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Wednesday, June 8,1977

Wednesday, June 8,1977

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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
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Baltimore Orioles  5 Boston Red Sox  14 box | pbp Fenway Park Rick Wise Dennis Martinez -- 22,943 3:18
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Toronto Blue Jays  1 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave LaRoche Tom Bruno -- 11,678 3:45
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 New York Yankees  9 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Torrez Jerry Augustine -- 13,508 2:12
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Kansas City Royals  8 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Johnson Larry Gura -- 9,255 3:11
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Cleveland Indians  2 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Pablo Torrealba Dennis Eckersley Bob Lacey 7,828 2:39
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Detroit Tigers  2 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Mike Kekich John Hiller -- 11,211 1:59
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Chicago White Sox  1 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Bert Blyleven Ken Kravec -- 10,530 2:14
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Don Sutton Mike Krukow -- 18,276 2:19
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Atlanta Braves  0 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Andy Messersmith -- 15,425 2:22
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Cincinnati Reds  5 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jack Billingham Jerry Koosman -- 19,681 2:10
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 Houston Astros  2 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Mark Lemongello -- 23,388 2:05
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 San Francisco Giants  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Curtis Jim Rooker Gary Lavelle 6,995 2:28
1977 reg season 1977-06-08 San Diego Padres  0 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Eric Rasmussen Randy Jones -- 8,611 1:42
13 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
1977 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 55 31 24 .564 0.0 274 215 59 W1 15-13 16-11 1 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1977 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 53 29 24 .547 1.0 211 216 -5 L2 14-15 15-9 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 53 29 24 .547 1.0 282 270 12 W1 14-12 15-12 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 56 27 29 .482 4.5 240 253 -13 L1 12-17 15-12 4 9 15 -- dnq
1977 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 49 23 26 .469 5.0 204 245 -41 L1 12-14 11-12 5 11 17 -- dnq
1977 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 51 22 29 .431 7.0 218 238 -20 L1 15-14 7-15 6 12 21 -- dnq
1977 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 52 21 31 .404 8.5 208 240 -32 L1 10-16 11-15 7 13 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
1977 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 54 33 21 .611 0.0 288 230 58 W2 17-13 16-8 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 52 29 23 .558 3.0 287 252 35 L2 15-14 14-9 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 50 26 24 .520 5.0 212 208 4 W2 13-8 13-16 3 6 11 -- dnq
1977 AL West California Angels franchise | log 52 26 26 .500 6.0 235 211 24 W1 12-13 14-13 4 7 12 -- dnq
1977 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 6.5 213 240 -27 W1 11-13 15-14 5 8 14 -- dnq
1977 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 52 25 27 .481 7.0 261 247 14 L1 11-9 14-18 6 10 16 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1977 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 58 23 35 .397 12.0 231 299 -68 W1 11-17 12-18 7 14 25 -- 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
1977 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 51 33 18 .647 0.0 251 214 37 L1 14-11 18-8 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 50 29 21 .580 3.5 226 191 35 L3 12-10 17-11 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1977 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 53 30 23 .566 4.0 267 214 53 W1 11-10 19-13 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 52 29 23 .558 4.5 234 217 17 W3 13-14 16-9 4 5 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1977 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 51 22 29 .431 11.0 209 235 -26 W5 11-13 12-15 5 9 20 -- dnq
1977 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 54 22 32 .407 12.5 194 202 -8 L1 10-17 12-15 6 10 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
1977 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 55 37 18 .673 0.0 287 217 70 W1 21-10 16-8 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1977 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 52 26 26 .500 9.5 254 228 26 W1 10-15 16-11 2 6 13 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 56 26 30 .464 11.5 210 241 -31 W4 16-15 10-15 3 7 18 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 59 26 33 .441 13.0 280 313 -33 L1 17-16 9-17 4 8 19 -- dnq
1977 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 55 22 33 .400 15.0 207 259 -52 L4 9-19 13-14 5 11 24 -- dnq
1977 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 56 20 36 .357 17.5 237 325 -88 L3 6-22 14-14 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Doug Rader Toronto Blue Jays Hist Sold by San Diego Padres to Toronto Blue Jays
Bill Singer Toronto Blue Jays Injury DL - Right shoulder inflammation
2 record(s)