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Wednesday, August 31,2005

Wednesday, August 31,2005

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Oakland Athletics  1 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Lackey Joe Blanton Francisco Rodriguez 43,501 2:33
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Tim Wakefield Casey Fossum Mike Timlin 35,253 2:24
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Detroit Tigers  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Progressive Field Mike Maroth Rafael Betancourt Fernando Rodney 22,091 2:55
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Minnesota Twins  0 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Mike MacDougal Matt Guerrier -- 12,963 2:32
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 New York Yankees  2 Seattle Mariners  0 box | pbp Safeco Field Randy Johnson Felix Hernandez Mariano Rivera 46,240 2:33
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Chicago White Sox  2 Texas Rangers  9 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Kameron Loe Orlando Hernandez -- 23,493 2:42
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Baltimore Orioles  7 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Rogers Centre Bruce Chen Gustavo Chacin -- 24,686 2:09
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Washington Nationals  3 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Turner Field Horacio Ramirez Esteban Loaiza Kyle Farnsworth 0 2:47
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Washington Nationals  4 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field Mike Stanton Chris Reitsma Chad Cordero 25,555 3:02
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Derek Lowe Glendon Rusch -- 37,489 2:23
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 St. Louis Cardinals  10 Florida Marlins  5 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Jeff Suppan Jason Vargas -- 20,656 3:08
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Cincinnati Reds  0 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Andy Pettitte Brandon Claussen -- 28,639 2:42
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp Miller Park Derrick Turnbow Jose Mesa -- 15,062 2:41
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  8 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Brett Myers Pedro Martinez -- 43,780 2:40
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Arizona Diamondbacks  5 San Diego Padres  9 box | pbp PETCO Park Chan Ho Park Javier Vazquez -- 27,513 3:07
2005 reg season 2005-08-31 Colorado Rockies  3 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp AT&T Park Jeff Fassero Jeff Francis Armando Benitez 36,508 2:32
16 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
2005 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 131 77 54 .588 0.0 760 668 92 W4 34-35 43-19 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALDS (White Sox)
2005 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 132 75 57 .568 2.5 716 639 77 W1 31-33 44-24 2 3 4 Yes Lost ALDS (Angels)
2005 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 11.5 632 580 52 L1 30-38 36-28 3 8 16 -- dnq
2005 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 15.5 595 651 -56 W1 29-35 33-35 4 11 22 -- dnq
2005 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 134 55 79 .410 23.5 638 785 -147 L3 18-47 37-32 5 13 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
2005 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 131 80 51 .611 0.0 608 532 76 L1 43-24 37-27 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Astros)
2005 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 133 74 59 .556 7.0 638 554 84 L1 41-27 33-32 2 6 8 -- dnq
2005 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 133 70 63 .526 11.0 574 530 44 L1 34-34 36-29 3 7 10 -- dnq
2005 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 130 63 67 .485 16.5 620 629 -9 W1 31-34 32-33 4 9 18 -- dnq
2005 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 131 43 88 .328 37.0 543 757 -214 W1 17-48 26-40 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
2005 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 132 75 57 .568 0.0 645 529 116 L1 36-31 39-26 1 4 5 Yes dnq
2005 AL West Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise | log 132 74 58 .561 1.0 614 525 89 W1 36-29 38-29 2 5 7 Yes Lost ALCS (White Sox)
2005 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 133 64 69 .481 11.5 712 707 5 W1 26-39 38-30 3 10 19 -- dnq
2005 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 132 56 76 .424 19.0 583 618 -35 L1 24-40 32-36 4 12 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
2005 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 133 75 58 .564 0.0 630 535 95 L1 33-35 42-23 1 2 6 Yes Lost NLDS (Astros)
2005 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 133 71 62 .534 4.0 621 601 20 W1 31-34 40-28 2 3 9 Yes dnq
2005 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 133 70 63 .526 5.0 593 569 24 L1 31-33 39-30 3 4 12 Yes dnq
2005 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 132 69 63 .523 5.5 609 532 77 L1 28-37 41-26 4 6 13 -- dnq
2005 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 133 69 64 .519 6.0 515 533 -18 W1 33-38 36-26 5 7 14 -- 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
2005 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 134 85 49 .634 0.0 677 520 157 W1 44-24 41-25 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Astros)
2005 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 133 70 63 .526 14.5 562 502 60 W2 26-41 44-22 2 5 11 -- Lost World Series (White Sox)
2005 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 19.5 587 578 9 W1 30-39 35-29 3 9 17 -- dnq
2005 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 133 63 70 .474 21.5 596 607 -11 L1 30-34 33-36 4 11 21 -- dnq
2005 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 133 63 70 .474 21.5 679 720 -41 L2 26-37 36-34 5 10 20 -- dnq
2005 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 133 55 78 .414 29.5 557 631 -74 L1 28-41 27-37 6 15 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
2005 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 0.0 569 598 -29 W2 29-35 37-31 1 8 15 Yes Lost NLDS (Cardinals)
2005 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 5.5 576 632 -56 W1 29-39 32-33 2 12 23 -- dnq
2005 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 135 61 74 .452 6.5 590 745 -155 L2 32-37 29-37 3 13 24 -- dnq
2005 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 59 73 .447 7.0 544 630 -86 W2 29-36 30-37 4 14 25 -- dnq
2005 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 133 52 81 .391 14.5 576 722 -146 L2 19-46 33-35 5 16 29 -- 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
Wladimir Sutil Houston Astros Minors Assigned to Lexington [SAL] (A)
Rich Garces -- Hist Released by Red Sox
Paul Quantrill -- Hist Released by Padres
Manny Alexander San Diego Padres Hist Traded from Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres for Juan Jimenez
Bobby Crosby Oakland Athletics Injury DL - fractured left ankle *Collision at home plate*
5 record(s)