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Thursday, May 8,1975

Thursday, May 8,1975

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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
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ray Bare Jim Colborn John Hiller 10,220 2:24
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 Texas Rangers  5 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Steve Hargan Doug Bird -- 8,403 2:37
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 California Angels  5 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Nolan Ryan Dave Hamilton -- 3,598 2:30
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 San Francisco Giants  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ron Reed Mike Caldwell Tom House 3,656 2:16
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 San Diego Padres  3 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Cinergy Field Randy Jones Gary Nolan -- 14,192 1:39
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Bruce Kison Jerry Koosman -- 14,053 2:04
1975 reg season 1975-05-08 Philadelphia Phillies  6 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Lonborg John Denny -- 10,293 2:16
7 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
1975 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.0 113 85 28 L1 6-7 8-2 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1975 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.0 100 100 0 W5 7-4 5-5 2 3 6 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1975 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.0 78 109 -31 W1 5-4 7-5 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1975 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.0 91 89 2 W2 4-7 6-6 4 10 18 -- dnq
1975 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.0 76 94 -18 L3 5-7 5-6 5 9 19 -- dnq
1975 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 5.0 117 98 19 L5 4-8 6-7 6 11 20 -- 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
1975 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 0.0 103 84 19 L1 5-7 10-4 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Red Sox)
1975 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 1.0 109 102 7 W1 7-4 7-8 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1975 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 1.5 120 131 -11 L1 4-7 10-6 3 6 12 -- dnq
1975 AL West California Angels franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 2.0 124 118 6 W1 7-7 7-7 4 7 14 -- dnq
1975 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 2.5 96 85 11 L1 6-8 4-3 5 8 15 -- dnq
1975 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 5.0 101 133 -32 W1 6-9 4-7 6 12 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
1975 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 24 16 8 .667 0.0 127 101 26 W1 7-5 9-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1975 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 22 12 10 .545 3.0 81 72 9 W3 6-6 6-4 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1975 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 3.0 94 97 -3 W2 6-7 7-4 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1975 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 5.0 93 83 10 L4 4-6 6-6 4 9 17 -- dnq
1975 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 6.5 90 114 -24 L2 3-6 6-8 5 10 21 -- dnq
1975 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 21 8 13 .381 6.5 63 81 -18 L1 4-8 4-5 6 11 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
1975 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.0 136 96 40 W3 7-6 12-4 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1975 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 3.0 145 107 38 L1 5-9 11-4 2 3 7 Yes Won World Series (Red Sox)
1975 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 4.0 108 103 5 L1 8-4 6-9 3 6 11 -- dnq
1975 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 4.5 96 118 -22 W1 9-5 5-9 4 7 13 -- dnq
1975 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 5.5 96 136 -40 W1 7-10 7-6 5 8 16 -- dnq
1975 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 31 10 21 .323 10.0 119 140 -21 L3 5-12 5-9 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Gary Gentry -- Hist Released by Braves
Bob Coluccio Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from Milwaukee Brewers to Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp
Bill Sharp Milwaukee Brewers Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio
3 record(s)