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Wednesday, April 29,1981

Wednesday, April 29,1981

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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 1981-04-29 Chicago White Sox  0 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Steve Trout Tippy Martinez 9,957 2:04
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 New York Yankees  3 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Rudy May Jack Morris Ron Davis 18,167 2:22
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Milwaukee Brewers  0 box | pbp County Stadium Luis Leal Jamie Easterly -- 7,320 3:52
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 Seattle Mariners  7 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium -- 2,171 2:20
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 California Angels  4 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Norris Geoff Zahn -- 15,220 3:03
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 Boston Red Sox  0 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Danny Darwin John Tudor -- 11,632 2:05
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 Houston Astros  5 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Frank LaCorte Rick Camp -- 8,334 3:18
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Mike Krukow Andy Rincon -- 0 2:17
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field -- 4,067 2:54
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 San Diego Padres  5 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Cinergy Field Paul Moskau John Littlefield Tom Hume 12,291 2:39
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 San Francisco Giants  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Vida Blue Bob Welch Greg Minton 39,110 2:27
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jim Bibby Dave Roberts -- 7,175 2:34
1981 reg season 1981-04-29 Montreal Expos  2 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Steve Rogers -- 30,142 2:14
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
1981 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 0.0 64 48 16 W3 5-3 6-3 1 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1981 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 11 7 4 .636 1.0 37 34 3 W1 6-1 1-3 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1981 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 2.0 62 51 11 L2 5-2 3-5 3 6 12 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 3.0 65 85 -20 L3 3-5 4-3 4 8 15 -- dnq
1981 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 3.5 54 64 -10 W1 2-5 4-3 5 9 16 -- dnq
1981 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 18 7 11 .389 4.5 53 69 -16 L10 5-4 2-7 6 10 19 -- dnq
1981 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 18 7 11 .389 4.5 67 68 -1 W2 5-4 2-7 7 11 18 -- 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 21 18 3 .857 0.0 105 41 64 W1 11-0 7-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1981 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 16 11 5 .688 4.5 81 62 19 L1 5-3 6-2 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1981 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 6.5 87 62 25 W3 3-5 6-2 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1981 AL West California Angels franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 7.5 82 79 3 L1 7-4 3-6 4 7 14 -- dnq
1981 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 10.5 55 78 -23 L1 2-5 3-8 5 12 20 -- dnq
1981 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 19 5 14 .263 12.0 70 114 -44 L2 3-7 2-7 6 13 24 -- dnq
1981 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 12 3 9 .250 10.5 26 53 -27 L1 2-3 1-6 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 16 12 4 .750 0.0 82 63 19 L1 4-4 8-0 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1981 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 13 9 4 .692 1.5 64 35 29 L2 5-3 4-1 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1981 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 18 12 6 .667 1.0 86 70 16 W1 4-5 8-1 3 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Expos)
1981 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 13 7 6 .538 3.5 50 38 12 W2 5-3 1-4 4 6 11 -- dnq
1981 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 14 4 10 .286 7.0 38 62 -24 L6 2-5 2-5 5 11 23 -- dnq
1981 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 16 3 13 .188 9.0 36 73 -37 L1 0-8 2-6 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 19 14 5 .737 0.0 64 38 26 L2 7-2 7-3 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1981 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 3.0 74 63 11 W2 7-3 3-4 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1981 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 4.5 67 58 9 L4 6-4 3-5 3 7 13 -- dnq
1981 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 6.0 65 75 -10 W2 5-4 4-8 4 8 17 -- dnq
1981 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 7.5 39 49 -10 W3 2-3 4-9 5 9 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1981 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 19 6 13 .316 8.0 44 85 -41 L4 3-7 3-6 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
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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
Bill Lyons St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1981-1981 ($0m) [Free Agent]
1 record(s)