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Saturday, August 29,1981

Saturday, August 29,1981

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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 1981-08-29 California Angels  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Geoff Zahn -- 22,978 2:19
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Oakland Athletics  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Mike Torrez Matt Keough -- 26,318 2:55
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 New York Yankees  12 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Tommy John Richard Dotson -- 32,507 3:00
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Seattle Mariners  3 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Waits Floyd Bannister -- 8,556 2:40
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Texas Rangers  8 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Jon Matlack Randy Lerch Jim Kern 15,536 2:58
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Detroit Tigers  1 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Brad Havens Dan Schatzeder -- 10,296 2:32
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Kansas City Royals  2 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Mike Jones Juan Berenguer Dan Quisenberry 19,055 2:28
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Vern Ruhle Mark Davis -- 0 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Billy Smith Dickie Noles Frank LaCorte 33,327 2:01
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Chicago Cubs  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Mike Griffin Burt Hooton Lee Smith 47,424 2:35
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Atlanta Braves  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jeff Reardon Gene Garber -- 31,955 2:52
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Cincinnati Reds  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mike Scott Bruce Berenyi Neil Allen 44,598 2:20
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 St. Louis Cardinals  6 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Lary Sorensen Chris Welsh Bob Shirley 0 2:31
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 St. Louis Cardinals  6 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Bob Sykes Juan Eichelberger Bruce Sutter 9,668 2:24
1981 reg season 1981-08-29 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Doyle Alexander Luis Tiant -- 10,738 3:05
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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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.
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 72 42 30 .583 0.0 303 290 13 W1 19-19 23-11 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 75 43 32 .573 0.5 292 245 47 W2 18-19 25-13 2 5 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 76 42 34 .553 2.0 290 284 6 L4 16-17 26-17 3 6 11 -- dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 76 42 34 .553 2.0 336 314 22 L1 23-18 19-16 4 7 10 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 74 40 34 .541 3.0 352 338 14 W3 23-20 17-14 5 8 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 70 35 35 .500 6.0 273 279 -6 W4 20-15 15-20 6 10 17 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 76 24 52 .316 20.0 244 359 -115 L1 13-22 11-30 7 14 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 77 45 32 .584 0.0 330 274 56 L4 16-17 29-15 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 72 42 30 .583 0.5 329 267 62 W1 18-18 24-12 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 71 41 30 .577 1.0 331 269 62 L2 22-20 19-10 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 77 39 38 .506 6.0 356 321 35 L1 19-17 20-21 4 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 70 30 40 .429 11.5 263 299 -36 W1 21-22 9-18 5 11 20 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 77 28 49 .364 17.0 302 380 -78 L9 13-19 15-30 6 12 22 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 77 27 50 .351 18.0 251 333 -82 W3 11-25 15-26 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 68 42 26 .618 0.0 314 258 56 W4 17-11 25-15 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 72 41 31 .569 3.0 301 259 42 W5 14-22 27-9 2 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 73 40 33 .548 4.5 310 314 -4 L5 14-21 26-12 3 5 12 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 69 32 37 .464 10.5 281 278 3 L6 16-17 15-21 4 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 71 28 43 .394 15.5 239 304 -65 W1 13-23 15-20 5 10 21 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 73 26 47 .356 18.5 252 340 -88 W1 3-23 22-25 6 11 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 76 48 28 .632 0.0 335 239 96 L1 25-16 23-12 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 74 43 31 .581 4.0 312 311 1 L1 20-16 23-15 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 76 39 37 .513 9.0 268 245 23 W3 20-22 19-15 3 6 14 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 74 37 37 .500 10.0 285 298 -13 L2 21-19 15-19 4 7 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 78 38 40 .487 11.0 300 289 11 W3 21-24 17-16 5 8 18 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 76 26 50 .342 22.0 260 322 -62 L7 14-28 12-22 6 12 25 -- 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
Larry Christenson Philadelphia Phillies Injury DL - Strained groin
Floyd Bannister Seattle Mariners Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)