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Saturday, April 20,1968

Saturday, April 20,1968

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Cleveland Indians  2 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Jerry Stephenson Luis Tiant -- 28,955 2:36
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Baltimore Orioles  10 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tom Phoebus Sammy Ellis Roger Nelson 15,173 3:02
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Detroit Tigers  4 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jon Warden Wilbur Wood Dennis Ribant 4,067 2:52
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 New York Yankees  4 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mel Stottlemyre Jim Perry -- 14,029 2:09
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Washington Senators II  4 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Frank Bertaina Blue Moon Odom Dave Baldwin 16,407 2:35
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Atlanta Braves  1 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Maloney Cecil Upshaw -- 7,727 2:06
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Bill Singer Danny Frisella 19,938 2:22
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Houston Astros  1 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Larry Jackson Larry Dierker -- 3,738 2:19
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 San Francisco Giants  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Forbes Field Ray Sadecki Bob Veale -- 8,156 2:39
1968 reg season 1968-04-20 Chicago Cubs  5 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Fergie Jenkins Bob Gibson -- 29,348 2:03
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 8 7 1 .875 0.0 39 22 17 W7 2-0 5-1 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 8 6 2 .750 1.0 44 22 22 L2 5-0 1-2 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 1.5 36 28 8 W4 2-2 4-1 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 2.5 40 37 3 W3 3-1 2-3 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 3.0 23 25 -2 W3 3-0 1-4 5 5 12 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 3.0 29 21 8 W1 2-2 2-2 6 6 10 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 3.5 27 37 -10 L2 3-2 1-3 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 4.5 32 36 -4 L4 1-4 2-2 8 8 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 4.5 19 38 -19 L1 2-3 1-3 9 9 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 7 0 7 .000 6.5 8 31 -23 L7 0-5 0-2 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 0.0 34 20 14 W3 3-1 3-2 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 0.5 52 36 16 L1 3-3 3-1 2 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 1.0 35 38 -3 W1 1-2 4-2 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 1.0 28 38 -10 L3 0-3 5-1 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 1.5 29 20 9 L2 3-2 1-2 5 5 11 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 1.5 26 31 -5 L1 1-3 4-2 6 6 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 2.0 16 22 -6 L1 1-2 3-3 7 7 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 2.0 23 17 6 W1 2-3 2-2 8 8 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 10 4 6 .400 2.5 28 41 -13 W3 1-6 3-0 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 3.0 44 52 -8 W1 2-4 1-2 10 10 17 -- dnq
20 record(s)