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Friday, August 7,1970

Friday, August 7,1970

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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 1970-08-07 California Angels  6 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Eddie Fisher Danny Murphy -- 12,730 3:11
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Baltimore Orioles  4 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dennis Higgins Dick Hall -- 13,462 2:33
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Milwaukee Brewers  0 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bob Johnson Skip Lockwood Ted Abernathy 0 2:00
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Milwaukee Brewers  2 Kansas City Royals  10 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Dave Morehead Lew Krausse Ted Abernathy 11,363 2:40
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Oakland Athletics  1 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Perry Marcel Lachemann -- 20,697 2:55
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Detroit Tigers  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Gary Waslewski Les Cain Jack Aker 19,469 2:54
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Boston Red Sox  3 Washington Senators II  1 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Cal Koonce Jim Hannan Ken Brett 14,905 2:28
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Cincinnati Reds  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Clay Carroll Joe Moeller Wayne Granger 35,701 2:17
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Chicago Cubs  1 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Shibe Park Grant Jackson Fergie Jenkins Dick Selma 8,123 2:17
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 New York Mets  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Moose Jim McAndrew -- 37,556 2:10
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Atlanta Braves  8 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Phil Niekro Dave Roberts -- 0 2:26
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Atlanta Braves  1 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Clay Kirby Ron Reed -- 9,620 2:20
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Houston Astros  11 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Larry Dierker Ron Bryant -- 5,394 2:58
1970 reg season 1970-08-07 Montreal Expos  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Gibson Dan McGinn -- 18,990 1:57
14 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 110 69 41 .627 0.0 546 426 120 L1 31-23 38-18 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 110 60 50 .545 9.0 478 443 35 W2 29-31 31-19 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 110 59 51 .536 10.0 482 471 11 L2 25-26 34-25 3 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 107 54 53 .505 13.5 482 473 9 W1 20-35 34-18 4 7 12 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 111 54 57 .486 15.5 445 459 -14 W1 24-30 30-27 5 8 13 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 110 50 60 .455 19.0 441 476 -35 L1 23-34 27-26 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 106 68 38 .642 0.0 522 394 128 W2 34-21 34-17 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 110 62 48 .564 8.0 452 416 36 W1 31-23 31-25 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 110 61 49 .555 9.0 464 403 61 L2 27-26 34-23 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 111 42 69 .378 28.5 423 506 -83 W3 20-35 22-34 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 41 72 .363 30.5 439 577 -138 L1 21-37 20-35 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 114 41 73 .360 31.0 442 572 -130 L5 14-41 26-33 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 112 63 49 .563 0.0 502 460 42 W5 28-29 35-20 1 2 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 109 58 51 .532 3.5 470 407 63 L2 27-26 31-25 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 111 57 54 .514 5.5 552 481 71 L1 23-30 34-24 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 110 51 59 .464 11.0 507 503 4 W2 28-30 23-29 4 8 16 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 109 49 60 .450 12.5 395 503 -108 W1 26-30 24-29 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 112 49 63 .438 14.0 479 582 -103 L3 22-34 26-30 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 West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 113 76 37 .673 0.0 553 464 89 W1 34-21 42-16 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 109 61 48 .560 13.0 509 422 87 L2 35-20 26-28 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 109 53 56 .486 21.0 594 620 -26 L1 25-30 28-26 3 6 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 112 54 58 .482 21.5 535 556 -21 L1 26-31 28-27 4 7 15 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 111 50 61 .450 25.0 501 541 -40 W3 22-32 28-29 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 113 44 69 .389 32.0 483 541 -58 W1 22-34 22-35 6 12 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • 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
Dick Ellsworth Milwaukee Brewers Hist Sold by Cleveland Indians to Milwaukee Brewers
Ron Hansen New York Yankees Injury DL - Strained hamstring
2 record(s)