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Wednesday, May 28,1997

Wednesday, May 28,1997

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Kent Mercker Garrett Stephenson Jeff Shaw 15,451 2:00
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 New York Mets  7 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bobby Jones Pedro Martinez -- 14,932 2:15
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Chicago Cubs  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Steve Cooke Terry Mulholland -- 10,198 2:14
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Chicago White Sox  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Aaron Sele Wilson Alvarez Heathcliff Slocumb 28,078 2:49
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Baltimore Orioles  8 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jimmy Key Brian Moehler Shawn Boskie 10,692 2:56
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Cleveland Indians  10 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Assenmacher Tim Belcher -- 13,380 2:55
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Brad Radke Scott Karl Rick Aguilera 14,118 2:28
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Anaheim Angels  14 Oakland Athletics  10 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Troy Percival Mike Mohler -- 8,148 3:17
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 Texas Rangers  0 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Randy Johnson Darren Oliver -- 26,016 2:34
1997 reg season 1997-05-28 New York Yankees  6 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre David Wells Juan Guzman Mariano Rivera 32,338 3:08
10 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
1997 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 49 34 15 .694 0.0 279 189 90 W3 17-8 17-7 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 51 27 24 .529 8.0 283 228 55 W1 14-10 13-14 2 6 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 48 25 23 .521 8.5 182 205 -23 L2 13-9 12-14 3 7 14 -- dnq
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 50 23 27 .460 11.5 258 237 21 L1 9-15 14-12 4 9 18 -- dnq
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 48 21 27 .438 12.5 251 261 -10 W3 11-16 10-11 5 12 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
1997 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 49 27 22 .551 0.0 286 264 22 W1 13-13 14-9 1 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 47 22 25 .468 4.0 226 239 -13 L3 7-18 15-7 2 8 17 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 48 22 26 .458 4.5 252 265 -13 L1 8-12 14-14 3 10 19 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 49 22 27 .449 5.0 222 245 -23 L3 11-12 11-15 4 11 20 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 51 22 29 .431 6.0 250 295 -45 W2 9-13 13-16 5 13 22 -- 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
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 49 27 22 .551 0.0 241 234 7 L1 12-12 15-10 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 49 26 23 .531 1.0 267 258 9 W1 10-15 16-8 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 51 27 24 .529 1.0 312 311 1 W1 16-12 11-12 3 5 13 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 53 21 32 .396 8.0 252 330 -78 L1 11-20 10-12 4 14 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
1997 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 50 35 15 .700 0.0 252 160 92 W2 16-9 19-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 49 30 19 .612 4.5 217 177 40 W1 12-13 18-6 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 51 28 23 .549 7.5 237 180 57 W1 16-13 12-10 3 4 7 -- dnq
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 50 27 23 .540 8.0 258 243 15 L1 9-14 18-9 4 5 8 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 51 19 32 .373 16.5 179 275 -96 L1 9-17 10-15 5 14 27 -- 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
1997 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 51 25 26 .490 0.0 216 201 15 L3 12-17 13-9 1 8 16 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 51 25 26 .490 0.0 206 239 -33 W1 15-12 10-14 2 9 15 Yes dnq
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 49 21 28 .429 3.0 196 192 4 W1 9-19 12-9 3 10 23 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 50 19 31 .380 5.5 213 233 -20 L1 9-20 10-11 4 12 26 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 51 19 32 .373 6.0 191 261 -70 W1 7-18 12-14 5 13 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
1997 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 49 29 20 .592 0.0 205 218 -13 W2 11-8 18-12 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 50 27 23 .540 2.5 304 279 25 L1 12-14 15-9 2 6 9 -- dnq
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 49 26 23 .531 3.0 182 170 12 L1 9-12 17-11 3 7 11 -- dnq
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 49 20 29 .408 9.0 216 244 -28 L4 6-12 14-17 4 11 24 -- 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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Paul Wagner Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)