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Thursday, May 18,1989

Thursday, May 18,1989

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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
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 Cleveland Indians  2 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mark Williamson Keith Atherton -- 23,576 3:08
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 Boston Red Sox  5 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Dopson Mike Witt Rob Murphy 28,114 2:36
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 New York Yankees  2 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bob Welch Tommy John Todd Burns 40,758 3:10
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Seattle Mariners  9 box | pbp Kingdome Bill Swift Chris Bosio Mike Schooler 9,416 3:28
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 Minnesota Twins  5 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jeff Russell German Gonzalez -- 19,868 3:49
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Dayley Larry Andersen -- 17,124 3:26
1989 reg season 1989-05-18 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dwight Gooden Alejandro Pena Randy Myers 31,189 3:17
7 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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
1989 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 0.0 188 182 6 W1 9-11 9-8 1 6 15 Yes dnq
1989 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 0.5 164 150 14 L1 9-11 9-9 2 7 16 -- dnq
1989 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 0.5 152 157 -5 W2 7-10 10-9 3 8 17 -- dnq
1989 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 39 18 21 .462 1.0 144 187 -43 L2 12-13 6-8 4 9 18 -- dnq
1989 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 38 16 22 .421 2.5 142 182 -40 L1 7-14 9-8 5 12 23 -- dnq
1989 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 39 14 25 .359 5.0 164 178 -14 L1 5-14 9-11 6 13 25 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1989 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 37 13 24 .351 5.0 133 171 -38 L1 5-14 8-10 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
1989 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 40 27 13 .675 0.0 180 138 42 W2 10-7 17-6 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1989 AL West California Angels franchise | log 40 26 14 .650 1.0 174 117 57 L1 10-6 16-8 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 39 25 14 .641 1.5 168 137 31 L1 9-9 16-5 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 37 21 16 .568 4.5 174 169 5 W1 11-9 10-7 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 41 22 19 .537 5.5 194 194 0 W1 8-10 14-9 5 5 8 -- dnq
1989 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 38 17 21 .447 9.0 180 185 -5 L1 6-10 11-11 6 10 20 -- dnq
1989 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 9.5 178 188 -10 W1 11-12 6-10 7 11 21 -- 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
1989 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 37 21 16 .568 0.0 137 118 19 W1 8-8 13-8 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 1.5 125 133 -8 W3 8-8 12-10 2 5 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Giants)
1989 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 1.5 150 139 11 W1 6-10 14-8 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 40 20 20 .500 2.5 177 189 -12 L3 6-12 14-8 4 6 12 -- dnq
1989 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 5.0 154 174 -20 L2 8-10 8-11 5 11 22 -- dnq
1989 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 37 15 22 .405 6.0 140 144 -4 L1 6-13 9-9 6 12 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
1989 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 0.0 146 152 -6 W1 12-7 10-9 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1989 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 39 21 18 .538 1.5 166 133 33 W2 11-11 10-7 2 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1989 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 42 21 21 .500 3.0 138 164 -26 W3 14-11 7-10 3 7 11 -- dnq
1989 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 39 19 20 .487 3.5 154 149 5 L1 11-7 8-13 4 8 13 -- dnq
1989 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 3.5 117 109 8 L1 8-12 10-7 5 9 14 -- dnq
1989 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 40 18 22 .450 5.0 163 163 0 L3 8-16 10-6 6 10 19 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • 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
Orestes Destrade -- Hist Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Seibu Lions (Japan Pacific)
Ramon Pena Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Unknown
Storm Davis Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Right hand contusion
Keith Hernandez New York Mets Injury DL - Fractured kneecap
Walt Weiss Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Sprained right knee
Eric Davis Cincinnati Reds Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)