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Wednesday, August 12,1970

Wednesday, August 12,1970

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Kansas City Royals  4 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Gary Peters Jim Rooker -- 0 2:24
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Kansas City Royals  4 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Ted Abernathy Ken Brett -- 23,450 2:33
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Baltimore Orioles  5 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave McNally Rudy May Pete Richert 11,371 2:29
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Detroit Tigers  5 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Gene Brabender Tom Timmermann Bobby Bolin 17,648 2:58
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Chicago White Sox  5 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bart Johnson Stan Bahnsen Wilbur Wood 12,440 2:30
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Cleveland Indians  4 Oakland Athletics  11 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Marcel Lachemann Rick Austin Bob Locker 5,561 2:50
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Minnesota Twins  3 Washington Senators II  5 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jim Hannan Luis Tiant Joe Grzenda 8,811 2:29
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Montreal Expos  7 Atlanta Braves  8 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bob Priddy Bill Stoneman Hoyt Wilhelm 8,067 2:40
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 San Francisco Giants  6 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Don Carrithers Bill Hands Don McMahon 32,462 3:12
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 New York Mets  2 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Gary Gentry Tony Cloninger -- 32,902 2:25
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Grant Jackson -- 16,677 1:51
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 Los Angeles Dodgers  11 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Pete Mikkelsen Bob Moose Charlie Hough 34,551 2:59
1970 reg season 1970-08-12 San Diego Padres  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Gibson Ron Willis -- 18,563 3:16
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
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 115 73 42 .635 0.0 578 447 131 W3 35-24 38-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 115 62 53 .539 11.0 503 469 34 L1 29-31 33-22 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 115 61 54 .530 12.0 509 501 8 L1 27-29 34-25 3 6 10 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 112 57 55 .509 14.5 515 501 14 L1 20-35 37-20 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 17.5 467 488 -21 L2 26-33 30-27 5 8 15 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 115 53 62 .461 20.0 461 494 -33 W2 23-34 30-28 6 9 17 -- 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
1970 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 112 69 43 .616 0.0 536 419 117 L5 34-23 35-20 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 5.0 498 421 77 W5 30-27 36-23 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 115 64 51 .557 6.5 468 439 29 L2 33-24 31-27 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 115 43 72 .374 27.5 436 525 -89 W1 21-36 22-36 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 118 44 74 .373 28.0 458 584 -126 W1 16-41 27-34 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 118 43 75 .364 29.0 456 597 -141 W1 22-38 21-37 6 12 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
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 117 64 53 .547 0.0 529 501 28 L3 28-29 36-24 1 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 1.5 498 435 63 W1 30-28 31-25 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 4.5 567 501 66 L1 24-32 35-25 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 115 55 60 .478 8.0 544 534 10 W3 28-30 27-30 4 8 16 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 10.5 414 520 -106 L1 27-31 26-30 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 117 50 67 .427 14.0 503 612 -109 L3 23-38 26-30 6 11 20 -- 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
1970 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 78 40 .661 0.0 578 492 86 L1 35-23 43-17 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 114 65 49 .570 11.0 550 446 104 W4 37-20 28-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 20.0 618 640 -22 W1 26-31 30-27 3 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 115 56 59 .487 20.5 546 567 -21 W2 26-32 30-27 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 25.0 523 564 -41 W1 23-34 29-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 116 45 71 .388 32.0 501 559 -58 L2 22-36 23-35 6 12 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jim Bouton -- Hist Released by Astros
Jim Roland Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Sprained right knee
Bill Singer Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Fractured right index finger
3 record(s)