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Sunday, August 26,1973

Sunday, August 26,1973

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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 1973-08-26 Kansas City Royals  1 Baltimore Orioles  10 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Palmer Paul Splittorff Eddie Watt 15,285 1:59
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Boston Red Sox  0 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Bill Singer Luis Tiant -- 8,132 2:00
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Detroit Tigers  1 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Kaat Joe Coleman -- 0 1:58
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Detroit Tigers  1 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Terry Forster Woodie Fryman Cy Acosta 20,828 2:15
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Texas Rangers  9 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Merritt Gaylord Perry -- 0 2:23
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Texas Rangers  5 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Paul Milt Wilcox Sonny Siebert 12,563 2:52
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Slaton Bert Blyleven Carlos Velazquez 13,013 2:47
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 New York Yankees  0 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ken Holtzman Mel Stottlemyre -- 15,154 1:58
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Atlanta Braves  8 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Roric Harrison Dock Ellis Adrian Devine 26,113 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Fred Norman Reggie Cleveland Pedro Borbon 48,450 2:32
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Chicago Cubs  4 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Fergie Jenkins Don Wilson Bill Bonham 15,238 2:17
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 San Diego Padres  4 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Parc Jarry Randy Jones Steve Renko -- 14,129 1:57
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 San Francisco Giants  5 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Bryant Ray Sadecki Elias Sosa 35,210 2:40
1973 reg season 1973-08-26 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Don Sutton Steve Carlton Charlie Hough 31,045 2:24
14 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 126 74 52 .587 0.0 552 427 125 W13 36-28 38-24 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 128 70 58 .547 5.0 576 517 59 L1 33-30 37-28 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 130 70 60 .538 6.0 532 533 -1 L2 32-36 38-24 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 132 68 64 .515 9.0 542 498 44 L6 24-41 44-23 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 127 62 65 .488 12.5 570 557 13 W2 29-33 33-32 5 7 14 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 131 54 77 .412 22.5 545 670 -125 L2 26-39 28-38 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 129 77 52 .597 0.0 591 473 118 W4 37-28 40-24 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 131 73 58 .557 5.0 617 611 6 L3 33-33 40-25 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 130 61 69 .469 16.5 504 546 -42 W2 31-35 30-34 3 8 16 -- dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 128 60 68 .469 16.5 561 553 8 L2 30-30 30-38 4 9 18 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 126 59 67 .468 16.5 461 492 -31 W1 29-36 30-31 5 10 19 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 128 45 83 .352 31.5 484 658 -174 W2 19-45 26-38 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 129 65 64 .504 0.0 516 495 21 L2 30-33 35-31 1 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 126 62 64 .492 1.5 530 554 -24 L1 28-34 34-30 2 6 12 -- dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 129 63 66 .488 2.0 508 526 -18 W2 31-33 32-33 3 7 13 -- dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 124 60 64 .484 2.5 521 544 -23 L1 28-36 32-28 4 8 15 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 129 59 70 .457 6.0 535 546 -11 L3 29-37 30-33 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 128 58 70 .453 6.5 470 490 -20 L2 29-35 29-35 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 131 81 50 .618 0.0 544 425 119 W4 38-27 43-23 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 131 77 54 .588 4.0 576 505 71 W2 37-28 40-26 2 2 3 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 128 72 56 .563 7.5 573 524 49 W2 35-28 37-28 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 132 67 65 .508 14.5 550 527 23 L2 33-35 34-30 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 130 61 69 .469 19.5 628 630 -2 W1 31-36 29-34 5 9 17 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 129 48 81 .372 32.0 427 612 -185 W1 20-42 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.
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Dick Allen Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Recovery from broken leg
Danny Frisella Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Right arm surgery
Oscar Brown Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)