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Sunday, May 31,1981

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Sunday, May 31,1981

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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 1981-05-31 Detroit Tigers  5 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Aurelio Lopez Scott McGregor Kevin Saucier 28,011 2:57
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Pete Vuckovich Steve Crawford -- 23,781 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 California Angels  7 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Mike Witt Steve Trout -- 0 2:53
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 California Angels  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I LaMarr Hoyt Don Aase -- 40,248 3:17
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 New York Yankees  2 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Len Barker Rudy May -- 40,045 3:04
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Kansas City Royals  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jack O'Connor Dennis Leonard -- 6,718 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Seattle Mariners  5 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Brian Allard Fergie Jenkins Shane Rawley 16,636 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Oakland Athletics  6 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Bob Owchinko Joey McLaughlin -- 24,079 3:07
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Cincinnati Reds  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  16 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Dave Goltz Mario Soto -- 46,411 3:08
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Pascual Perez -- 45,784 1:56
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Chicago Cubs  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Randy Jones Rick Reuschel Pete Falcone 17,524 1:50
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Silvio Martinez -- 54,103 1:45
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Atlanta Braves  1 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Juan Eichelberger Rick Mahler -- 14,138 2:20
1981 reg season 1981-05-31 Houston Astros  1 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Griffin Nolan Ryan Al Holland 20,626 2:34
14 record(s)
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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 44 28 16 .636 0.0 203 159 44 L2 11-9 17-7 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 46 27 19 .587 2.0 214 188 26 W1 13-8 14-11 2 4 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 40 23 17 .575 3.0 151 136 15 W1 14-7 9-10 3 6 9 -- dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 45 25 20 .556 3.5 168 166 2 L1 12-13 13-7 4 7 12 -- Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 46 25 21 .543 4.0 222 224 -2 L1 13-9 12-12 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 47 23 24 .489 6.5 184 197 -13 W2 13-13 10-11 6 9 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 48 16 32 .333 14.0 164 204 -40 L1 9-15 7-17 7 13 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 51 31 20 .608 0.0 214 167 47 W1 13-11 18-9 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 43 26 17 .605 1.0 217 157 60 W1 13-11 13-6 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 45 26 19 .578 2.0 214 181 33 L1 10-10 16-9 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 50 23 27 .460 7.5 204 221 -17 L1 14-10 9-17 4 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 40 15 25 .375 10.5 127 179 -52 L1 10-14 5-11 5 11 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 48 17 31 .354 12.5 176 235 -59 W1 8-13 9-18 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 47 15 32 .319 14.0 158 202 -44 W1 8-16 6-17 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 46 27 19 .587 0.0 200 188 12 W2 11-13 16-6 1 2 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 45 26 19 .578 0.5 181 178 3 W1 8-12 18-7 2 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 41 23 18 .561 1.5 195 175 20 L2 10-10 13-8 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 41 21 20 .512 3.5 167 146 21 L1 14-11 6-10 4 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 43 15 28 .349 10.5 147 195 -48 W1 5-14 10-14 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 45 11 34 .244 15.5 140 214 -74 L1 2-18 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 48 33 15 .688 0.0 208 137 71 W1 17-9 16-6 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 47 27 20 .574 5.5 209 197 12 L1 13-9 14-11 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 46 23 23 .500 9.0 180 187 -7 L2 12-10 10-14 3 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 48 24 24 .500 9.0 162 150 12 L1 12-11 12-13 4 9 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 50 25 25 .500 9.0 181 175 6 W1 13-13 12-12 5 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 48 19 29 .396 14.0 168 196 -28 W2 9-18 10-11 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)