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Friday, May 9,1997

Friday, May 9,1997

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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
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Houston Astros  2 Florida Marlins  3 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Robb Nen Jose Lima -- 30,525 3:04
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Montreal Expos  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Scott Radinsky Ugueth Urbina -- 41,234 2:46
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Colorado Rockies  1 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Calvin Maduro Roger Bailey Ricky Bottalico 13,564 2:17
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Atlanta Braves  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Francisco Cordova Terrell Wade -- 18,006 2:29
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Cincinnati Reds  7 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium John Smiley Tim Worrell -- 22,695 2:33
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Chicago Cubs  5 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kent Bottenfield Joe Roa -- 10,309 4:57
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 New York Mets  10 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mark Clark Todd Stottlemyre -- 32,054 2:48
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Seattle Mariners  8 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jamie Moyer Rocky Coppinger -- 47,257 3:11
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Texas Rangers  5 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Bobby Witt John Wasdin -- 23,514 2:44
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Oakland Athletics  2 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Roberto Hernandez Aaron Small -- 16,295 3:32
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Cleveland Indians  5 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Charles Nagy A.J. Sager -- 20,393 2:49
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Anaheim Angels  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Cal Eldred Shigetoshi Hasegawa Doug Jones 12,135 3:00
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Pat Hentgen Frankie Rodriguez Mike Timlin 13,277 2:48
1997 reg season 1997-05-09 Kansas City Royals  7 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Randy Veres Brian Boehringer -- 20,098 4:33
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
1997 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 32 22 10 .688 0.0 184 123 61 L1 8-4 14-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 4.5 209 153 56 L1 9-8 10-8 2 4 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 5.0 122 122 0 W2 8-7 9-8 3 6 14 -- dnq
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 7.5 184 169 15 L2 8-9 7-9 4 9 19 -- dnq
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 10.0 161 178 -17 L2 6-12 7-9 5 14 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
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 0.0 150 158 -8 W2 5-9 11-5 1 5 12 Yes dnq
1997 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 0.0 201 190 11 W1 8-7 9-8 2 8 16 -- Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 0.0 151 151 0 W2 11-7 6-8 3 7 15 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 35 14 21 .400 4.5 159 203 -44 L1 8-12 6-9 4 12 22 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 4.5 135 160 -25 W2 4-8 8-11 5 13 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
1997 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 33 20 13 .606 0.0 200 190 10 W1 11-5 9-8 1 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 2.0 143 131 12 W1 8-8 9-6 2 3 9 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 5.0 146 163 -17 L3 7-10 7-7 3 10 20 -- dnq
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 6.0 155 209 -54 L3 7-14 8-6 4 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
1997 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 23 11 .676 0.0 158 103 55 L2 10-7 13-4 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 4.0 128 121 7 W2 4-11 15-4 2 6 8 -- Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 5.0 169 152 17 L1 8-11 9-4 3 8 13 -- dnq
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 6.5 166 138 28 W1 9-10 8-8 4 9 17 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 11.5 119 174 -55 W1 7-13 4-9 5 12 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
1997 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 0.0 138 144 -6 W4 12-9 7-6 1 5 7 Yes dnq
1997 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 0.5 141 122 19 L1 7-8 12-8 2 7 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 34 16 18 .471 3.0 130 127 3 L1 5-12 11-6 3 10 18 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 33 11 22 .333 7.5 119 188 -69 W1 6-15 5-7 4 13 27 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 33 10 23 .303 8.5 126 164 -38 W2 6-15 4-8 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
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 33 21 12 .636 0.0 221 178 43 L3 9-5 12-7 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 32 19 13 .594 1.5 121 106 15 W2 6-5 13-8 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1997 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 32 19 13 .594 1.5 114 125 -11 L3 8-4 11-9 3 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 32 12 20 .375 8.5 126 134 -8 L2 4-7 8-13 4 11 25 -- dnq
28 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Cliff Floyd Florida Marlins DL-15 DL-15 Strained left hamstring
Kevin Jarvis Minnesota Twins Hist Claimed on waivers from Tigers by Twins
Ruben Sierra -- Hist Released by Reds
Brad Thomas -- Hist Released by Dodgers
Jose Cabrera Houston Astros Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Houston Astros for Alvin Morman
Alvin Morman Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians for Jose Cabrera
Matt Beech Philadelphia Phillies Injury DL - Sprained right ankle *Running the bases*
Rickey Henderson San Diego Padres Injury DL - Unknown
Ken Ryan Philadelphia Phillies Hist Activated from Disabled List
Dario Veras San Diego Padres Hist Activated from Disabled List
10 record(s)