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Saturday, May 30,1981

Saturday, May 30,1981

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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 1981-05-30 Detroit Tigers  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jack Morris Jim Palmer -- 51,646 2:18
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Mark Clear Rollie Fingers -- 23,718 2:57
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 California Angels  0 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Richard Dotson Geoff Zahn -- 16,773 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 New York Yankees  1 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Gene Nelson Dan Spillner Rich Gossage 24,318 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Kansas City Royals  6 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Wright Doug Corbett Dan Quisenberry 8,673 2:26
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Seattle Mariners  0 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Doc Medich Mike Parrott -- 20,530 1:56
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Oakland Athletics  5 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Luis Leal Mike Norris Joey McLaughlin 21,046 2:38
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Cincinnati Reds  9 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Frank Pastore Burt Hooton -- 43,582 2:46
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Rick Rhoden Bill Gullickson -- 31,649 2:59
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Chicago Cubs  10 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mike Krukow Greg Harris -- 11,507 3:07
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Philadelphia Phillies  10 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Dick Ruthven Lary Sorensen -- 35,034 2:11
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Atlanta Braves  1 San Diego Padres  11 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Steve Mura Preston Hanna -- 15,217 2:41
1981 reg season 1981-05-30 Houston Astros  9 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Joaquin Andujar Fred Breining Vern Ruhle 8,869 4:33
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 43 28 15 .651 0.0 199 154 45 L1 11-9 17-6 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 45 26 19 .578 3.0 209 186 23 L1 12-8 14-11 2 5 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 44 25 19 .568 3.5 166 159 7 W2 12-12 13-7 3 6 11 -- Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 39 22 17 .564 4.0 144 134 10 L3 14-7 8-10 4 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 45 25 20 .556 4.0 220 219 1 W1 13-9 12-11 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 46 22 24 .478 7.5 179 193 -14 W1 12-13 10-11 6 9 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 47 16 31 .340 14.0 159 198 -39 W4 9-15 7-16 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 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 41 25 16 .610 0.0 211 149 62 W3 13-11 12-5 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 50 30 20 .600 0.5 208 162 46 L4 12-11 18-9 2 3 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 44 26 18 .591 0.5 211 176 35 W1 10-10 16-8 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 48 22 26 .458 6.5 196 215 -19 L3 13-9 9-17 4 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 39 15 24 .385 9.0 123 174 -51 W4 10-13 5-11 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 47 16 31 .340 12.0 171 232 -61 L1 7-13 9-18 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 46 14 32 .304 13.5 153 198 -45 L3 8-16 5-17 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 45 26 19 .578 0.0 194 187 7 W1 11-13 15-6 1 3 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 40 23 17 .575 0.5 194 169 25 L1 10-9 13-8 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 44 25 19 .568 0.5 176 177 -1 L1 8-12 17-7 3 5 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 40 21 19 .525 2.5 166 141 25 W1 14-10 6-10 4 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 42 14 28 .333 10.5 144 193 -49 L1 5-14 9-14 5 11 24 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 44 11 33 .250 14.5 138 211 -73 W1 2-17 8-17 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 47 32 15 .681 0.0 192 133 59 L1 17-9 15-6 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 46 27 19 .587 4.5 205 181 24 W1 13-8 14-11 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 8.0 179 182 -3 L1 12-9 10-14 3 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 47 24 23 .511 8.0 161 144 17 W1 12-10 12-13 4 8 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 49 24 25 .490 9.0 175 174 1 L1 13-13 11-12 5 9 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 47 18 29 .383 14.0 163 195 -32 W1 9-18 9-11 6 10 21 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Hipolito Pena Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Clint Hurdle Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
Craig Swan New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)