Baseball on this Date - Tuesday December 29,1998

Standings at end of 1998 season.

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	162	114	48	.704	--	965	656	309	52-29	62-19	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	0	0	0
2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	162	92	70	.568	22.0	876	729	147	41-40	51-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	0	0	0
3	5	11	Toronto Blue Jays	163	88	75	.540	26.5	816	768	48	37-45	51-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	-1	0	-1
4	8	16	Baltimore Orioles	162	79	83	.488	35.0	817	785	32	37-44	42-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ray Miller	Frank Wren	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	0	0	0
5	14	29	Tampa Bay Rays	162	63	99	.389	51.0	620	751	-131	30-51	33-48	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Rothschild	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Cleveland Indians	162	89	73	.549	--	850	779	71	43-38	46-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	0	0	0
2	7	15	Chicago White Sox	163	81	82	.497	8.5	861	931	-70	36-45	44-38	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	-1	-1	0
3	11	23	Kansas City Royals	161	72	89	.447	16.5	714	899	-185	43-38	29-51	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	0	0	0
4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	162	70	92	.432	19.0	734	818	-84	35-46	35-46	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	0	0	0
5	13	27	Detroit Tigers	162	65	97	.401	24.0	722	863	-141	33-48	32-49	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	9	Texas Rangers	162	88	74	.543	--	940	871	69	40-41	48-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	0	0	0
2	6	12	Anaheim Angels	162	85	77	.525	3.0	787	783	4	43-38	42-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	0	0	0
3	9	19	Seattle Mariners	161	76	85	.472	11.5	859	855	4	34-46	42-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	0	0	0
4	10	22	Oakland Athletics	162	74	88	.457	14.0	804	866	-62	35-46	39-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	162	106	56	.654	--	826	581	245	50-31	56-25	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	0	0	0
2	6	10	New York Mets	162	88	74	.543	18.0	706	645	61	41-40	47-34	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	0	0	0
3	11	20	Philadelphia Phillies	162	75	87	.463	31.0	713	808	-95	35-46	40-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Ed Wade	Veterans Stadium	0	0	0
4	14	26	Montreal Expos	162	65	97	.401	41.0	644	783	-139	26-55	39-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	0	0	0
5	16	30	Florida Marlins	162	54	108	.333	52.0	667	923	-256	23-58	31-50	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Houston Astros	162	102	60	.630	--	874	620	254	47-34	55-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	0	0	0
2	4	6	Chicago Cubs	163	90	73	.552	12.5	831	792	39	39-42	51-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	0	0	0
3	8	14	St. Louis Cardinals	163	83	80	.509	19.5	810	782	28	35-46	48-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	-1	0	-1
4	10	18	Cincinnati Reds	162	77	85	.475	25.0	750	760	-10	38-43	39-42	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	0	0	0
5	12	21	Milwaukee Brewers	162	74	88	.457	28.0	707	812	-105	36-45	38-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	0	0	0
6	13	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	163	70	93	.429	32.5	650	718	-68	29-53	40-41	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	-1	-1	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	San Diego Padres	162	98	64	.605	--	749	635	114	44-37	54-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	0	0	0
2	5	8	San Francisco Giants	163	89	74	.546	9.5	845	739	106	40-42	49-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	0	0	0
3	7	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	83	79	.512	15.0	669	678	-9	35-46	48-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Kevin Malone	Dodger Stadium	0	0	0
4	9	17	Colorado Rockies	162	77	85	.475	21.0	826	855	-29	35-46	42-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	0	0	0
5	15	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	65	97	.401	33.0	665	812	-147	31-50	34-47	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	0	0	0

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Kevin Grijak	IF	27.138	Signed by Dodgers
David Manning	P	26.137	Signed as Free Agent by Cubs.
Luis Pineda	P	20.202	Signed as Free Agent by Tigers.
Omar Ramirez	OF	28.057	Signed by Astros

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