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Sunday, August 2,1970

Sunday, August 2,1970

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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 1970-08-02 Kansas City Royals  8 Baltimore Orioles  10 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Cuellar Jim Rooker Eddie Watt 12,108 2:55
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Boston Red Sox  3 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tom Bradley Vicente Romo Mel Queen 11,036 2:21
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Cleveland Indians  4 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Rich Hand Jerry Crider Dennis Higgins 0 2:31
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Cleveland Indians  7 Chicago White Sox  8 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Dick Ellsworth -- 9,485 2:27
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Minnesota Twins  4 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bill Zepp Joe Niekro Stan Williams 40,113 2:36
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 New York Yankees  5 Milwaukee Brewers  9 box | pbp County Stadium John Gelnar Ron Klimkowski -- 20,365 2:38
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Washington Senators II  6 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jim Hannan Diego Segui Darold Knowles 0 2:30
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Washington Senators II  0 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mudcat Grant Horacio Pina -- 18,997 2:15
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Dock Ellis Jim Nash Dave Giusti 15,227 2:57
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Chicago Cubs  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Wayne Granger Jim Colborn -- 43,005 2:52
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Gibson Jack Billingham -- 23,965 1:53
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Ray Lamb John Strohmayer Jim Brewer 20,763 2:27
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 San Diego Padres  3 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Danny Coombs Jim McAndrew Tom Dukes 0 2:16
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 San Diego Padres  4 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Willis Danny Frisella -- 49,373 2:32
1970 reg season 1970-08-02 San Francisco Giants  6 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Fred Wenz Mike Davison -- 10,201 2:54
15 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 105 66 39 .629 0.0 527 409 118 W3 30-21 36-18 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 104 57 47 .548 8.5 470 449 21 L2 24-24 33-23 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 105 57 48 .543 9.0 457 426 31 L1 28-30 29-18 3 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 103 53 50 .515 12.0 475 459 16 L1 19-32 34-18 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 106 51 55 .481 15.5 421 440 -19 L1 24-30 27-25 5 8 13 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 105 47 58 .448 19.0 426 467 -41 L1 21-33 26-25 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 100 64 36 .640 0.0 504 378 126 W2 34-21 30-15 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 105 59 46 .562 7.5 452 387 65 W1 26-24 33-22 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 105 59 46 .562 7.5 430 401 29 W1 28-21 31-25 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 107 40 67 .374 27.5 427 533 -106 W1 13-35 26-33 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 105 38 67 .362 28.5 395 493 -98 L3 19-34 19-33 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 108 38 70 .352 30.0 415 557 -142 W1 21-37 17-33 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 106 58 48 .547 0.0 476 446 30 W2 27-28 31-20 1 3 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 104 56 48 .538 1.0 459 389 70 L2 26-24 30-24 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 105 54 51 .514 3.5 528 461 67 L2 20-27 34-24 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 103 48 55 .466 8.5 385 479 -94 W3 26-27 23-27 4 8 16 -- dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 105 47 58 .448 10.5 492 494 -2 W4 26-30 21-28 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 106 47 59 .443 11.0 457 559 -102 L1 22-33 24-27 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 108 74 34 .685 0.0 528 437 91 W2 32-18 42-16 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 104 60 44 .577 12.0 488 396 92 W1 35-20 25-24 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 105 50 55 .476 22.5 506 526 -20 L2 22-28 28-27 3 6 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 104 49 55 .471 23.0 562 597 -35 L3 23-30 26-25 4 7 15 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 105 46 59 .438 26.5 469 516 -47 L5 19-32 27-27 5 11 20 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 107 42 65 .393 31.5 455 505 -50 W2 22-34 20-31 6 12 21 -- 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
Kevin Collins Detroit Tigers Hist Sold by Montreal Expos to Detroit Tigers
Joe Horlen Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Right knee surgery
2 record(s)