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Wednesday, September 4,1968

Wednesday, September 4,1968

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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 1968-09-04 New York Yankees  3 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dave McNally Stan Bahnsen -- 7,015 2:36
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 Cleveland Indians  9 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Luis Tiant Bill Harrelson Vicente Romo 7,369 3:22
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 Boston Red Sox  10 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Gary Bell Dean Chance -- 8,069 2:04
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 Detroit Tigers  4 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Hiller Chuck Dobson Pat Dobson 3,388 2:19
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 Chicago White Sox  3 Washington Senators II  0 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Bob Locker Dick Bosman Dennis Ribant 2,837 4:06
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 San Francisco Giants  6 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Niekro Mike McCormick Phil Regan 0 2:30
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 San Francisco Giants  5 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Frank Linzy Phil Regan -- 6,418 2:24
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Maloney Nelson Briles Clay Carroll 8,211 2:17
1968 reg season 1968-09-04 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Shibe Park Don Sutton Larry Jackson -- 3,282 2:23
9 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 143 89 54 .622 0.0 578 444 134 W3 40-34 49-20 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 141 81 60 .574 7.0 515 438 77 W1 38-31 43-29 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 141 76 65 .539 12.0 547 543 4 W2 34-35 42-30 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 145 77 68 .531 13.0 467 454 13 W3 37-33 39-36 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 143 72 71 .503 17.0 487 483 4 L3 36-36 35-36 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 142 71 71 .500 17.5 451 463 -12 L1 38-34 32-38 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 141 67 74 .475 21.0 503 473 30 L2 30-39 37-35 7 7 13 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 142 61 81 .430 27.5 450 542 -92 L5 32-41 29-40 8 8 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 141 59 82 .418 29.0 414 453 -39 W1 26-42 33-40 9 9 19 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 139 56 83 .403 31.0 461 580 -119 L1 27-46 29-37 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 141 89 52 .631 0.0 514 396 118 L1 47-25 42-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 141 75 66 .532 14.0 504 466 38 W1 39-31 36-35 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 138 73 65 .529 14.5 595 575 20 W1 37-30 35-36 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 144 75 69 .521 15.5 544 558 -14 L1 34-38 40-32 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 124 61 63 .492 19.5 405 407 -2 L1 27-36 34-27 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 128 62 66 .484 20.5 405 434 -29 W1 29-34 33-32 6 6 12 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 140 65 75 .464 23.5 466 526 -60 L2 31-39 34-36 7 7 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 144 65 79 .451 25.5 428 432 -4 L1 35-35 29-45 8 8 15 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 54 67 .446 25.0 400 401 -1 L4 31-35 23-32 9 9 16 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 137 60 77 .438 27.0 374 440 -66 W2 27-39 33-38 10 10 17 -- dnq
20 record(s)