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Monday, August 15,1966

Monday, August 15,1966

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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
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 Baltimore Orioles  4 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Eddie Fisher John Wyatt Dick Hall 10,018 3:10
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 Kansas City Athletics  3 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bob Locker Joe Grzenda -- 8,745 2:53
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 Washington Senators II  3 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sonny Siebert Mike McCormick Luis Tiant 9,739 2:25
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 New York Yankees  5 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mickey Lolich Mel Stottlemyre Larry Sherry 15,256 2:36
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 California Angels  3 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Kaat George Brunet -- 15,791 2:35
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 Atlanta Braves  4 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Tony Cloninger Chris Zachary -- 21,244 2:32
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 Cincinnati Reds  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Claude Osteen Jim O'Toole Phil Regan 29,397 2:25
1966 reg season 1966-08-15 Chicago Cubs  5 Philadelphia Phillies  11 box | pbp Shibe Park Chris Short Bill Hands Terry Fox 7,627 2:41
8 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
1966 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 118 77 41 .653 0.0 580 412 168 W3 39-23 38-18 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 117 63 54 .538 13.5 520 515 5 W1 36-24 27-30 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 63 56 .529 14.5 452 448 4 W1 31-31 32-25 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 61 58 .513 16.5 451 434 17 W1 29-30 32-28 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 119 61 58 .513 16.5 434 364 70 W1 29-32 32-26 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 17.0 442 473 -31 L1 28-28 32-30 6 6 12 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 24.0 465 470 -5 L1 27-31 26-36 7 7 14 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 118 52 66 .441 25.0 422 511 -89 L1 20-37 32-29 8 8 15 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 123 53 70 .431 26.5 530 598 -68 L1 21-39 32-31 9 9 18 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 123 53 70 .431 26.5 449 520 -71 L3 23-39 30-31 10 10 19 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 105 61 44 .581 0.0 497 414 83 W1 27-24 34-20 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 69 50 .580 1.0 500 475 25 W2 34-28 35-22 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 0.5 439 364 75 W1 30-30 36-20 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 3.5 517 448 69 W1 30-29 34-25 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 6.0 435 427 8 W1 31-27 30-29 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 106 54 52 .509 7.5 508 455 53 W2 26-26 27-27 6 6 11 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 117 59 58 .504 8.0 515 493 22 L2 24-34 35-24 7 7 13 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 119 52 67 .437 16.0 456 527 -71 L3 20-39 32-28 8 8 16 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 117 51 66 .436 16.0 443 550 -107 L1 27-30 24-36 9 9 17 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 36 76 .321 28.5 459 616 -157 L1 17-40 19-36 10 10 20 -- dnq
20 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
John Ellis New York Yankees Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Bill Short Boston Red Sox Hist Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Boston Red Sox
Hank Fischer Boston Red Sox Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to Boston Red Sox for Dick Stigman (12/15/1966) and Rollie Sheldon (12/15/1966)
Wally Bunker Baltimore Orioles Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)