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Saturday, May 30,1998

Saturday, May 30,1998

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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 1998-05-30 Texas Rangers  10 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Xavier Hernandez Sidney Ponson John Wetteland 47,866 3:44
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Chicago White Sox  0 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Brian Moehler Jaime Navarro -- 17,946 2:18
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Oakland Athletics  10 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Billy Taylor Hipolito Pichardo -- 30,341 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Anaheim Angels  1 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Brad Radke Ken Hill -- 16,827 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Boston Red Sox  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bret Saberhagen Hideki Irabu Tom Gordon 55,191 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Seattle Mariners  2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  5 box | pbp Tropicana Field Dennis Springer Ken Cloude Roberto Hernandez 40,212 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Cleveland Indians  2 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Woody Williams Dwight Gooden Randy Myers 37,179 3:01
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Atlanta Braves  8 Chicago Cubs  9 box | pbp Wrigley Field Steve Trachsel Kevin Millwood Bob Patterson 39,817 3:24
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Houston Astros  3 Colorado Rockies  6 box | pbp Coors Field John Thomson Pete Schourek Jerry DiPoto 48,036 2:55
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Cincinnati Reds  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Pete Harnisch Hideo Nomo -- 37,643 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Florida Marlins  4 Milwaukee Brewers  12 box | pbp County Stadium Cal Eldred Joe Fontenot -- 21,013 3:18
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 New York Mets  6 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Al Leiter Tyler Green John Franco 30,660 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Montreal Expos  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jason Christiansen Ugueth Urbina -- 38,149 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Andy Ashby Jeff Brantley -- 54,089 2:38
1998 reg season 1998-05-30 Arizona Diamondbacks  1 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Orel Hershiser Omar Daal Robb Nen 28,185 2:49
15 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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 49 37 12 .755 0.0 320 212 108 L1 19-8 18-4 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 52 30 22 .577 8.5 248 248 0 W1 11-12 19-10 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 55 28 27 .509 12.0 239 251 -12 W1 15-14 13-13 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 54 25 29 .463 14.5 266 273 -7 L1 13-15 12-14 4 8 18 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 53 24 29 .453 15.0 210 242 -32 W1 15-15 9-14 5 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 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 53 31 22 .585 0.0 305 257 48 L1 15-12 16-10 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 52 24 28 .462 6.5 259 232 27 W1 14-12 10-16 2 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 50 21 29 .420 8.5 253 286 -33 W2 10-19 11-10 3 12 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 53 22 31 .415 9.0 267 333 -66 L2 11-17 10-15 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 52 20 32 .385 10.5 226 301 -75 L1 13-13 7-19 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 53 32 21 .604 0.0 334 279 55 W1 12-11 20-10 1 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 52 26 26 .500 5.5 238 255 -17 L1 10-10 16-16 2 6 14 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 54 25 29 .463 7.5 298 296 2 L1 11-15 14-14 3 7 19 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 52 22 30 .423 9.5 270 268 2 W1 11-14 11-16 4 11 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 56 39 17 .696 0.0 308 205 103 L3 14-9 25-8 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 50 30 20 .600 6.0 228 162 66 W8 11-10 19-10 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 52 25 27 .481 12.0 239 262 -23 L2 10-16 15-11 3 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 54 20 34 .370 18.0 181 264 -83 L1 6-17 14-17 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 54 17 37 .315 21.0 254 335 -81 L4 5-17 12-20 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 54 33 21 .611 0.0 280 200 80 L1 17-11 16-10 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 54 30 24 .556 3.0 263 248 15 W2 12-13 18-11 2 6 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 53 28 25 .528 4.5 291 287 4 L1 10-16 18-9 3 7 11 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 52 27 25 .519 5.0 226 235 -9 W4 12-13 15-12 4 8 12 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 56 26 30 .464 8.0 252 261 -9 W2 14-15 12-15 5 11 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 55 25 30 .455 8.5 215 231 -16 W1 8-17 17-13 6 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
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 55 34 21 .618 0.0 266 212 54 W1 18-16 16-5 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 56 32 24 .571 2.5 264 223 41 W2 16-16 16-8 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 55 27 28 .491 7.0 238 244 -6 L2 14-19 13-9 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 55 23 32 .418 11.0 260 305 -45 W1 16-16 7-16 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 55 17 38 .309 17.0 207 298 -91 L2 7-22 10-16 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
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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
Darrin Fletcher Toronto Blue Jays Injury DL - Strained left hamstring
Richard Hidalgo Houston Astros Injury DL - Separated right shoulder
Otis Nixon Minnesota Twins Hist Activated from Disabled List
Trey Beamon Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)