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Tuesday, August 28,1984

Tuesday, August 28,1984

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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
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Baltimore Orioles  2 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Slaton Scott McGregor Don Aase 25,729 2:08
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Texas Rangers  6 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Danny Darwin Frank Wills -- 15,545 2:17
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Cleveland Indians  8 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Neal Heaton Bob McClure Ernie Camacho 9,215 2:48
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Boston Red Sox  1 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Ron Davis Bob Stanley -- 14,446 2:46
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 New York Yankees  3 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bill Caudill Dale Murray -- 11,342 3:29
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Detroit Tigers  5 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Guillermo Hernandez Mike Stanton -- 8,353 2:51
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Chicago White Sox  6 Toronto Blue Jays  7 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Bryan Clark Ron Reed -- 25,327 3:22
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bruce Sutter Gene Garber Ricky Horton 8,552 2:58
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Cincinnati Reds  2 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dennis Eckersley Andy McGaffigan George Frazier 0 2:23
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Cincinnati Reds  2 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dick Ruthven Frank Pastore Rich Bordi 32,827 2:27
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Dave Smith John Tudor -- 11,016 2:19
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 San Francisco Giants  3 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jeff Robinson Bryn Smith Greg Minton 15,986 2:23
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Walt Terrell Rick Honeycutt -- 25,854 2:26
1984 reg season 1984-08-28 San Diego Padres  8 Philadelphia Phillies  11 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Shane Rawley Andy Hawkins Al Holland 25,679 2:40
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1984 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 132 87 45 .659 0.0 691 541 150 W3 42-20 45-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1984 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 132 75 57 .568 12.0 614 539 75 W3 34-35 41-22 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1984 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 131 71 60 .542 15.5 531 513 18 L1 34-30 37-30 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1984 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 17.5 618 542 76 L1 27-36 43-25 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1984 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 131 68 63 .519 18.5 639 605 34 L1 32-31 36-32 5 6 10 -- dnq
1984 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 134 60 74 .448 28.0 607 632 -25 W2 28-40 31-35 6 11 20 -- dnq
1984 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 132 55 77 .417 32.0 506 590 -84 L2 24-41 31-36 7 14 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
1984 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 0.0 560 519 41 W1 30-35 39-27 1 5 9 Yes dnq
1984 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 131 65 66 .496 4.0 544 580 -36 L1 32-33 33-33 2 7 13 -- Lost ALCS (Tigers)
1984 AL West California Angels franchise | log 131 64 67 .489 5.0 558 560 -2 W1 37-30 27-37 3 8 16 -- dnq
1984 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 130 61 69 .469 7.5 540 586 -46 L3 25-41 36-28 4 9 18 -- dnq
1984 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 133 62 71 .466 8.0 599 650 -51 W1 26-42 35-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1984 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 131 58 73 .443 11.0 528 577 -49 W1 29-37 29-36 6 12 21 -- dnq
1984 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 132 57 75 .432 12.5 544 645 -101 L5 27-43 30-32 7 13 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
1984 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 131 78 53 .595 0.0 634 541 93 W3 34-30 44-23 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Padres)
1984 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 130 72 58 .554 5.5 511 535 -24 W3 38-30 34-28 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1984 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 129 71 58 .550 6.0 593 533 60 W3 40-28 31-30 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1984 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 130 65 65 .500 12.5 497 514 -17 W2 32-33 33-32 4 6 12 -- dnq
1984 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 130 64 66 .492 13.5 477 465 12 L5 35-33 29-33 5 8 15 -- dnq
1984 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 131 56 75 .427 22.0 479 458 21 L1 22-41 34-34 6 10 23 -- 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
1984 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 131 76 55 .580 0.0 559 507 52 L2 33-28 43-27 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Tigers)
1984 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 133 68 65 .511 9.0 570 504 66 W1 30-36 38-29 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1984 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 131 65 66 .496 11.0 523 531 -8 L2 35-32 30-34 3 7 14 -- dnq
1984 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 132 63 69 .477 13.5 461 495 -34 L3 30-34 33-35 4 9 17 -- dnq
1984 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 54 78 .409 22.5 497 628 -131 L4 24-44 30-34 5 11 25 -- dnq
1984 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 130 53 77 .408 22.5 559 649 -90 W2 26-37 27-40 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jeff Gardner New York Mets Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Ray Knight New York Mets Hist Traded from Houston Astros to New York Mets for Gerald Young (8/31/1984), Manuel Lee (8/31/1984) and Mitch Cook (9/10/1984)
Lee Mazzilli Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - Burned 3 fingers *While changing a flat tire*
Rafael Belliard Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)