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Tuesday, May 20,1969

Tuesday, May 20,1969

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Minnesota Twins  3 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Kaat Marcelino Lopez Ron Perranoski 11,489 3:14
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Detroit Tigers  7 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Earl Wilson Tommy John Don McMahon 6,019 2:53
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Kansas City Royals  1 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sam McDowell Mike Hedlund -- 3,622 1:56
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Oakland Athletics  1 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Fritz Peterson Jim Nash -- 7,330 2:05
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Seattle Pilots  5 Washington Senators II  6 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Dennis Higgins Marty Pattin -- 6,520 2:31
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Tony Cloninger Rick Wise -- 4,191 1:42
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Montreal Expos  0 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Mudcat Grant -- 12,686 2:22
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Chicago Cubs  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ken Holtzman Don Sutton -- 21,266 2:53
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jim Bunning Joe Niekro Chuck Hartenstein 4,947 2:30
1969 reg season 1969-05-20 St. Louis Cardinals  3 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bob Gibson Mike McCormick -- 8,775 2:05
10 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
1969 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 40 27 13 .675 0.0 200 120 80 L1 15-5 12-8 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Mets)
1969 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 21 13 .618 3.0 174 147 27 L1 13-6 8-7 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 6.0 137 120 17 W4 8-7 10-9 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1969 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 40 20 20 .500 7.0 159 164 -5 W3 10-15 10-5 4 6 10 -- dnq
1969 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 39 18 21 .462 8.5 141 156 -15 W6 9-12 9-9 5 8 15 -- dnq
1969 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 31 8 23 .258 14.5 90 172 -82 W2 4-10 4-13 6 12 24 -- dnq
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
1969 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 34 21 13 .618 0.0 161 117 44 L2 8-7 13-6 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1969 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 33 20 13 .606 0.5 157 119 38 W1 8-7 12-6 2 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1969 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 4.5 120 117 3 L3 8-9 7-7 3 7 13 -- dnq
1969 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 6.0 121 141 -20 L4 8-10 8-10 4 9 17 -- dnq
1969 AL West Seattle Pilots franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 6.5 162 195 -33 L1 6-12 9-8 5 10 19 -- dnq
1969 AL West California Angels franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 9.5 91 145 -54 L4 3-10 8-12 6 11 22 -- dnq
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
1969 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 25 13 .658 0.0 191 114 77 W1 11-7 14-6 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1969 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 6.0 141 159 -18 W1 7-8 11-10 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1969 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 6.5 147 135 12 W2 9-6 8-12 3 6 12 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1969 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 7.0 117 122 -5 W3 12-5 5-14 4 7 14 -- dnq
1969 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 8.0 129 147 -18 L1 6-6 9-13 5 9 18 -- dnq
1969 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 11.5 123 161 -38 L5 6-9 5-13 6 12 23 -- dnq
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
1969 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 24 10 .706 0.0 159 134 25 W3 11-7 13-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1969 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 3.5 159 124 35 L1 9-10 12-4 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1969 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 5.0 154 132 22 L2 9-13 11-3 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1969 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 8.5 181 162 19 W1 9-12 7-7 4 8 16 -- dnq
1969 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 40 16 24 .400 11.0 144 192 -48 W3 6-16 10-8 5 10 21 -- dnq
1969 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 40 16 24 .400 11.0 122 185 -63 L3 8-14 8-10 6 11 20 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jack Aker New York Yankees Hist Traded from Seattle Pilots to New York Yankees for Fred Talbot
Fred Talbot Seattle Pilots Hist Traded from New York Yankees to Seattle Pilots for Jack Aker
Tom McCraw Chicago White Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)