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Saturday, July 9,1988

Saturday, July 9,1988

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
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Texas Rangers  1 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jay Tibbs Charlie Hough Tom Niedenfuer 21,661 2:25
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Boston Red Sox  7 Chicago White Sox  8 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Melido Perez Tom Bolton Bobby Thigpen 0 2:47
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Boston Red Sox  8 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Lee Smith Ricky Horton -- 23,699 3:16
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 California Angels  8 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Bryan Harvey Doug Jones Donnie Moore 15,487 3:09
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Oakland Athletics  3 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Tanana Bob Welch Guillermo Hernandez 43,016 2:40
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Chuck Crim Jeff Reardon Dan Plesac 52,293 2:35
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Kansas City Royals  3 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Rick Rhoden Ted Power Charles Hudson 36,557 3:34
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Seattle Mariners  9 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Scott Bankhead Todd Stottlemyre -- 31,373 3:05
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Montreal Expos  9 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Dennis Martinez Pete Smith -- 16,747 2:50
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rob Dibble Kent Tekulve John Franco 29,473 2:23
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 New York Mets  3 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Nolan Ryan Rick Aguilera Juan Agosto 36,652 2:52
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Mike Dunne Shawn Hillegas -- 46,662 3:14
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 Chicago Cubs  2 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Ed Whitson Rick Sutcliffe Mark Davis 28,364 2:26
1988 reg season 1988-07-09 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Francisco Giants  21 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kelly Downs John Tudor -- 34,666 2:53
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 84 52 32 .619 0.0 406 339 67 W1 24-15 28-17 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 84 49 35 .583 3.0 429 336 93 W1 25-20 24-15 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 87 45 42 .517 8.5 379 402 -23 L3 19-20 26-22 3 6 11 -- dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 84 43 41 .512 9.0 424 377 47 W1 22-23 21-18 4 7 12 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 86 43 43 .500 10.0 355 322 33 W2 19-23 24-20 5 8 15 -- dnq
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 87 41 46 .471 12.5 411 393 18 L1 19-22 22-24 6 9 17 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 86 27 59 .314 26.0 292 448 -156 W1 11-36 16-23 7 14 26 -- 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
1988 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 87 53 34 .609 0.0 420 352 68 L1 31-18 22-16 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 84 47 37 .560 4.5 404 370 34 L3 22-18 25-19 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 86 45 41 .523 7.5 378 340 38 L1 22-19 23-22 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 85 40 45 .471 12.0 338 389 -51 L1 17-22 23-23 4 10 18 -- dnq
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 86 40 46 .465 12.5 344 424 -80 L1 16-20 24-26 5 12 20 -- dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 86 40 46 .465 12.5 376 402 -26 W4 25-23 15-23 6 11 19 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 86 34 52 .395 18.5 355 417 -62 W1 16-32 18-20 7 13 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
1988 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 86 53 33 .616 0.0 381 295 86 L2 23-19 30-14 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 85 48 37 .565 4.5 366 342 24 W4 24-20 24-17 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 84 44 40 .524 8.0 346 336 10 L4 23-24 21-16 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 86 44 42 .512 9.0 347 323 24 W6 20-24 24-18 4 6 13 -- dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 85 38 47 .447 14.5 319 361 -42 L5 20-27 18-20 5 10 22 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 85 37 48 .435 15.5 309 367 -58 L1 17-30 19-19 6 11 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
1988 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 83 48 35 .578 0.0 367 295 72 L2 23-13 25-22 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 84 45 39 .536 3.5 371 329 42 W4 19-18 26-21 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 86 43 43 .500 6.5 356 351 5 W2 17-25 26-18 3 7 14 -- dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 86 41 45 .477 8.5 353 354 -1 W1 21-24 20-21 4 8 16 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 87 39 48 .448 11.0 294 350 -56 W2 12-26 27-22 5 9 21 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 83 30 53 .361 18.0 327 433 -106 L2 15-26 15-27 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Larry Parrish -- Hist Released by Rangers
Jon Perlman Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Right elbow strain
Tony Phillips Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
Tim Raines Montreal Expos Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)