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Saturday, October 3,1981

Saturday, October 3,1981

Baseball on this Date

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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 1981-10-03 New York Yankees  0 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Scott McGregor Tommy John -- 28,575 1:55
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Minnesota Twins  4 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I LaMarr Hoyt Bob Veselic -- 4,716 2:28
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Boston Red Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Frank Tanana Tom Brennan -- 7,114 2:20
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Oakland Athletics  8 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rick Langford Mike Jones -- 32,039 2:43
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Detroit Tigers  1 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Rollie Fingers Jack Morris -- 28,330 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Dave Stieb Glenn Abbott Joey McLaughlin 8,653 1:59
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 California Angels  0 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium John Butcher Angel Moreno -- 11,550 2:15
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Atlanta Braves  4 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rick Mahler Tom Hume Rick Camp 17,544 2:32
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Houston Astros  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bob Welch Joe Niekro -- 42,272 2:43
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Montreal Expos  5 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Bill Lee Neil Allen Jeff Reardon 17,954 3:01
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 Chicago Cubs  8 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jay Howell Sparky Lyle Randy Martz 35,169 3:04
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Martin Ernie Camacho -- 3,589 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 San Diego Padres  4 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Gary Lucas Mike Rowland Danny Boone 0 3:55
1981 reg season 1981-10-03 San Diego Padres  7 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tim Lollar Alan Hargesheimer -- 4,313 2:36
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 108 62 46 .574 0.0 491 456 35 W3 34-26 28-20 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 104 58 46 .558 2.0 424 435 -11 W1 26-24 32-22 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 106 59 47 .557 2.0 419 338 81 L1 27-28 32-19 3 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 108 59 49 .546 3.0 424 402 22 L3 27-26 32-23 4 6 12 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 107 58 49 .542 3.5 513 479 34 W1 28-26 30-23 5 7 13 -- dnq
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 101 52 49 .515 6.5 429 427 2 L1 27-22 25-27 6 8 14 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 105 37 68 .352 23.5 329 464 -135 W1 20-32 17-36 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 108 63 45 .583 0.0 454 400 54 W1 28-24 35-21 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 104 57 47 .548 4.0 450 380 70 W5 25-24 32-23 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 105 53 52 .505 8.5 463 411 52 W1 29-28 24-24 3 9 15 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 101 49 52 .485 10.5 385 401 -16 L1 30-25 19-27 4 10 17 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 109 50 59 .459 13.5 467 451 16 L3 24-31 26-28 5 11 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 109 43 66 .394 20.5 424 521 -97 L1 24-29 19-37 6 12 21 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 109 42 67 .385 21.5 366 473 -107 L1 17-31 24-37 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 St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 102 58 44 .569 0.0 460 417 43 W1 26-23 32-21 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 107 60 47 .561 0.5 442 392 50 W4 22-29 38-18 2 4 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 106 58 48 .547 2.0 489 471 18 L1 23-29 35-19 3 6 11 -- Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 102 47 55 .461 11.0 407 421 -14 L1 24-28 22-28 4 9 19 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 104 41 63 .394 18.0 346 431 -85 L3 17-36 23-28 5 10 22 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 105 39 66 .371 20.5 369 481 -112 W1 11-36 27-31 6 12 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 West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 107 65 42 .607 0.0 461 440 21 L3 34-20 31-22 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 109 63 46 .578 3.0 447 351 96 W2 30-24 33-22 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 109 60 49 .550 6.0 389 328 61 L2 29-29 31-20 3 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 110 55 55 .500 11.5 423 411 12 L2 27-31 28-24 4 7 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 106 51 55 .481 13.5 395 413 -18 W2 28-28 22-28 5 8 18 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 109 41 68 .376 25.0 379 451 -72 W5 21-33 20-35 6 11 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)