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Thursday, May 8,1986

Thursday, May 8,1986

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 Toronto Blue Jays  7 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mark Eichhorn Terry Forster Tom Henke 23,650 3:07
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Chris Codiroli Teddy Higuera Steve Ontiveros 10,254 2:44
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 Boston Red Sox  4 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Mike Brown Mike Morgan Bob Stanley 8,319 2:58
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Scott Sanderson Jerry Reuss Lee Smith 13,592 3:13
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 Atlanta Braves  10 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Craig McMurtry John Denny Paul Assenmacher 16,621 2:49
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 San Francisco Giants  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mike Bielecki Scott Garrelts -- 6,072 2:45
1986 reg season 1986-05-08 San Diego Padres  3 St. Louis Cardinals  13 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Tim Conroy Dave Dravecky -- 26,060 2:44
7 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1986 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 25 17 8 .680 0.0 124 104 20 W10 9-5 8-3 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1986 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 138 108 30 W3 8-3 10-6 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1986 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 1.0 123 84 39 W2 6-4 11-6 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Mets)
1986 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 3.5 118 102 16 L2 5-6 9-6 4 6 10 -- dnq
1986 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 4.0 118 121 -3 L2 6-6 7-6 5 8 12 -- dnq
1986 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 5.0 94 111 -17 L1 7-9 5-4 6 9 15 -- dnq
1986 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 6.5 125 151 -26 W1 6-5 6-11 7 11 20 -- 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
1986 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 0.0 143 116 27 W3 9-8 7-5 1 5 8 Yes dnq
1986 AL West California Angels franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 0.0 150 136 14 L1 8-9 8-4 2 4 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Red Sox)
1986 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 1.0 127 126 1 W2 7-4 6-8 3 7 11 -- dnq
1986 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 3.0 97 94 3 L3 6-8 5-6 4 10 19 -- dnq
1986 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 4.0 130 130 0 W1 7-9 4-7 5 12 22 -- dnq
1986 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 29 9 20 .310 7.0 93 153 -60 L5 6-12 3-8 6 13 24 -- dnq
1986 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 25 7 18 .280 7.0 102 146 -44 L6 4-4 3-14 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
1986 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 22 18 4 .818 0.0 123 73 50 W5 11-3 7-1 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Red Sox)
1986 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 24 14 10 .583 5.0 122 107 15 W5 9-5 5-5 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1986 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 7.0 124 100 24 W1 8-5 4-7 3 6 14 -- dnq
1986 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 8.5 86 85 1 W2 5-8 6-6 4 9 18 -- dnq
1986 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 9.5 106 133 -27 W1 5-10 6-6 5 10 21 -- dnq
1986 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 9.5 90 128 -38 L3 5-6 4-8 6 11 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
1986 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.0 92 91 1 L4 9-6 6-4 1 2 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1986 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 0.0 132 116 16 L1 7-5 10-7 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1986 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 2.5 91 107 -16 L2 4-8 10-6 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1986 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 3.5 106 105 1 L1 3-9 11-7 4 7 16 -- dnq
1986 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 3.5 112 105 7 W1 7-6 5-8 5 8 17 -- dnq
1986 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 23 6 17 .261 8.0 75 109 -34 L1 4-5 2-12 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 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
Steve Kemp -- Hist Released by Pirates
1 record(s)