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Monday, August 8,1988

Monday, August 8,1988

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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 1988-08-08 Seattle Mariners  4 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mark Langston Kirk McCaskill Mike Schooler 23,506 2:58
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 Cleveland Indians  2 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Allan Anderson Chris Codiroli Jeff Reardon 36,316 2:45
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 Chicago White Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  9 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bob Welch Bill Long Dennis Eckersley 25,111 2:56
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 Detroit Tigers  3 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Frank Tanana Jeff Russell Mike Henneman 22,794 3:18
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 Kansas City Royals  1 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jeff Musselman Bret Saberhagen Tom Henke 32,234 2:45
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 San Francisco Giants  5 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ron Davis John Smoltz Scott Garrelts 7,705 2:59
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome Mike Scott Shawn Hillegas -- 39,786 2:53
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 New York Mets  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Rick Reed Bob Ojeda Jim Gott 38,307 2:12
1988 reg season 1988-08-08 Montreal Expos  2 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Forsch Pascual Perez Todd Worrell 28,916 2:25
9 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
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 111 67 44 .604 0.0 507 417 90 W1 29-24 38-20 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 108 62 46 .574 3.5 553 459 94 W2 29-25 33-21 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 110 63 47 .573 3.5 561 476 85 W1 25-29 38-18 3 4 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 112 56 56 .500 11.5 450 421 29 W1 26-33 30-23 4 8 14 -- dnq
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 113 55 58 .487 13.0 535 494 41 W1 27-28 28-30 5 9 17 -- dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 112 53 59 .473 14.5 487 528 -41 L2 24-33 29-26 6 10 18 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 110 37 73 .336 29.5 381 556 -175 L1 13-40 24-33 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 113 70 43 .619 0.0 547 445 102 W1 37-22 33-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 111 62 49 .559 7.0 531 483 48 W1 32-27 30-22 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 112 57 55 .509 12.5 519 544 -25 L2 32-24 25-31 3 6 12 -- dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 111 56 55 .505 13.0 487 449 38 L1 29-30 27-25 4 7 13 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 109 48 61 .440 20.0 415 486 -71 L1 21-31 27-30 5 11 21 -- dnq
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 112 49 63 .438 20.5 461 565 -104 L1 20-31 29-32 6 12 22 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 112 43 69 .384 26.5 457 568 -111 W2 18-39 25-30 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 111 67 44 .604 0.0 470 376 94 L1 31-25 36-19 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 111 61 50 .550 6.0 458 424 34 W1 28-24 33-26 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 111 60 51 .541 7.0 436 399 37 L1 29-27 31-24 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 110 54 56 .491 12.5 431 440 -9 L1 28-29 25-28 4 8 16 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 111 49 62 .441 18.0 425 495 -70 W1 21-37 27-26 5 10 20 -- dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 111 48 63 .432 19.0 400 451 -51 W1 21-31 27-32 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 111 62 49 .559 0.0 462 396 66 L2 35-22 27-27 1 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 111 61 50 .550 1.0 481 452 29 W2 28-30 33-20 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 111 59 52 .532 3.0 489 449 40 W2 25-27 34-25 3 6 11 -- dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 110 55 55 .500 6.5 438 426 12 W1 29-30 26-25 4 7 15 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 111 51 60 .459 11.0 382 427 -45 L1 19-33 32-27 5 9 19 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 111 38 73 .342 24.0 419 556 -137 L2 19-37 19-36 6 12 25 -- 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
Tom Martin Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (Florida HS)
Bill Scherrer Chicago Cubs Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Donnie Moore California Angels Injury DL - Fractured right ring finger
3 record(s)