This page contains information on what occurred on a specific day.
At the top of the page there are the following links:
PREV - to the previous daily page NEXT - to the next daily page to the daily page for this day the previous year to the daily page for this day the next year
If there were games played on this day, the next section contains information on these games. If there are box-scores available for the game, a line-score is displayed along with a link to the box score with play-by-play data ("BOX+PBP") or without ("BOX") and information on winning and losing pitchers, saves and home runs. If no box score is available, the scores of the games are shown.
If there were games played on this day, the next section contains the standings at the end of the day. The following information is included for each team:
G - Games Played W - Wins L - Losses PCT - Winning Percentage (W / (W + L)) GB - Games Behind RS - Runs Scored RA - Runs Allowed
If there were games played on this day and if the data is available, there will be a link to the daily leaders page.
If there were any players or managers born on this day, there will be a list of those players or managers next in alphabetical order.
If there were any players who played their first game on this day, there will be a list of those players next in alphabetical order.The player's age in his debut follows his name and is in parentheses.
If there were any players who played their last game on this day, there will be a list of those players next in alphabetical order.The player's age in his last game follows his name and is in parentheses.
If there were any players or managers who died on this day, there will be a list of those players or managers next in alphabetical order.The player or manager's age at his death follows his name and is in parentheses.
If there were any transactions on this day, these will be displayed next. Some types of transactions are handled with a special display. Amateur and expansion drafts are typically ordered by round and pick. Major and minor league drafts are collected together in tabular form and listed in alphabetical order.