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Sunday, April 8,1973

Sunday, April 8,1973

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 New York Yankees  3 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Bob Veale Sparky Lyle -- 12,754 2:17
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Kansas City Royals  6 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dick Drago Rudy May Bruce Dal Canton 7,390 2:26
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Detroit Tigers  4 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Joe Coleman Dick Tidrow Lerrin LaGrow 10,798 2:27
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Minnesota Twins  4 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jim Kaat Ken Holtzman Ray Corbin 8,919 2:06
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Houston Astros  10 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ken Forsch Pat Dobson -- 0 2:24
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Houston Astros  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Joe Hoerner Jim Crawford -- 8,898 2:19
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Montreal Expos  5 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ernie McAnally Burt Hooton -- 12,963 2:24
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 San Francisco Giants  1 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Ross Grimsley Tom Bradley Pedro Borbon 20,026 2:19
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dave Giusti Wayne Granger -- 0 2:15
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dock Ellis Scipio Spinks Ramon Hernandez 23,391 2:09
1973 reg season 1973-04-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Tommy John Steve Arlin George Culver 10,695 2:23
11 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
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 18 7 11 W2 0-0 2-0 1 1 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 3 3 0 1.000 0.5 29 13 16 W3 0-0 3-0 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 1.0 2 5 -3 L1 0-0 1-1 3 6 13 -- dnq
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 1.0 5 2 3 W1 1-1 0-0 4 7 12 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 2.0 7 18 -11 L2 0-2 0-0 5 12 20 -- dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 3 0 3 .000 2.5 13 29 -16 L3 0-3 0-0 6 9 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
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 3 1 2 W1 1-0 0-0 1 3 4 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 3 3 0 1.000 1.0 17 8 9 W3 3-0 0-0 2 4 1 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 20 13 7 W2 2-1 0-0 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 13 20 -7 L2 0-0 1-2 4 8 18 -- dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 3 0 3 .000 2.0 8 17 -9 L3 0-0 0-3 5 10 21 -- Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 1 3 -2 L1 0-0 0-1 6 11 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
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 6 2 4 W2 0-0 2-0 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 3 3 0 1.000 0.5 16 11 5 W3 0-0 3-0 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 8 9 -1 L1 0-0 2-1 3 3 7 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 9 8 1 W1 1-2 0-0 4 8 14 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 2.0 2 6 -4 L2 0-2 0-0 5 11 19 -- dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 3 0 3 .000 2.5 11 16 -5 L3 0-3 0-0 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
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 15 8 7 L1 2-1 0-0 1 5 9 Yes dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 8 9 -1 L1 0-0 2-1 2 6 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 12 9 3 L1 2-1 0-0 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 8 15 -7 W1 0-0 1-2 4 7 15 -- dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 9 12 -3 W1 0-0 1-2 5 10 16 -- Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 9 8 1 W1 1-2 0-0 6 9 17 -- 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
Doug Ault Texas Rangers Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Chuck Seelbach Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Right shoulder inflammation
2 record(s)