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Monday, August 17,1970

Monday, August 17,1970

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Chicago White Sox  2 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Cal Koonce Bart Johnson Sparky Lyle 12,658 2:26
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Cleveland Indians  0 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tom Murphy Sam McDowell -- 8,860 2:08
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Baltimore Orioles  3 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Palmer Lew Krausse -- 12,015 1:59
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Detroit Tigers  5 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Daryl Patterson Mudcat Grant Tom Timmermann 5,745 2:42
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Kansas City Royals  0 Washington Senators II  7 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jim Hannan Bob Johnson -- 5,722 1:56
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 San Diego Padres  0 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Milt Pappas Clay Kirby -- 21,370 2:11
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  9 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jim Merritt Grant Jackson -- 23,255 2:15
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 San Francisco Giants  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Gaylord Perry Bruce Dal Canton -- 21,148 2:32
1970 reg season 1970-08-17 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 St. Louis Cardinals  11 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Gibson Don Sutton Chuck Taylor 21,114 2:36
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 120 76 44 .633 0.0 592 458 134 W3 38-26 38-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 9.5 520 479 41 W4 29-31 37-22 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 12.0 531 516 15 W3 30-31 34-25 3 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 14.0 555 534 21 W1 20-35 41-22 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 18.0 481 502 -21 W7 23-34 35-28 5 8 15 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 120 57 63 .475 19.0 477 502 -25 L3 27-36 30-27 6 9 16 -- 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 California Angels franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 4.5 483 456 27 W1 33-24 34-29 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 121 67 54 .554 5.0 510 439 71 L3 30-27 37-27 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 122 47 75 .385 25.5 471 595 -124 L1 16-41 30-35 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 120 44 76 .367 27.5 454 548 -94 L4 22-40 22-36 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 123 43 80 .350 30.0 469 620 -151 L5 22-43 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 122 67 55 .549 0.0 560 519 41 L2 28-29 39-26 1 3 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 119 63 56 .529 2.5 509 457 52 W1 32-31 31-25 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 122 63 59 .516 4.0 614 530 84 W3 24-32 39-27 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 121 57 64 .471 9.5 572 565 7 W1 28-30 29-34 4 8 17 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 119 53 66 .445 12.5 431 546 -115 L3 28-35 26-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 121 52 69 .430 14.5 522 628 -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 123 82 41 .667 0.0 606 507 99 W3 35-23 47-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 67 52 .563 13.0 584 491 93 L3 39-23 28-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 20.5 640 660 -20 W4 30-33 30-27 3 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 120 59 61 .492 21.5 566 578 -12 L1 26-32 33-29 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 26.5 539 585 -46 L1 23-34 31-32 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 122 47 75 .385 34.5 523 600 -77 L1 24-40 23-35 6 12 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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
  • 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
George Scott Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)