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Saturday, August 29,1998

Saturday, August 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 1998-08-29 Kansas City Royals  2 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Brian Barber Mike Mussina Jeff Montgomery 48,154 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Anaheim Angels  1 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Pedro Martinez Jack McDowell -- 32,519 2:07
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Texas Rangers  5 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Aaron Sele Mike Sirotka John Wetteland 16,424 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Oakland Athletics  11 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Progressive Field Jimmy Haynes Tom Martin Billy Taylor 43,020 3:58
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  10 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dennis Springer Justin Thompson -- 0 2:51
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  2 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Seth Greisinger Bryan Rekar -- 16,406 2:21
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Seattle Mariners  6 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Andy Pettitte Ken Cloude -- 55,146 3:26
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Minnesota Twins  7 Toronto Blue Jays  14 box | pbp Rogers Centre Dave Stieb Brad Radke -- 30,101 3:13
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 box | pbp Chase Field Aaron Small Bob Wickman -- 44,920 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Florida Marlins  5 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mike Remlinger Brian Meadows Danny Graves 22,445 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Chicago Cubs  3 Colorado Rockies  7 box | pbp Coors Field Bobby Jones Mark Clark -- 48,269 2:28
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Jose Lima Jason Schmidt Jay Powell 41,762 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 New York Mets  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Al Leiter Jeff Shaw John Franco 49,181 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Montreal Expos  3 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dustin Hermanson Sterling Hitchcock Ugueth Urbina 52,661 2:11
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Philadelphia Phillies  3 San Francisco Giants  10 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mark Gardner Carlton Loewer -- 30,147 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-08-29 Atlanta Braves  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Tom Glavine Kent Bottenfield Rudy Seanez 47,627 3:02
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 134 98 36 .731 0.0 823 539 284 W4 46-24 52-12 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 133 79 54 .594 18.5 741 591 150 W1 38-32 41-22 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 135 69 66 .511 29.5 702 653 49 L6 32-36 37-30 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 137 70 67 .511 29.5 682 670 12 W3 30-39 40-28 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 134 52 82 .388 46.0 503 630 -127 L1 25-38 27-44 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 0.0 703 642 61 L3 37-30 36-31 1 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 136 63 73 .463 11.0 605 764 -159 W2 39-31 24-42 2 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 136 61 75 .449 13.0 686 792 -106 L1 25-41 35-35 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 134 59 75 .440 14.0 620 662 -42 L3 31-38 28-37 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 135 52 83 .385 21.5 585 715 -130 W1 26-43 26-40 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 Anaheim Angels franchise | log 137 75 62 .547 0.0 683 648 35 L1 38-29 37-33 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 135 72 63 .533 2.0 777 750 27 W1 31-34 41-29 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 136 63 73 .463 11.5 696 726 -30 W3 28-38 35-35 3 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 134 61 73 .455 12.5 710 723 -13 L2 26-40 35-33 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 136 90 46 .662 0.0 703 507 196 W1 43-24 47-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 136 75 61 .551 15.0 598 527 71 W2 33-31 42-30 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 136 65 71 .478 25.0 600 690 -90 L1 30-34 35-37 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 137 52 85 .380 38.5 536 680 -144 W1 19-46 33-39 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 136 47 89 .346 43.0 570 755 -185 L3 20-47 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 136 85 51 .625 0.0 750 533 217 W2 40-30 45-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 136 74 62 .544 11.0 694 663 31 L1 31-35 43-27 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 135 65 70 .481 19.5 573 564 9 L2 27-38 37-33 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 136 64 72 .471 21.0 626 656 -30 W3 34-36 30-36 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 136 64 72 .471 21.0 588 662 -74 L2 31-35 33-37 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 136 63 73 .463 22.0 657 680 -23 L1 27-43 36-30 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 136 88 48 .647 0.0 663 526 137 L1 41-32 47-16 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 136 73 63 .537 15.0 682 618 64 W1 34-35 39-28 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 136 67 69 .493 21.0 574 582 -8 L2 30-41 37-28 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 137 63 74 .460 25.5 679 725 -46 W1 29-40 34-34 4 13 22 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 137 52 85 .380 36.5 564 700 -136 W2 26-47 26-38 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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.
  • 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
Brad Wilkerson Montreal Expos Hist Signed out of draft (Florida)
1 record(s)
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