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Thursday, May 16,1968

Thursday, May 16,1968

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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
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 New York Yankees  10 Boston Red Sox  11 box | pbp Fenway Park John Wyatt Joe Verbanic Lee Stange 22,879 2:55
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 Washington Senators II  4 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Barry Moore Sam McDowell Dennis Higgins 5,447 2:14
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 Oakland Athletics  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Al Worthington Chuck Dobson -- 6,857 2:13
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 Chicago Cubs  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rich Nye Don Sutton -- 14,857 2:36
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 Cincinnati Reds  1 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Gerry Arrigo -- 5,814 2:13
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Forbes Field Bob Veale Ray Washburn -- 9,595 2:16
1968 reg season 1968-05-16 Houston Astros  1 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Don Wilson -- 4,224 2:23
7 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
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 0.0 122 85 37 L1 10-5 9-6 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 31 18 13 .581 1.5 105 70 35 L2 9-8 8-6 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 2.0 122 91 31 W1 9-3 8-10 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 3.0 118 104 14 W1 12-8 5-7 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 31 16 15 .516 3.5 109 118 -9 W5 8-7 8-8 5 5 7 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 4.5 103 97 6 L1 10-6 5-10 6 6 11 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 5.5 110 133 -23 W1 8-6 7-12 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 5.5 93 128 -35 W1 7-6 7-11 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 7.5 87 122 -35 L5 7-10 6-10 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 7.0 71 92 -21 L1 7-9 4-8 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 31 20 11 .645 0.0 124 90 34 L1 8-8 12-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 32 18 14 .563 2.5 120 115 5 W3 7-7 11-7 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 4.5 94 71 23 W1 6-9 9-6 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 4.5 86 91 -5 W2 6-8 9-7 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 4.5 120 145 -25 W2 8-10 9-7 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 5.5 123 118 5 L1 7-8 8-9 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 5.5 87 99 -12 L4 7-12 7-4 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 6.0 76 93 -17 L2 8-8 7-10 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 6.0 88 74 14 W1 6-9 8-8 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 6.0 94 116 -22 L3 2-12 11-4 10 10 18 -- 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
Jackie Brown Washington Senators II Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1968-1968 ($0m) [Free Agent]
1 record(s)