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Wednesday, June 8,1988

Wednesday, June 8,1988

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Detroit Tigers  12 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Paul Gibson Jose Bautista -- 17,120 2:54
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Minnesota Twins  5 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Juan Berenguer Dave LaPoint -- 11,428 2:32
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rich Yett Jim Clancy Doug Jones 10,571 2:43
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Oakland Athletics  4 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bret Saberhagen Dave Stewart Jeff Montgomery 32,002 2:56
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Boston Red Sox  4 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Roger Clemens Tommy John Lee Smith 42,804 3:03
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Milwaukee Brewers  8 Seattle Mariners  7 box | pbp Kingdome Mark Clear Michael Jackson Dan Plesac 7,477 3:04
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 California Angels  5 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mike Witt Ray Hayward Bryan Harvey 11,879 2:53
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Houston Astros  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  11 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Fernando Valenzuela Mike Scott -- 33,737 2:23
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jeff Parrett Steve Bedrosian -- 10,214 3:03
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Chicago Cubs  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Walk Calvin Schiraldi -- 22,220 2:37
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Cincinnati Reds  7 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jose Rijo Eric Show -- 10,854 2:39
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 Atlanta Braves  5 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jose Alvarez Craig Lefferts Bruce Sutter 8,912 2:51
1988 reg season 1988-06-08 New York Mets  2 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Peters Roger McDowell Todd Worrell 38,451 2:30
13 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
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 56 36 20 .643 0.0 306 213 93 L1 19-10 17-10 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 57 36 21 .632 0.5 251 217 34 W3 17-12 19-9 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 55 32 23 .582 3.5 252 231 21 W1 17-12 15-11 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 58 30 28 .517 7.0 250 219 31 W1 12-16 18-12 4 6 12 -- dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 54 27 27 .500 8.0 241 243 -2 W1 13-11 14-16 5 8 15 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 59 27 32 .458 10.5 287 256 31 L3 16-18 11-14 6 10 18 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 57 14 43 .246 22.5 177 310 -133 L1 4-24 10-19 7 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
1988 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 57 38 19 .667 0.0 299 218 81 L4 21-11 17-8 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 55 29 26 .527 8.0 263 278 -15 W1 12-13 17-13 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 58 30 28 .517 8.5 270 229 41 W7 13-13 17-15 3 7 11 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 57 28 29 .491 10.0 229 262 -33 L2 12-15 16-14 4 9 16 -- dnq
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 56 24 32 .429 13.5 231 290 -59 L1 10-13 14-19 5 11 21 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 59 25 34 .424 14.0 257 303 -46 L1 11-20 14-14 6 12 22 -- dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 58 22 36 .379 16.5 239 283 -44 W2 14-19 8-17 7 13 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
1988 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 57 38 19 .667 0.0 260 195 65 L2 20-10 18-9 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 57 32 25 .561 6.0 249 237 12 W1 12-14 20-11 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 58 32 26 .552 6.5 240 226 14 W2 17-13 15-13 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 56 28 28 .500 9.5 243 234 9 L1 16-16 12-12 4 7 14 -- dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 57 27 30 .474 11.0 215 223 -8 W1 12-17 15-13 5 8 17 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 56 24 32 .429 13.5 210 240 -30 L1 10-18 13-15 6 10 20 -- 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
1988 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 54 31 23 .574 0.0 243 189 54 W1 16-8 15-15 1 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 55 30 25 .545 1.5 241 211 30 L1 13-16 17-9 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 57 29 28 .509 3.5 229 220 9 L1 12-13 17-15 3 6 13 -- dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 57 26 31 .456 6.5 238 246 -8 W1 14-18 12-13 4 9 19 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 57 21 36 .368 11.5 172 244 -72 L1 5-18 16-18 5 11 24 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 53 19 34 .358 11.5 191 266 -75 W1 12-17 7-17 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 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
Jeffrey Leonard Milwaukee Brewers Minors Traded from Giants to Brewers for Ernie Riles
Gary DiSarcina California Angels Hist Signed out of draft (Massachusetts)
Jeff Frye Texas Rangers Hist Signed out of draft (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Stacy Jones Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (Auburn)
Darren Lewis Oakland Athletics Hist Signed out of draft (California)
Scott Livingstone Detroit Tigers Hist Signed out of draft (Texas A&M)
Tim Mauser Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed out of draft (Texas Christian)
Greg McMichael Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (Tennessee)
Kevin Rogers San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (Mississippi Delta)
Jim Tatum -- Hist Released by Padres
Dennis Rasmussen San Diego Padres Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to San Diego Padres for Candy Sierra
Candy Sierra Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from San Diego Padres to Cincinnati Reds for Dennis Rasmussen
Ernest Riles San Francisco Giants Hist Traded from Milwaukee Brewers to San Francisco Giants for Jeff Leonard
13 record(s)