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Saturday, May 15,1971

Saturday, May 15,1971

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Baltimore Orioles  7 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Dave McNally Mike Nagy Pete Richert 28,480 3:01
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Milwaukee Brewers  1 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Andy Messersmith Lew Krausse -- 24,969 2:10
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Oakland Athletics  4 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bruce Dal Canton Darold Knowles Ted Abernathy 12,667 2:50
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Chicago White Sox  8 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bart Johnson Jim Perry Joe Horlen 9,874 2:45
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Cleveland Indians  4 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Alan Foster Stan Bahnsen Phil Hennigan 9,459 2:32
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Detroit Tigers  3 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Paul Lindblad Tom Timmermann -- 6,237 3:35
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Chris Short -- 4,976 2:00
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 San Diego Padres  4 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Dick Kelley -- 23,845 2:23
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Montreal Expos  1 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jim McGlothlin Ernie McAnally Joe Gibbon 15,550 2:11
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Steve Carlton Tom Griffin Chuck Taylor 19,285 2:10
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 New York Mets  9 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Ray Sadecki Steve Blass -- 22,042 2:26
1971 reg season 1971-05-15 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Juan Marichal Bill Singer -- 33,370 2:30
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
1971 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 31 20 11 .645 0.0 149 124 25 L1 9-7 11-4 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1971 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 32 19 13 .594 1.5 135 102 33 W1 8-8 11-5 2 3 6 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1971 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 5.0 116 121 -5 L2 8-8 7-8 3 7 13 -- dnq
1971 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 5.5 125 138 -13 L2 6-12 9-5 4 8 15 -- dnq
1971 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 6.0 113 135 -22 W2 5-8 10-10 5 9 17 -- dnq
1971 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 32 12 20 .375 8.5 97 141 -44 W2 6-11 6-9 6 12 22 -- 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
1971 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 0.0 165 132 33 L1 16-5 8-8 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1971 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 5.5 147 133 14 L1 7-8 10-9 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1971 AL West California Angels franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 5.5 119 120 -1 W1 10-8 8-10 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1971 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 6.0 128 124 4 W1 9-10 8-8 4 6 12 -- dnq
1971 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 8.0 80 94 -14 L1 7-8 6-10 5 10 19 -- dnq
1971 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 32 13 19 .406 8.5 117 127 -10 W1 9-5 4-14 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
1971 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 31 21 10 .677 0.0 133 90 43 W2 10-5 11-5 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1971 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 2.0 146 129 17 W4 13-6 7-9 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1971 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 3.0 142 104 38 L3 10-7 9-7 3 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1971 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 5.5 125 135 -10 W5 8-12 9-5 4 5 11 -- dnq
1971 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 6.5 78 93 -15 L4 5-9 7-5 5 8 16 -- dnq
1971 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 31 9 22 .290 12.0 88 139 -51 L5 4-11 5-11 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
1971 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 36 27 9 .750 0.0 158 101 57 W5 11-4 16-5 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1971 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 9.0 124 141 -17 W2 9-8 8-9 2 6 8 Yes dnq
1971 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 10.0 137 140 -3 L2 9-9 8-10 3 7 14 -- dnq
1971 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 11.0 115 111 4 L2 7-9 8-10 4 9 18 -- dnq
1971 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 12.5 109 125 -16 W2 5-12 8-8 5 10 21 -- dnq
1971 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 33 10 23 .303 15.5 106 153 -47 L2 4-11 6-12 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Luis Tiant -- Hist Released by Braves
1 record(s)