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Wednesday, April 16,2008

Wednesday, April 16,2008

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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
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Cincinnati Reds  3 Chicago Cubs  12 box | pbp Wrigley Field Carlos Zambrano Josh Fogg -- 40,099 2:52
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Atlanta Braves  5 Florida Marlins  6 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Mark Hendrickson Tim Hudson Kevin Gregg 10,712 2:41
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Brad Penny Paul Maholm -- 53,629 2:56
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Washington Nationals  2 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium John Maine Matt Chico Billy Wagner 46,106 2:37
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Houston Astros  2 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Roy Oswalt Kyle Kendrick Doug Brocail 31,644 2:17
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Colorado Rockies  10 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp PETCO Park Mark Redman Justin Germano -- 21,730 2:35
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp AT&T Park Brandon Webb Barry Zito Brandon Lyon 30,510 2:31
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Milwaukee Brewers  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium III Adam Wainwright Carlos Villanueva Jason Isringhausen 40,712 2:49
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Kansas City Royals  3 Los Angeles Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Gil Meche Jered Weaver Joakim Soria 41,336 3:08
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Chicago White Sox  3 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jose Contreras Adam Loewen Bobby Jenks 12,080 2:25
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Detroit Tigers  13 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Progressive Field Armando Galarraga CC Sabathia -- 17,644 3:17
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Tampa Bay Rays  5 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Juan Rincon Dan Wheeler Joe Nathan 20,209 2:49
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Boston Red Sox  9 New York Yankees  15 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I LaTroy Hawkins Julian Tavarez Brian Bruney 54,667 4:08
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Seattle Mariners  4 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Felix Hernandez Joe Blanton -- 21,126 2:09
2008 reg season 2008-04-16 Texas Rangers  7 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Dustin Nippert A.J. Burnett C.J. Wilson 15,686 4:53
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
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 0.0 75 81 -6 L1 4-2 5-5 1 5 11 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 0.0 71 71 0 W3 5-3 4-4 2 6 8 Yes dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 0.5 63 70 -7 L2 6-3 2-4 3 8 15 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 0.5 81 59 22 L1 3-4 5-3 4 7 14 -- dnq
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 2.5 78 68 10 L3 3-5 3-4 5 11 25 -- Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
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
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 0.0 78 53 25 W2 4-3 5-2 1 1 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 0.5 52 46 6 W1 3-3 6-3 2 2 6 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 2.5 63 66 -3 W1 4-4 3-4 3 10 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 4.5 63 84 -21 L3 3-6 2-4 4 14 29 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 4.5 63 94 -31 W3 2-6 3-4 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 0.0 81 75 6 L1 3-4 6-3 1 3 10 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 0.0 64 59 5 L2 3-5 6-2 2 4 9 Yes dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 1.0 77 73 4 W2 5-3 3-5 3 9 16 -- dnq
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 2.5 64 74 -10 W1 2-6 4-3 4 12 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
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 0.0 66 75 -9 W2 5-3 4-2 1 4 3 Yes dnq
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 13 7 6 .538 1.5 69 49 20 W2 5-3 2-3 2 6 12 -- dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 2.5 64 67 -3 L1 4-4 3-4 3 8 18 -- Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 14 5 9 .357 4.0 72 62 10 L3 3-2 2-7 4 15 27 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 15 4 11 .267 5.5 53 81 -28 L2 2-5 2-6 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
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 0.0 71 51 20 W2 7-1 4-3 1 2 2 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 1.5 80 68 12 W3 5-3 4-2 2 3 4 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 14 8 6 .571 2.5 69 62 7 L2 4-2 4-4 3 5 7 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 4.0 72 88 -16 L2 3-3 4-5 4 10 17 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 5.0 60 72 -12 L5 4-3 2-6 5 12 22 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 5.0 58 60 -2 W1 3-3 3-6 6 13 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
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 0.0 93 53 40 W2 5-1 6-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 3.0 49 57 -8 L1 5-4 3-3 2 7 13 -- dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 4.0 70 52 18 W2 5-4 2-4 3 9 20 -- Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 56 73 -17 W1 3-3 3-5 4 11 21 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 16 6 10 .375 5.5 49 81 -32 L2 5-5 1-5 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
Fernando Hernandez Chicago White Sox Hist Returned to Chicago White Sox
Charlton Jimerson -- Hist Granted free agency
Jeff Weaver Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Randy Wells Chicago Cubs Hist Returned to Chicago Cubs
Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs Injury DL - strained right calf
Al Reyes Tampa Bay Rays Injury DL - Right shoudler impingement
Alex Cora Boston Red Sox Injury DL - right elbow sprain
Nomar Garciaparra Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Kurt Birkins Tampa Bay Rays Hist Activated from Disabled List
Vinnie Chulk San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
10 record(s)