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Sunday, May 8,1983

Sunday, May 8,1983

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Oakland Athletics  1 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bill Krueger Tippy Martinez Dave Beard 15,392 2:58
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Seattle Mariners  4 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Matt Young Doug Bird Bill Caudill 16,997 2:37
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Cleveland Indians  13 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bert Blyleven Richard Dotson -- 12,960 3:44
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 California Angels  1 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Morris Ken Forsch -- 9,924 2:29
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Texas Rangers  3 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Slaton Odell Jones -- 14,763 2:56
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 New York Yankees  5 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Len Whitehouse Dale Murray -- 10,823 2:50
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Kansas City Royals  6 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Steve Renko Jim Gott Dan Quisenberry 25,753 2:40
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Houston Astros  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Rick Behenna Mike LaCoss Terry Forster 20,799 2:13
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jerry Reuss Joaquin Andujar Steve Howe 41,645 2:26
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  5 New York Mets  10 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jesse Orosco Rich Gale Doug Sisk 8,879 2:57
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Chicago Cubs  3 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dave Dravecky Warren Brusstar -- 41,522 2:24
1983 reg season 1983-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 San Francisco Giants  12 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bill Laskey Jim Bibby -- 19,123 2:30
12 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
1983 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.0 116 110 6 L1 7-6 8-4 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1983 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 0.5 144 116 28 L1 6-6 9-5 2 3 6 Yes Won World Series (Phillies)
1983 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 2.0 124 103 21 W1 9-10 4-2 3 6 11 -- dnq
1983 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 2.0 113 105 8 L1 4-6 9-6 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1983 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 2.0 128 120 8 W1 9-9 5-4 5 7 13 -- dnq
1983 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 3.0 126 135 -9 L1 7-9 6-5 6 10 16 -- dnq
1983 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 4.5 107 103 4 W1 6-9 4-5 7 12 20 -- 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
1983 AL West California Angels franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 0.0 154 123 31 L1 6-5 10-6 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1983 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 1.5 104 119 -15 W1 5-5 8-6 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1983 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 2.0 101 123 -22 W1 5-7 9-6 3 9 14 -- dnq
1983 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 2.0 111 94 17 L1 5-8 9-5 4 8 12 -- dnq
1983 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 3.0 123 129 -6 L1 4-8 8-5 5 11 17 -- Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1983 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 5.0 142 162 -20 W1 4-6 8-11 6 13 21 -- dnq
1983 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 30 10 20 .333 7.5 90 141 -51 W1 3-10 7-10 7 14 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
1983 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 130 89 41 L1 6-6 9-3 1 3 3 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1983 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.5 88 80 8 W1 7-3 6-7 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1983 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 2.5 102 111 -9 L3 4-6 8-5 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1983 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 5.5 76 93 -17 L5 6-7 3-7 4 10 23 -- dnq
1983 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 7.0 89 111 -22 W1 1-9 7-7 5 11 25 -- dnq
1983 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 8.0 87 120 -33 L1 4-11 4-7 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
1983 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 27 20 7 .741 0.0 130 105 25 W5 9-3 11-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1983 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 19 7 .731 0.5 123 86 37 W2 6-5 13-2 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1983 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 7.0 136 130 6 L1 8-11 6-4 3 6 15 -- dnq
1983 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 7.5 135 123 12 W1 7-10 6-5 4 7 18 -- dnq
1983 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 8.0 113 124 -11 W5 4-7 8-8 5 8 19 -- dnq
1983 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 9.5 107 144 -37 L2 7-8 5-10 6 9 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Wayne Kirby Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft
Mike Krukow San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)