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Wednesday, September 18,1996

Wednesday, September 18,1996

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Oakland Athletics  1 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chuck Finley Willie Adams Troy Percival 18,213 3:00
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Cleveland Indians  4 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Albie Lopez James Baldwin Jose Mesa 20,289 2:44
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Boston Red Sox  4 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Roger Clemens Justin Thompson -- 8,779 2:56
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Minnesota Twins  7 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Travis Miller Tim Belcher -- 11,588 2:39
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Fetters Mike Timlin -- 9,550 2:53
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Baltimore Orioles  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mariano Rivera Alan Mills -- 40,775 3:07
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Texas Rangers  2 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Sterling Hitchcock Bobby Witt Norm Charlton 35,162 2:58
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Houston Astros  2 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Greg Maddux Mike Hampton -- 29,885 2:01
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Colorado Rockies  6 box | pbp Coors Field John Burke Pedro Astacio Bruce Ruffin 50,053 2:26
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 New York Mets  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Ugueth Urbina Dave Mlicki Mel Rojas 14,930 2:44
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Florida Marlins  6 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Toby Borland Kurt Miller Ricky Bottalico 17,158 3:06
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Cincinnati Reds  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jason Schmidt Mike Morgan Dan Plesac 7,924 2:53
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 San Diego Padres  8 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Doug Bochtler Rich DeLucia Trevor Hoffman 11,996 3:31
1996 reg season 1996-09-18 Chicago Cubs  3 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Todd Stottlemyre Steve Trachsel Dennis Eckersley 32,843 2:56
14 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
1996 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 150 86 64 .573 0.0 790 728 62 W2 42-36 44-28 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1996 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 151 83 68 .550 3.5 893 840 53 L1 41-32 41-37 2 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1996 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 151 78 73 .517 8.5 863 866 -3 W3 35-41 43-32 3 7 13 -- dnq
1996 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 152 68 84 .447 19.0 721 771 -50 L3 35-40 33-44 4 12 22 -- dnq
1996 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 152 51 101 .336 36.0 728 1032 -304 L11 24-54 27-47 5 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
1996 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 151 92 59 .609 0.0 888 720 168 W3 47-31 45-28 1 1 1 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1996 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 153 80 73 .523 13.0 856 759 97 L4 40-38 40-35 2 6 11 -- dnq
1996 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 152 75 77 .493 17.5 838 843 -5 W1 38-35 37-42 3 8 15 -- dnq
1996 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 153 75 78 .490 18.0 842 831 11 W2 38-37 37-41 4 9 17 -- dnq
1996 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 152 71 81 .467 21.5 701 737 -36 L1 36-39 35-42 5 11 21 -- 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
1996 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 153 84 69 .549 0.0 879 761 118 L3 37-39 47-30 1 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1996 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 150 80 70 .533 2.5 922 834 88 W7 40-33 40-37 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1996 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 153 73 80 .477 11.0 815 846 -31 L1 37-41 36-39 3 10 20 -- dnq
1996 AL West California Angels franchise | log 151 66 85 .437 17.0 722 890 -168 W1 26-50 40-35 4 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
1996 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 151 90 61 .596 0.0 738 602 136 W4 38-37 52-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1996 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 151 84 67 .556 6.0 705 628 77 W2 35-38 49-29 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1996 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 153 73 80 .477 18.0 647 687 -40 L1 27-51 46-29 3 10 19 -- dnq
1996 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 152 67 85 .441 23.5 706 741 -35 L4 26-48 41-37 4 11 23 -- dnq
1996 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 152 62 90 .408 28.5 616 748 -132 W1 30-48 32-42 5 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
1996 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 152 82 70 .539 0.0 721 667 54 W2 37-38 45-32 1 5 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Braves)
1996 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 153 78 75 .510 4.5 728 763 -35 L5 34-44 44-31 2 7 14 -- dnq
1996 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 150 74 76 .493 7.0 720 684 36 L4 32-41 42-35 3 8 16 -- dnq
1996 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 151 74 77 .490 7.5 725 739 -14 L4 34-43 40-34 4 9 18 -- dnq
1996 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 151 66 85 .437 15.5 702 776 -74 W7 34-44 32-41 5 12 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
1996 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 152 86 66 .566 0.0 665 619 46 L1 41-36 45-30 1 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1996 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 153 86 67 .562 0.5 744 648 96 W1 43-35 43-32 2 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)
1996 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 153 80 73 .523 6.5 920 907 13 W1 26-49 54-24 3 6 12 -- dnq
1996 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 152 61 91 .401 25.0 689 817 -128 L1 27-47 34-44 4 14 27 -- dnq
28 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Fernando Hernandez Detroit Tigers Hist Claimed on waivers from Padres by Tigers
1 record(s)