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Wednesday, August 26,1998

Wednesday, August 26,1998

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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 1998-08-26 Oakland Athletics  4 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park John Wasdin Tim Worrell Tom Gordon 26,379 3:08
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Baltimore Orioles  5 Chicago White Sox  12 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field James Baldwin Juan Guzman -- 13,511 3:10
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Seattle Mariners  3 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Progressive Field Dave Burba Jeff Fassero Michael Jackson 43,091 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Anaheim Angels  6 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jeff Juden Ryan Bradley Troy Percival 20,077 3:16
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Anaheim Angels  6 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mariano Rivera Mike Fetters -- 28,837 3:16
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Minnesota Twins  7 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  3 box | pbp Tropicana Field Bob Tewksbury Tony Saunders Rick Aguilera 23,059 3:14
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Detroit Tigers  6 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Esteban Loaiza Bryce Florie John Wetteland 22,618 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Kansas City Royals  7 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Rogers Centre Tim Belcher Chris Carpenter -- 25,557 2:25
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Arizona Diamondbacks  3 box | pbp Chase Field Jeff Tabaka Omar Daal Rich Loiselle 39,906 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Chicago Cubs  9 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Kerry Wood Brett Tomko -- 20,315 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Colorado Rockies  5 box | pbp Coors Field Bill Pulsipher Jamey Wright -- 42,395 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Atlanta Braves  6 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome John Smoltz Sean Bergman -- 32,651 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Montreal Expos  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jeff Shaw Steve Kline -- 34,039 2:36
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 San Diego Padres  2 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Joey Hamilton Mark Portugal Trevor Hoffman 15,656 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 New York Mets  4 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Hideo Nomo Orel Hershiser -- 18,227 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-08-26 Florida Marlins  7 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Antonio Alfonseca Juan Acevedo -- 30,004 3:33
16 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 131 95 36 .725 0.0 796 525 271 W1 46-24 49-12 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 130 78 52 .600 16.5 726 577 149 W3 38-32 40-20 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 132 69 63 .523 26.5 692 638 54 L3 32-35 37-28 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 134 67 67 .500 29.5 650 656 -6 L1 30-39 37-28 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 130 49 81 .377 45.5 477 610 -133 L5 23-37 26-44 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 131 73 58 .557 0.0 687 607 80 W3 37-30 36-28 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 13.0 596 747 -151 W1 37-30 24-42 2 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 131 59 72 .450 14.0 604 631 -27 W2 31-35 28-37 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 132 59 73 .447 14.5 663 770 -107 W2 25-41 33-33 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 132 51 81 .386 22.5 568 699 -131 L1 26-43 25-38 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 134 74 60 .552 0.0 670 630 40 L1 37-27 37-33 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 3.0 759 734 25 W1 29-33 41-29 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 12.5 691 698 -7 L2 25-38 35-33 3 9 22 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 133 60 73 .451 13.5 665 711 -46 L3 25-38 35-35 4 10 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 133 88 45 .662 0.0 689 495 194 W1 41-23 47-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 133 73 60 .549 15.0 586 509 77 W1 31-30 42-30 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 133 64 69 .481 24.0 592 669 -77 L4 29-33 35-36 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 134 51 83 .381 37.5 516 657 -141 L7 18-44 33-39 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 133 47 86 .353 41.0 554 726 -172 W2 20-44 27-42 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 134 83 51 .619 0.0 742 530 212 L1 40-30 43-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 133 72 61 .541 10.5 670 641 29 W1 29-34 43-27 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 17.5 570 556 14 W2 27-36 37-33 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 133 63 70 .474 19.5 578 652 -74 W1 30-33 33-37 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 133 62 71 .466 20.5 645 666 -21 L6 27-43 35-28 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 21.5 597 640 -43 L1 34-36 27-36 6 13 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 133 86 47 .647 0.0 642 514 128 W4 40-32 46-15 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 133 71 62 .534 15.0 658 608 50 L1 34-35 37-27 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 133 66 67 .496 20.0 557 564 -7 W2 30-41 36-26 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 134 62 72 .463 24.5 657 701 -44 L1 29-40 33-32 4 12 19 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 134 50 84 .373 36.5 554 690 -136 L2 26-47 24-37 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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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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  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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
Greg Cadaret Texas Rangers Hist Claimed on waivers from Angels by Rangers
Ramon Tatis Tampa Bay Rays Injury DL - Left elbow inflammation
Albie Lopez Tampa Bay Rays Hist Activated from Disabled List
Mike Neill Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)