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Saturday, August 15,1970

Saturday, August 15,1970

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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
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Minnesota Twins  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Sonny Siebert Jim Perry -- 25,270 2:32
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Minnesota Twins  7 Boston Red Sox  11 box | pbp Fenway Park Gary Wagner Ron Perranoski -- 23,277 3:05
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Detroit Tigers  5 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Joe Niekro Lloyd Allen -- 16,008 2:31
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Kansas City Royals  4 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Klimkowski Tom Burgmeier Lindy McDaniel 10,098 2:29
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Baltimore Orioles  7 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Cuellar Diego Segui -- 26,311 2:27
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Chicago White Sox  2 Washington Senators II  4 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Jackie Brown Jerry Crider -- 8,610 2:00
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 New York Mets  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Hoyt Wilhelm Tom Seaver -- 31,897 2:18
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Pete Mikkelsen Fergie Jenkins -- 0 2:36
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Chicago Cubs  13 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ken Holtzman Joe Moeller -- 35,345 2:39
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Ray Washburn Bill Champion -- 42,606 3:58
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 Montreal Expos  3 Houston Astros  7 box | pbp Astrodome Don Wilson Carl Morton Fred Gladding 14,527 2:21
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 San Diego Padres  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Veale Earl Wilson -- 14,110 2:24
1970 reg season 1970-08-15 San Francisco Giants  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Don Carrithers Nelson Briles Jerry Johnson 35,835 2:44
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.
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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.
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
1970 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 118 74 44 .627 0.0 587 455 132 W1 36-26 38-18 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1970 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 118 65 53 .551 9.0 515 478 37 W3 29-31 36-22 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1970 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 12.0 519 512 7 W1 28-31 34-25 3 6 9 -- dnq
1970 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 13.0 542 523 19 W3 20-35 40-21 4 7 11 -- dnq
1970 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 118 57 61 .483 17.0 474 495 -21 L1 27-34 30-27 5 8 15 -- dnq
1970 AL East Washington Senators II franchise | log 118 56 62 .475 18.0 472 501 -29 W5 23-34 33-28 6 9 16 -- 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
1970 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 116 69 47 .595 0.0 547 444 103 L9 34-27 35-20 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1970 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 67 52 .563 3.5 506 432 74 L1 30-27 37-25 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1970 AL West California Angels franchise | log 118 66 52 .559 4.0 479 449 30 L1 33-24 33-28 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1970 AL West Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 120 46 74 .383 25.0 465 589 -124 W3 16-41 29-34 4 10 22 -- dnq
1970 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 44 74 .373 26.0 453 536 -83 L2 22-38 22-36 5 11 23 -- dnq
1970 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 121 43 78 .355 28.5 466 611 -145 L3 22-41 21-37 6 12 24 -- 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
1970 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 0.0 550 506 44 W3 28-29 39-24 1 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1970 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 4.0 507 456 51 L1 31-31 31-25 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1970 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 6.0 602 528 74 W1 24-32 37-27 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1970 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 119 56 63 .471 10.5 559 552 7 L2 28-30 28-33 4 8 17 -- dnq
1970 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 12.5 426 533 -107 L1 28-33 26-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1970 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 120 51 69 .425 16.0 517 625 -108 L1 24-40 26-30 6 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
1970 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 80 41 .661 0.0 593 502 91 W1 35-23 45-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Orioles)
1970 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 117 67 50 .573 11.0 574 475 99 L1 39-21 28-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1970 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 119 59 60 .496 20.0 565 576 -11 W1 26-32 33-28 3 6 13 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 20.5 630 654 -24 W2 28-33 30-27 4 7 14 -- dnq
1970 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 119 54 65 .454 25.0 536 580 -44 W1 23-34 31-31 5 9 18 -- dnq
1970 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 46 74 .383 33.5 515 587 -72 L3 23-39 23-35 6 12 21 -- dnq
24 record(s)