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Friday, May 2,1986

Friday, May 2,1986

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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
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Oakland Athletics  4 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Joaquin Andujar Al Nipper -- 17,720 2:24
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Cleveland Indians  7 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ernie Camacho Dave J. Schmidt -- 16,981 3:41
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Minnesota Twins  10 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mike Smithson Jack Morris -- 15,446 3:04
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Baltimore Orioles  0 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bret Saberhagen Mike Flanagan -- 27,691 2:22
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 California Angels  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Juan Nieves Don Sutton Dan Plesac 9,476 3:02
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Texas Rangers  7 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ed Correa Bob Shirley -- 18,455 2:53
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Seattle Mariners  3 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Pete Ladd Mark Eichhorn -- 18,134 4:08
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 New York Mets  8 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Cinergy Field Sid Fernandez Bill Gullickson Jesse Orosco 20,677 3:19
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jerry Reuss John Tudor Ken Howell 39,495 2:53
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Houston Astros  6 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bob Knepper Floyd Youmans Dave Smith 6,781 2:38
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Atlanta Braves  7 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium David Palmer Steve Carlton -- 20,237 2:43
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mike Bielecki Dave Dravecky Jim Winn 19,417 2:34
1986 reg season 1986-05-02 Chicago Cubs  6 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Matt Keough Mark Davis Jay Baller 13,445 3:00
13 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
1986 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.0 107 92 15 L2 5-3 9-5 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1986 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 20 12 8 .600 1.0 92 87 5 W5 7-5 5-3 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1986 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.5 95 67 28 L1 4-4 8-5 3 4 6 Yes Lost World Series (Mets)
1986 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 3.0 94 107 -13 L2 5-4 5-6 4 7 12 -- dnq
1986 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 3.0 89 86 3 W1 5-4 5-6 5 9 10 -- dnq
1986 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 3.5 83 90 -7 L2 5-7 5-4 6 10 15 -- dnq
1986 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 5.0 98 110 -12 L2 5-4 4-9 7 12 21 -- 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
1986 AL West California Angels franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.0 126 113 13 L1 7-6 7-3 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Red Sox)
1986 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.0 107 88 19 W2 8-5 5-5 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1986 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 2.5 78 72 6 W2 6-5 4-5 3 8 11 -- dnq
1986 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 2.5 110 101 9 W1 6-3 4-7 4 6 13 -- dnq
1986 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.0 117 112 5 W2 7-7 3-6 5 11 19 -- dnq
1986 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 20 7 13 .350 5.5 83 113 -30 L1 4-4 3-9 6 13 24 -- dnq
1986 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 23 8 15 .348 6.0 79 120 -41 W1 5-9 3-6 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
1986 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 18 14 4 .778 0.0 105 68 37 W1 9-3 5-1 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Red Sox)
1986 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 5.5 86 89 -3 L1 6-5 3-5 2 6 17 -- dnq
1986 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 5.5 97 76 21 W2 6-5 3-5 3 7 16 -- dnq
1986 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 18 8 10 .444 6.0 75 95 -20 L2 5-6 3-4 4 8 18 -- dnq
1986 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 7.0 64 72 -8 L4 4-7 4-5 5 10 22 -- dnq
1986 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 21 8 13 .381 7.5 81 105 -24 W1 4-8 4-5 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
1986 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 21 15 6 .714 0.0 78 70 8 W2 9-2 6-4 1 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1986 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 3.0 74 76 -2 L1 3-6 10-4 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1986 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 3.0 107 93 14 L2 5-4 8-6 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1986 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 5.0 83 85 -2 W6 2-7 10-6 4 5 14 Yes dnq
1986 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 6.0 87 86 1 W2 4-4 5-8 5 9 20 -- dnq
1986 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 18 5 13 .278 8.5 62 84 -22 L6 4-5 1-8 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
  • 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
Terry Francona Chicago Cubs Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1986-1986 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Tommy John New York Yankees Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1986-1986 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Steve Christmas Chicago Cubs Injury DL - Tommy John Surgery
John Montefusco New York Yankees Injury DL - Hip surgery
Juan Samuel Philadelphia Phillies Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)