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Saturday, August 16,2008

Saturday, August 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 2008-08-16 San Francisco Giants  5 Atlanta Braves  11 box | pbp Turner Field Mike Hampton Matt Palmer -- 41,893 3:18
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 St. Louis Cardinals  9 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Joel Pineiro Aaron Harang -- 30,713 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Chicago Cubs  1 Florida Marlins  2 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Anibal Sanchez Sean Marshall Kevin Gregg 39,124 3:01
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Arizona Diamondbacks  11 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Yusmeiro Petit Brandon Backe -- 39,501 3:12
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Salomon Torres Jonathan Broxton David Riske 52,889 2:56
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 New York Mets  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp PNC Park Pedro Martinez Zach Duke Pedro Feliciano 37,506 2:43
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  3 San Diego Padres  8 box | pbp PETCO Park Chad Reineke Kyle Kendrick -- 33,956 2:51
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Colorado Rockies  13 Washington Nationals  6 box | pbp Nationals Park Livan Hernandez John Lannan -- 28,909 2:56
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Roy Halladay Paul Byrd -- 37,834 2:18
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Los Angeles Angels  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Progressive Field John Lackey Fausto Carmona Francisco Rodriguez 33,051 2:58
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Baltimore Orioles  3 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Comerica Park Justin Verlander Dennis Sarfate Fernando Rodney 41,727 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Seattle Mariners  6 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Dennys Reyes Cesar Jimenez -- 36,316 3:06
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Kansas City Royals  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Robertson Jeff Fulchino -- 54,180 4:53
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Chicago White Sox  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Danks Greg Smith Bobby Jenks 22,206 3:01
2008 reg season 2008-08-16 Tampa Bay Rays  0 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Matt Harrison Edwin Jackson Eddie Guardado 29,238 2:37
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 Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 122 74 48 .607 0.0 557 487 70 L1 45-17 29-31 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 123 71 52 .577 3.5 633 508 125 L1 43-17 28-35 2 3 4 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 123 65 58 .528 9.5 586 548 38 W1 37-27 28-31 3 6 11 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 123 63 60 .512 11.5 522 483 39 W1 34-26 29-34 4 7 15 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 123 60 63 .488 14.5 619 620 -1 L1 31-24 29-39 5 10 18 -- 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 Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 122 69 53 .566 0.0 612 565 47 W3 43-22 26-31 1 4 6 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 123 69 54 .561 0.5 613 534 79 W1 42-20 27-34 2 5 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 123 60 63 .488 9.5 616 599 17 W1 33-27 27-36 3 9 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 122 55 67 .451 14.0 573 569 4 L1 32-29 23-38 4 12 22 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 123 55 68 .447 14.5 504 604 -100 L1 28-34 27-34 5 13 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 121 76 45 .628 0.0 573 510 63 W1 37-23 39-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 124 62 62 .500 15.5 691 750 -59 W1 32-27 30-35 2 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 20.5 487 483 4 L1 34-32 22-34 3 11 20 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 122 46 76 .377 30.5 508 599 -91 L2 24-38 22-38 4 14 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
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 123 67 56 .545 0.0 604 546 58 W5 36-23 31-33 1 4 9 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 123 65 58 .528 2.0 593 528 65 L1 32-27 33-31 2 5 10 -- Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 124 64 60 .516 3.5 577 601 -24 W1 35-30 29-30 3 7 13 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 123 56 67 .455 11.0 565 558 7 W1 34-29 22-38 4 10 21 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 124 44 80 .355 23.5 460 617 -157 L9 23-38 21-42 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 Chicago Cubs franchise | log 123 75 48 .610 0.0 663 504 159 L1 45-17 30-31 1 1 2 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 124 71 53 .573 4.5 579 531 48 W1 36-23 35-30 2 2 5 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 126 70 56 .556 6.5 604 555 49 W4 33-28 37-28 3 3 8 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 123 62 61 .504 13.0 562 599 -37 L2 33-28 29-33 4 9 16 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 123 55 68 .447 20.0 578 665 -87 L3 33-30 22-38 5 12 24 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 124 54 70 .435 21.5 526 631 -105 L2 31-33 23-37 6 13 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
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 123 64 59 .520 0.0 572 533 39 W3 33-26 31-33 1 6 12 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 123 63 60 .512 1.0 520 487 33 L1 37-28 26-32 2 8 14 -- Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 125 56 69 .448 9.0 584 652 -68 W2 34-29 22-40 3 11 23 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 122 51 71 .418 12.5 467 578 -111 L1 24-36 27-35 4 14 27 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 123 48 75 .390 16.0 473 577 -104 W1 27-37 21-38 5 15 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row 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
Jeremy Bleich New York Yankees Minors Signed out of Draft (Stanford)
Carlos Silva Seattle Mariners Injury DL - Right elbow tendinitis
Jonathan Sanchez San Francisco Giants Injury DL - strained left shoulder
Kazuo Matsui Houston Astros Injury DL - Irritated disc
Rudy Seanez Philadelphia Phillies Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)