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Thursday, August 3,1989

Thursday, August 3,1989

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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
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Cleveland Indians  4 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Rod Nichols Tom Bolton Doug Jones 33,992 2:36
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Texas Rangers  6 Detroit Tigers  9 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mike Henneman Cecilio Guante -- 16,039 3:29
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Minnesota Twins  1 New York Yankees  8 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Chuck Cary Rick Aguilera -- 25,244 2:47
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Chicago White Sox  6 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Donn Pall Bob Welch Bobby Thigpen 31,974 2:49
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 California Angels  6 Seattle Mariners  0 box | pbp Kingdome Kirk McCaskill Randy Johnson -- 12,584 2:40
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Kansas City Royals  5 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Rogers Centre Tom Gordon Jimmy Key -- 48,731 2:38
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 San Diego Padres  6 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Don Schulze John Smoltz Mark Davis 12,357 2:57
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Houston Astros  2 Cincinnati Reds  18 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Browning Jim Clancy -- 20,179 2:16
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 San Francisco Giants  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Orel Hershiser Russ Swan Jay Howell 43,516 2:46
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Chicago Cubs  2 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Greg Maddux Bruce Ruffin Les Lancaster 21,983 2:30
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 Montreal Expos  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Doug Bair Andy McGaffigan -- 12,292 3:42
1989 reg season 1989-08-03 New York Mets  5 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Dan Quisenberry Jeff Musselman Ken Dayley 44,496 2:49
12 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.
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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
1989 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 106 55 51 .519 0.0 485 465 20 W1 26-30 29-21 1 5 10 Yes dnq
1989 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 107 53 54 .495 2.5 414 414 0 W2 25-29 28-25 2 6 13 -- dnq
1989 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 105 52 53 .495 2.5 499 489 10 L2 25-27 27-26 3 7 14 -- dnq
1989 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 108 53 55 .491 3.0 489 460 29 L1 28-27 25-28 4 8 15 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1989 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 107 52 55 .486 3.5 466 461 5 L1 21-30 31-25 5 10 17 -- dnq
1989 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 108 51 57 .472 5.0 479 547 -68 W1 22-31 29-26 6 12 19 -- dnq
1989 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 106 38 68 .358 17.0 404 533 -129 W2 15-37 23-31 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
1989 AL West California Angels franchise | log 107 65 42 .607 0.0 473 365 108 W2 28-24 37-18 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 108 65 43 .602 0.5 459 393 66 L1 25-23 40-20 2 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1989 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 107 59 48 .551 6.0 450 432 18 W1 24-32 35-16 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 106 57 49 .538 7.5 481 481 0 L2 26-27 31-22 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 108 53 55 .491 12.5 516 493 23 L1 25-31 28-24 5 9 16 -- dnq
1989 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 107 51 56 .477 14.0 503 502 1 L2 22-32 29-24 6 11 18 -- dnq
1989 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 108 45 63 .417 20.5 457 540 -83 W1 22-35 23-28 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
1989 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 108 63 45 .583 0.0 454 405 49 L1 30-23 33-22 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 108 61 47 .565 2.0 439 394 45 W1 32-24 29-23 2 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Giants)
1989 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 105 56 49 .533 5.5 409 392 17 W1 25-24 30-26 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1989 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 106 55 51 .519 7.0 447 405 42 L1 22-33 33-18 4 6 11 -- dnq
1989 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 108 46 62 .426 17.0 419 455 -36 W1 23-33 23-29 5 10 22 -- dnq
1989 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 108 44 64 .407 19.0 425 478 -53 L1 18-35 25-30 6 11 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
1989 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 108 62 46 .574 0.0 473 393 80 L2 28-31 34-15 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1989 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 108 61 47 .565 1.0 448 439 9 L2 29-22 32-25 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1989 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 108 54 54 .500 8.0 384 427 -43 W3 28-28 26-26 3 7 12 -- dnq
1989 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 109 51 58 .468 11.5 370 367 3 W2 23-33 28-25 4 8 20 -- dnq
1989 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 11.5 409 454 -45 W2 23-29 27-28 5 9 21 -- dnq
1989 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 109 43 66 .394 19.5 377 445 -68 L3 18-32 25-34 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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
Jim Steels Montreal Expos Hist Traded by San Francisco Giants to Montreal Expos for future considerations
Atlee Hammaker San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Strained groin
Eric Hetzel Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Strained right elbow
Dave LaPoint New York Yankees Injury DL - Small tear in left rotator cuff + Surgery
Matt Nokes Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)