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Friday, August 16,1985

Friday, August 16,1985

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Texas Rangers  2 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Jeff Russell Don Aase 30,669 2:46
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Oakland Athletics  2 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Candelaria Tim Birtsas Stew Cliburn 32,925 2:37
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Cleveland Indians  2 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Aurelio Lopez Neal Heaton -- 27,044 2:41
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Chicago White Sox  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Ray Burris Dave Wehrmeister -- 23,390 2:37
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Seattle Mariners  6 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Ed Vande Berg Steve Howe Ed Nunez 14,182 3:13
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Boston Red Sox  4 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dave Righetti Steve Crawford -- 42,787 3:35
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Kansas City Royals  4 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Charlie Leibrandt Jimmy Key -- 38,269 2:31
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Lee Smith Kent Tekulve -- 31,557 3:09
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  4 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Smith Ted Power -- 17,483 2:29
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 New York Mets  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Rick Rhoden Ed Lynch -- 9,289 2:47
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Atlanta Braves  3 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Andy Hawkins Rick Mahler Lance McCullers 22,154 2:25
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jerry Reuss Vida Blue Ken Howell 20,952 2:30
1985 reg season 1985-08-16 Montreal Expos  1 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Forsch Bill Laskey -- 40,873 2:26
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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
1985 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 115 72 43 .626 0.0 552 415 137 L1 33-26 39-17 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1985 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 113 65 48 .575 6.0 598 464 134 W2 28-33 37-15 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 10.5 500 486 14 W1 32-27 29-26 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1985 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 113 59 54 .522 12.0 582 539 43 W4 28-28 31-26 4 7 12 -- dnq
1985 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 114 58 56 .509 13.5 532 506 26 L1 25-31 32-26 5 8 14 -- dnq
1985 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 112 52 60 .464 18.5 485 524 -39 W2 23-32 29-28 6 11 19 -- dnq
1985 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 114 38 76 .333 33.5 458 578 -120 L1 15-41 23-35 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
1985 AL West California Angels franchise | log 115 66 49 .574 0.0 499 467 32 W1 31-29 35-20 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1985 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 112 62 50 .554 2.5 486 450 36 W1 30-27 32-23 2 4 8 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1985 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 115 61 54 .530 5.0 558 539 19 L1 27-31 34-23 3 6 11 -- dnq
1985 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 55 58 .487 10.0 481 504 -23 L3 25-32 30-26 4 9 16 -- dnq
1985 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 116 54 62 .466 12.5 512 594 -82 W1 21-32 33-30 5 10 18 -- dnq
1985 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 13.5 508 575 -67 L1 19-35 33-27 6 12 21 -- dnq
1985 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 114 42 72 .368 23.5 431 541 -110 L4 17-39 25-33 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
1985 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 113 70 43 .619 0.0 525 398 127 W5 31-27 39-16 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Cardinals)
1985 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 113 69 44 .611 1.0 484 415 69 L1 29-25 40-19 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 115 65 50 .565 6.0 436 418 18 L1 29-28 36-22 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1985 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 113 56 57 .496 14.0 441 463 -22 W1 24-33 32-24 4 7 15 -- dnq
1985 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 18.5 472 456 16 L2 20-36 32-26 5 9 20 -- dnq
1985 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 112 34 78 .304 35.5 355 498 -143 W1 12-44 22-34 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
1985 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 113 69 44 .611 0.0 439 392 47 W8 31-23 38-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1985 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 115 61 54 .530 9.0 470 426 44 W1 28-30 33-24 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1985 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 113 59 54 .522 10.0 456 476 -20 L1 30-28 29-26 3 6 13 -- dnq
1985 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 114 54 60 .474 15.5 468 479 -11 W3 25-35 29-25 4 8 17 -- dnq
1985 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 113 49 64 .434 20.0 458 509 -51 L5 23-33 26-31 5 10 22 -- dnq
1985 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 114 43 71 .377 26.5 369 443 -74 L3 16-41 27-30 6 11 23 -- 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
Omar Moreno -- Hist Released by Yankees
Andy Tomberlin Atlanta Braves Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (North Carolina HS)
Bob Kipper Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Traded from California Angels with Pat Clements and Mike Brown to Pittsburgh Pirates for John Candelaria (8/2/1985), Al Holland (8/2/1985) and George Hendrick (8/2/1985)
Ron Gardenhire New York Mets Injury DL - Strained groin
4 record(s)
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