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Tuesday, August 25,1998

Tuesday, August 25,1998

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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 1998-08-25 Oakland Athletics  2 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Greg Swindell Kenny Rogers Tom Gordon 28,366 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Baltimore Orioles  4 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Chad Bradford Mike Mussina -- 15,776 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Seattle Mariners  4 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Progressive Field Charles Nagy Bill Swift -- 43,113 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Anaheim Angels  7 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Allen Watson Mike Stanton Troy Percival 30,422 4:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Minnesota Twins  4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  1 box | pbp Tropicana Field Frankie Rodriguez Rolando Arrojo Rick Aguilera 23,126 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Detroit Tigers  8 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Brian Powell Todd Stottlemyre -- 23,378 3:05
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Kansas City Royals  0 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Rogers Centre Roger Clemens Chris Haney -- 26,173 2:16
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 Arizona Diamondbacks  6 box | pbp Chase Field Sean Lawrence Clint Sodowsky Rich Loiselle 38,960 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Chicago Cubs  9 Cincinnati Reds  10 box | pbp Cinergy Field John Hudek Terry Mulholland Gabe White 20,828 3:32
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Colorado Rockies  11 box | pbp Coors Field Dave Veres David Weathers -- 44,573 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Atlanta Braves  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Mike Hampton Kevin Millwood Billy Wagner 32,157 2:24
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Montreal Expos  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Dave Mlicki Mike Thurman Jeff Shaw 30,183 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 San Diego Padres  5 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Kevin Brown Curt Schilling Trevor Hoffman 18,100 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 New York Mets  3 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Russ Ortiz Rick Reed -- 20,916 3:10
1998 reg season 1998-08-25 Florida Marlins  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rafael Medina Donovan Osborne Antonio Alfonseca 29,130 2:44
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 129 94 35 .729 0.0 785 513 272 L3 46-24 48-11 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 129 77 52 .597 17.0 719 573 146 W2 38-32 39-20 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 26.0 687 626 61 L2 32-34 37-28 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 133 67 66 .504 29.0 648 649 -1 W1 30-39 37-27 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 129 49 80 .380 45.0 474 603 -129 L4 23-37 26-43 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
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 130 72 58 .554 0.0 682 604 78 W2 37-30 35-28 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 132 60 72 .455 13.0 589 745 -156 L1 36-30 24-42 2 9 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 130 58 72 .446 14.0 597 628 -31 W1 30-35 28-37 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 131 58 73 .443 14.5 651 765 -114 W1 25-41 32-33 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 131 51 80 .389 21.5 562 691 -129 W1 26-42 25-38 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
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 132 73 59 .553 0.0 658 619 39 W4 36-26 37-33 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 3.5 751 728 23 L1 29-33 40-29 2 6 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 130 60 70 .462 12.0 688 693 -5 L1 25-37 35-33 3 8 21 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 132 60 72 .455 13.0 661 704 -43 L2 25-37 35-35 4 10 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 132 87 45 .659 0.0 683 493 190 L1 40-23 47-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 132 72 60 .545 15.0 582 508 74 L3 30-30 42-30 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 132 64 68 .485 23.0 592 667 -75 L3 29-33 35-35 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 133 51 82 .383 36.5 513 653 -140 L6 18-43 33-39 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 132 46 86 .348 41.0 547 720 -173 W1 19-44 27-42 5 16 30 -- 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 133 83 50 .624 0.0 740 524 216 W5 40-30 43-20 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 132 71 61 .538 11.5 661 639 22 L4 28-34 43-27 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 132 64 68 .485 18.5 566 553 13 W1 26-36 37-33 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 20.5 572 647 -75 L3 29-33 33-37 4 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 20.5 639 659 -20 L5 27-43 35-27 5 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 61 71 .462 21.5 595 631 -36 W4 34-36 27-35 6 13 20 -- 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 132 85 47 .644 0.0 640 514 126 W3 39-32 46-15 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 71 61 .538 14.0 657 604 53 W4 34-35 37-26 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 132 65 67 .492 20.0 553 561 -8 W1 30-41 35-26 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 133 62 71 .466 23.5 652 695 -43 W3 29-40 33-31 4 12 19 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 133 50 83 .376 35.5 551 686 -135 L1 26-47 24-36 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
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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
Mike Morgan Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Minnesota Twins to Chicago Cubs for Scott Downs (11/3/1998)
Edgar Renteria Florida Marlins Injury DL - Right knee contusion *Sliding into 2B on steal, re-aggravating a lingering injury*
Danny Bautista Atlanta Braves Injury DL - MCL sprain in right knee
Jeff Blauser Chicago Cubs Injury DL - Sore elbow
Pete Incaviglia Houston Astros Injury DL - Strained right shoulder
Mike Frank Cincinnati Reds Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)