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Thursday, August 13,1981

Thursday, August 13,1981

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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 1981-08-13 Kansas City Royals  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Rich Gale Tim Stoddard 13,780 2:32
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 Chicago White Sox  6 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Mark Clear Reggie Patterson Bill Campbell 18,683 3:03
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 Milwaukee Brewers  8 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Moose Haas Wayne Garland Rollie Fingers 5,639 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 New York Yankees  3 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ron Guidry Dan Petry Ron Davis 20,957 2:39
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 Seattle Mariners  11 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Parrott Fernando Arroyo Larry Andersen 5,673 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 New York Mets  1 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Doug Bird Greg Harris Mike Griffin 7,412 2:27
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 Atlanta Braves  9 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tommy Boggs Burt Hooton Gene Garber 27,418 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium John Martin Steve Carlton Bruce Sutter 26,783 1:50
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 Montreal Expos  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Steve Rogers Luis Tiant -- 11,735 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-08-13 Houston Astros  1 San Diego Padres  9 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Chris Welsh Bob Knepper -- 4,899 2:29
10 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 New York Yankees franchise | log 60 37 23 .617 0.0 236 203 33 W2 16-15 21-8 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 58 34 24 .586 2.0 237 225 12 W2 14-16 20-8 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 61 35 26 .574 2.5 275 250 25 W1 20-14 15-12 3 6 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 60 32 28 .533 5.0 278 274 4 W2 18-14 14-14 4 7 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 61 32 29 .525 5.5 232 235 -3 L3 16-14 16-15 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 55 27 28 .491 7.5 209 208 1 L1 16-11 11-17 6 10 18 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 61 18 43 .295 19.5 199 282 -83 W2 11-21 7-22 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 63 38 25 .603 0.0 260 207 53 L1 16-14 22-11 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 58 34 24 .586 1.5 274 223 51 L1 14-14 20-10 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 57 33 24 .579 2.0 268 213 55 L2 15-16 18-8 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 63 32 31 .508 6.0 276 256 20 W1 18-12 14-19 4 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 54 21 33 .389 12.5 197 239 -42 L2 13-17 8-16 5 11 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 62 24 38 .387 13.5 234 296 -62 W1 10-15 14-23 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 61 20 41 .328 17.0 196 260 -64 L1 8-19 11-23 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 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 55 33 22 .600 0.0 258 215 43 W2 13-11 20-11 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 59 35 24 .593 0.0 260 252 8 L2 13-14 22-10 2 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 59 33 26 .559 2.0 246 221 25 W2 11-18 22-8 3 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 53 27 26 .509 5.0 221 194 27 L2 15-12 11-15 4 6 14 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 56 20 36 .357 13.5 194 253 -59 L1 10-19 10-17 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 58 17 41 .293 17.5 196 278 -82 W1 2-21 14-21 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 61 38 23 .623 0.0 256 191 65 L1 19-13 19-10 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 59 36 23 .610 1.0 274 249 25 L1 19-12 17-11 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 59 30 29 .508 7.0 222 243 -21 W4 18-14 11-16 3 7 15 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 61 30 31 .492 8.0 209 204 5 L1 16-17 14-14 4 8 17 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 62 28 34 .452 10.5 234 237 -3 L1 14-18 14-16 5 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 60 24 36 .400 13.5 209 242 -33 W1 12-20 12-16 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
Joe Ferguson -- Hist Released by Dodgers
Ross Grimsley -- Hist Released by Indians
Rick Auerbach Seattle Mariners Injury DL - Fractured right thumb *Hit by a pitch*
Rawly Eastwick Chicago Cubs Injury DL - Strained right shoulder
4 record(s)