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Monday, August 20,1962

Monday, August 20,1962

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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
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 New York Yankees  3 Kansas City Athletics  7 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Ed Rakow Rollie Sheldon John Wyatt 13,271 2:37
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 Boston Red Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dick Stigman Don Schwall Frank Sullivan 12,853 2:19
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Crosley Field Bob Purkey Larry Sherry -- 26,852 2:57
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 San Francisco Giants  4 Milwaukee Braves  9 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn Don Larsen -- 15,906 2:46
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Polo Grounds V Bob Friend Jay Hook -- 0 2:15
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Polo Grounds V Al McBean Robert Lane Miller Roy Face 8,214 2:31
1962 reg season 1962-08-20 Houston Colt 45s  1 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Dallas Green Turk Farrell -- 14,601 2:45
7 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
1962 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 107 65 42 .607 0.0 518 432 86 L1 28-19 37-23 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1962 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 112 62 50 .554 5.5 544 504 40 W3 28-23 34-28 2 2 7 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 112 59 53 .527 8.5 494 446 48 L1 26-22 33-31 3 3 9 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 10.5 441 437 4 W1 23-27 32-26 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 112 53 59 .473 14.5 469 517 -48 L1 22-27 31-32 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1962 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 53 24 29 .453 14.0 242 271 -29 W5 24-29 1-0 6 6 12 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 112 50 62 .446 17.5 478 543 -65 L3 20-28 30-34 7 7 13 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 110 44 66 .400 22.5 416 468 -52 L1 24-24 20-42 8 8 15 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 59 22 37 .373 19.0 218 247 -29 W1 22-37 0-0 9 9 17 -- dnq
1962 AL -- Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 11.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 10 10 20 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 76 42 .644 0.0 612 489 123 L1 34-24 42-18 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 73 46 .613 3.5 648 520 128 L2 26-29 47-17 2 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1962 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 116 69 47 .595 6.0 588 526 62 W1 21-29 48-18 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 115 65 50 .565 9.5 591 488 103 W3 30-25 35-25 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 109 61 48 .560 10.5 490 451 39 W2 26-24 35-24 5 5 6 Yes dnq
1962 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 107 57 50 .533 13.5 495 440 55 W2 21-29 36-21 6 6 8 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 24.5 550 628 -78 W2 22-43 31-25 7 7 14 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 113 43 70 .381 30.5 468 614 -146 W2 19-33 24-38 8 8 16 -- dnq
1962 NL -- Houston Colt 45s franchise | log 55 20 35 .364 24.5 238 268 -30 L2 20-35 1-0 9 9 18 -- dnq
1962 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 119 29 90 .244 47.5 472 728 -256 L12 14-43 15-47 10 10 19 -- dnq
20 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jackie Collum Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Minnesota Twins with Georges Maranda to Cleveland Indians for Ruben Gomez
Ruben Gomez Minnesota Twins Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins for Jackie Collum and Georges Maranda (10/9/1962)
2 record(s)