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Sunday, August 23,1998

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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 1998-08-23 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Anaheim Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chuck Finley Carlos Almanzar Troy Percival 34,142 2:38
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Cleveland Indians  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Dwight Gooden Sidney Ponson Michael Jackson 48,272 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Boston Red Sox  5 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Pedro Martinez Brad Radke -- 12,686 3:05
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Detroit Tigers  5 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Seth Greisinger Jimmy Haynes Todd Jones 17,917 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Chicago White Sox  2 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Paul Spoljaric John Snyder Jose Paniagua 35,159 2:03
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Kansas City Royals  11 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  5 box | pbp Tropicana Field Pat Rapp Bryan Rekar -- 33,123 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 New York Yankees  10 Texas Rangers  12 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Rick Helling Orlando Hernandez John Wetteland 37,284 3:40
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Atlanta Braves  12 box | pbp Turner Field Greg Maddux Carlos Perez -- 45,179 3:11
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Houston Astros  13 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jose Lima Steve Trachsel -- 38,714 3:08
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 San Francisco Giants  10 Florida Marlins  5 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Kirk Rueter Kirt Ojala -- 36,701 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 San Diego Padres  13 Milwaukee Brewers  11 box | pbp County Stadium Trevor Hoffman Bob Wickman -- 27,641 4:21
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Cincinnati Reds  10 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jason Bere Javier Vazquez -- 14,371 2:28
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Brian Anderson Al Leiter Gregg Olson 36,039 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 Colorado Rockies  5 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium John Thomson Mike Grace Jerry DiPoto 26,364 2:26
1998 reg season 1998-08-23 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jason Schmidt Kent Mercker Jason Christiansen 42,134 3:14
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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 127 94 33 .740 0.0 776 499 277 L1 46-24 48-9 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 128 76 52 .594 18.5 716 571 145 W1 38-32 38-20 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 130 69 61 .531 26.5 683 620 63 L1 32-33 37-28 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 131 66 65 .504 30.0 642 642 0 L2 30-39 36-26 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 128 49 79 .383 45.5 473 599 -126 L3 23-37 26-42 5 14 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
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 129 71 58 .550 0.0 672 600 72 W1 37-30 34-28 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 130 59 71 .454 12.5 582 739 -157 W4 35-29 24-42 2 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 129 57 72 .442 14.0 635 750 -115 L5 25-40 31-33 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 129 57 72 .442 14.0 593 627 -34 L1 29-35 28-37 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 129 50 79 .388 21.0 549 678 -129 W1 25-41 25-38 5 13 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 Anaheim Angels franchise | log 130 71 59 .546 0.0 644 610 34 W2 34-26 37-33 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 129 68 61 .527 2.5 738 715 23 W1 29-33 39-28 2 6 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 128 59 69 .461 11.0 673 673 0 W3 25-36 34-33 3 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 11.5 659 701 -42 L1 25-36 35-35 4 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 130 86 44 .662 0.0 677 487 190 W3 40-22 46-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 130 72 58 .554 14.0 574 492 82 L1 30-29 42-29 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 130 64 66 .492 22.0 588 659 -71 L1 29-33 35-33 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 131 51 80 .389 35.5 509 641 -132 L4 18-42 33-38 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 130 45 85 .346 41.0 539 710 -171 L4 18-44 27-41 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 131 81 50 .618 0.0 725 519 206 W3 39-30 42-20 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 130 71 59 .546 9.5 649 617 32 L2 28-33 43-26 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 130 62 68 .477 18.5 564 629 -65 L1 29-32 33-36 3 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 130 62 68 .477 18.5 552 542 10 W7 25-36 37-32 4 9 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 130 62 68 .477 18.5 631 650 -19 L3 27-42 35-26 5 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 130 59 71 .454 21.5 577 621 -44 W2 33-36 26-35 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 130 83 47 .638 0.0 628 509 119 W1 37-32 46-15 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 130 69 61 .531 14.0 643 597 46 W2 33-35 36-26 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 130 64 66 .492 19.0 546 554 -8 L2 30-40 34-26 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 23.5 638 688 -50 W1 28-40 32-31 4 12 20 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 131 49 82 .374 34.5 536 672 -136 W1 25-47 24-35 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Matt Belisle Atlanta Braves Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
Jim Bruske New York Yankees Hist Traded from San Diego Padres with Brad Kaufman to New York Yankees for Shea Morenz and Ray Ricken
Scott Kamieniecki Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Neck soreness
Mark Langston San Diego Padres Injury DL - Strained left ribcage
4 record(s)