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Tuesday, May 12,1987

Tuesday, May 12,1987

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Minnesota Twins  7 Baltimore Orioles  10 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Ken Dixon Jeff Reardon -- 14,279 3:08
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Seattle Mariners  2 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Jeff Sellers Mike Trujillo Wes Gardner 19,193 2:55
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Texas Rangers  6 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Charlie Hough Steve Carlton -- 6,370 2:44
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 California Angels  2 Detroit Tigers  15 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dan Petry Urbano Lugo -- 11,579 3:15
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Oakland Athletics  10 Milwaukee Brewers  8 box | pbp County Stadium Dave Stewart Paul Mirabella Jay Howell 9,459 3:59
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Chicago White Sox  4 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Cecilio Guante Bobby Thigpen -- 20,634 4:00
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Kansas City Royals  3 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Buddy Black John Cerutti Dan Quisenberry 30,034 2:41
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 New York Mets  6 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field David Cone Jerry Reuss -- 26,604 2:07
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Knepper Michael Jackson Aurelio Lopez 8,950 2:24
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Chicago Cubs  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Honeycutt Ed Lynch -- 41,216 2:52
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 Atlanta Braves  5 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Zane Smith Ubaldo Heredia Jeff Dedmon 9,522 2:48
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 San Diego Padres  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  12 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Rick Reuschel Andy Hawkins -- 5,744 2:47
1987 reg season 1987-05-12 St. Louis Cardinals  6 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Joe Magrane Mark Davis Todd Worrell 14,318 2:51
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
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 30 20 10 .667 0.0 168 148 20 L7 11-4 9-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 32 21 11 .656 0.0 163 120 43 W3 8-10 13-1 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 2.0 149 124 25 L1 7-7 11-5 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 6.0 163 162 1 W1 10-7 5-10 4 10 16 -- dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 6.0 137 147 -10 W1 4-13 11-4 5 9 18 -- dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 8.5 138 132 6 W1 5-10 7-9 6 12 22 -- Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 32 10 22 .313 11.0 124 184 -60 L2 4-11 6-11 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
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 0.0 121 111 10 W1 6-8 10-5 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 0.0 161 164 -3 L1 9-7 9-8 2 6 12 Yes dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 0.0 160 160 0 L1 10-7 8-8 3 5 11 -- dnq
1987 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 0.5 156 152 4 L1 7-9 10-6 4 7 13 -- Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 2.5 154 154 0 W1 6-10 9-7 5 8 17 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 3.0 140 152 -12 W3 3-10 10-6 6 11 21 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 10 19 .345 6.0 105 129 -24 L6 7-8 3-11 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
1987 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 0.0 165 142 23 W1 10-5 7-8 1 3 6 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 32 18 14 .563 0.0 143 142 1 L1 12-5 6-9 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 2.5 127 147 -20 L1 10-10 5-6 3 8 15 -- dnq
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 3.0 137 154 -17 W1 6-8 8-8 4 9 19 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 3.5 131 138 -7 W2 4-9 9-7 5 10 20 -- dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 30 11 19 .367 6.0 120 156 -36 L1 6-7 5-12 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
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 33 21 12 .636 0.0 161 132 29 L2 12-6 9-6 1 1 3 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 32 20 12 .625 0.5 172 123 49 L1 10-5 10-7 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 2.5 147 127 20 W1 8-9 11-6 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 3.0 132 118 14 W1 7-10 10-4 4 6 10 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 32 16 16 .500 4.5 158 158 0 W1 6-8 10-8 5 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 34 8 26 .235 13.5 129 185 -56 L1 3-13 5-13 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
Brian Harper Oakland Athletics Hist Sold by San Jose (California) to Oakland Athletics
Dave Gallagher Seattle Mariners Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Seattle Mariners for Mark Huismann
Mark Huismann Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Seattle Mariners to Cleveland Indians for Dave Gallagher
Butch Wynegar California Angels Injury DL - Unknown
Steve Shields Seattle Mariners Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)