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Monday, August 20,1973

Monday, August 20,1973

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 Minnesota Twins  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Doyle Alexander Bill Hands -- 8,134 2:26
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 New York Yankees  2 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Steve Busby Mel Stottlemyre Doug Bird 24,542 2:35
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 Detroit Tigers  2 Oakland Athletics  7 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Vida Blue Jim Perry -- 41,969 2:10
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 Boston Red Sox  5 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Marty Pattin Jackie Brown -- 4,608 2:17
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Dock Ellis -- 11,057 2:05
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 San Francisco Giants  6 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Parc Jarry Don McMahon Tom Walker -- 17,439 3:28
1973 reg season 1973-08-20 Cincinnati Reds  8 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Clay Carroll Tug McGraw -- 29,384 3:48
7 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
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 121 69 52 .570 0.0 523 421 102 W8 36-28 33-24 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 124 67 57 .540 3.5 511 508 3 L1 29-33 38-24 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 123 66 57 .537 4.0 545 497 48 W4 29-29 37-28 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 127 68 59 .535 4.0 530 477 53 L1 24-36 44-23 4 6 9 -- dnq
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 121 59 62 .488 10.0 544 533 11 L3 26-30 33-32 5 7 13 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 125 51 74 .408 20.0 524 642 -118 W3 26-39 25-35 6 11 22 -- 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
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 124 73 51 .589 0.0 572 463 109 W9 37-28 36-23 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 126 71 55 .563 3.0 602 577 25 W1 33-30 38-25 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 123 59 64 .480 13.5 546 534 12 L4 30-28 29-36 3 8 15 -- dnq
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 124 58 66 .468 15.0 486 533 -47 L5 30-34 28-32 4 9 17 -- dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 15.0 445 472 -27 L1 29-36 27-28 5 10 18 -- dnq
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 122 43 79 .352 29.0 443 614 -171 L3 17-43 26-36 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
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 0.0 493 466 27 W1 28-30 35-31 1 5 11 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 119 59 60 .496 1.5 500 526 -26 L1 28-36 31-24 2 6 12 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 59 62 .488 2.5 506 535 -29 L1 25-32 34-30 3 7 14 -- dnq
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 123 58 65 .472 4.5 482 505 -23 L1 29-32 29-33 4 8 16 -- dnq
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 123 57 66 .463 5.5 510 511 -1 W1 29-37 28-29 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 122 55 67 .451 7.0 455 475 -20 L1 29-35 26-32 6 11 21 -- Lost World Series (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
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 125 77 48 .616 0.0 519 408 111 W1 34-25 43-23 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 125 75 50 .600 2.0 550 479 71 W1 37-25 38-25 2 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 123 68 55 .553 8.0 561 516 45 W1 31-27 37-28 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 127 66 61 .520 12.0 538 507 31 W1 33-35 33-26 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 125 58 67 .464 19.0 597 603 -6 L1 31-36 26-32 5 9 19 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 123 45 78 .366 31.0 396 576 -180 L1 17-39 28-39 6 12 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)