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Friday, August 30,1974

Friday, August 30,1974

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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
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 New York Yankees  8 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Cecil Upshaw Rich Gossage -- 12,723 3:02
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Oakland Athletics  10 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ken Holtzman Lerrin LaGrow Blue Moon Odom 18,010 2:34
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Baltimore Orioles  9 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Mike Cuellar Bruce Dal Canton -- 16,277 2:38
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 California Angels  9 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Nolan Ryan Kevin Kobel -- 7,727 2:20
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Boston Red Sox  2 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bert Blyleven Roger Moret -- 7,337 2:40
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Cleveland Indians  7 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Fred Beene Pete Broberg -- 9,651 2:54
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Montreal Expos  11 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Dennis Blair Clay Kirby -- 26,714 2:27
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jim Rooker Mike Marshall Dave Giusti 38,887 2:53
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Atlanta Braves  2 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ray Sadecki Buzz Capra -- 32,482 2:06
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Houston Astros  3 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Don Wilson Wayne Twitchell Ken Forsch 17,106 2:46
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Chicago Cubs  5 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Ken Frailing Dave Freisleben -- 0 3:07
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 Chicago Cubs  4 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dave LaRoche Mike Johnson Jim Todd 8,773 2:58
1974 reg season 1974-08-30 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike Caldwell Sonny Siebert -- 3,111 2:19
13 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
1974 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 130 72 58 .554 0.0 583 534 49 L1 31-33 41-25 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1974 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 130 68 62 .523 4.0 521 509 12 W3 30-36 38-26 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 129 66 63 .512 5.5 538 544 -6 W2 31-32 34-32 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 130 65 65 .500 7.0 517 528 -11 W2 31-33 34-32 4 7 13 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1974 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 11.0 534 537 -3 L3 30-35 32-35 5 10 17 -- dnq
1974 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 131 61 70 .466 11.5 480 594 -114 L1 30-37 31-33 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 132 76 56 .576 0.0 600 461 139 W3 36-30 40-26 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1974 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 6.5 574 513 61 L2 34-33 35-29 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 133 67 66 .504 9.5 586 611 -25 L2 33-35 34-31 3 6 12 -- dnq
1974 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 134 66 68 .493 11.0 589 621 -32 L2 26-41 39-28 4 8 14 -- dnq
1974 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 11.5 551 577 -26 W1 29-38 35-31 5 9 15 -- dnq
1974 AL West California Angels franchise | log 133 52 81 .391 24.5 524 568 -44 W1 26-39 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 131 69 62 .527 0.0 596 519 77 W1 29-36 40-26 1 4 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1974 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 132 68 64 .515 1.5 537 522 15 L1 32-33 36-31 2 6 10 -- dnq
1974 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 131 64 67 .489 5.0 545 562 -17 L3 25-38 39-29 3 7 16 -- dnq
1974 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 129 60 69 .465 8.0 523 540 -17 W1 32-35 28-34 4 8 19 -- dnq
1974 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 129 58 71 .450 10.0 458 518 -60 W2 28-37 30-34 5 10 21 -- dnq
1974 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 129 53 76 .411 15.0 520 656 -136 W2 26-38 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 131 83 48 .634 0.0 658 457 201 L1 40-28 43-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1974 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 80 52 .606 3.5 625 499 126 L1 42-24 38-28 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 132 73 59 .553 10.5 539 464 75 L1 35-30 38-29 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 131 68 63 .519 15.0 535 495 40 W1 28-36 40-27 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1974 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 60 72 .455 23.5 513 579 -66 W2 29-39 30-34 5 9 20 -- dnq
1974 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 133 50 83 .376 34.0 455 693 -238 L4 21-45 29-38 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
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