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Wednesday, September 2,1998

Wednesday, September 2,1998

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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 1998-09-02 Chicago White Sox  3 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards John Snyder Alan Mills Bob Howry 46,123 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Seattle Mariners  3 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Gordon Bobby Ayala -- 25,813 3:13
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Anaheim Angels  13 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Progressive Field Steve Sparks Bartolo Colon -- 43,200 3:08
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Texas Rangers  5 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Rick Helling Brian Moehler John Wetteland 10,699 3:06
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Kelvim Escobar Jose Rosado Paul Quantrill 12,541 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  4 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Esteban Yan LaTroy Hawkins Albie Lopez 7,165 3:09
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Oakland Athletics  2 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Gil Heredia David Cone Billy Taylor 30,332 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Houston Astros  4 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Turner Field Randy Johnson Greg Maddux Billy Wagner 46,238 2:22
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Cincinnati Reds  2 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Felix Heredia Gabe White Rod Beck 36,761 2:44
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 St. Louis Cardinals  14 Florida Marlins  4 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Kent Mercker Jesus Sanchez -- 45,170 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Carlos Perez Tyler Green -- 32,630 2:28
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Colorado Rockies  4 Milwaukee Brewers  8 box | pbp County Stadium Rafael Roque Pedro Astacio -- 10,584 2:21
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Aaron Small Jeff Tabaka Gregg Olson 12,010 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 New York Mets  4 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Armando Reynoso Andy Ashby John Franco 17,565 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-09-02 Montreal Expos  3 San Francisco Giants  12 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kirk Rueter Javier Vazquez -- 10,673 2:46
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 137 99 38 .723 0.0 833 554 279 L1 46-24 53-14 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 137 81 56 .591 18.0 762 610 152 W1 38-32 43-24 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 140 73 67 .521 27.5 695 671 24 W6 32-39 41-28 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 139 69 70 .496 31.0 712 672 40 L10 32-36 37-34 4 7 14 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 138 54 84 .391 45.5 523 644 -121 W1 27-40 27-44 5 13 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 138 76 62 .551 0.0 739 671 68 L1 37-30 39-32 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 140 65 75 .464 12.0 707 803 -96 W4 28-41 36-35 2 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 139 64 75 .460 12.5 609 773 -164 L2 40-31 24-44 3 9 21 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 138 61 77 .442 15.0 629 678 -49 L1 31-39 30-38 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 139 53 86 .381 23.5 607 751 -144 L1 26-43 27-43 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 West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 140 77 63 .550 0.0 710 666 44 W1 40-30 37-33 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 139 74 65 .532 2.5 806 772 34 W1 33-36 41-29 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 140 64 76 .457 13.0 708 757 -49 W1 29-41 35-35 3 10 23 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 138 63 75 .457 13.0 734 741 -7 L1 28-42 35-33 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 140 91 49 .650 0.0 721 527 194 L1 43-25 48-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 140 77 63 .550 14.0 620 544 76 W1 35-33 42-30 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 140 66 74 .471 25.0 609 709 -100 L3 31-37 35-37 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 141 53 88 .376 38.5 550 707 -157 L3 20-49 33-39 4 15 29 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 140 47 93 .336 44.0 585 795 -210 L7 20-48 27-45 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 140 88 52 .629 0.0 773 548 225 W1 42-31 46-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 140 78 62 .557 10.0 713 677 36 W4 32-35 46-27 2 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 140 67 73 .479 21.0 691 695 -4 W4 30-43 37-30 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 138 65 73 .471 22.0 581 581 0 L5 27-39 37-35 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 139 65 74 .468 22.5 602 685 -83 W1 31-36 34-38 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 140 65 75 .464 23.0 651 678 -27 L3 34-39 31-36 6 12 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 140 90 50 .643 0.0 679 542 137 L1 41-32 49-18 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 140 76 64 .543 14.0 713 635 78 W3 34-35 42-29 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 140 70 70 .500 20.0 590 594 -4 W2 30-41 40-29 3 7 13 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 140 64 76 .457 26.0 698 740 -42 L1 30-41 34-35 4 13 22 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 140 55 85 .393 35.0 577 707 -130 W5 28-47 27-38 5 14 26 -- 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
Sean Burroughs San Diego Padres Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Gary Majewski Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
Juan Pablo Perez Boston Red Sox Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Mike DeJean Colorado Rockies Injury DL - 5th metacarpal fracture on right hand *Punching locker in clubhouse*
Mike Lieberthal Philadelphia Phillies Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)