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Thursday, July 30,1998

Thursday, July 30,1998

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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
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 New York Yankees  3 Anaheim Angels  0 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ramiro Mendoza Rich DeLucia Mariano Rivera 42,915 3:55
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Baltimore Orioles  6 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Pete Smith Matt Anderson Armando Benitez 22,915 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Minnesota Twins  3 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Tim Belcher Dan Serafini -- 20,466 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Boston Red Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Kenny Rogers Steve Avery Billy Taylor 17,535 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Cleveland Indians  9 Seattle Mariners  8 box | pbp Kingdome Paul Shuey Bob Wells -- 31,081 5:23
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Texas Rangers  0 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Rogers Centre Juan Guzman Esteban Loaiza Randy Myers 29,264 2:16
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Chicago Cubs  0 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 box | pbp Chase Field Omar Daal Kevin Tapani -- 46,728 2:14
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Atlanta Braves  13 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Denny Neagle Rick Krivda -- 28,946 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Florida Marlins  4 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Livan Hernandez Shane Reynolds -- 33,303 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 San Francisco Giants  6 Montreal Expos  12 box | pbp Stade Olympique Mike Thurman Mark Gardner Shayne Bennett 7,575 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 San Diego Padres  3 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dan Miceli Dennis Cook Trevor Hoffman 22,882 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Chan Ho Park Matt Beech Jeff Shaw 22,890 2:30
1998 reg season 1998-07-30 Milwaukee Brewers  2 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Matt Morris Scott Karl Rich Croushore 35,766 2:37
13 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 102 75 27 .735 0.0 599 398 201 W1 37-19 38-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 106 62 44 .585 15.0 579 474 105 L1 29-27 33-17 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 23.0 555 535 20 W3 24-28 31-25 3 6 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 110 54 56 .491 25.0 514 538 -24 W1 24-33 30-23 4 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 105 42 63 .400 34.5 390 486 -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 107 62 45 .579 0.0 583 484 99 W3 32-21 30-24 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 106 50 56 .472 11.5 486 472 14 L1 27-28 23-28 2 8 17 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 107 47 60 .439 15.0 539 638 -99 L1 21-31 25-30 3 12 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 107 47 60 .439 15.0 459 589 -130 W1 28-24 19-36 4 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 106 44 62 .415 17.5 471 555 -84 L3 21-32 23-30 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 107 58 49 .542 0.0 523 513 10 L1 28-22 30-27 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 107 57 50 .533 1.0 614 592 22 L1 27-27 30-23 2 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 107 48 59 .449 10.0 579 562 17 L3 20-32 28-27 3 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 107 47 60 .439 11.0 536 580 -44 W1 22-30 25-30 4 11 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 109 72 37 .661 0.0 573 412 161 W2 34-19 38-18 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 105 56 49 .533 14.0 457 383 74 L1 24-26 32-23 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 106 55 51 .519 15.5 491 529 -38 L1 24-26 31-25 3 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 108 42 66 .389 29.5 420 540 -120 W2 16-35 26-31 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 109 39 70 .358 33.0 457 605 -148 W1 15-38 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 108 64 44 .593 0.0 595 439 156 L1 30-26 34-18 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 109 61 48 .560 3.5 542 502 40 L1 24-28 37-20 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 9.0 489 506 -17 L1 27-24 28-29 3 9 14 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 13.5 524 550 -26 W1 21-34 29-23 4 10 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 108 50 58 .463 14.0 436 446 -10 W1 20-32 30-26 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 109 47 62 .431 17.5 461 531 -70 L2 26-31 21-31 6 13 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 West San Diego Padres franchise | log 108 70 38 .648 0.0 542 433 109 W1 32-27 38-11 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 108 57 51 .528 13.0 511 472 39 L2 25-30 32-21 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 108 56 52 .519 14.0 472 456 16 W1 26-31 30-21 3 8 13 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 108 48 60 .444 22.0 524 585 -61 L1 21-33 27-27 4 12 21 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 108 39 69 .361 31.0 441 557 -116 W1 18-40 21-29 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 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)
  • 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
Austin Kearns Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed out of draft (Kentucky HS)
Joel Bennett Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Luis Pineda Detroit Tigers Hist Signed to minor league contract
Charlie O'Brien Anaheim Angels Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to Anaheim Angels for Jason Stockstill and Brian Tokarse
Pete Munro Toronto Blue Jays Hist Traded from Boston Red Sox with Jay Yennaco to Toronto Blue Jays for Mike Stanley
Mike Stanley Boston Red Sox Hist Traded from Toronto Blue Jays to Boston Red Sox for Pete Munro and Jay Yennaco
Greg Colbrunn Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Colorado Rockies to Atlanta Braves for David Cortes and Mike Porzio
David Cortes Colorado Rockies Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves with Mike Porzio to Colorado Rockies for Greg Colbrunn
Mike Porzio Colorado Rockies Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves with David Cortes to Colorado Rockies for Greg Colbrunn
Darren Holmes New York Yankees Injury DL - Bulging disk *Pitching wear and tear*
Chad Ogea Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Tendinitis in right middle finger
Felix Rodriguez Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Activated from Disabled List
12 record(s)