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Wednesday, May 8,1991

Wednesday, May 8,1991

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

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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
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Minnesota Twins  3 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Roger Clemens Jack Morris -- 25,134 2:53
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 New York Yankees  10 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Scott Sanderson Kirk McCaskill -- 26,024 3:18
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Jack McDowell Jaime Navarro -- 36,026 2:39
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Kansas City Royals  3 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Tanana Storm Davis -- 14,495 3:06
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Baltimore Orioles  3 Oakland Athletics  9 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Curt Young Mike Flanagan -- 23,528 3:00
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Cleveland Indians  2 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Brian Holman Charles Nagy Bill Swift 10,930 2:52
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Texas Rangers  2 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Todd Stottlemyre Nolan Ryan Duane Ward 43,211 2:50
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Atlanta Braves  17 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Tom Glavine Ken Hill -- 9,699 2:55
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Chicago Cubs  2 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Pete Harnisch Shawn Boskie Curt Schilling 11,307 2:25
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 San Francisco Giants  4 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Barry Jones Francisco Oliveras Tim Burke 15,107 2:52
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ramon Martinez Doug Simons Jay Howell 40,924 2:38
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Zane Smith Norm Charlton -- 14,594 2:11
1991 reg season 1991-05-08 Philadelphia Phillies  5 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Danny Cox Andy Benes Roger McDowell 12,063 2:34
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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
1991 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 93 70 23 W1 8-4 7-5 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1991 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.5 135 104 31 W3 7-5 8-5 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1991 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 1.0 118 105 13 W1 7-8 9-4 3 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1991 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 3.0 120 117 3 L4 5-6 8-7 4 8 13 -- dnq
1991 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.5 97 84 13 L2 9-8 1-5 5 11 21 -- dnq
1991 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 6.5 91 126 -35 L2 6-9 3-7 6 12 23 -- dnq
1991 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 7.0 110 124 -14 W1 5-12 3-4 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
1991 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 134 124 10 W2 4-6 13-3 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1991 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 2.5 93 112 -19 W2 6-3 7-7 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1991 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 3.0 110 112 -2 W5 4-9 11-4 3 6 10 -- dnq
1991 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 4.0 92 91 1 L1 7-5 4-6 4 7 14 -- dnq
1991 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 4.5 113 112 1 L1 5-10 8-4 5 10 18 -- Won World Series (Braves)
1991 AL West California Angels franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 4.5 109 112 -3 L1 5-4 8-10 6 9 17 -- dnq
1991 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 8.0 89 111 -22 L3 3-7 6-10 7 13 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
1991 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 128 97 31 W3 7-4 11-5 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Braves)
1991 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 2.5 103 91 12 L1 5-4 10-7 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1991 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 4.0 101 113 -12 L4 5-9 9-4 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1991 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 4.5 121 115 6 L1 6-11 8-3 4 8 16 -- dnq
1991 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 6.0 95 105 -10 W3 3-7 9-8 5 9 19 -- dnq
1991 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 6.0 112 120 -8 W1 3-9 9-6 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
1991 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 0.0 110 121 -11 L1 9-6 6-6 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1991 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 0.5 121 83 38 W2 7-4 6-7 2 4 9 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1991 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 1.5 82 93 -11 L3 5-7 8-6 3 7 15 -- dnq
1991 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 1.5 109 94 15 W1 9-7 4-6 4 6 12 -- dnq
1991 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 3.5 80 109 -29 W1 5-9 6-6 5 11 22 -- dnq
1991 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 6.0 110 131 -21 L3 4-14 5-4 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
Tom Filer Chicago Cubs Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1991-1991 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Nikco Riesgo Philadelphia Phillies Hist Returned to Philadelphia Phillies
Larry Andersen San Diego Padres Injury DL - Herniated disc in neck
3 record(s)