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Friday, May 8,1981

Friday, May 8,1981

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Detroit Tigers  6 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jack Morris Steve Renko -- 24,456 2:32
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Kansas City Royals  5 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dennis Lamp Paul Splittorff LaMarr Hoyt 42,312 3:00
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Cleveland Indians  7 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jack O'Connor Sid Monge -- 4,664 3:00
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Milwaukee Brewers  0 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Steve McCatty Mike Caldwell -- 28,708 2:44
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 New York Yankees  2 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Bryan Clark Rudy May -- 18,458 2:30
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Boston Red Sox  4 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Mike Torrez Mark Bomback Tom Burgmeier 15,106 2:29
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Chicago Cubs  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Rick Mahler Dick Tidrow -- 19,433 3:11
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Houston Astros  0 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Seaver Don Sutton -- 31,961 2:21
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 San Francisco Giants  4 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Allen Ripley Bill Gullickson Al Holland 21,850 2:57
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Fernando Valenzuela Mike Scott -- 39,848 2:42
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 San Diego Padres  7 Philadelphia Phillies  11 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Sparky Lyle Gary Lucas -- 30,830 2:45
1981 reg season 1981-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Shirley Jim Bibby Jim Kaat 20,108 2:31
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
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 0.0 66 60 6 L2 7-3 4-4 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 0.0 92 79 13 L2 9-8 6-3 2 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 0.5 84 83 1 W3 2-5 10-4 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 1.0 105 92 13 L3 10-6 3-5 4 7 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 3.0 85 94 -9 W1 10-7 2-7 5 8 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 3.5 89 125 -36 W2 6-6 4-7 6 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 5.5 86 96 -10 L1 6-7 3-9 7 12 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
1981 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 23 6 .793 0.0 136 63 73 W2 11-0 12-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 6.0 124 88 36 W4 3-5 11-4 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 7.5 108 102 6 W1 6-9 7-2 3 6 12 -- dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 10.0 112 125 -13 L1 7-4 6-12 4 9 17 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 10.5 100 105 -5 W1 6-8 4-8 5 11 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 28 9 19 .321 13.5 106 149 -43 W3 3-7 6-12 6 13 23 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 12.5 60 92 -32 L2 4-6 2-8 7 14 25 -- Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)
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
1981 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 24 16 8 .667 0.0 110 105 5 L1 4-4 12-4 1 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 21 14 7 .667 0.5 103 76 27 W1 5-3 9-4 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 125 104 21 W1 4-5 13-4 3 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 3.5 88 70 18 L1 8-5 2-6 4 6 13 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 23 7 16 .304 8.5 72 101 -29 L1 2-5 5-11 5 11 24 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 24 5 19 .208 11.0 61 106 -45 L2 0-9 4-11 6 12 26 -- 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
1981 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 27 19 8 .704 0.0 97 62 35 W3 12-5 7-3 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 4.0 109 94 15 W3 11-6 4-6 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 5.0 106 103 3 W1 7-6 6-6 3 7 14 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 7.0 102 110 -8 W1 9-8 4-8 4 8 16 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 7.0 72 72 0 L1 8-6 4-9 5 9 18 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 28 9 19 .321 10.5 85 127 -42 L2 6-13 3-6 6 10 22 -- 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
Ray Smith Minnesota Twins Injury DL - Wrist
Bill Fahey Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)