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Saturday, September 5,1998

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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 1998-09-05 Kansas City Royals  1 Anaheim Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jack McDowell Brian Barber Rich DeLucia 37,217 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 New York Yankees  5 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Jim Abbott Andy Pettitte -- 33,092 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Cleveland Indians  5 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dave Burba Brian Powell Michael Jackson 30,031 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  0 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Kenny Rogers Tony Saunders -- 34,193 2:12
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Baltimore Orioles  5 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Greg McCarthy Armando Benitez Mike Timlin 43,831 3:21
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Minnesota Twins  7 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Mike Trombley Xavier Hernandez Rick Aguilera 38,581 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Boston Red Sox  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Roger Clemens Bret Saberhagen Paul Quantrill 37,158 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Houston Astros  6 Arizona Diamondbacks  5 box | pbp Chase Field Billy Wagner Alan Embree -- 43,638 4:05
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 San Diego Padres  4 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Kevin Brown Darryl Kile Trevor Hoffman 42,930 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Montreal Expos  7 Florida Marlins  1 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Mike Thurman Rafael Medina -- 21,155 2:53
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 San Francisco Giants  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Chan Ho Park Orel Hershiser -- 35,802 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium David Weathers Ricky Bottalico -- 15,935 4:12
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Atlanta Braves  4 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Turk Wendell Rudy Seanez John Franco 43,573 3:10
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Chicago Cubs  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Kevin Tapani Sean Lawrence Rod Beck 37,711 2:51
1998 reg season 1998-09-05 Cincinnati Reds  0 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Donovan Osborne Dennys Reyes -- 47,994 2:21
15 record(s)
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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 139 100 39 .719 0.0 849 569 280 L1 47-25 53-14 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 140 81 59 .579 19.5 769 630 139 L3 38-35 43-24 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 143 76 67 .531 26.0 715 678 37 W9 32-39 44-28 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 141 70 71 .496 31.0 727 679 48 L1 33-37 37-34 4 7 14 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 141 55 86 .390 46.0 532 654 -122 L1 28-42 27-44 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 141 79 62 .560 0.0 756 678 78 W3 40-30 39-32 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 142 66 76 .465 13.5 722 819 -97 W1 28-41 37-36 2 8 18 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 141 65 76 .461 14.0 615 778 -163 L1 41-32 24-44 3 9 21 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 141 63 78 .447 16.0 644 695 -51 W1 32-40 31-38 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 142 53 89 .373 26.5 614 768 -154 L4 26-43 27-46 5 14 29 -- 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 142 78 64 .549 0.0 715 672 43 W1 40-30 38-34 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 141 75 66 .532 2.5 819 782 37 L1 33-36 42-30 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 142 65 77 .458 13.0 713 762 -49 W1 29-41 36-36 3 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 140 64 76 .457 13.0 741 756 -15 W1 28-42 36-34 4 11 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 142 91 51 .641 0.0 726 534 192 L3 43-27 48-24 1 1 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 142 79 63 .556 12.0 627 549 78 W3 35-33 44-30 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 142 67 75 .472 24.0 617 714 -97 L1 32-38 35-37 3 9 17 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 143 55 88 .385 36.5 565 708 -143 W2 22-49 33-39 4 15 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 142 47 95 .331 44.0 586 810 -224 L9 20-48 27-47 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 142 89 53 .627 0.0 780 556 224 W1 43-32 46-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 142 80 62 .563 9.0 726 683 43 W6 34-35 46-27 2 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 142 68 74 .479 21.0 700 698 2 W1 30-43 38-31 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 142 67 75 .472 22.0 614 696 -82 W1 31-36 36-39 4 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 142 66 76 .465 23.0 654 687 -33 L1 35-40 31-36 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 141 65 76 .461 23.5 587 595 -8 L8 27-39 37-38 6 12 20 -- 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 142 91 51 .641 0.0 688 555 133 W1 42-33 49-18 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 142 76 66 .535 15.0 721 649 72 L2 34-37 42-29 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 142 72 70 .507 19.0 604 602 2 W4 30-41 42-29 3 7 13 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 143 65 78 .455 26.5 714 756 -42 L1 30-42 35-36 4 13 24 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 143 57 86 .399 34.5 586 714 -128 L1 29-47 28-39 5 14 26 -- dnq
30 record(s)
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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
Milt Cuyler Texas Rangers Hist Sold by Nashua (Atlantic) to Texas Rangers
Orlando Merced Chicago Cubs Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Matt Wagner Montreal Expos Hist Activated from Disabled List
Harold Baines Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed to 1-year contract for 1999-1999 ($1.5m) [Extension]
4 record(s)