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Saturday, May 9,1970

Saturday, May 9,1970

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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 1970-05-09 Chicago White Sox  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Tom Phoebus Tommy John Eddie Watt 7,466 2:11
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 New York Yankees  3 California Angels  11 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Andy Messersmith Mike Kekich -- 36,353 2:28
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Minnesota Twins  5 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Ron Perranoski Dennis Higgins -- 5,485 2:33
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Kansas City Royals  4 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Hiller Mike Hedlund -- 11,274 2:23
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Washington Senators II  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium John Gelnar Joe Grzenda -- 8,935 2:37
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Boston Red Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Sonny Siebert Diego Segui -- 33,203 2:10
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jim Nash George Culver Hoyt Wilhelm 28,381 2:28
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Cincinnati Reds  1 Chicago Cubs  8 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bill Hands Gary Nolan -- 33,168 2:31
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Moose Tom Griffin -- 15,137 2:37
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 San Diego Padres  6 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Parc Jarry Danny Coombs Bill Stoneman -- 21,031 2:20
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 San Francisco Giants  5 New York Mets  14 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jerry Koosman Frank Linzy Ron Taylor 41,655 3:09
1970 reg season 1970-05-09 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Shibe Park Fred Norman Dick Selma Jose Pena 12,780 4:06
12 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
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 27 19 8 .704 0.0 148 99 49 W5 9-2 10-6 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 3.5 127 113 14 W1 9-8 6-3 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 4.5 108 100 8 W1 4-8 10-4 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 5.5 136 137 -1 L2 6-10 9-5 4 6 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 6.0 116 128 -12 L3 2-4 11-10 5 7 12 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 9.0 78 103 -25 L4 6-8 3-8 6 10 21 -- 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 26 18 8 .692 0.0 132 94 38 W3 11-4 7-4 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.5 130 93 37 W4 9-4 9-5 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 6.5 119 119 0 L1 5-9 8-7 3 8 16 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 7.0 94 133 -39 L2 5-7 6-8 4 9 18 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 9.5 112 145 -33 L1 5-7 4-11 5 11 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 28 8 20 .286 11.0 111 147 -36 W3 5-15 3-5 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 25 15 10 .600 0.0 115 98 17 W2 3-9 12-1 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 2.5 111 94 17 W1 8-7 6-7 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 3.5 93 130 -37 L3 8-9 5-6 3 7 15 -- dnq
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 3.5 115 133 -18 W1 6-8 7-7 4 8 14 -- Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 4.5 107 109 -2 L5 4-6 6-8 5 11 20 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 7.5 81 165 -84 L1 5-11 3-7 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 30 22 8 .733 0.0 159 106 53 L2 9-6 13-2 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 4.0 162 137 25 W11 7-5 10-6 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 5.0 114 83 31 W3 9-3 7-9 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 8.0 172 179 -7 L1 5-7 9-9 4 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 9.0 140 146 -6 L1 4-11 9-6 5 9 17 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 9.5 124 113 11 W1 9-9 4-9 6 10 19 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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
Vic Harris Oakland Athletics Hist Signed out of draft (Los Angeles Valley College)
1 record(s)