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Wednesday, May 8,1985

Wednesday, May 8,1985

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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
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 California Angels  1 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Oil Can Boyd Jim Slaton -- 17,052 2:57
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Chicago White Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Britt Burns Neal Heaton -- 4,808 2:49
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Baltimore Orioles  8 Kansas City Royals  9 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Mike LaCoss Scott McGregor -- 19,793 2:54
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Seattle Mariners  4 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Moore Ray Burris Ed Nunez 8,182 2:35
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 New York Yankees  6 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Mike Smithson Joe Cowley Pete Filson 22,832 2:53
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Detroit Tigers  4 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dan Petry Mike Mason Guillermo Hernandez 17,534 2:26
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Oakland Athletics  6 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Steve McCatty Doyle Alexander Jay Howell 18,102 3:09
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Honeycutt John Tudor Ken Howell 33,748 2:28
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Houston Astros  0 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Joe Hesketh Nolan Ryan Jeff Reardon 10,122 2:37
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Atlanta Braves  0 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ed Lynch Len Barker -- 20,905 2:22
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  8 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jay Tibbs John Denny -- 22,416 2:25
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 San Diego Padres  12 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Andy Hawkins Larry McWilliams -- 22,092 2:28
1985 reg season 1985-05-08 Chicago Cubs  1 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Rick Sutcliffe Mike Krukow -- 16,134 2:41
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
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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
1985 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 0.0 140 116 24 L1 7-7 9-2 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.5 103 95 8 W4 8-3 7-6 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 1.0 114 105 9 L1 10-6 6-5 3 4 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1985 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 3.0 131 124 7 W2 7-9 7-4 4 7 12 -- dnq
1985 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 5.5 105 96 9 L1 8-7 3-8 5 11 20 -- dnq
1985 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 5.5 101 109 -8 L2 3-10 7-4 6 12 21 -- dnq
1985 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 6.5 105 123 -18 L3 4-9 6-7 7 13 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
1985 AL West California Angels franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 0.0 131 121 10 L2 8-4 9-7 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1985 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 1.0 149 118 31 W2 5-6 10-5 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1985 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 2.5 106 100 6 W2 6-8 6-3 3 6 11 -- dnq
1985 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 3.5 85 93 -8 W1 6-6 6-7 4 8 15 -- Won World Series (Cardinals)
1985 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 4.0 116 136 -20 W1 2-9 11-6 5 9 16 -- dnq
1985 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 5.0 140 158 -18 W1 3-9 9-7 6 10 18 -- dnq
1985 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 7.5 91 123 -32 L2 5-6 3-11 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
1985 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 25 17 8 .680 0.0 96 73 23 W2 5-5 12-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1985 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 24 16 8 .667 0.5 95 95 0 W3 6-6 10-2 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 26 16 10 .615 1.5 100 95 5 W1 7-7 9-3 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1985 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 6.5 108 109 -1 L2 1-9 10-6 4 9 19 -- Lost World Series (Cardinals)
1985 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 7.0 97 97 0 L3 2-7 8-8 5 10 22 -- dnq
1985 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 9.0 92 119 -27 L3 1-8 7-9 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
1985 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 0.0 113 94 19 W2 7-9 7-3 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1985 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 0.0 81 101 -20 W1 9-8 6-5 2 5 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1985 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 1.0 102 99 3 W2 7-8 6-5 3 6 14 -- dnq
1985 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 1.0 98 90 8 L1 6-7 7-6 4 7 13 -- dnq
1985 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 2.5 108 110 -2 L2 7-6 4-8 5 8 17 -- dnq
1985 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 4.0 75 83 -8 L1 5-11 5-5 6 11 23 -- 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
Tom Dodd -- Free Agt Released by White Sox
Mel Hall Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Sprained neck, broken collarbone and cracked rib *Car accident*
Tito Landrum St. Louis Cardinals Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)
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