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Wednesday, September 3,2008

Wednesday, September 3,2008

Baseball on this Date

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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 2008-09-03 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 box | pbp Chase Field Chad Qualls Chris Perez -- 24,350 3:14
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Houston Astros  4 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Randy Wolf Ryan Dempster -- 40,163 2:32
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Tyler Yates Jeremy Affeldt Matt Capps 18,561 3:16
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 San Francisco Giants  9 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Barry Zito Aaron Cook -- 23,481 2:12
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Atlanta Braves  3 Florida Marlins  5 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Doug Waechter Will Ohman Joe Nelson 11,211 2:48
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 San Diego Padres  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Hiroki Kuroda Wade LeBlanc Jonathan Broxton 48,822 2:47
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 New York Mets  9 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp Miller Park Oliver Perez David Bush -- 26,236 2:52
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Washington Nationals  9 box | pbp Nationals Park Saul Rivera Chad Durbin -- 23,122 3:23
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Baltimore Orioles  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Justin Masterson Jim Miller -- 37,373 3:03
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Chicago White Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Progressive Field Javier Vazquez Jeremy Sowers Bobby Jenks 20,328 3:12
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Los Angeles Angels  6 Detroit Tigers  9 box | pbp Comerica Park Kyle Farnsworth Jose Arredondo Fernando Rodney 36,671 2:55
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 New York Yankees  8 Tampa Bay Rays  4 box | pbp Tropicana Field Edwar Ramirez Edwin Jackson -- 25,215 3:31
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Seattle Mariners  0 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Dustin Nippert Felix Hernandez Frank Francisco 12,882 2:11
2008 reg season 2008-09-03 Minnesota Twins  4 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Jesse Carlson Eddie Guardado -- 21,475 3:35
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 137 84 53 .613 0.0 643 554 89 L2 52-21 32-32 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 139 82 57 .590 3.0 734 584 150 W3 48-19 34-38 2 3 4 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 139 75 64 .540 10.0 679 634 45 W3 40-31 35-33 3 6 10 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 138 72 66 .522 12.5 608 535 73 W4 39-29 33-37 4 7 13 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 139 63 76 .453 22.0 708 744 -36 L6 33-31 30-45 5 12 22 -- 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 Chicago White Sox franchise | log 139 78 61 .561 0.0 700 613 87 W1 46-22 32-39 1 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 139 77 62 .554 1.0 707 628 79 L2 46-23 31-39 2 5 8 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 138 67 71 .486 10.5 671 633 38 L1 38-33 29-38 3 9 18 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 139 67 72 .482 11.0 704 709 -5 W1 36-34 31-38 4 10 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 137 58 79 .423 19.0 562 686 -124 W1 30-39 28-40 5 13 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 138 84 54 .609 0.0 639 582 57 L1 43-28 41-26 1 2 2 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 141 69 72 .489 16.5 769 836 -67 W2 35-34 34-38 2 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 138 63 75 .457 21.0 533 574 -41 L2 36-35 27-40 3 11 21 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 139 54 85 .388 30.5 581 691 -110 L2 28-41 26-44 4 14 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 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 140 79 61 .564 0.0 693 606 87 W4 41-25 38-36 1 3 6 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 140 76 64 .543 3.0 676 585 91 L1 39-29 37-35 2 4 9 Yes Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 140 71 69 .507 8.0 652 684 -32 W1 38-34 33-35 3 8 15 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 140 60 80 .429 19.0 642 674 -32 L1 36-32 24-48 4 13 25 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 140 54 86 .386 25.0 544 693 -149 W1 31-40 23-46 5 15 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 Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 140 85 55 .607 0.0 750 570 180 L5 51-24 34-31 1 1 3 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 139 80 59 .576 4.5 665 586 79 L3 41-27 39-32 2 2 5 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 140 75 65 .536 10.0 676 625 51 L1 37-31 38-34 3 5 11 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 140 74 66 .529 11.0 628 653 -25 W8 39-29 35-37 4 6 12 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 139 61 78 .439 23.5 593 692 -99 L2 35-35 26-43 5 11 23 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 138 59 79 .428 25.0 624 759 -135 W2 34-37 25-42 6 14 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 139 71 68 .511 0.0 638 612 26 W1 40-31 31-37 1 7 14 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 140 70 70 .500 1.5 584 572 12 W5 42-30 28-40 2 9 16 -- Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 141 66 75 .468 6.0 658 717 -59 L1 38-31 28-44 3 10 20 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 139 60 79 .432 11.0 539 651 -112 W1 30-39 30-40 4 12 24 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 139 53 86 .381 18.0 537 655 -118 L3 32-39 21-47 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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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
  • 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
Juan Minaya Houston Astros Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Mike Sweeney Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)