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Tuesday, May 5,1970

Tuesday, May 5,1970

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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 1970-05-05 Kansas City Royals  3 Baltimore Orioles  7 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Tom Phoebus Dick Drago -- 4,614 2:29
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Washington Senators II  6 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim George Brunet Andy Messersmith Horacio Pina 8,079 3:03
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Cleveland Indians  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Tommy John Dean Chance -- 2,993 2:16
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Minnesota Twins  8 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Luis Tiant Mickey Lolich Ron Perranoski 15,747 3:26
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Boston Red Sox  6 Milwaukee Brewers  0 box | pbp County Stadium Sonny Siebert Gene Brabender -- 6,780 2:13
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 New York Yankees  3 Oakland Athletics  11 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Catfish Hunter Stan Bahnsen -- 4,737 2:39
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Atlanta Braves  12 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium George Stone Bob Moose Hoyt Wilhelm 9,199 2:24
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Wayne Simpson Steve Carlton -- 11,697 1:57
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Chicago Cubs  1 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Fergie Jenkins -- 15,758 2:10
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 San Francisco Giants  4 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Parc Jarry Rich Robertson Bill Stoneman -- 9,513 3:23
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Sandy Vance Nolan Ryan Fred Norman 24,321 2:48
1970 reg season 1970-05-05 San Diego Padres  11 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Shibe Park Dave Roberts Dick Selma -- 4,382 3:08
12 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
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 23 15 8 .652 0.0 128 88 40 W1 9-2 6-6 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 1.5 98 81 17 W1 3-5 10-4 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 1.5 106 89 17 L1 9-8 4-1 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 2.5 112 113 -1 W2 2-1 11-10 4 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 3.5 116 113 3 L1 4-8 9-5 5 7 12 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 5.5 68 89 -21 L1 6-7 3-6 6 10 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 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 22 15 7 .682 0.0 109 74 35 W3 8-3 7-4 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 1.5 103 85 18 L1 9-4 5-5 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 4.5 100 99 1 W1 5-9 7-4 3 8 15 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 5.5 88 122 -34 W1 5-5 5-8 4 9 19 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 23 8 15 .348 7.5 92 125 -33 L2 4-4 4-11 5 11 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 25 5 20 .200 11.5 99 141 -42 L9 5-15 0-5 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 East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 0.0 95 85 10 L5 3-9 10-0 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 2.0 87 71 16 L1 8-7 4-5 2 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 2.0 79 102 -23 L1 8-9 4-3 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 3.0 95 115 -20 L6 4-6 7-7 4 8 16 -- Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 3.0 97 96 1 L3 4-4 6-8 5 9 17 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 22 6 16 .273 7.0 58 134 -76 L3 5-11 1-5 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 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 27 21 6 .778 0.0 146 86 60 W7 8-4 13-2 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 6.0 146 127 19 W8 7-5 7-6 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 6.5 86 66 20 W3 6-2 7-9 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 8.0 152 149 3 W1 4-5 9-9 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 9.0 125 126 -1 W3 4-11 8-4 5 10 18 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 10.5 90 99 -9 W1 6-7 4-9 6 11 21 -- 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
Tony Pierce -- Hist Released by Athletics
Bill Dillman Montreal Expos Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Montreal Expos for Carroll Sembera
Carroll Sembera St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Montreal Expos to St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Dillman
3 record(s)