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Wednesday, July 8,1970

Wednesday, July 8,1970

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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 1970-07-08 New York Yankees  8 Baltimore Orioles  9 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Moe Drabowsky Lindy McDaniel -- 33,749 2:53
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Kansas City Royals  2 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ken Tatum Ted Abernathy -- 7,733 2:42
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Washington Senators II  5 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Phil Hennigan Darold Knowles Dennis Higgins 6,322 2:26
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Boston Red Sox  2 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mickey Lolich Ed Phillips -- 14,801 2:32
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Chicago White Sox  2 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Tommy John Al Downing -- 12,119 2:08
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Minnesota Twins  8 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jim Perry Catfish Hunter Ron Perranoski 15,731 2:20
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 San Francisco Giants  13 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Gaylord Perry Phil Niekro -- 10,629 2:54
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Montreal Expos  1 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Milt Pappas Steve Renko -- 0 1:59
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Montreal Expos  5 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dan McGinn Ken Holtzman Claude Raymond 33,858 2:53
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 San Diego Padres  3 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Clay Kirby Ray Washburn Ron Willis 16,360 2:42
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Ray Lamb Jack DiLauro Jim Brewer 16,865 2:26
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 St. Louis Cardinals  5 New York Mets  7 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ray Sadecki Nelson Briles Ron Taylor 38,932 2:43
1970 reg season 1970-07-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Shibe Park Rick Wise Steve Blass -- 7,038 2:01
13 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 82 52 30 .634 0.0 403 315 88 W3 21-16 31-14 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 80 44 36 .550 7.0 358 341 17 W2 18-21 26-15 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 82 44 38 .537 8.0 366 342 24 L4 20-24 24-14 3 6 10 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 80 41 39 .513 10.0 358 363 -5 L2 12-25 29-14 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 81 37 44 .457 14.5 319 338 -19 W4 18-27 19-17 5 8 16 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 84 37 47 .440 16.0 351 388 -37 L4 16-27 21-20 6 9 17 -- 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 78 52 26 .667 0.0 409 291 118 W4 27-15 25-11 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 82 49 33 .598 5.0 338 296 42 W1 22-17 27-16 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 83 45 38 .542 9.5 370 323 47 L4 22-20 23-18 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 81 30 51 .370 23.5 313 378 -65 L1 15-27 15-24 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 85 31 54 .365 24.5 340 434 -94 L1 9-28 21-27 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 84 29 55 .345 26.0 319 435 -116 W1 15-29 14-26 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 New York Mets franchise | log 82 46 36 .561 0.0 372 305 67 W6 23-19 23-17 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 85 46 39 .541 1.5 356 353 3 L1 20-23 26-16 2 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 82 41 41 .500 5.0 410 369 41 L1 15-21 26-20 3 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 82 39 43 .476 7.0 371 360 11 L3 20-26 19-17 4 8 15 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 84 35 49 .417 12.0 338 436 -98 W1 16-28 18-22 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 82 34 48 .415 12.0 270 373 -103 W1 18-24 17-23 6 10 19 -- 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 83 59 24 .711 0.0 403 311 92 L1 24-13 35-11 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 82 50 32 .610 8.5 387 288 99 W7 29-12 21-20 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 81 41 40 .506 17.0 377 379 -2 L2 18-22 23-18 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 81 39 42 .481 19.0 437 468 -31 W2 16-21 23-21 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 84 34 50 .405 25.5 368 399 -31 L5 14-29 20-21 5 11 20 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 86 33 53 .384 27.5 355 403 -48 W1 18-28 15-25 6 12 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
Bob Johnson -- Hist Released by Athletics
1 record(s)