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Wednesday, May 6,1981

Wednesday, May 6,1981

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
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Minnesota Twins  4 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Sammy Stewart Jack O'Connor -- 9,085 3:04
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 New York Yankees  5 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ron Guidry Mike Witt Rich Gossage 37,410 2:59
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Boston Red Sox  3 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Eckersley Dennis Leonard -- 21,400 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Detroit Tigers  3 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Milt Wilcox Rick Langford -- 15,763 2:40
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Seattle Mariners  12 box | pbp Kingdome Mike Parrott Randy Lerch -- 4,828 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Chicago White Sox  2 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium John Henry Johnson Britt Burns -- 12,104 2:56
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Cleveland Indians  4 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Bert Blyleven Jackson Todd -- 11,469 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Houston Astros  1 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Lee Smith Frank LaCorte -- 2,572 3:27
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Cincinnati Reds  9 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Hume Grant Jackson -- 14,551 2:48
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 San Diego Padres  13 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Juan Eichelberger Ray Burris -- 13,066 2:55
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 San Francisco Giants  6 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Greg Minton Pat Zachry -- 5,119 3:28
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Burt Hooton Nino Espinosa -- 25,850 2:09
1981 reg season 1981-05-06 Atlanta Braves  10 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Gaylord Perry Bob Forsch -- 9,640 2:37
13 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
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 16 11 5 .688 0.0 57 46 11 W1 7-1 4-4 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 89 74 15 W1 9-6 6-3 2 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 1.0 104 86 18 L1 10-4 3-5 3 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.5 84 83 1 W3 2-5 10-4 4 6 10 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 4.0 76 88 -12 W1 9-6 2-7 5 8 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 5.0 85 123 -38 W1 5-6 4-7 6 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 23 8 15 .348 6.5 78 90 -12 L1 6-7 2-8 7 12 21 -- 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 27 21 6 .778 0.0 129 60 69 L1 11-0 10-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 5.5 115 84 31 W3 3-5 10-4 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 22 12 10 .545 6.5 95 88 7 L2 6-8 6-2 3 7 11 -- dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 9.0 109 118 -9 L1 7-4 5-11 4 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 10.0 92 98 -6 L3 6-8 3-8 5 11 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 19 6 13 .316 11.0 55 83 -28 L1 4-5 2-8 6 13 23 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 26 7 19 .269 13.5 99 146 -47 W1 3-7 4-12 7 14 25 -- 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
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 19 13 6 .684 0.0 95 68 27 L1 5-3 8-3 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 22 15 7 .682 0.5 105 100 5 L1 4-4 11-3 2 2 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 16 8 .667 0.5 113 95 18 L1 4-5 12-3 3 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 3.5 74 63 11 L2 6-4 2-6 4 7 14 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 21 6 15 .286 8.0 69 98 -29 L2 2-5 4-10 5 11 24 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 22 5 17 .227 9.5 58 96 -38 W1 0-8 4-10 6 12 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
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 25 17 8 .680 0.0 94 61 33 W1 10-5 7-3 1 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 22 12 10 .545 3.5 100 93 7 W1 7-6 5-4 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 4.0 101 88 13 W1 10-6 3-6 3 6 13 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 6.0 96 104 -8 W2 8-7 4-8 4 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 6.0 66 68 -2 L1 7-5 4-9 5 9 18 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 8.5 77 114 -37 W1 6-11 3-6 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Billy Sample Texas Rangers Injury DL - Unknown
Bill Travers California Angels Injury DL - Bone spur in left elbow
2 record(s)