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Sunday, July 8,1973

Sunday, July 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 1973-07-08 Oakland Athletics  6 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Rollie Fingers Bob Reynolds -- 18,267 3:13
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Boston Red Sox  1 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Stone Marty Pattin Cy Acosta 0 2:40
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Boston Red Sox  11 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Roger Moret Terry Forster -- 19,102 2:51
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 California Angels  10 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Bill Singer Milt Wilcox -- 0 2:48
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 California Angels  5 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Steve Barber Jerry Johnson Dave Sells 12,147 2:36
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Detroit Tigers  3 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Mike Strahler Dick Drago John Hiller 24,912 2:33
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Texas Rangers  4 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Slaton Jim Bibby Frank Linzy 0 2:19
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Texas Rangers  3 Milwaukee Brewers  7 box | pbp County Stadium Skip Lockwood Jim Kremmel -- 31,907 2:28
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 New York Yankees  7 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mel Stottlemyre Eddie Bane -- 27,425 2:27
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Pete Richert Dave Giusti -- 24,144 2:57
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Houston Astros  9 Montreal Expos  7 box | pbp Parc Jarry Jerry Reuss Mike Marshall -- 20,129 3:05
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Atlanta Braves  4 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Phil Niekro George Stone -- 33,017 2:16
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Cincinnati Reds  4 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jack Billingham Wayne Twitchell -- 36,165 2:32
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 Chicago Cubs  2 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Burt Hooton -- 11,786 2:15
1973 reg season 1973-07-08 St. Louis Cardinals  4 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Bradley Wayne Granger Elias Sosa 19,212 2:53
15 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 New York Yankees franchise | log 87 48 39 .552 0.0 372 325 47 W1 19-23 29-16 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 81 43 38 .531 2.0 365 325 40 W1 21-20 22-18 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 78 41 37 .526 2.5 313 263 50 L2 19-21 22-16 3 7 12 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 84 43 41 .512 3.5 314 328 -14 W1 21-24 22-17 4 9 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 83 42 41 .506 4.0 365 345 20 W3 22-19 20-22 5 10 16 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 85 29 56 .341 18.0 315 451 -136 L3 14-27 15-29 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
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 86 48 38 .558 0.0 386 311 75 W2 24-20 24-18 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 82 44 38 .537 2.0 291 277 14 W3 23-20 21-18 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 88 47 41 .534 2.0 425 394 31 L1 23-21 24-20 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 81 43 38 .531 2.5 366 341 25 L1 25-15 18-23 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 83 43 40 .518 3.5 346 351 -5 L1 22-18 21-22 5 8 14 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 82 29 53 .354 17.0 287 434 -147 L3 10-29 19-24 6 11 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 East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 87 50 37 .575 0.0 380 333 47 L2 26-20 24-17 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 83 43 40 .518 5.0 337 312 25 L1 16-22 27-18 2 6 13 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 81 40 41 .494 7.0 361 374 -13 L1 16-24 24-17 3 7 17 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 83 38 45 .458 10.0 364 360 4 L3 17-27 21-18 4 8 18 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 82 37 45 .451 10.5 352 390 -38 L3 15-25 22-20 5 9 19 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 80 34 46 .425 12.5 294 329 -35 L3 19-24 15-22 6 11 21 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 88 54 34 .614 0.0 395 311 84 W3 24-17 30-17 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 88 49 39 .557 5.0 416 398 18 W1 23-20 26-19 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 85 47 38 .553 5.5 347 334 13 W4 24-19 23-19 3 4 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 89 47 42 .528 7.5 400 365 35 W1 21-25 26-17 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 89 40 49 .449 14.5 385 405 -20 W4 18-29 21-21 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 85 31 54 .365 21.5 272 392 -120 W2 11-28 20-26 6 12 22 -- 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.
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Bobby Fenwick -- Hist Released by Astros
Juan Pizarro Houston Astros Hist Sold by Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros
George Theodore New York Mets Injury DL - Dislocated right hip *Collision with Don Hahn and crashed into fence in outfield*
Bud Harrelson New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)