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Tuesday, August 21,1973

Tuesday, August 21,1973

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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 1973-08-21 Minnesota Twins  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Grant Jackson Bert Blyleven -- 8,829 2:49
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Milwaukee Brewers  6 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Colborn Nolan Ryan -- 21,549 2:26
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Chicago White Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Stan Bahnsen Dick Tidrow -- 13,728 2:06
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 New York Yankees  4 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Steve Mingori Fritz Peterson Joe Hoerner 21,325 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Detroit Tigers  6 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Hiller Ken Holtzman -- 8,250 2:44
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Boston Red Sox  15 Texas Rangers  9 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Roger Moret Steve Dunning Craig Skok 4,233 3:05
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Atlanta Braves  11 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Gary Neibauer Rick Wise Phil Niekro 15,502 3:02
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Cincinnati Reds  4 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Dave Tomlin -- 25,454 2:25
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome John Morlan Don Wilson -- 11,094 2:23
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 San Francisco Giants  3 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Parc Jarry Ron Bryant Steve Renko -- 16,137 2:34
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ray Sadecki Don Sutton -- 26,351 1:58
1973 reg season 1973-08-21 San Diego Padres  8 Philadelphia Phillies  9 box | pbp Veterans Stadium George Culver Mike Caldwell -- 13,108 3:06
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
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 122 70 52 .574 0.0 525 422 103 W9 36-28 34-24 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 125 68 57 .544 3.5 517 512 5 W1 30-33 38-24 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 67 57 .540 4.0 560 506 54 W5 30-29 37-28 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 128 68 60 .531 5.0 534 482 52 L2 24-37 44-23 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 122 60 62 .492 10.0 550 535 15 W1 27-30 33-32 5 7 12 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 126 51 75 .405 21.0 524 646 -122 L1 26-39 25-36 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 125 73 52 .584 0.0 576 469 107 L1 37-28 36-24 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 127 72 55 .567 2.0 607 581 26 W2 33-30 39-25 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 124 59 65 .476 13.5 547 536 11 L5 30-29 29-36 3 8 16 -- dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 125 59 66 .472 14.0 490 533 -43 W1 31-34 28-32 4 9 17 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 121 56 65 .463 15.0 447 478 -31 L2 29-36 27-29 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 123 43 80 .350 29.0 452 629 -177 L4 17-43 26-37 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 125 63 62 .504 0.0 500 477 23 L1 28-31 35-31 1 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 122 60 62 .492 1.5 512 538 -26 W1 26-32 34-30 2 6 13 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 120 59 61 .492 1.5 501 529 -28 L2 28-36 31-25 3 7 14 -- dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 124 59 65 .476 3.5 488 509 -21 W1 29-32 30-33 4 8 15 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 124 58 66 .468 4.5 519 519 0 W2 29-37 29-29 5 10 19 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 123 56 67 .455 6.0 457 476 -19 W1 29-35 27-32 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 126 77 49 .611 0.0 520 410 110 L1 34-26 43-23 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 126 75 51 .595 2.0 554 485 69 L1 37-26 38-25 2 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 124 69 55 .556 7.0 564 517 47 W2 32-27 37-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 128 66 62 .516 12.0 541 513 28 L1 33-35 33-27 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 126 59 67 .468 18.0 608 610 -2 W1 31-36 27-32 5 9 18 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 124 45 79 .363 31.0 404 585 -181 L2 17-40 28-39 6 12 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
John Boccabella Montreal Expos Injury DL - Fractured left little toe
1 record(s)