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Sunday, May 17,1998

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  7 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jim Mecir Alan Mills -- 47,628 3:09
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Kansas City Royals  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Ron Mahay Glendon Rusch Tom Gordon 29,736 2:41
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Oakland Athletics  9 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Buddy Groom Bill Simas Billy Taylor 19,002 3:18
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Texas Rangers  1 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Progressive Field Aaron Sele Bartolo Colon John Wetteland 42,247 2:26
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Anaheim Angels  3 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bryce Florie Rich DeLucia Todd Jones 13,476 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Minnesota Twins  0 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Wells LaTroy Hawkins -- 49,820 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Seattle Mariners  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Dan Plesac Heathcliff Slocumb -- 28,111 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Arizona Diamondbacks  8 box | pbp Chase Field Andy Benes Esteban Loaiza -- 44,014 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Chicago Cubs  10 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Kerry Wood David Weathers Terry Mulholland 33,480 2:32
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Jamey Wright Brad Woodall Jerry DiPoto 48,041 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Atlanta Braves  1 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Sean Bergman John Smoltz -- 35,250 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Montreal Expos  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ramon Martinez Mike Johnson Scott Radinsky 45,382 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Philadelphia Phillies  1 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Donne Wall Curt Schilling Trevor Hoffman 27,913 2:11
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 New York Mets  2 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mark Gardner Al Leiter Robb Nen 24,408 3:01
1998 reg season 1998-05-17 Florida Marlins  4 St. Louis Cardinals  13 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Kent Mercker Chris Hammond -- 41,836 2:49
15 record(s)
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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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 37 28 9 .757 0.0 225 163 62 W2 15-6 13-3 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 42 27 15 .643 3.5 210 179 31 W3 10-10 17-5 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 42 20 22 .476 10.5 204 205 -1 L4 10-10 10-12 3 6 17 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 43 20 23 .465 11.0 177 206 -29 W1 11-13 9-10 4 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 41 19 22 .463 11.0 171 190 -19 W3 11-10 8-12 5 9 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
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 42 23 19 .548 0.0 227 213 14 L1 10-11 13-8 1 4 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 41 18 23 .439 4.5 205 241 -36 L2 9-14 8-10 2 11 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 42 18 24 .429 5.0 192 183 9 L2 10-11 8-13 3 12 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 42 16 26 .381 7.0 176 225 -49 L3 10-11 6-15 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 38 14 24 .368 7.0 176 212 -36 W1 6-15 8-9 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
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 42 26 16 .619 0.0 261 205 56 W1 11-9 15-7 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 41 21 20 .512 4.5 191 195 -4 L1 9-8 12-12 2 5 13 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 42 20 22 .476 6.0 234 232 2 L1 8-11 12-11 3 7 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 41 18 23 .439 7.5 213 213 0 W2 9-10 9-13 4 10 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 44 31 13 .705 0.0 245 160 85 L2 13-7 18-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 8.5 155 130 25 L1 7-10 13-9 2 7 11 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 41 20 21 .488 9.5 182 196 -14 L3 6-14 14-7 3 11 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 42 15 27 .357 15.0 135 209 -74 L2 4-14 11-13 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 44 14 30 .318 17.0 214 271 -57 L2 4-15 10-15 5 15 29 -- 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
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 42 27 15 .643 0.0 226 154 72 W2 14-9 13-6 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 43 25 18 .581 2.5 205 184 21 W2 11-10 14-8 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 41 22 19 .537 4.5 182 184 -2 L1 12-9 10-10 3 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 41 21 20 .512 5.5 229 227 2 W2 7-14 14-6 4 8 12 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 43 21 22 .488 6.5 202 206 -4 L2 11-11 10-11 5 10 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 43 20 23 .465 7.5 172 182 -10 L1 7-12 13-11 6 12 19 -- 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
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 43 29 14 .674 0.0 214 165 49 W5 14-10 15-4 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 44 25 19 .568 4.5 197 170 27 W1 11-12 14-7 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 43 21 22 .488 8.0 191 186 5 W2 9-15 12-7 3 9 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 44 18 26 .409 11.5 224 269 -45 W1 13-11 5-15 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 43 11 32 .256 18.0 158 238 -80 W1 4-20 7-12 5 16 30 -- dnq
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  • 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
Mark Thompson Colorado Rockies Injury DL - Right shoulder
1 record(s)