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Sunday, August 8,1976

Sunday, August 8,1976

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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 1976-08-08 Kansas City Royals  2 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Terry Forster Marty Pattin Rich Gossage 0 2:55
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Kansas City Royals  7 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Al Fitzmorris Jesse Jefferson -- 15,997 2:31
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Cleveland Indians  1 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Hiller Dennis Eckersley -- 0 2:20
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Cleveland Indians  5 Detroit Tigers  15 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Steve Grilli Jim Kern -- 26,447 3:00
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Baltimore Orioles  8 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ross Grimsley Catfish Hunter Mike Cuellar 34,485 2:53
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 California Angels  3 Oakland Athletics  9 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Stan Bahnsen Sid Monge Rollie Fingers 0 2:23
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 California Angels  8 Oakland Athletics  13 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Paul Lindblad Nolan Ryan Rollie Fingers 11,778 2:56
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Minnesota Twins  4 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jeff Terpko Bill Campbell -- 7,855 2:45
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 San Francisco Giants  1 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Dick Ruthven Gary Lavelle -- 0 2:19
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 San Francisco Giants  4 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium John Montefusco Frank LaCorte -- 9,912 2:10
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Cincinnati Reds  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jack Billingham Burt Hooton Rawly Eastwick 43,184 2:04
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Chicago Cubs  7 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Parc Jarry Steve Renko Chip Lang -- 12,598 2:22
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 New York Mets  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mickey Lolich Jim Rooker -- 16,538 2:04
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Houston Astros  3 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Butch Metzger J.R. Richard -- 11,205 2:21
1976 reg season 1976-08-08 Philadelphia Phillies  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Carlton Bill Greif Ron Reed 27,448 2:16
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 107 64 43 .598 0.0 489 382 107 L3 33-18 31-25 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1976 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 107 55 52 .514 9.0 396 404 -8 W3 32-24 23-28 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 107 52 55 .486 12.0 443 445 -2 W4 24-30 28-25 3 6 13 -- dnq
1976 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 108 52 56 .481 12.5 434 438 -4 L5 27-31 25-25 4 8 16 -- dnq
1976 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 108 52 56 .481 12.5 429 469 -40 W4 27-29 25-27 5 9 15 -- dnq
1976 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 105 47 58 .448 16.0 388 423 -35 L2 19-32 28-26 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 109 67 42 .615 0.0 512 398 114 W1 29-24 38-18 1 1 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1976 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 111 58 53 .523 10.0 496 436 60 W3 24-33 34-20 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 110 55 55 .500 12.5 478 488 -10 L1 25-30 30-25 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 107 52 55 .486 14.0 434 447 -13 W1 21-26 31-29 4 7 12 -- dnq
1976 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 109 48 61 .440 19.0 397 483 -86 L1 23-31 25-30 5 11 20 -- dnq
1976 AL West California Angels franchise | log 112 48 64 .429 20.5 382 465 -83 L3 24-34 24-30 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
1976 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 109 72 37 .661 0.0 543 379 164 W1 37-17 36-19 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1976 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 109 59 50 .541 13.0 487 473 14 L2 28-22 31-28 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1976 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 113 57 56 .504 17.0 436 384 52 W2 30-30 27-26 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1976 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 113 51 62 .451 23.0 439 540 -101 W1 25-36 26-26 4 9 18 -- dnq
1976 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 107 46 61 .430 25.0 406 438 -32 L1 23-30 23-31 5 10 21 -- dnq
1976 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 105 37 68 .352 33.0 353 484 -131 L1 21-35 16-33 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
1976 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 112 73 39 .652 0.0 640 435 205 W4 39-18 34-21 1 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1976 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 110 59 51 .536 13.0 428 419 9 L5 25-28 34-23 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1976 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 114 57 57 .500 17.0 443 479 -36 L4 23-33 33-25 3 6 10 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 19.0 417 473 -56 W4 21-33 34-26 4 7 14 -- dnq
1976 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 112 51 61 .455 22.0 460 470 -10 L1 26-29 25-32 5 8 17 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 114 49 65 .430 25.0 414 492 -78 W1 22-35 27-30 6 11 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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
Tom House Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Left knee inflammation
1 record(s)