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Tuesday, August 31,1999

Tuesday, August 31,1999

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  3 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Ryan Rupe Sidney Ponson Roberto Hernandez 36,223 2:40
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Kansas City Royals  3 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Rich Garces Jay Witasick Derek Lowe 32,177 2:59
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Seattle Mariners  11 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field John Halama John Snyder -- 12,579 3:07
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Anaheim Angels  12 Cleveland Indians  14 box | pbp Progressive Field Jim Poole Troy Percival Paul Shuey 43,284 3:49
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Texas Rangers  6 Detroit Tigers  14 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Francisco Cordero Danny Kolb -- 17,439 3:09
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Oakland Athletics  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Doug Jones Ramiro Mendoza Jason Isringhausen 33,746 3:49
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Minnesota Twins  14 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Rogers Centre Brad Radke Joey Hamilton -- 23,136 2:51
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Montreal Expos  2 Arizona Diamondbacks  1 box | pbp Chase Field Mike Thurman Randy Johnson Ugueth Urbina 32,154 2:21
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Atlanta Braves  8 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Greg Maddux Juan Guzman -- 25,238 2:46
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 Colorado Rockies  8 box | pbp Coors Field Mike Williams David Lee Jose Silva 41,729 3:47
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 New York Mets  2 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Jose Lima Turk Wendell -- 24,982 2:20
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Mike Judd Kyle Peterson Jeff Shaw 32,771 2:36
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Chicago Cubs  3 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Andy Ashby Micah Bowie -- 24,935 2:07
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  1 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kirk Rueter Randy Wolf -- 13,106 2:45
1999 reg season 1999-08-31 Florida Marlins  1 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Larry Luebbers Brian Meadows -- 27,476 2:16
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
1999 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 131 72 59 .550 0.0 728 579 149 L1 40-29 32-30 1 4 6 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1999 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 132 72 60 .545 0.5 677 607 70 W5 41-28 31-32 2 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1999 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 0.5 733 709 24 W2 40-30 33-31 3 6 10 -- dnq
1999 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 131 65 66 .496 7.0 689 678 11 L6 32-30 33-36 4 8 15 -- dnq
1999 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 132 63 69 .477 9.5 634 747 -113 W2 29-34 34-35 5 10 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
1999 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 131 76 55 .580 0.0 817 692 125 W2 42-26 34-29 1 2 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Red Sox)
1999 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 133 66 67 .496 11.0 654 735 -81 W2 40-28 26-39 2 7 16 -- dnq
1999 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 131 59 72 .450 17.0 603 720 -117 L1 33-35 26-37 3 11 26 -- dnq
1999 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 130 58 72 .446 17.5 584 687 -103 L2 32-33 26-39 4 12 27 -- dnq
1999 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 132 47 85 .356 29.5 709 761 -52 L5 24-39 23-46 5 14 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
1999 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 133 79 54 .594 0.0 774 706 68 W1 44-19 35-35 1 1 1 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1999 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 132 73 59 .553 5.5 740 774 -34 L2 37-29 36-30 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1999 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 132 64 68 .485 14.5 741 680 61 W1 37-29 27-39 3 9 18 -- dnq
1999 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 131 54 77 .412 24.0 547 683 -136 L7 31-32 23-45 4 13 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
1999 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 134 76 58 .567 0.0 699 569 130 W12 40-26 36-32 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1999 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 133 73 60 .549 2.5 712 603 109 L1 39-27 34-33 2 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Braves)
1999 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 5.5 714 644 70 L4 34-31 35-31 3 6 12 -- dnq
1999 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 13.0 595 703 -108 W1 35-34 27-36 4 12 22 -- dnq
1999 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 132 57 75 .432 18.0 571 686 -115 L1 30-37 27-38 5 16 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
1999 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 131 73 58 .557 0.0 674 575 99 L4 37-32 36-26 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1999 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 1.5 660 551 109 W1 39-31 34-30 2 4 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1999 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 133 69 64 .519 5.0 657 695 -38 W1 36-30 33-34 3 7 13 -- dnq
1999 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 131 66 65 .504 7.0 627 769 -142 L2 37-26 29-39 4 8 14 -- dnq
1999 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 13.0 667 643 24 W1 38-31 23-41 5 13 23 -- dnq
1999 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 131 59 72 .450 14.0 640 700 -60 L3 25-35 34-37 6 15 25 -- 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
1999 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 0.0 720 678 42 W4 38-29 32-33 1 5 11 Yes dnq
1999 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 134 65 69 .485 6.0 740 845 -105 L1 37-28 28-41 2 9 17 -- dnq
1999 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 133 64 69 .481 6.5 729 547 182 L1 31-33 33-36 3 10 19 -- Lost in 1st Round (Mets)
1999 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 132 63 69 .477 7.0 646 646 0 W2 34-32 29-37 4 11 20 -- dnq
1999 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 9.5 579 648 -69 W3 38-29 23-43 5 14 24 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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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  • 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 Bergman -- Hist Released by Astros
Pat Borders Toronto Blue Jays Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1999-1999 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Alex Diaz -- Hist Released by Astros
Jorge Fabregas Atlanta Braves Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1999-1999 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Reggie Williams -- Hist Released by Angels
Rod Beck Boston Red Sox Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox for Mark Guthrie and Cole Liniak (9/1/1999)
Mark Guthrie Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Boston Red Sox with Cole Liniak to Chicago Cubs for Rod Beck
Tyler Houston Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Cleveland Indians for Richard Negrette
Lenny Harris Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Traded from Colorado Rockies to Arizona Diamondbacks for Belvani Martinez
Stan Javier Houston Astros Hist Traded from San Francisco Giants to Houston Astros for Joe Messman
John Valentin Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Left knee patella tendinitis
Troy Brohawn Arizona Diamondbacks Injury DL - Tommy John Surgery
Scott Eyre Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Left shoulder impingement
Turner Ward Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - Tendinitis in right knee
Dwight Gooden Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
15 record(s)