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Wednesday, August 28,1974

Wednesday, August 28,1974

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Boston Red Sox  0 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bart Johnson Luis Tiant -- 11,642 2:13
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 California Angels  1 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mickey Lolich Frank Tanana -- 9,513 2:06
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Cleveland Indians  7 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Gaylord Perry Al Fitzmorris -- 9,085 2:35
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Oakland Athletics  3 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Catfish Hunter Jim Colborn Rollie Fingers 11,059 2:23
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 New York Yankees  5 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Pat Dobson Joe Decker -- 6,545 2:26
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Baltimore Orioles  2 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jackie Brown Dave McNally -- 6,069 2:08
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Chicago Cubs  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Mike Marshall Oscar Zamora -- 27,053 3:12
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Atlanta Braves  4 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Parc Jarry Carl Morton John Montague -- 14,121 2:44
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Houston Astros  3 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ramon de los Santos Jerry Cram Jim York 13,987 3:04
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Cincinnati Reds  4 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Will McEnaney Ron Schueler Dick Baney 31,535 2:39
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 St. Louis Cardinals  5 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Lynn McGlothen Bill Greif -- 9,641 2:28
1974 reg season 1974-08-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dave Giusti Jim Barr -- 3,679 2:50
12 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
1974 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 128 71 57 .555 0.0 578 529 49 L1 30-32 41-25 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1974 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 129 67 62 .519 4.5 513 504 9 W2 29-36 38-26 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 128 65 63 .508 6.0 531 541 -10 W1 30-32 34-32 3 6 12 -- dnq
1974 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 128 63 65 .492 8.0 502 524 -22 L4 29-33 34-32 4 8 15 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1974 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 131 62 69 .473 10.5 532 528 4 L2 30-35 32-34 5 10 17 -- dnq
1974 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 130 61 69 .469 11.0 475 584 -109 W1 30-37 31-32 6 11 18 -- 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
1974 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 131 75 56 .573 0.0 590 456 134 W2 35-30 40-26 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1974 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 130 69 61 .531 5.5 572 504 68 L1 34-33 35-28 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 131 67 64 .511 8.0 581 598 -17 W2 33-35 34-29 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 9.5 582 610 -28 W1 26-41 39-26 4 7 13 -- dnq
1974 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 132 64 68 .485 11.5 548 575 -27 L2 29-38 34-31 5 9 16 -- dnq
1974 AL West California Angels franchise | log 132 51 81 .386 24.5 515 566 -51 L1 25-39 26-42 6 12 23 -- 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
1974 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 129 68 61 .527 0.0 590 513 77 W6 28-35 40-26 1 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1974 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 130 67 63 .515 1.5 532 513 19 W1 31-32 36-31 2 6 10 -- dnq
1974 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 130 64 66 .492 4.5 543 559 -16 L2 25-38 39-28 3 7 14 -- dnq
1974 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 127 59 68 .465 8.0 510 530 -20 L1 31-35 28-33 4 8 19 -- dnq
1974 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 127 56 71 .441 11.0 447 516 -69 L1 28-37 28-34 5 10 21 -- dnq
1974 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 126 51 75 .405 15.5 510 649 -139 L3 24-37 28-37 6 11 22 -- 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
1974 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 129 82 47 .636 0.0 652 452 200 W4 40-28 42-19 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1974 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 131 80 51 .611 3.0 622 488 134 W2 42-24 38-27 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 130 72 58 .554 10.5 530 458 72 W1 34-29 38-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 129 67 62 .519 15.0 532 486 46 W1 27-35 40-27 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1974 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 130 58 72 .446 24.5 502 575 -73 L2 29-39 28-34 5 9 20 -- dnq
1974 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 130 50 80 .385 32.5 450 681 -231 L1 21-45 29-35 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
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