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Monday, May 17,1976

Monday, May 17,1976

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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
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dyar Miller Eduardo Rodriguez -- 10,755 2:59
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 California Angels  10 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Frank Tanana Jesse Jefferson -- 4,921 2:37
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Boston Red Sox  7 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Luis Tiant Joe Coleman -- 11,757 2:41
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Texas Rangers  7 Kansas City Royals  8 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Tom Hall Steve Foucault -- 18,936 3:57
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Oakland Athletics  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bill Campbell Jim Todd -- 8,034 3:36
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Atlanta Braves  3 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Andy Messersmith J.R. Richard -- 0 2:23
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Atlanta Braves  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Forsch Bruce Dal Canton -- 10,126 2:27
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Cincinnati Reds  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Pat Zachry Don Sutton Rawly Eastwick 53,652 2:33
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 San Diego Padres  12 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Randy Jones Jim Barr -- 2,226 2:27
1976 reg season 1976-05-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bruce Kison John Curtis Bob Moose 10,538 1:59
10 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
1976 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 0.0 140 101 39 L1 10-4 7-6 1 3 3 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1976 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 3.0 94 110 -16 W2 7-6 8-8 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 3.5 114 96 18 L2 7-5 6-8 3 6 12 -- dnq
1976 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 4.5 126 110 16 W1 8-8 5-7 4 8 15 -- dnq
1976 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 4.5 96 108 -12 L1 6-5 5-8 5 9 16 -- dnq
1976 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 6.0 129 135 -6 W1 5-7 6-9 6 10 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
1976 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.0 135 107 28 L2 8-5 11-5 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 1.0 141 104 37 W1 6-4 11-6 2 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1976 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 3.5 128 141 -13 W1 10-10 5-3 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 5.0 134 144 -10 L1 7-8 8-8 4 7 14 -- dnq
1976 AL West California Angels franchise | log 35 13 22 .371 9.0 131 166 -35 W2 5-9 8-13 5 11 21 -- dnq
1976 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 8.0 90 136 -46 L1 7-11 2-5 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
1976 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 169 114 55 W3 11-1 8-7 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1976 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 1.5 118 115 3 W1 7-7 11-5 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1976 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 1.5 152 117 35 L1 8-10 12-4 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1976 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 32 14 18 .438 6.5 157 200 -43 W1 8-6 6-12 4 8 17 -- dnq
1976 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 33 14 19 .424 7.0 121 138 -17 L1 7-8 7-11 5 9 18 -- dnq
1976 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 7.0 120 127 -7 W2 7-9 5-8 6 10 19 -- 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
1976 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 32 20 12 .625 0.0 201 130 71 W2 9-6 11-6 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1976 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 33 20 13 .606 0.5 148 124 24 L1 11-9 9-4 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1976 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 16 15 .516 3.5 142 124 18 W1 10-8 6-7 3 6 11 -- dnq
1976 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 4.5 124 166 -42 W1 5-9 11-10 4 7 13 -- dnq
1976 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 9.5 110 151 -41 L1 5-10 6-12 5 12 24 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 9.5 112 168 -56 L2 6-14 5-8 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Bob Jones California Angels Hist Claimed on waivers from Rangers by Angels
Steve Renko Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Montreal Expos with Larry Biittner to Chicago Cubs for Andre Thornton
Larry Biittner Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Montreal Expos with Steve Renko to Chicago Cubs for Andre Thornton
Andre Thornton Montreal Expos Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Montreal Expos for Steve Renko and Larry Biittner
4 record(s)