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Friday, May 21,1976

Friday, May 21,1976

Baseball on this Date

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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 1976-05-21 Detroit Tigers  5 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Doyle Alexander Ray Bare -- 12,184 2:40
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Oakland Athletics  0 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ken Brett Vida Blue Clay Carroll 22,420 2:23
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Bill Travers Pat Dobson -- 9,168 2:41
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Kansas City Royals  5 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dennis Leonard Jim Hughes -- 8,619 2:37
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Boston Red Sox  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Sparky Lyle Jim Willoughby -- 42,342 3:28
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 California Angels  2 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Nelson Briles Don Kirkwood -- 40,854 2:26
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Houston Astros  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Burt Hooton J.R. Richard -- 53,568 1:52
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 New York Mets  4 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Skip Lockwood Dale Murray Ken Sanders 8,543 2:48
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Pete Falcone -- 32,074 1:42
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Chicago Cubs  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Rick Reuschel Larry Demery Darold Knowles 9,342 2:24
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Gary Nolan -- 40,549 1:39
1976 reg season 1976-05-21 Atlanta Braves  8 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Andy Messersmith Rob Dressler -- 4,432 2:13
12 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 31 20 11 .645 0.0 162 122 40 W1 12-4 8-7 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1976 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 3.0 107 118 -11 W4 7-6 10-8 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 5.5 103 116 -13 W1 7-6 5-8 3 6 13 -- dnq
1976 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 6.0 156 148 8 L1 8-8 6-9 4 7 14 -- dnq
1976 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 6.0 124 118 6 L5 7-6 6-10 5 8 15 -- dnq
1976 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 7.0 137 128 9 L3 8-8 5-10 6 11 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 31 21 10 .677 0.0 162 112 50 W5 7-4 14-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1976 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 32 20 12 .625 1.5 144 118 26 W1 8-6 12-6 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 32 16 16 .500 5.5 136 156 -20 L3 10-12 6-4 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 7.0 108 139 -31 W4 7-11 6-5 4 9 16 -- dnq
1976 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 8.0 143 167 -24 L5 7-12 8-8 5 10 18 -- dnq
1976 AL West California Angels franchise | log 38 14 24 .368 10.5 139 179 -40 L1 6-11 8-13 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 30 21 9 .700 0.0 178 119 59 W6 13-1 9-7 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1976 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 34 20 14 .588 3.0 134 131 3 L2 9-8 11-6 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1976 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 37 21 16 .568 3.5 160 127 33 W1 9-10 12-6 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1976 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 8.0 162 207 -45 W1 9-7 6-12 4 8 17 -- dnq
1976 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 8.5 126 131 -5 L1 7-9 6-9 5 9 20 -- dnq
1976 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 37 15 22 .405 9.5 133 152 -19 L1 7-9 8-13 6 10 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
1976 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 0.0 162 128 34 W4 11-9 13-4 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1976 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 2.5 213 149 64 L2 10-9 11-6 2 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1976 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 5.0 161 146 15 W1 11-8 7-9 3 6 10 -- dnq
1976 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 6.0 141 179 -38 L1 7-10 11-11 4 7 12 -- dnq
1976 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 37 13 24 .351 11.0 124 160 -36 W1 7-12 6-12 5 11 23 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 37 12 25 .324 12.0 128 193 -65 L1 6-14 6-11 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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
Bill Lee Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Left shoulder sprain
Boog Powell Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
Gene Pentz Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)