417 35 W2 34-20 31-19 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 106 61 45 .575 5.0 434 347 87 L1 30-24 31-21 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 106 59 47 .557 7.0 378 314 64 L2 28-27 31-20 3 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 107 54 53 .505 12.5 412 398 14 L2 26-31 28-22 4 7 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 103 49 54 .476 15.5 378 399 -21 W1 26-28 22-27 5 8 18 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 106 38 68 .358 28.0 367 446 -79 W2 18-33 20-35 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)