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Thursday, August 16,1973

Thursday, August 16,1973

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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
1973 reg season 1973-08-16 Oakland Athletics  6 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Vida Blue John Curtis -- 20,424 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-08-16 Cleveland Indians  10 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dick Tidrow Paul Splittorff -- 17,235 2:45
1973 reg season 1973-08-16 Atlanta Braves  10 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Niekro Bob Locker Danny Frisella 17,682 2:52
1973 reg season 1973-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Bradley Ken Brett Elias Sosa 4,519 2:08
4 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 117 65 52 .556 0.0 505 414 91 W4 36-28 29-24 1 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 66 54 .550 0.5 502 484 18 L2 28-30 38-24 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 123 66 57 .537 2.0 516 458 58 L1 22-34 44-23 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 4.0 522 481 41 L3 28-29 34-28 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 118 59 59 .500 6.5 535 518 17 W2 26-27 33-32 5 7 12 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 121 48 73 .397 19.0 508 622 -114 W1 26-39 22-34 6 11 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 69 51 .575 0.0 550 452 98 W5 37-28 32-23 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 122 70 52 .574 0.0 584 557 27 L1 33-27 37-25 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 10.0 523 514 9 W2 29-24 29-36 3 8 14 -- dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 121 58 63 .479 11.5 482 519 -37 L2 30-31 28-32 4 9 16 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 117 54 63 .462 13.5 428 465 -37 W1 29-36 25-27 5 10 19 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 118 42 76 .356 26.0 426 597 -171 L8 17-43 25-33 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
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 121 62 59 .512 0.0 487 458 29 L1 28-30 34-29 1 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 115 57 58 .496 2.0 484 509 -25 L4 28-36 29-22 2 6 13 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 117 57 60 .487 3.0 490 515 -25 L2 25-31 32-29 3 7 15 -- dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 5.5 474 501 -27 L11 29-32 27-32 4 9 18 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 6.5 495 502 -7 L2 27-36 28-29 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 7.5 437 463 -26 W1 29-35 24-30 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 122 76 46 .623 0.0 515 400 115 W4 33-23 43-23 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 73 48 .603 2.5 538 461 77 W2 35-23 38-25 2 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 8.5 545 498 47 W2 29-25 37-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 123 64 59 .520 12.5 519 490 29 W1 33-35 31-24 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 122 57 65 .467 19.0 586 591 -5 W3 30-34 26-32 5 8 17 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 43 77 .358 32.0 388 570 -182 L1 15-38 28-39 6 12 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Jose Pagan -- Hist Released by Phillies
Rich Reese -- Hist Released by Tigers
2 record(s)