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Wednesday, July 29,1998

Wednesday, July 29,1998

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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 1998-07-29 New York Yankees  5 Anaheim Angels  10 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Steve Sparks Orlando Hernandez -- 38,829 3:08
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  7 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Tony Saunders Jim Parque -- 17,387 3:00
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Baltimore Orioles  14 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mike Mussina Frank Castillo Doug Johns 19,607 3:13
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Minnesota Twins  5 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Eric Milton Hipolito Pichardo Rick Aguilera 14,362 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Boston Red Sox  10 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Wasdin Mike Oquist Derek Lowe 11,632 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Cleveland Indians  8 Seattle Mariners  7 box | pbp Kingdome Chad Ogea Greg McCarthy Michael Jackson 25,953 3:23
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Texas Rangers  9 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Rogers Centre Darren Oliver Chris Carpenter John Wetteland 28,220 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Chicago Cubs  7 Arizona Diamondbacks  3 box | pbp Chase Field Don Wengert Amaury Telemaco Terry Adams 46,738 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Atlanta Braves  11 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rudy Seanez Steve Parris -- 24,480 3:25
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Pittsburgh Pirates  12 Colorado Rockies  1 box | pbp Coors Field Chris Peters Darryl Kile -- 47,411 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Florida Marlins  6 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome Pete Schourek Andy Larkin Scott Elarton 21,870 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 San Francisco Giants  0 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Stade Olympique Dustin Hermanson Danny Darwin -- 8,293 2:20
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 San Diego Padres  6 New York Mets  7 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mel Rojas Donne Wall John Franco 23,694 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Carlton Loewer Dave Mlicki -- 20,127 2:44
1998 reg season 1998-07-29 Milwaukee Brewers  2 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Woodard Bobby Witt Bob Wickman 36,672 2:46
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 101 74 27 .733 0.0 596 398 198 L1 36-19 38-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 105 62 43 .590 14.0 574 468 106 W4 29-26 33-17 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 107 54 53 .505 23.0 549 531 18 W2 23-28 31-25 3 6 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 109 53 56 .486 25.0 513 538 -25 L1 24-33 29-23 4 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 105 42 63 .400 34.0 390 486 -96 W1 20-32 22-31 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 106 61 45 .575 0.0 574 476 98 W2 31-21 30-24 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 105 50 55 .476 10.5 483 465 18 W5 27-27 23-28 2 8 17 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 107 47 60 .439 14.5 539 638 -99 L1 21-31 25-30 3 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 106 46 60 .434 15.0 452 586 -134 L3 28-24 18-36 4 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 105 44 61 .419 16.5 467 549 -82 L2 21-32 23-29 5 13 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
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 106 58 48 .547 0.0 523 510 13 W1 28-22 30-26 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 106 57 49 .538 1.0 614 591 23 W1 27-26 30-23 2 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 106 48 58 .453 10.0 571 553 18 L2 20-32 28-26 3 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 106 46 60 .434 12.0 530 575 -45 L9 22-30 24-30 4 12 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 108 71 37 .657 0.0 560 409 151 W1 33-19 38-18 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 104 56 48 .538 13.0 456 380 76 W2 24-26 32-22 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 105 55 50 .524 14.5 490 526 -36 W1 24-26 31-24 3 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 107 41 66 .383 29.5 408 534 -126 W1 16-35 25-31 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 108 38 70 .352 33.0 453 602 -149 L4 14-38 24-32 5 16 30 -- 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 107 64 43 .598 0.0 592 435 157 W3 30-26 34-17 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 108 61 47 .565 3.5 542 498 44 W1 24-27 37-20 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 107 55 52 .514 9.0 487 503 -16 W4 27-23 28-29 3 9 13 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 108 50 58 .463 14.5 436 446 -10 W1 20-32 30-26 4 10 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 106 49 57 .462 14.5 521 548 -27 L2 21-34 28-23 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 108 47 61 .435 17.5 458 518 -60 L1 26-31 21-30 6 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
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 107 69 38 .645 0.0 539 432 107 L2 31-27 38-11 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 107 57 50 .533 12.0 505 460 45 L1 25-29 32-21 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 107 55 52 .514 14.0 469 455 14 L1 25-31 30-21 3 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 108 48 60 .444 21.5 524 585 -61 L1 21-33 27-27 4 12 21 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 107 38 69 .355 31.0 437 557 -120 L1 18-40 20-29 5 15 29 -- 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
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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
Pat Strange New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (Massachusetts HS)
Ramon Santiago Detroit Tigers Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Matt Karchner Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to Chicago Cubs for Jon Garland
Jon Garland Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from Chicago Cubs to Chicago White Sox for Matt Karchner
Midre Cummings Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Sprained right wrist *Unknown*
Henry Blanco Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)