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Wednesday, August 6,2008

Wednesday, August 6,2008

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Arizona Diamondbacks  0 box | pbp Chase Field Jeff Karstens Randy Johnson -- 28,556 2:16
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Houston Astros  4 Chicago Cubs  11 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jason Marquis Brandon Backe -- 41,107 2:57
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Jeff Suppan Homer Bailey Salomon Torres 26,602 2:56
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 San Diego Padres  4 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Cha-Seung Baek Pedro Martinez Trevor Hoffman 48,018 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Florida Marlins  0 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Kyle Kendrick Anibal Sanchez -- 45,078 2:34
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Atlanta Braves  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp AT&T Park Tim Lincecum Chuck James Brian Wilson 39,955 2:14
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 St. Louis Cardinals  9 box | pbp Busch Stadium III Joel Pineiro Derek Lowe Chris Perez 42,581 2:56
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Baltimore Orioles  4 Los Angeles Angels  9 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ervin Santana Garrett Olson -- 40,130 2:20
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Detroit Tigers  1 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field John Danks Justin Verlander -- 34,124 2:31
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Boston Red Sox  8 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Tim Wakefield Luke Hochevar -- 24,294 2:47
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Minnesota Twins  7 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Safeco Field Nick Blackburn Jarrod Washburn -- 30,441 2:50
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Cleveland Indians  7 Tampa Bay Rays  10 box | pbp Tropicana Field Troy Percival Masahide Kobayashi -- 27,533 3:22
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 New York Yankees  5 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Sidney Ponson Tommy Hunter Mariano Rivera 38,638 3:04
2008 reg season 2008-08-06 Oakland Athletics  1 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Shaun Marcum Gio Gonzalez -- 29,256 2:15
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 113 68 45 .602 0.0 514 459 55 W2 45-17 23-28 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 115 66 49 .574 3.0 576 469 107 W2 40-16 26-33 2 3 4 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 114 62 52 .544 6.5 554 503 51 W1 36-26 26-26 3 6 10 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 114 58 56 .509 10.5 490 451 39 W3 33-23 25-33 4 8 15 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 13.5 550 570 -20 L1 29-23 26-36 5 10 18 -- 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
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 63 50 .558 0.0 568 498 70 W2 37-17 26-33 1 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 114 63 51 .553 0.5 567 536 31 W1 39-21 24-30 2 5 7 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 113 55 58 .487 8.0 569 557 12 L6 29-22 26-36 3 9 17 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 115 53 62 .461 11.0 487 561 -74 L2 27-32 26-30 4 12 21 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 113 49 64 .434 14.0 527 529 -2 L2 29-26 20-38 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 114 71 43 .623 0.0 528 479 49 W1 33-22 38-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 115 60 55 .522 11.5 651 678 -27 L1 31-25 29-30 2 7 13 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 113 53 60 .469 17.5 459 442 17 L9 32-29 21-31 3 11 20 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 114 44 70 .386 27.0 471 544 -73 L1 23-35 21-35 4 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
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 113 62 51 .549 0.0 563 488 75 W1 30-25 32-26 1 4 9 Yes Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 114 60 54 .526 2.5 543 565 -22 L1 33-26 27-28 2 5 11 -- dnq
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 113 59 54 .522 3.0 547 511 36 L1 33-21 26-33 3 6 12 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 10.5 515 499 16 L1 33-25 19-37 4 11 22 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 113 42 71 .372 20.0 428 546 -118 L1 23-33 19-38 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
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 115 69 46 .600 0.0 615 472 143 W2 43-16 26-30 1 1 3 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 115 64 51 .557 5.0 535 512 23 W2 32-23 32-28 2 2 6 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 116 64 52 .552 5.5 557 523 34 W2 33-27 31-25 3 3 8 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 113 54 59 .478 14.0 495 551 -56 L2 29-26 25-33 4 9 19 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 16.5 552 631 -79 W1 32-26 20-36 5 10 23 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 115 52 63 .452 17.0 496 578 -82 L2 31-27 21-36 6 13 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
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 114 59 55 .518 0.0 514 487 27 L1 32-23 27-32 1 7 14 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 113 56 57 .496 2.5 474 453 21 L2 32-27 24-30 2 8 16 -- Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 115 52 63 .452 7.5 535 589 -54 W1 32-23 20-40 3 12 25 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 113 48 65 .425 10.5 436 526 -90 W1 22-35 26-30 4 14 27 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 114 44 70 .386 15.0 429 538 -109 W1 25-34 19-36 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
Justin James Cincinnati Reds Minors Activated from DL
Conor Gillaspie San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (Wichita State)
Brett Marshall New York Yankees Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
JD Closser -- Hist Released by Yankees
John Ennis -- Hist Released by Phillies
Livan Hernandez Colorado Rockies Hist Claimed on waivers from Twins by Rockies
Joe Valentine Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed to minor league contract
Matt Ginter Cleveland Indians Injury DL - right forearm strain
CJ Wilson Texas Rangers Injury DL - left elbow inflammation
Joba Chamberlain New York Yankees Injury DL - Rotator cuff tendinitis
Joaquin Benoit Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jeff Francis Colorado Rockies Hist Activated from Disabled List
Keiichi Yabu San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
13 record(s)
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