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Sunday, May 12,1968

Sunday, May 12,1968

Baseball on this Date

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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
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Cleveland Indians  2 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Luis Tiant Tom Phoebus -- 0 2:36
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Cleveland Indians  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Stan Williams Dave Leonhard -- 18,982 2:53
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Minnesota Twins  4 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ron Perranoski Minnie Rojas Al Worthington 19,148 2:57
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Boston Red Sox  8 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dick Ellsworth Bill Monbouquette -- 0 2:16
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Boston Red Sox  4 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Gary Bell Fred Talbot -- 20,093 2:32
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Chicago White Sox  2 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Tony Pierce Cisco Carlos Jack Aker 12,340 2:28
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Detroit Tigers  3 Washington Senators II  6 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Joe Coleman Daryl Patterson -- 13,200 2:27
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jack Billingham Cecil Upshaw Mudcat Grant 15,202 3:44
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 New York Mets  3 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Rich Nye Don Cardwell -- 0 2:21
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 New York Mets  10 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dick Selma Joe Niekro -- 21,139 2:46
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 San Francisco Giants  1 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Gerry Arrigo Ray Sadecki Ted Abernathy 8,691 2:05
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field Al McBean Jeff James -- 12,203 1:55
1968 reg season 1968-05-12 Houston Astros  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Larry Dierker Bob Gibson -- 19,085 2:02
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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
1968 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 0.0 110 75 35 L1 10-5 8-5 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1968 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 2.0 112 79 33 L6 8-2 8-10 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 2.0 98 62 36 W4 9-8 7-4 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Minnesota Twins franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 3.0 106 88 18 W1 12-8 4-6 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 4.5 87 85 2 W1 9-5 5-10 5 5 12 Yes dnq
1968 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 5.0 87 100 -13 W2 8-7 5-8 6 6 15 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Washington Senators II franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 5.0 81 116 -35 W1 6-4 7-11 7 7 16 -- dnq
1968 AL -- California Angels franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 5.5 100 124 -24 L1 7-5 7-12 8 8 17 -- dnq
1968 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 6.0 73 105 -32 L2 7-7 6-10 9 9 18 -- dnq
1968 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 7.0 62 82 -20 L1 7-9 3-7 10 10 20 -- dnq
1968 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 0.0 122 87 35 L1 6-7 12-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1968 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 3.5 91 69 22 W2 6-9 8-4 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 3.5 108 110 -2 L1 7-7 8-7 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Houston Astros franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 4.0 89 104 -15 W1 2-9 11-4 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 4.0 84 92 -8 L2 7-12 7-2 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1968 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 4.5 117 113 4 W1 6-6 8-9 6 6 10 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 4.5 71 82 -11 W1 8-8 6-7 7 7 11 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 5.0 109 140 -31 L1 5-9 9-7 8 8 13 -- dnq
1968 NL -- Atlanta Braves franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 5.0 79 88 -9 L1 4-8 9-7 9 9 14 -- dnq
1968 NL -- New York Mets franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 6.0 83 68 15 W1 6-9 6-7 10 10 19 -- dnq
20 record(s)