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Thursday, July 4,1974

Thursday, July 4,1974

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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 1974-07-04 Baltimore Orioles  10 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Jesse Jefferson Luis Tiant -- 13,622 3:00
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Oakland Athletics  9 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Vida Blue Dick Lange -- 41,760 2:24
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Kansas City Royals  3 Chicago White Sox  11 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Kaat Steve Busby Terry Forster 25,805 2:44
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 New York Yankees  6 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dick Tidrow John Hiller -- 15,058 2:45
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Cleveland Indians  3 Milwaukee Brewers  15 box | pbp County Stadium Ed Sprague Steve Arlin -- 17,010 2:34
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Texas Rangers  1 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bert Blyleven Steve Foucault -- 21,008 2:24
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Houston Astros  4 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Mike Cosgrove Tom House -- 10,452 2:50
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mike Marshall Pedro Borbon -- 30,170 2:21
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Philadelphia Phillies  3 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jon Matlack Ron Schueler -- 0 2:07
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Philadelphia Phillies  6 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Wayne Twitchell Ray Sadecki -- 26,811 2:29
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Montreal Expos  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Steve Rogers Ken Brett -- 0 1:59
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Montreal Expos  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bruce Kison Dennis Blair -- 22,456 2:12
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 San Diego Padres  2 San Francisco Giants  9 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Bradley Dan Spillner -- 5,718 2:06
1974 reg season 1974-07-04 Chicago Cubs  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Stone John Curtis Oscar Zamora 28,350 2:31
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
1974 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 77 43 34 .558 0.0 324 306 18 L1 19-18 23-17 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 78 43 35 .551 0.5 377 349 28 L3 19-19 24-16 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 77 41 36 .532 2.0 318 330 -12 W3 17-18 24-18 3 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1974 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 78 41 37 .526 2.5 279 327 -48 L1 21-21 20-16 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1974 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 76 37 39 .487 5.5 342 315 27 W1 19-22 18-17 5 9 16 -- dnq
1974 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 78 36 42 .462 7.5 290 325 -35 W1 17-24 19-18 6 10 17 -- 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 80 45 35 .563 0.0 369 295 74 W4 19-20 26-15 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1974 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 77 39 38 .506 4.5 335 305 30 L1 18-21 21-17 2 6 10 -- dnq
1974 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 78 39 39 .500 5.0 341 356 -15 W1 18-21 20-19 3 7 12 -- dnq
1974 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 81 40 41 .494 5.5 374 367 7 L1 20-22 20-19 4 8 14 -- dnq
1974 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 79 35 44 .443 9.5 310 342 -32 W1 16-22 18-23 5 11 19 -- dnq
1974 AL West California Angels franchise | log 83 32 51 .386 14.5 336 378 -42 L5 14-26 18-25 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
1974 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 77 41 36 .532 0.0 330 295 35 L1 19-18 22-18 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1974 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 74 37 37 .500 2.5 319 307 12 L1 19-23 18-14 2 6 13 -- dnq
1974 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 79 39 40 .494 3.0 314 322 -8 W1 14-24 25-16 3 7 15 -- dnq
1974 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 76 35 41 .461 5.5 329 315 14 W1 11-27 24-14 4 8 18 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1974 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 76 33 43 .434 7.5 304 398 -94 W1 14-24 19-19 5 10 21 -- dnq
1974 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 78 33 45 .423 8.5 276 328 -52 L1 18-21 15-24 6 12 23 -- 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 80 55 25 .688 0.0 414 270 144 W1 25-15 30-10 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1974 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 79 45 34 .570 9.5 342 289 53 L1 21-18 24-16 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 81 43 38 .531 12.5 316 276 40 L1 19-20 24-18 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1974 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 81 41 40 .506 14.5 344 315 29 W1 18-22 23-18 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1974 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 82 36 46 .439 20.0 315 357 -42 W2 17-25 19-21 5 9 20 -- dnq
1974 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 85 36 49 .424 21.5 308 439 -131 L2 14-28 22-21 6 11 22 -- 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
Ted Sizemore St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Groin inflammation
1 record(s)