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Tuesday, May 7,1968

Tuesday, May 7,1968

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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
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Detroit Tigers  2 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mickey Lolich Tom Phoebus Jon Warden 15,215 2:21
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Chicago White Sox  6 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Joe Horlen Sammy Ellis Bob Locker 8,002 2:49
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Cleveland Indians  8 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Tiant Jim Bouton -- 6,630 2:44
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Minnesota Twins  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jim Perry Blue Moon Odom Al Worthington 8,039 2:43
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Boston Red Sox  3 Washington Senators II  2 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jose Santiago Joe Coleman Lee Stange 6,564 2:40
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Cecil Upshaw Al McBean -- 6,610 2:23
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Claude Osteen Rich Nye Jack Billingham 4,722 2:37
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Crosley Field Rick Wise Jim Maloney Turk Farrell 4,953 2:12
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 San Francisco Giants  1 Houston Astros  7 box | pbp Astrodome Don Wilson Juan Marichal Mike Cuellar 13,685 2:30
1968 reg season 1968-05-07 New York Mets  4 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Nolan Ryan Nelson Briles -- 9,687 2:27
10 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
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 23 16 7 .696 0.0 107 54 53 L1 8-2 8-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 1.5 80 65 15 W1 7-4 8-5 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 3.5 91 66 25 W1 9-5 4-6 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 4.0 75 56 19 W6 5-7 7-4 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 4.5 74 76 -2 L1 9-5 3-7 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 5.0 68 85 -17 L5 6-4 5-8 6 6 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 5.5 70 90 -20 W1 5-4 5-8 7 7 15 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 6.0 79 107 -28 L3 7-5 4-9 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 7.0 65 91 -26 L2 7-7 3-8 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 21 7 14 .333 8.0 51 70 -19 W2 4-7 3-7 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 0.0 114 81 33 L1 6-7 10-2 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 2.5 101 88 13 L1 6-6 7-5 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 3.5 77 92 -15 W4 1-8 10-3 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 3.5 56 68 -12 W1 6-5 6-7 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 3.5 90 93 -3 L2 4-5 8-7 5 5 7 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 3.5 69 83 -14 W1 5-10 7-2 6 6 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 4.0 81 60 21 L1 5-8 6-4 7 7 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 4.5 94 109 -15 L1 5-9 6-4 8 8 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 5.0 64 58 6 W1 4-6 6-7 9 9 17 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 5.0 65 79 -14 W1 4-8 6-5 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Joe Pepitone New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)