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Tuesday, August 30,1966

Tuesday, August 30,1966

Baseball on this Date

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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 1966-08-30 Detroit Tigers  5 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Earl Wilson Eddie Watt Orlando Pena 28,207 2:33
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 Boston Red Sox  7 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dan Osinski Minnie Rojas John Wyatt 9,688 3:13
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 Cleveland Indians  6 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Tom Kelley John Buzhardt -- 14,497 2:27
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 New York Yankees  1 Kansas City Athletics  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Blue Moon Odom Mel Stottlemyre -- 6,505 2:22
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 Washington Senators II  1 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Merritt Jim Hannan -- 7,744 2:37
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 Chicago Cubs  5 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ken Holtzman Joey Jay -- 8,093 2:30
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Crosley Field Sammy Ellis Al Jackson Billy McCool 12,942 2:40
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 New York Mets  10 box | pbp Shea Stadium Bob Friend Sandy Koufax -- 50,840 2:50
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 San Francisco Giants  7 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Bobby Bolin Rick Wise Frank Linzy 25,086 2:33
1966 reg season 1966-08-30 Houston Astros  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Forbes Field Woodie Fryman Dave Giusti Pete Mikkelsen 11,564 2:26
10 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 131 82 49 .626 0.0 633 476 157 L4 42-25 40-24 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1966 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 130 71 59 .546 10.5 585 572 13 W2 38-27 33-32 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 134 71 63 .530 12.5 521 476 45 W2 34-35 37-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 133 69 64 .519 14.0 494 486 8 W1 34-36 35-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 135 69 66 .511 15.0 477 417 60 L1 32-36 37-30 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1966 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 16.5 489 532 -43 L3 32-33 34-33 6 6 13 -- dnq
1966 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 134 61 73 .455 22.5 527 515 12 L1 28-34 32-40 7 7 15 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 136 61 75 .449 23.5 493 569 -76 L2 24-42 37-33 8 8 16 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 137 60 77 .438 25.0 583 657 -74 W4 25-40 35-37 9 9 17 -- dnq
1966 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 134 58 76 .433 25.5 479 581 -102 W1 25-46 33-30 10 10 19 -- dnq
1966 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 77 55 .583 0.0 557 523 34 W1 35-29 42-26 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 69 52 .570 2.5 566 473 93 W1 32-29 37-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 130 74 56 .569 2.0 483 410 73 L2 32-33 42-23 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1966 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 134 70 64 .522 8.0 581 529 52 L1 32-35 38-29 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 132 67 65 .508 10.0 473 473 0 L3 35-34 32-31 5 5 10 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 67 65 .508 10.0 580 557 23 W7 26-41 41-24 6 6 11 Yes dnq
1966 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 119 60 59 .504 10.5 564 508 56 L2 29-31 30-29 7 7 12 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 16.5 511 573 -62 L1 21-40 40-32 8 8 14 -- dnq
1966 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 133 58 75 .436 19.5 516 623 -107 W2 30-38 28-37 9 9 18 -- dnq
1966 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 126 43 83 .341 31.0 512 674 -162 W2 20-44 23-39 10 10 20 -- dnq
20 record(s)