Baseball on Thursday, August 28, 1997

This research section allows you to see a list of events that occured on a particular date in baseball history. Games, standings and feats are available since 1957 while other data is available since 1903.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Houston Astros	2	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Denny Neagle (18-3)	Darryl Kile (17-4)	ATL R Klesko (19), J Lopez (21)	Javy Lopez (53.4)
Florida Marlins	3	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Terry Adams (2-8)	Antonio Alfonseca (1-2)	CHN S Sosa (30) FLO C Johnson (17)	Sammy Sosa (40.8)
Seattle Mariners	5	Colorado Rockies	9	Box	Pedro Astacio (8-9)	Omar Olivares (6-9)	COL A Galarraga (35), J Reed (12) SEA R Kelly (8), E Martinez (24)	Jeff Reed (35.5)
Oakland Athletics	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Hideo Nomo (13-10)	Eric Ludwick (0-2)	None	Todd Zeile (14.6)
Los Angeles Angels	2	San Diego Padres	9	Box	Paul Menhart (1-2)	Jason Dickson (13-6)	ANA J Edmonds (21)	John Flaherty (11.9)
Texas Rangers	11	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Matt Whiteside (3-1)	Rod Beck (4-3)	SFN B Bonds (31), J Snow (22)	Juan Gonzalez (52.4)
Montreal Expos	5	St. Louis Cardinals	11	Box	Andy Benes (9-7)	Jose Paniagua (0-2)	MON D Segui (15) SLN M McGwire (42)	Ray Lankford (34.0)
Kansas City Royals	5	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Jose Rosado (9-10)	Mike Mussina (13-6)	BAL J Hammonds (18) KCA J King (18), L Sutton (2)	Jeff King (31.5)
Chicago White Sox	2	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Paul Quantrill (6-5)	Chuck McElroy (0-3)	None	Robin Ventura (22.4)

Standings as of this date

American League
Central	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	68	61	.527	--	695	662	33-30	35-31	W1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	66	66	.500	3.5	580	623	25-41	41-25	L1	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	65	68	.489	5.0	645	687	30-38	35-30	L2	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	54	76	.415	14.5	597	664	27-38	27-38	W1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	54	77	.412	15.0	619	690	26-39	28-38	W2	Game Log
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	84	46	.646	--	665	500	44-22	40-24	L1	Game Log
New York Yankees	78	53	.595	6.5	724	555	40-27	38-26	L1	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	67	67	.500	19.0	749	732	34-32	33-35	W1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	65	67	.492	20.0	550	564	32-34	33-33	W2	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	61	71	.462	24.0	649	664	27-39	34-32	L2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	74	60	.552	--	767	701	36-30	38-30	L2	Game Log
Anaheim Angels	72	62	.537	2.0	705	654	31-35	41-27	L2	Game Log
Texas Rangers	64	70	.478	10.0	670	685	32-34	32-36	W2	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	53	81	.396	21.0	621	779	23-44	30-37	L1	Game Log

National League
Central	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Houston Astros	70	63	.526	--	631	551	32-34	38-29	L1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	67	.500	3.5	590	641	32-35	35-32	L2	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	61	72	.459	9.0	538	531	26-40	35-32	W2	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	58	73	.443	11.0	518	627	26-40	32-33	L2	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	54	80	.403	16.5	550	627	19-47	35-33	W1	Game Log
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	82	51	.617	--	647	477	40-26	42-25	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	71	61	.538	10.5	623	581	31-35	40-26	W1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	65	67	.492	16.5	577	612	28-38	37-29	L2	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	49	80	.380	31.0	537	705	21-44	28-36	W4	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	59	.563	--	600	500	35-33	41-26	W3	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	73	61	.545	2.5	640	656	35-32	38-29	L2	Game Log
Colorado Rockies	65	70	.481	11.0	756	772	27-42	38-28	W3	Game Log
San Diego Padres	63	72	.467	13.0	673	732	32-37	31-35	W1	Game Log

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