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Thursday, August 18,1966

Thursday, August 18,1966

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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 1966-08-18 Chicago White Sox  0 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sam McDowell Gary Peters -- 5,539 2:18
1966 reg season 1966-08-18 California Angels  2 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mudcat Grant Marcelino Lopez -- 21,868 2:30
1966 reg season 1966-08-18 Cincinnati Reds  4 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Turk Farrell Don Nottebart -- 15,290 2:38
1966 reg season 1966-08-18 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Drysdale Bob Gibson -- 28,522 2:12
1966 reg season 1966-08-18 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 New York Mets  9 box | pbp Shea Stadium Rob Gardner Woodie Fryman Ralph Terry 26,829 2:56
5 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 120 79 41 .658 0.0 594 420 174 W5 41-23 38-18 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 65 54 .546 13.5 530 520 10 W3 36-24 29-30 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 122 65 57 .533 15.0 464 457 7 W2 31-31 34-26 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 122 64 58 .525 16.0 470 440 30 W4 29-30 35-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 123 63 60 .512 17.5 445 373 72 L1 29-33 34-27 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 121 60 61 .496 19.5 448 492 -44 L4 28-31 32-30 6 6 13 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 122 54 68 .443 26.0 470 480 -10 L3 27-33 26-36 7 7 14 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 26.5 429 522 -93 L2 21-39 32-29 8 8 16 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 125 54 71 .432 27.5 458 530 -72 L1 24-40 30-31 9 9 18 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 125 53 72 .424 28.5 538 612 -74 L3 21-39 32-33 10 10 19 -- dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 121 71 50 .587 0.0 507 479 28 W4 34-28 37-22 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 108 62 46 .574 2.5 512 431 81 L2 28-26 34-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 68 51 .571 2.0 445 370 75 W1 30-30 38-21 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 5.5 525 456 69 L1 30-29 35-26 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 108 56 52 .519 8.5 518 458 60 W4 28-26 27-27 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 9.5 440 437 3 L3 31-30 30-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 10.5 524 501 23 L1 25-36 35-24 7 7 12 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 120 53 67 .442 17.5 460 565 -105 W2 27-30 26-37 8 8 15 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 122 53 69 .434 18.5 464 541 -77 W1 20-39 33-30 9 9 17 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 114 37 77 .325 30.5 467 624 -157 W1 18-41 19-36 10 10 20 -- dnq
20 record(s)