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Thursday, August 16,2007

Thursday, August 16,2007

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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
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 San Francisco Giants  9 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field Tim Lincecum Chuck James -- 36,419 2:31
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  4 Chicago Cubs  12 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jason Marquis Bobby Livingston -- 40,372 2:56
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Arizona Diamondbacks  5 Florida Marlins  4 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Livan Hernandez Daniel Barone Jose Valverde 11,516 2:56
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Houston Astros  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Derek Lowe Wandy Rodriguez Takashi Saito 48,128 2:44
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Milwaukee Brewers  0 box | pbp Miller Park Adam Wainwright David Bush -- 36,062 2:54
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 New York Mets  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 box | pbp PNC Park Damaso Marte Aaron Heilman Matt Capps 36,447 3:14
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Colorado Rockies  9 San Diego Padres  11 box | pbp PETCO Park Clay Hensley Jeremy Affeldt Trevor Hoffman 28,198 3:10
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Washington Nationals  2 box | pbp Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Cole Hamels Joel Hanrahan Brett Myers 27,308 3:03
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Detroit Tigers  8 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Justin Verlander Mike Mussina -- 53,914 3:30
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Chicago White Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  8 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ruddy Lugo Matt Thornton -- 20,218 3:32
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Kansas City Royals  6 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Ryan Braun Willie Eyre -- 22,674 2:59
2007 reg season 2007-08-16 Los Angeles Angels  4 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Rogers Centre Kelvim Escobar Dustin McGowan Francisco Rodriguez 27,861 2:38
12 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
2007 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 118 71 47 .602 0.0 613 481 132 L1 34-27 38-21 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Colorado)
2007 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 7.0 715 569 146 L3 29-30 38-24 2 6 8 -- Lost in ALDS (Cleveland)
2007 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 11.0 551 512 39 L1 24-36 37-23 3 7 16 -- dnq
2007 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 119 56 63 .471 15.5 556 547 9 W2 27-35 29-28 4 10 20 -- dnq
2007 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 119 46 73 .387 25.5 552 725 -173 W1 20-41 26-33 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
2007 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 67 52 .563 0.0 686 617 69 W1 37-26 30-28 1 4 5 Yes dnq
2007 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 120 66 54 .550 1.5 600 558 42 W1 28-28 38-26 2 5 7 Yes Lost in ALCS (Boston)
2007 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 119 59 60 .496 8.0 545 529 16 W2 28-33 32-27 3 8 17 -- dnq
2007 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 13.0 513 618 -105 L5 28-34 26-32 4 11 22 -- dnq
2007 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 120 53 67 .442 14.5 546 583 -37 W1 25-33 28-34 5 12 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
2007 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 119 70 49 .588 0.0 600 521 79 W1 30-32 40-17 1 2 2 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2007 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 117 66 51 .564 3.0 581 575 6 L2 28-28 38-24 2 3 4 Yes dnq
2007 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 122 60 62 .492 11.5 545 526 19 W4 28-32 32-30 3 9 18 -- dnq
2007 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 118 52 66 .441 17.5 578 640 -62 L1 21-38 32-29 4 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
2007 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 66 52 .559 0.0 572 522 50 L1 35-26 32-27 1 2 6 Yes dnq
2007 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 2.5 649 592 57 W1 31-31 33-25 2 4 10 Yes Lost in NLDS (Colorado)
2007 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 119 63 56 .529 3.5 600 559 41 L1 31-28 33-29 3 5 11 -- dnq
2007 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 12.0 589 635 -46 L2 29-31 27-34 4 11 21 -- dnq
2007 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 13.0 471 562 -91 L1 24-35 31-31 5 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
2007 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 120 62 58 .517 0.0 571 589 -18 L4 23-36 39-23 1 6 12 Yes dnq
2007 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 1.0 564 519 45 W1 30-29 31-30 2 9 15 -- Lost in NLDS (Arizona)
2007 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 117 57 60 .487 3.5 533 596 -63 W5 28-33 30-27 3 10 19 -- dnq
2007 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 121 54 67 .446 8.5 548 615 -67 L2 22-40 32-27 4 13 24 -- dnq
2007 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 120 52 68 .433 10.0 568 635 -67 L1 25-36 27-32 5 14 27 -- dnq
2007 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 49 69 .415 12.0 522 607 -85 W1 23-34 27-35 6 16 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
2007 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 122 69 53 .566 0.0 521 547 -26 W2 32-30 37-23 1 1 3 Yes Lost in NLCS (Colorado)
2007 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 3.0 526 466 60 W1 31-28 34-27 2 3 9 Yes dnq
2007 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 120 62 58 .517 6.0 613 574 39 L1 27-35 35-23 3 7 13 -- Lost World Series (Boston)
2007 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 121 62 59 .512 6.5 533 524 9 W2 30-28 32-31 4 8 14 -- dnq
2007 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 120 50 70 .417 18.0 518 536 -18 W1 24-38 27-32 5 15 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Alexander Soto Minnesota Twins Minors Assigned to Fort Myers (A+)
Chris Basak Minnesota Twins Hist Claimed on waivers from Yankees by Twins
Jolbert Cabrera Colorado Rockies Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Brady Clark San Diego Padres Hist Signed to #-year contract for 2007-2007 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Mark Redman -- Hist Released by Blue Jays
Aaron Cook Colorado Rockies Injury DL - Strained left oblique
6 record(s)