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Sunday, August 21,1966

Sunday, August 21,1966

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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 1966-08-21 Minnesota Twins  4 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park John Wyatt Pete Cimino -- 11,928 2:52
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 Chicago White Sox  3 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jack Lamabe Steve Hargan Hoyt Wilhelm 11,373 2:40
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 Baltimore Orioles  4 Detroit Tigers  9 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Earl Wilson Wally Bunker -- 30,146 2:30
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 Kansas City Athletics  3 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Al Downing Blue Moon Odom Steve Hamilton 18,260 2:40
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 California Angels  4 Washington Senators II  7 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Phil Ortega Ramon Lopez Ron Kline 9,547 2:32
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bob Veale Robin Roberts -- 15,944 2:27
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 Cincinnati Reds  0 Houston Astros  11 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Giusti Joe Nuxhall -- 21,589 2:31
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Sandy Koufax Ray Washburn -- 33,309 2:19
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 New York Mets  6 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Bill Hepler Rick Wise Jack Hamilton 0 3:17
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 New York Mets  5 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Tug McGraw Jim Bunning -- 36,625 2:37
1966 reg season 1966-08-21 Atlanta Braves  4 San Francisco Giants  9 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bob Priddy Clay Carroll Frank Linzy 30,740 2:36
11 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.
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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 123 80 43 .650 0.0 610 442 168 L1 42-25 38-18 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 122 67 55 .549 12.5 552 536 16 W1 36-24 31-31 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 15.0 480 449 31 L1 31-31 35-28 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 15.0 470 466 4 L2 31-31 35-28 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 126 65 61 .516 16.5 454 379 75 W2 31-34 34-27 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 124 61 63 .492 19.5 460 508 -48 L1 29-33 32-30 6 6 12 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 24.5 492 494 -2 W2 27-33 29-37 7 7 14 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 128 56 72 .438 26.5 474 542 -68 W1 24-40 32-32 8 8 17 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 125 54 71 .432 27.0 443 544 -101 L2 22-42 32-29 9 9 18 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 128 54 74 .422 28.5 547 622 -75 W1 21-39 33-35 10 10 19 -- dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 124 73 51 .589 0.0 527 492 35 W2 34-28 39-23 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 111 64 47 .577 2.5 526 438 88 W2 30-27 34-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 122 69 53 .566 3.0 451 378 73 W1 30-30 39-23 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 124 67 57 .540 6.0 541 475 66 L2 30-29 37-28 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 111 57 54 .514 9.5 531 478 53 L2 29-28 27-27 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 123 63 60 .512 9.5 448 443 5 L1 33-31 30-29 6 6 11 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 123 60 63 .488 12.5 529 521 8 L4 25-39 35-24 7 7 13 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 125 56 69 .448 17.5 484 546 -62 W4 20-39 36-30 8 8 15 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 124 55 69 .444 18.0 479 581 -102 W2 29-32 26-37 9 9 16 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 117 38 79 .325 31.5 474 638 -164 L2 18-41 20-38 10 10 20 -- dnq
20 record(s)