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Friday, April 17,1970

Friday, April 17,1970

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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
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 New York Yankees  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Lindy McDaniel Dick Hall -- 7,715 2:50
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 Kansas City Royals  7 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave Morehead Tom Murphy Jim Rooker 24,154 2:27
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 Boston Red Sox  2 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Fred Lasher Ken Brett -- 7,390 2:55
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 Minnesota Twins  2 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Catfish Hunter Jim Kaat -- 9,186 2:43
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 Montreal Expos  7 Chicago Cubs  8 box | pbp Wrigley Field Phil Regan Claude Raymond -- 6,855 3:14
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 San Francisco Giants  5 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Crosley Field Wayne Granger Don McMahon -- 22,094 2:57
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 San Diego Padres  1 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Dave Roberts -- 10,737 2:14
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 Philadelphia Phillies  0 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Grant Jackson -- 5,951 2:20
1970 reg season 1970-04-17 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field George Culver Steve Blass -- 14,369 2:20
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 0.0 43 32 11 W4 3-3 3-0 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.5 37 25 12 L3 3-0 2-3 2 4 6 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 1.0 29 26 3 W3 1-0 3-3 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 1.0 43 31 12 L1 2-4 3-0 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 3.0 27 39 -12 W1 1-3 2-3 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 8 2 6 .250 3.5 20 46 -26 L3 2-3 0-3 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
1970 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.0 38 16 22 L2 3-2 1-0 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 0.5 53 36 17 L1 5-0 1-3 2 1 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 0.5 28 29 -1 W2 1-3 4-1 3 6 10 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 1.0 39 42 -3 W2 2-0 2-4 4 8 13 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 2.5 28 55 -27 L1 2-1 1-5 5 9 21 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 2.5 42 50 -8 L3 3-3 0-3 6 11 20 -- 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
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 8 6 2 .750 0.0 47 25 22 W3 3-0 3-2 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 1.0 29 27 2 W4 1-3 4-0 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 1.0 27 22 5 L1 4-1 1-2 3 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 2.0 33 30 3 W1 3-2 1-2 4 6 14 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 3.5 20 32 -12 L6 0-4 3-2 5 10 18 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 8 1 7 .125 5.0 21 45 -24 L3 0-4 1-3 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
1970 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 13 10 3 .769 0.0 62 29 33 W4 5-2 5-1 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 3.5 61 54 7 L1 3-3 2-2 2 7 15 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 3.5 70 75 -5 L1 2-3 4-3 3 5 12 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 4.0 54 55 -1 W1 1-2 4-4 4 9 17 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 4.0 36 45 -9 L1 4-4 1-2 5 8 16 -- dnq
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 5.5 19 40 -21 L2 2-2 1-5 6 11 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ray Oyler California Angels Hist Sold by Oakland Athletics to California Angels
1 record(s)