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Wednesday, May 27,1981

Wednesday, May 27,1981

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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 1981-05-27 New York Yankees  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Tippy Martinez Rich Gossage -- 42,869 2:50
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Cleveland Indians  5 Boston Red Sox  10 box | pbp Fenway Park Mark Clear Bert Blyleven -- 17,294 2:49
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Toronto Blue Jays  3 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave Stieb Ken Forsch -- 21,167 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Detroit Tigers  1 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Randy Lerch Howard Bailey -- 13,237 2:25
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Chicago White Sox  3 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ross Baumgarten Rick Langford LaMarr Hoyt 17,621 2:50
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Kansas City Royals  8 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Paul Splittorff Floyd Bannister Dan Quisenberry 6,331 2:53
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Minnesota Twins  2 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jerry Koosman Danny Darwin Doug Corbett 13,961 2:02
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Rick Camp Steve Howe -- 17,581 2:19
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Pascual Perez Rick Reuschel -- 6,970 2:41
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 San Francisco Giants  2 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mario Soto Doyle Alexander -- 12,223 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 San Diego Padres  0 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Knepper Chris Welsh -- 21,256 1:50
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Charlie Lea John Martin Bill Lee 24,709 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-05-27 Philadelphia Phillies  1 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pat Zachry Larry Christenson -- 10,930 2:04
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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 41 27 14 .659 0.0 192 145 47 W3 11-9 16-5 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 37 22 15 .595 3.0 142 128 14 L1 14-7 8-8 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 42 24 18 .571 3.5 191 174 17 W2 11-7 13-11 3 6 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 43 24 19 .558 4.0 209 208 1 W1 13-9 11-10 4 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 42 23 19 .548 4.5 160 157 3 L4 10-12 13-7 5 8 13 -- Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 43 21 22 .488 7.0 169 179 -10 L2 11-11 10-11 6 9 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 45 14 31 .311 15.0 147 190 -43 W2 9-15 5-16 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 48 30 18 .625 0.0 200 150 50 L2 12-9 18-9 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 40 24 16 .600 2.0 202 149 53 W2 13-11 11-5 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 41 24 17 .585 2.5 195 169 26 L1 10-10 14-7 3 5 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 47 22 25 .468 7.5 196 206 -10 L2 13-8 9-17 4 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 37 13 24 .351 11.5 114 168 -54 W2 8-13 5-11 5 11 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 45 15 30 .333 13.5 166 222 -56 L2 6-12 9-18 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 43 14 29 .326 13.5 145 183 -38 W1 8-15 5-15 7 13 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
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 43 25 18 .581 0.0 180 174 6 L1 11-13 14-5 1 3 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 0.5 181 155 26 L4 9-8 13-8 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 42 24 18 .571 0.5 171 172 -1 W3 8-12 16-6 3 5 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 3.0 152 132 20 W2 12-9 6-10 4 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 40 13 27 .325 10.5 135 182 -47 W1 5-14 8-13 5 11 24 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 41 10 31 .244 14.0 123 193 -70 L2 1-16 8-16 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 44 31 13 .705 0.0 182 113 69 L1 17-8 14-5 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 43 25 18 .581 5.5 187 171 16 W2 12-7 13-11 2 2 7 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 8.5 151 133 18 W3 11-9 12-13 3 7 15 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 42 21 21 .500 9.0 162 166 -4 W1 11-8 9-14 4 9 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 46 23 23 .500 9.0 160 157 3 L2 13-12 10-11 5 8 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 45 17 28 .378 14.5 151 187 -36 L3 9-18 8-10 6 10 20 -- 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
Dave Roberts -- Hist Released by Mets
Larry Hisle Milwaukee Brewers Injury DL - Bone spur removed from right shoulder
Doug Rau California Angels Injury DL - Recovery from rotator cuff surgery
3 record(s)