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Monday, August 12,1996

Monday, August 12,1996

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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
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Cleveland Indians  5 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Orel Hershiser Chuck Finley Jose Mesa 19,499 3:02
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 New York Yankees  2 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Roberto Hernandez John Wetteland -- 32,492 3:02
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Minnesota Twins  1 Oakland Athletics  11 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ariel Prieto Rich Robertson -- 10,071 2:32
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Kansas City Royals  10 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Kevin Appier Jamie Moyer Rick Huisman 43,476 3:02
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Detroit Tigers  0 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Ken Hill Brian Williams -- 25,210 2:33
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Boston Red Sox  1 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Pat Hentgen Tom Gordon -- 33,250 2:26
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Ramon Martinez John Smiley Todd Worrell 21,677 2:47
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Houston Astros  1 Montreal Expos  8 box | pbp Stade Olympique Mark Leiter Danny Darwin -- 35,458 2:28
1996 reg season 1996-08-12 Chicago Cubs  11 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jaime Navarro Jason Isringhausen -- 17,636 2:43
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
1996 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 117 69 48 .590 0.0 607 562 45 L1 31-28 38-20 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1996 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 8.0 695 668 27 L1 31-26 29-31 2 5 11 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1996 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 57 62 .479 13.0 685 704 -19 L1 24-36 33-26 3 9 18 -- dnq
1996 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 119 54 65 .454 16.0 599 629 -30 W1 26-34 28-31 4 12 23 -- dnq
1996 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 118 42 76 .356 27.5 585 816 -231 L2 19-43 23-33 5 14 28 -- 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
1996 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 72 47 .605 0.0 695 581 114 W1 39-25 33-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1996 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 6.0 667 575 92 W2 33-29 33-24 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1996 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 13.5 665 664 1 L1 30-28 28-32 3 8 16 -- dnq
1996 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 16.5 578 589 -11 W1 30-30 26-34 4 10 20 -- dnq
1996 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 119 55 64 .462 17.0 681 672 9 L7 27-30 28-34 5 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
1996 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 0.0 702 592 110 W4 28-30 39-23 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1996 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 5.5 722 673 49 L7 30-25 30-32 2 6 13 -- dnq
1996 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 7.0 649 654 -5 W3 32-29 28-31 3 7 14 -- dnq
1996 AL West California Angels franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 13.0 568 719 -151 L1 19-38 34-27 4 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
1996 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 116 71 45 .612 0.0 583 446 137 W1 30-24 41-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1996 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 117 65 52 .556 6.5 577 492 85 W2 28-28 37-24 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1996 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 17.0 558 572 -14 L1 23-37 33-27 3 10 19 -- dnq
1996 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 118 54 64 .458 18.0 492 527 -35 L1 18-39 36-25 4 11 22 -- dnq
1996 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 118 48 70 .407 24.0 470 587 -117 L3 23-40 25-30 5 14 27 -- 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
1996 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 0.0 578 589 -11 L1 30-32 34-23 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1996 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 118 63 55 .534 0.5 561 525 36 W2 32-29 31-26 2 5 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Braves)
1996 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 5.0 565 549 16 W1 26-30 32-29 3 8 15 -- dnq
1996 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 5.5 524 565 -41 L3 29-29 27-29 4 9 17 -- dnq
1996 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 51 67 .432 12.5 542 605 -63 L4 25-32 26-35 5 12 25 -- 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
1996 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 0.0 579 516 63 W4 34-26 31-29 1 3 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)
1996 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 2.0 494 483 11 W3 31-31 31-25 2 6 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1996 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 2.5 708 706 2 L1 21-37 40-19 3 7 12 -- dnq
1996 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 49 67 .422 14.0 536 605 -69 L2 22-37 27-30 4 13 26 -- dnq
28 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
Ed Yarnall New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (LSU)
Luis Polonia -- Hist Released by Orioles
Rafael Quirico -- Hist Released by Phillies
Kevin Wickander -- Hist Released by Brewers
Alex Diaz Seattle Mariners Injury DL - Bone chips in right elbow
Andy Stankiewicz Montreal Expos Injury DL - Unknown
Edgar Martinez Seattle Mariners Hist Activated from Disabled List
Todd Jones Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
Wil Cordero Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
Pat Kelly New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
10 record(s)