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Wednesday, August 17,1988

Wednesday, August 17,1988

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 1988-08-17 Oakland Athletics  10 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Curt Young Doug Sisk Eric Plunk 18,127 3:37
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Seattle Mariners  2 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Bruce Hurst Bill Swift -- 31,548 3:00
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jerry Reuss Jim Clancy Steve Rosenberg 14,367 2:52
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Milwaukee Brewers  7 Cleveland Indians  11 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium John Farrell Mike Birkbeck -- 7,593 3:04
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Minnesota Twins  2 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Allan Anderson Doyle Alexander Jeff Reardon 34,622 2:47
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Texas Rangers  6 Kansas City Royals  9 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Jeff Montgomery Jose Guzman Steve Farr 25,720 3:21
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 California Angels  7 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Scott Nielsen Stew Cliburn Dave Righetti 26,532 3:42
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Chicago Cubs  5 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rick Sutcliffe Jack Armstrong -- 26,505 2:37
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium John Tudor Mike Maddux -- 42,701 2:36
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Atlanta Braves  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dave LaPoint Tom Glavine Jim Gott 33,164 2:05
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Montreal Expos  2 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dennis Rasmussen Bryn Smith Mark Davis 12,348 2:31
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 New York Mets  0 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Rick Reuschel David Cone -- 24,730 2:17
1988 reg season 1988-08-17 Houston Astros  1 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Dave Meads Joe Magrane Dave Smith 25,343 2:38
13 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 119 69 50 .580 0.0 540 463 77 L3 31-27 38-23 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 67 52 .563 2.0 609 527 82 W1 26-32 41-20 2 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 2.5 595 520 75 W1 31-26 34-25 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 122 61 61 .500 9.5 499 468 31 L2 26-35 35-26 4 8 15 -- dnq
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 121 60 61 .496 10.0 562 520 42 L3 32-31 28-30 5 9 17 -- dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 120 57 63 .475 12.5 527 574 -47 W3 24-35 33-28 6 10 19 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 119 39 80 .328 30.0 420 608 -188 L3 15-45 24-35 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 121 77 44 .636 0.0 594 464 130 W2 39-22 38-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 68 51 .571 8.0 575 510 65 W3 35-27 33-24 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 120 62 58 .517 14.5 535 480 55 W1 29-30 33-28 3 6 12 -- dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 16.5 554 587 -33 L1 34-28 26-32 4 7 14 -- dnq
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 22.5 491 600 -109 W2 23-34 31-32 5 11 20 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 118 52 66 .441 23.5 456 531 -75 L1 24-35 28-31 6 12 21 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 120 46 74 .383 30.5 491 596 -105 L1 20-41 26-33 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 120 71 49 .592 0.0 515 421 94 L1 33-28 38-21 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 121 67 54 .554 4.5 511 472 39 W2 32-27 35-27 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 120 63 57 .525 8.0 471 443 28 L4 31-31 32-26 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 118 59 59 .500 11.0 471 472 -1 W1 29-30 29-30 4 8 16 -- dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 119 52 67 .437 18.5 419 469 -50 L1 24-34 28-33 5 10 22 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 52 68 .433 19.0 463 541 -78 L4 21-39 30-30 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 120 68 52 .567 0.0 506 442 64 W3 36-24 32-28 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 3.0 497 481 16 W1 29-31 36-24 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 120 63 57 .525 5.0 531 479 52 W1 28-31 35-26 3 6 10 -- dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 7.0 473 461 12 L1 29-30 31-28 4 7 13 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 57 63 .475 11.0 416 450 -34 W2 23-36 34-27 5 9 18 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 120 41 79 .342 27.0 443 585 -142 L2 21-41 20-38 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Domingo Ramos California Angels Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1988-1988 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Harry Spilman Houston Astros Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1988-1988 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Joe Price San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Left shoulder inflammation
Chuck Cary Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)