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Thursday, August 21,1980

Thursday, August 21,1980

Baseball on this Date

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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
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Baltimore Orioles  7 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Scott McGregor Chris Knapp -- 26,189 2:18
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I LaMarr Hoyt Jesse Jefferson Ed Farmer 15,303 2:18
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Cleveland Indians  4 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rick Waits Steve Busby Victor Cruz 32,139 2:39
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Detroit Tigers  3 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Albert Williams Milt Wilcox Doug Corbett 0 2:22
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Detroit Tigers  4 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jack Morris Roger Erickson -- 8,687 2:07
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Boston Red Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Tudor Rick Langford -- 11,357 2:29
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 New York Yankees  4 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Dave Roberts Gaylord Perry Shane Rawley 16,400 3:02
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Chicago Cubs  4 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Mike Krukow Rick Camp 9,617 2:42
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Houston Astros  12 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Sambito Bert Blyleven -- 33,884 2:59
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Howe Stan Bahnsen -- 33,523 3:14
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 San Francisco Giants  1 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pete Falcone Vida Blue -- 10,505 2:15
1980 reg season 1980-08-21 San Diego Padres  8 Philadelphia Phillies  9 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Kevin Saucier Dennis Kinney -- 36,201 5:13
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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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
1980 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 120 73 47 .608 0.0 613 502 111 L1 40-24 33-23 1 2 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1980 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 119 71 48 .597 1.5 567 456 111 W5 36-25 35-23 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 122 66 56 .541 8.0 615 488 127 L2 33-25 33-31 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 117 62 55 .530 9.5 559 574 -15 W1 36-26 26-29 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 63 57 .525 10.0 609 556 53 W1 31-31 31-27 5 6 12 -- dnq
1980 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 10.5 556 585 -29 W3 29-33 33-24 6 7 13 -- dnq
1980 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 119 50 69 .420 22.5 462 555 -93 L1 24-38 26-31 7 12 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
1980 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 121 78 43 .645 0.0 619 498 121 L1 41-21 37-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Phillies)
1980 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 122 63 59 .516 15.5 504 477 27 L1 27-31 36-28 2 8 14 -- dnq
1980 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 121 57 64 .471 21.0 569 556 13 L3 28-32 29-32 3 9 18 -- dnq
1980 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 122 53 69 .434 25.5 505 579 -74 L1 21-38 32-31 4 10 20 -- dnq
1980 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 52 68 .433 25.5 420 532 -112 W1 23-33 27-37 5 11 21 -- dnq
1980 AL West California Angels franchise | log 119 48 71 .403 29.0 523 610 -87 L6 26-30 22-41 6 13 25 -- dnq
1980 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 121 43 78 .355 35.0 449 602 -153 W1 17-42 26-36 7 14 26 -- 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
1980 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 67 54 .554 0.0 509 463 46 L4 29-33 38-21 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1980 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 1.5 553 482 71 W1 28-30 36-24 2 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Royals)
1980 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 121 65 56 .537 2.0 518 505 13 L3 27-31 38-25 3 6 10 -- dnq
1980 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 121 57 64 .471 10.0 470 512 -42 W1 26-32 31-32 4 9 17 -- dnq
1980 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 118 52 66 .441 13.5 541 514 27 L2 23-36 29-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1980 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 119 49 70 .412 17.0 463 528 -65 L3 23-39 26-31 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
1980 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 0.0 460 432 28 W7 27-32 40-21 1 1 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1980 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 122 67 55 .549 1.0 545 530 15 W2 28-29 38-27 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1980 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 2.0 495 438 57 W3 27-35 38-20 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1980 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 121 60 61 .496 7.5 447 461 -14 L1 25-39 35-22 4 7 15 -- dnq
1980 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 9.0 469 514 -45 W4 20-38 38-24 5 8 16 -- dnq
1980 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 123 51 72 .415 17.5 412 503 -91 L1 21-44 30-28 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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
Jose Cardenal Kansas City Royals Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1980-1980 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Rawly Eastwick -- Hist Released by Royals
Ravelo Manzanillo Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Fred Stanley New York Yankees Injury DL - Sprained left knee
Bill Robinson Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)