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Sunday, July 20,1997

Sunday, July 20,1997

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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 1997-07-20 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field Chan Ho Park John Smoltz -- 48,414 2:50
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Colorado Rockies  9 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Curt Leskanic Terry Adams Darren Holmes 36,861 2:58
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 San Diego Padres  3 Florida Marlins  0 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Andy Ashby Tony Saunders Trevor Hoffman 26,186 3:00
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Houston Astros  9 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Stade Olympique Darryl Kile Dustin Hermanson -- 26,873 2:14
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Cincinnati Reds  1 New York Mets  10 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dave Mlicki Kent Mercker -- 36,259 2:45
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Garrett Stephenson Jason Schmidt Ricky Bottalico 20,431 2:48
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 San Francisco Giants  9 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Kirk Rueter Alan Benes -- 35,073 2:44
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Anaheim Angels  9 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chuck Finley Luis Andujar -- 19,671 3:09
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Chicago White Sox  10 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jaime Navarro Shawn Boskie -- 47,800 3:00
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Boston Red Sox  2 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Progressive Field Charles Nagy Tom Gordon -- 42,932 2:47
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 New York Yankees  2 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Scott Karl Hideki Irabu -- 29,333 2:38
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Minnesota Twins  1 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Brad Radke Carlos Reyes -- 20,651 2:30
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Kansas City Royals  4 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Jamie Moyer Kevin Appier Bob Wells 42,816 3:09
1997 reg season 1997-07-20 Detroit Tigers  6 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington John Wetteland A.J. Sager -- 33,655 3:26
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 95 58 37 .611 0.0 494 384 110 L1 30-17 28-20 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 96 55 41 .573 3.5 510 398 112 L1 28-21 27-20 2 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 94 45 49 .479 12.5 366 402 -36 L2 25-20 20-29 3 9 18 -- dnq
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 96 45 51 .469 13.5 498 488 10 L1 19-28 26-23 4 10 20 -- dnq
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 97 44 53 .454 15.0 539 542 -3 L1 23-25 21-28 5 12 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 91 51 40 .560 0.0 511 480 31 W1 26-22 25-18 1 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 96 49 47 .510 4.5 484 488 -4 W1 23-26 26-21 2 6 13 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 93 45 48 .484 7.0 407 446 -39 W1 16-31 29-17 3 8 17 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 96 44 52 .458 9.5 478 499 -21 W4 22-25 22-27 4 11 21 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 93 38 55 .409 14.0 425 475 -50 L1 18-29 20-26 5 13 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 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 98 55 43 .561 0.0 575 543 32 W1 26-21 29-22 1 3 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 97 54 43 .557 0.5 512 468 44 W2 23-25 31-18 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 96 47 49 .490 7.0 481 473 8 W1 20-25 27-24 3 7 15 -- dnq
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 100 40 60 .400 16.0 491 598 -107 L3 18-33 22-27 4 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
1997 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 98 62 36 .633 0.0 506 364 142 L2 32-17 30-19 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 96 56 40 .583 5.0 415 389 26 L1 26-23 30-17 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 97 55 42 .567 6.5 472 419 53 W4 24-25 31-17 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 96 51 45 .531 10.0 420 418 2 L3 21-24 30-21 4 5 10 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 95 29 66 .305 31.5 368 555 -187 W1 12-37 17-29 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 Central Houston Astros franchise | log 99 51 48 .515 0.0 442 408 34 W3 26-27 25-21 1 7 12 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 97 48 49 .495 2.0 411 454 -43 L1 24-24 24-25 2 8 14 -- dnq
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 97 47 50 .485 3.0 413 388 25 L1 21-28 26-22 3 9 16 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 96 42 54 .438 7.5 369 451 -82 L3 18-30 24-24 4 12 24 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 98 41 57 .418 9.5 425 446 -21 L1 16-34 25-23 5 13 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
1997 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 98 55 43 .561 0.0 440 464 -24 W1 25-23 30-20 1 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 98 52 46 .531 3.0 437 381 56 W2 22-25 30-21 2 6 11 -- dnq
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 98 46 52 .469 9.0 507 555 -48 W1 25-23 21-29 3 10 19 -- dnq
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 99 45 54 .455 10.5 564 584 -20 W1 21-32 24-22 4 11 22 -- 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
Kyle Peterson Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed out of draft (Stanford)
Pat Rapp San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Strained rib cage *Pitching wear and tear*
Ben McDonald Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Partial right rotator cuff tear + Surgery
3 record(s)