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Friday, May 29,1998

Friday, May 29,1998

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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 1998-05-29 Texas Rangers  3 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Doug Johns Aaron Sele Armando Benitez 47,091 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Chicago White Sox  7 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dean Crow Carlos Castillo Todd Jones 20,078 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Oakland Athletics  3 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Chris Haney Mike Mohler Jeff Montgomery 14,749 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Anaheim Angels  3 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Chuck Finley LaTroy Hawkins Troy Percival 14,633 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Boston Red Sox  2 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Cone Derek Lowe -- 47,160 2:41
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Seattle Mariners  6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  2 box | pbp Tropicana Field Randy Johnson Tony Saunders -- 32,142 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Cleveland Indians  7 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Rogers Centre Bartolo Colon Roger Clemens -- 29,085 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Atlanta Braves  3 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Terry Adams John Rocker -- 38,010 3:23
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Houston Astros  7 Colorado Rockies  6 box | pbp Coors Field Mike Hampton Pedro Astacio Billy Wagner 48,325 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Cincinnati Reds  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jeff Shaw Dennys Reyes -- 41,479 3:27
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Florida Marlins  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Bob Wickman Jay Powell -- 25,032 3:16
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 New York Mets  11 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Rick Reed Matt Beech -- 21,567 2:36
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Montreal Expos  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Carlos Perez Jon Lieber Ugueth Urbina 17,053 2:22
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 St. Louis Cardinals  8 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mark Petkovsek Joey Hamilton -- 36,648 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-05-29 Arizona Diamondbacks  1 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Shawn Estes Willie Blair Robb Nen 16,859 2:17
15 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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 48 37 11 .771 0.0 318 209 109 W2 19-8 18-3 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 51 29 22 .569 9.5 245 246 -1 L6 10-12 19-10 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 54 27 27 .500 13.0 235 249 -14 L2 15-14 12-13 3 6 14 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 53 25 28 .472 14.5 258 263 -5 W3 13-15 12-13 4 8 17 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 52 23 29 .442 16.0 205 240 -35 L2 15-15 8-14 5 10 22 -- 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 52 31 21 .596 0.0 303 253 50 W4 15-11 16-10 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 51 23 28 .451 7.5 251 231 20 L1 14-12 9-16 2 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 52 22 30 .423 9.0 267 327 -60 L1 11-16 10-15 3 11 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 49 20 29 .408 9.5 247 286 -39 W1 10-19 10-10 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 51 20 31 .392 10.5 222 291 -69 W4 13-13 7-18 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
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 52 31 21 .596 0.0 324 271 53 L5 11-11 20-10 1 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 51 26 25 .510 4.5 237 247 -10 W1 10-9 16-16 2 5 13 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 53 25 28 .472 6.5 296 291 5 W2 11-14 14-14 3 7 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 51 21 30 .412 9.5 260 264 -4 L2 10-14 11-16 4 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 55 39 16 .709 0.0 300 196 104 L2 14-8 25-8 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 49 29 20 .592 7.0 222 158 64 W7 10-10 19-10 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 51 25 26 .490 12.0 235 256 -21 L1 10-16 15-10 3 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 53 20 33 .377 18.0 174 256 -82 W2 6-16 14-17 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 53 17 36 .321 21.0 250 323 -73 L3 5-16 12-20 5 15 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 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 53 33 20 .623 0.0 277 194 83 W1 17-10 16-10 1 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 53 29 24 .547 4.0 254 240 14 W1 12-13 17-11 2 6 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 52 28 24 .538 4.5 289 284 5 W3 10-15 18-9 3 7 11 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 51 26 25 .510 6.0 214 231 -17 W3 12-13 14-12 4 8 12 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 55 25 30 .455 9.0 245 258 -13 W1 13-15 12-15 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 54 24 30 .444 9.5 207 224 -17 L4 8-17 16-13 6 12 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 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 54 33 21 .611 0.0 263 210 53 L1 18-16 15-5 1 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 55 31 24 .564 2.5 260 222 38 W1 16-16 15-8 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 54 27 27 .500 6.0 235 237 -2 L1 14-19 13-8 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 54 22 32 .407 11.0 254 302 -48 L3 16-16 6-16 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 54 17 37 .315 16.0 206 294 -88 L1 7-21 10-16 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 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
Aaron Looper Seattle Mariners Hist Signed out of draft (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Ruben Sierra -- Hist Released by White Sox
Ben Van Ryn Toronto Blue Jays Hist Claimed on waivers from Padres by Blue Jays
Roberto Duran Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Left foot inflammation
4 record(s)