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Saturday, April 27,1974

Saturday, April 27,1974

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Oakland Athletics  11 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Catfish Hunter Mike Cuellar -- 38,253 2:46
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Detroit Tigers  8 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Lerrin LaGrow Jim Kaat John Hiller 32,737 2:41
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 California Angels  0 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Perry Bill Stoneman -- 12,381 1:51
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Boston Red Sox  3 Kansas City Royals  10 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Al Fitzmorris Juan Marichal -- 11,841 2:53
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Milwaukee Brewers  9 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Slaton Joe Decker -- 7,528 2:05
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Texas Rangers  6 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium David Clyde Pat Dobson -- 10,162 2:38
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Chicago Cubs  2 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Roric Harrison Burt Hooton -- 12,181 2:35
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Montreal Expos  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Al Downing Steve Rogers -- 16,914 2:28
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Houston Astros  10 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Tom Griffin Bob Moose -- 6,835 2:44
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Philadelphia Phillies  2 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Ron Schueler -- 31,407 2:13
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 New York Mets  3 San Francisco Giants  11 box | pbp Candlestick Park Elias Sosa Craig Swan -- 9,727 2:49
1974 reg season 1974-04-27 Cincinnati Reds  3 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Orlando Pena Pedro Borbon -- 17,417 2:22
12 record(s)
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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
1974 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 0.0 70 58 12 W2 5-3 4-3 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 0.0 68 70 -2 L1 3-2 7-5 2 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1974 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 0.5 79 78 1 L1 4-6 7-3 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 2.0 75 80 -5 L5 2-7 7-3 4 7 14 -- dnq
1974 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 17 7 10 .412 3.0 54 69 -15 W1 4-6 3-4 5 11 19 -- dnq
1974 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 18 7 11 .389 3.5 79 89 -10 W2 1-7 6-4 6 12 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
1974 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 0.0 87 61 26 W1 4-4 7-3 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1974 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 1.0 85 80 5 W1 5-4 5-4 2 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1974 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 2.0 69 92 -23 L3 5-6 3-4 3 6 13 -- dnq
1974 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 17 8 9 .471 2.5 92 74 18 W3 4-7 4-2 4 8 16 -- dnq
1974 AL West California Angels franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 3.0 97 86 11 L4 3-7 6-4 5 9 17 -- dnq
1974 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 19 8 11 .421 3.5 78 96 -18 L1 2-7 5-5 6 10 18 -- 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
1974 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 0.0 84 72 12 L3 6-5 3-0 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1974 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 1.0 105 104 1 W1 6-5 5-4 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1974 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 2.5 79 78 1 L5 3-7 6-3 3 8 15 -- dnq
1974 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 3.5 64 84 -20 L5 1-6 5-3 4 9 20 -- dnq
1974 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 17 5 12 .294 5.5 64 83 -19 L1 3-7 2-5 5 12 23 -- dnq
1974 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 17 5 12 .294 5.5 81 102 -21 L1 3-6 2-6 6 11 24 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
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
1974 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 20 15 5 .750 0.0 117 51 66 W5 6-3 9-2 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1974 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 3.5 102 79 23 W1 5-5 7-4 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 4.0 94 80 14 L1 3-4 7-4 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1974 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 4.0 81 73 8 W1 4-6 7-3 4 6 10 -- dnq
1974 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 4.5 90 99 -9 W3 2-5 9-5 5 7 12 -- dnq
1974 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 22 8 14 .364 8.0 69 125 -56 W2 2-9 6-5 6 10 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ken Tatum Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox for Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Tatum
Dick Billings St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Unknown
3 record(s)