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Tuesday, May 12,1998

Tuesday, May 12,1998

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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
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Anaheim Angels  2 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Carlos Castillo Omar Olivares -- 13,050 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Seattle Mariners  4 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Paul Spoljaric Justin Thompson Bobby Ayala 11,659 2:14
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Baltimore Orioles  4 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome LaTroy Hawkins Arthur Rhodes Rick Aguilera 8,666 3:08
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Kansas City Royals  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Wells Glendon Rusch Mariano Rivera 16,606 2:37
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Cleveland Indians  5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  6 box | pbp Tropicana Field Julio Santana Michael Jackson -- 27,084 4:43
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Boston Red Sox  3 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Aaron Sele Brian Rose John Wetteland 39,614 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Oakland Athletics  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Randy Myers Billy Taylor -- 25,636 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Chicago Cubs  7 Arizona Diamondbacks  6 box | pbp Chase Field Terry Adams Felix Rodriguez Rod Beck 45,240 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Atlanta Braves  5 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field John Smoltz David Weathers -- 19,033 2:24
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Florida Marlins  2 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Sean Bergman Chris Hammond Billy Wagner 14,919 2:38
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Curt Schilling Scott Radinsky Mark Leiter 32,382 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Colorado Rockies  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Esteban Loaiza Jamey Wright -- 12,954 2:24
1998 reg season 1998-05-12 Milwaukee Brewers  5 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mike Busby Doug Jones -- 25,680 3:09
13 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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 32 25 7 .781 0.0 197 141 56 W2 15-6 10-1 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 3.5 190 165 25 L2 10-8 14-5 2 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 8.5 186 183 3 L1 10-10 9-8 3 6 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 38 17 21 .447 11.0 156 186 -30 W1 11-13 6-8 4 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 11.0 153 170 -17 W3 8-10 8-10 5 9 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
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 37 20 17 .541 0.0 208 195 13 L5 9-10 11-7 1 4 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 3.5 181 207 -26 W2 9-14 6-7 2 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 37 15 22 .405 5.0 174 163 11 W1 9-9 6-13 3 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 37 14 23 .378 6.0 157 208 -51 L4 8-8 6-15 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 33 10 23 .303 8.0 142 190 -48 L2 6-15 4-8 5 14 29 -- 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
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 0.0 242 179 63 W5 9-6 15-7 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.5 167 168 -1 L1 7-5 12-12 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 5.0 212 208 4 W2 7-7 12-11 3 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 36 15 21 .417 8.5 183 185 -2 L2 6-8 9-13 4 11 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 39 28 11 .718 0.0 222 142 80 W4 10-5 18-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 33 18 15 .545 7.0 140 110 30 L1 5-6 13-9 2 6 9 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 7.5 165 174 -9 W6 5-10 14-7 3 8 11 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 36 13 23 .361 13.5 114 179 -65 L2 2-10 11-13 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 39 13 26 .333 15.0 186 225 -39 L3 3-11 10-15 5 15 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
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 0.0 210 141 69 W4 14-9 10-4 1 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 21 17 .553 3.5 169 158 11 W2 7-9 14-8 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.5 157 165 -8 L4 9-7 10-10 3 9 14 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.5 199 194 5 W2 7-14 12-3 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.5 165 176 -11 L2 11-11 7-9 5 12 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.5 156 162 -6 W2 5-9 13-11 6 11 19 -- 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
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 37 24 13 .649 0.0 189 149 40 W1 14-10 10-3 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 21 17 .553 3.5 176 152 24 W2 11-12 10-5 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.5 165 167 -2 L2 9-15 9-5 3 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 8.0 202 235 -33 L2 13-11 4-11 4 13 23 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 38 8 30 .211 16.5 134 220 -86 L7 4-20 4-10 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 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
Rod Henderson -- Hist Released by Expos
Pete Incaviglia Houston Astros Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Rich Sauveur -- Hist Released by Reds
Marty Cordova Minnesota Twins Hist Activated from Disabled List
Bernard Gilkey New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
Scott Kamieniecki San Diego Padres Hist Activated from Disabled List
Bip Roberts Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)