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Sunday, August 16,1970

Sunday, August 16,1970

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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 1970-08-16 Minnesota Twins  9 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Bert Blyleven Gary Peters Stan Williams 24,670 2:59
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Detroit Tigers  7 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Les Cain Rudy May -- 27,743 2:31
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Cleveland Indians  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Ken Sanders Dennis Higgins -- 44,387 2:53
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Kansas City Royals  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Stan Bahnsen Jim Rooker -- 13,200 2:13
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Baltimore Orioles  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dave McNally Catfish Hunter -- 19,892 2:04
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Chicago White Sox  1 Washington Senators II  2 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Casey Cox Gerry Janeski Darold Knowles 8,457 1:42
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 New York Mets  2 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jim McAndrew Jim Nash -- 25,383 2:39
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bill Hands Claude Osteen -- 33,065 2:34
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tony Cloninger Jim Bunning Wayne Granger 45,059 2:25
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 Montreal Expos  5 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Claude Raymond Ron Cook -- 19,235 3:00
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 San Diego Padres  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Ron Herbel Orlando Pena Tom Dukes 18,969 2:40
1970 reg season 1970-08-16 San Francisco Giants  5 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Ron Bryant Reggie Cleveland Jerry Johnson 28,093 2:35
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 119 75 44 .630 0.0 589 456 133 W2 37-26 38-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 9.0 520 479 41 W4 29-31 37-22 2 5 6 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 63 56 .529 12.0 526 513 13 W2 29-31 34-25 3 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 14.0 548 532 16 L1 20-35 40-22 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 57 62 .479 18.0 477 499 -22 L2 27-35 30-27 5 9 16 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 119 57 62 .479 18.0 474 502 -28 W6 23-34 34-28 6 8 15 -- 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 117 70 47 .598 0.0 556 450 106 W1 35-27 35-20 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 4.5 507 434 73 L2 30-27 37-26 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 5.0 480 456 24 L2 33-24 33-29 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 121 47 74 .388 25.0 469 592 -123 W4 16-41 30-34 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 119 44 75 .370 27.0 454 541 -87 L3 22-39 22-36 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 122 43 79 .352 29.5 467 613 -146 L4 22-42 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 121 67 54 .554 0.0 556 514 42 L1 28-29 39-25 1 3 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 119 63 56 .529 3.0 509 457 52 W1 32-31 31-25 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 121 62 59 .512 5.0 607 530 77 W2 24-32 38-27 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 10.5 561 557 4 L3 28-30 28-34 4 8 17 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 12.5 428 537 -109 L2 28-34 26-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 121 52 69 .430 15.0 522 628 -106 W1 25-40 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 122 81 41 .664 0.0 597 504 93 W2 35-23 46-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 67 51 .568 12.0 576 480 96 L2 39-22 28-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 59 60 .496 20.5 635 656 -21 W3 29-33 30-27 3 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 120 59 61 .492 21.0 566 578 -12 L1 26-32 33-29 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 26.0 539 585 -46 L1 23-34 31-32 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 121 47 74 .388 33.5 523 593 -70 W1 24-39 23-35 6 12 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)
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