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Friday, May 24,1968

Friday, May 24,1968

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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 1968-05-24 Washington Senators II  3 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dave McNally Phil Ortega Pete Richert 0 2:40
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Washington Senators II  2 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Eddie Watt Dave Baldwin -- 7,311 2:42
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Cleveland Indians  1 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim George Brunet Steve Hargan -- 12,610 2:20
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Boston Red Sox  9 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Lee Stange Dave Boswell -- 12,858 3:26
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Chicago White Sox  0 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Joe Verbanic Wilbur Wood -- 14,083 3:30
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Detroit Tigers  2 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis -- 9,378 1:45
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 New York Mets  2 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ron Reed Nolan Ryan Jim Britton 13,873 2:26
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 San Francisco Giants  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Juan Marichal Ken Holtzman -- 5,930 2:46
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Ron Kline George Culver -- 9,379 2:26
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Houston Astros  7 box | pbp Astrodome Jim Brewer Don Wilson John Purdin 20,282 3:39
1968 reg season 1968-05-24 Philadelphia Phillies  1 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Carlton Chris Short -- 34,515 1:52
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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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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 -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 38 23 15 .605 0.0 155 112 43 L3 11-8 12-7 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 40 23 17 .575 1.0 132 90 42 L1 11-11 11-7 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 39 22 17 .564 1.5 149 118 31 W3 11-6 11-11 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 3.0 139 125 14 L1 12-8 8-10 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 3.0 140 150 -10 W2 10-9 10-9 5 5 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 40 19 21 .475 5.0 128 156 -28 W1 9-7 10-14 6 6 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 39 18 21 .462 5.5 116 118 -2 L1 10-10 7-12 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 6.0 92 105 -13 L2 8-12 8-8 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 40 17 23 .425 7.0 114 141 -27 W1 10-12 7-11 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 40 16 24 .400 8.0 117 167 -50 L2 8-11 8-13 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 41 24 17 .585 0.0 155 148 7 W4 11-8 13-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 39 22 17 .564 1.0 140 114 26 W1 8-11 14-6 2 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 3.0 115 119 -4 W1 9-9 11-10 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 42 21 21 .500 3.5 109 111 -2 W4 12-9 9-12 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 3.5 109 115 -6 L1 7-14 11-4 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 41 20 21 .488 4.0 150 180 -30 L2 10-12 10-9 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 4.0 153 145 8 L3 10-8 9-12 7 7 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 37 17 20 .459 5.0 117 139 -22 L1 6-15 11-5 8 8 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 37 17 20 .459 5.0 127 108 19 W2 8-11 9-9 9 9 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 6.0 104 100 4 L2 6-11 11-11 10 10 18 -- dnq
20 record(s)