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Saturday, October 2,1976

Saturday, October 2,1976

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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 1976-10-02 Baltimore Orioles  0 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Reggie Cleveland Dennis Martinez Jim Willoughby 12,753 1:51
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Minnesota Twins  3 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bill Singer Andy Hassler Bill Campbell 14,087 2:06
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Detroit Tigers  4 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Mark Fidrych Jim Slaton -- 9,044 1:46
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Cleveland Indians  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dock Ellis Stan Thomas Sparky Lyle 0 2:49
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Cleveland Indians  3 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ken Holtzman Tom Buskey Sparky Lyle 22,905 2:24
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 California Angels  8 Oakland Athletics  9 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Rollie Fingers John Verhoeven -- 3,139 3:53
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Chicago White Sox  4 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mike Bacsik Pete Vuckovich -- 9,406 2:59
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Montreal Expos  1 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ray Burris Dan Warthen -- 6,532 2:08
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 Atlanta Braves  3 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Cinergy Field Phil Niekro Pat Zachry -- 30,091 2:06
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 San Francisco Giants  1 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Rob Dressler -- 7,612 2:08
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 San Diego Padres  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tom Griffin Don Sutton Butch Metzger 15,034 2:16
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 New York Mets  4 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jim Lonborg Jon Matlack Tug McGraw 47,095 2:31
1976 reg season 1976-10-02 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Candelaria Lynn McGlothen -- 4,250 1:52
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 159 97 62 .610 0.0 730 575 155 W3 52-27 45-35 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Reds)
1976 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 161 88 73 .547 10.0 617 595 22 L3 46-34 42-39 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1976 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 159 81 78 .509 16.0 615 615 0 L3 37-43 44-35 3 6 11 -- dnq
1976 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 161 82 79 .509 16.0 713 658 55 W2 37-44 45-35 4 7 12 -- dnq
1976 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 160 73 87 .456 24.5 604 707 -103 W3 37-43 36-44 5 10 18 -- dnq
1976 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 160 66 94 .413 31.5 568 650 -82 L2 30-50 36-44 6 11 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 161 90 71 .559 0.0 710 606 104 L2 41-40 49-31 1 2 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1976 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 160 87 73 .544 2.5 686 597 89 W1 36-44 51-29 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 161 84 77 .522 6.0 738 701 37 W3 40-40 44-37 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1976 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 161 75 86 .466 15.0 613 652 -39 W2 37-44 38-42 4 8 14 -- dnq
1976 AL West California Angels franchise | log 161 75 86 .466 15.0 549 631 -82 L1 37-43 38-43 5 9 15 -- dnq
1976 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 160 64 96 .400 25.5 586 742 -156 L5 29-51 35-45 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 161 99 62 .615 0.0 768 556 212 W3 48-33 52-28 1 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1976 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 160 90 70 .563 8.5 706 630 76 W1 45-36 45-34 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1976 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 161 86 75 .534 13.0 614 536 78 L4 41-38 45-37 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1976 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 161 74 87 .460 25.0 603 726 -123 W3 33-48 41-39 4 7 16 -- dnq
1976 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 160 72 88 .450 26.5 629 669 -40 L2 35-44 37-44 5 9 19 -- dnq
1976 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 161 55 106 .342 44.0 529 726 -197 L2 28-53 27-53 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 161 101 60 .627 0.0 846 632 214 L1 53-28 48-32 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1976 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 161 92 69 .571 9.0 606 540 66 L1 43-38 49-31 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1976 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 162 81 81 .500 20.5 625 657 -32 W2 34-46 46-36 3 6 13 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 162 74 88 .457 27.5 595 686 -91 L2 34-47 40-41 4 8 17 -- dnq
1976 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 161 72 89 .447 29.0 567 660 -93 W1 30-51 42-38 5 10 20 -- dnq
1976 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 161 70 91 .435 31.0 619 689 -70 W1 36-44 34-47 6 11 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)