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Saturday, September 8,1973

Saturday, September 8,1973

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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 1973-09-08 Detroit Tigers  6 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Joe Coleman Bill Lee John Hiller 24,694 2:55
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Baltimore Orioles  6 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Palmer Milt Wilcox -- 3,851 2:45
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 California Angels  9 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Aurelio Monteagudo Steve Mingori -- 0 3:13
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 California Angels  4 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rich Hand Paul Splittorff Dave Sells 11,043 2:27
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Chicago White Sox  2 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Goltz Terry Forster Bill Campbell 8,902 2:16
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Milwaukee Brewers  1 New York Yankees  15 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Doc Medich Ken Reynolds -- 9,827 2:42
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Oakland Athletics  3 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jackie Brown Paul Lindblad -- 6,086 2:30
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Cincinnati Reds  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Joe Niekro Tom Hall -- 16,381 2:14
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Milt Pappas Reggie Cleveland Bob Locker 28,471 2:22
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 San Diego Padres  9 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Gary Ross Pete Richert Frank Snook 29,860 3:20
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 New York Mets  1 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Steve Rogers Tom Seaver -- 17,632 1:59
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Bob Moose Steve Carlton Dave Giusti 16,320 2:43
1973 reg season 1973-09-08 Houston Astros  9 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park J.R. Richard Ron Bryant Cecil Upshaw 7,308 2:32
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • 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.
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 138 81 57 .587 0.0 620 475 145 W2 41-32 40-25 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 142 78 64 .549 5.0 648 581 67 L1 37-34 41-30 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 143 75 68 .524 8.5 578 593 -15 W1 34-38 41-30 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 142 72 70 .507 11.0 583 538 45 W1 25-44 47-26 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 141 68 73 .482 14.5 634 634 0 L1 31-37 37-36 5 9 16 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 144 61 83 .424 23.0 603 731 -128 L2 31-41 30-42 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 141 82 59 .582 0.0 660 540 120 L2 41-33 41-26 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 140 76 64 .543 5.5 660 671 -11 L4 34-34 42-30 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 142 71 71 .500 11.5 583 587 -4 L1 33-36 38-35 3 7 14 -- dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 140 68 72 .486 13.5 627 596 31 W1 37-32 31-40 4 8 15 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 137 64 73 .467 16.0 512 552 -40 W2 31-39 33-34 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 140 49 91 .350 32.5 527 737 -210 W2 20-50 29-41 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 142 72 70 .507 0.0 569 542 27 L2 35-37 37-33 1 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 137 69 68 .504 0.5 585 583 2 W1 31-37 38-31 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 138 69 69 .500 1.0 585 601 -16 W2 31-35 38-34 3 7 12 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 142 68 74 .479 4.0 526 526 0 L1 33-38 35-36 4 8 17 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 140 67 73 .479 4.0 546 571 -25 W2 33-40 34-33 5 9 18 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 142 63 79 .444 9.0 577 622 -45 L4 30-40 33-39 6 11 21 -- 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 141 84 57 .596 0.0 630 544 86 L2 43-30 41-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 144 83 61 .576 2.5 583 492 91 L9 39-32 44-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 140 80 60 .571 3.5 642 578 64 L1 36-30 44-30 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 144 72 72 .500 13.5 606 592 14 W1 37-37 35-35 4 6 13 -- dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 141 67 74 .475 17.0 683 677 6 W2 34-40 32-35 5 10 19 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 141 52 89 .369 32.0 468 672 -204 W4 23-45 29-44 6 12 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)