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Sunday, May 8,1988

Sunday, May 8,1988

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Chicago White Sox  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Doug Sisk Bobby Thigpen -- 19,521 3:33
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Toronto Blue Jays  1 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Kirk McCaskill Todd Stottlemyre -- 29,026 3:15
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dan Plesac Dan Quisenberry -- 22,603 2:55
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Boston Red Sox  10 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Oil Can Boyd Mike Mason -- 28,896 3:05
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Cleveland Indians  1 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dave Stewart Greg Swindell -- 31,829 2:16
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Detroit Tigers  9 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Frank Tanana Mike Campbell -- 12,695 2:50
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 New York Yankees  8 Texas Rangers  10 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jeff Russell Steve Shields Dale Mohorcic 21,761 3:09
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bruce Ruffin Pete Smith -- 11,232 2:35
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 San Francisco Giants  7 Chicago Cubs  13 box | pbp Wrigley Field Mike Capel Scott Garrelts -- 26,355 3:06
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Houston Astros  7 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bob Knepper Floyd Youmans -- 14,873 2:55
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  1 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Darling Mario Soto -- 47,875 2:11
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 San Diego Padres  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Doug Drabek Jimmy Jones -- 20,756 2:17
1988 reg season 1988-05-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  12 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Don Sutton Jose DeLeon -- 40,098 2:46
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 31 20 11 .645 0.0 180 136 44 L3 11-6 9-5 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 29 18 11 .621 1.0 139 122 17 W1 9-5 9-6 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 1.5 129 98 31 W9 6-7 11-4 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 2.0 136 122 14 L5 7-6 10-6 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 2.5 129 99 30 W1 7-4 9-8 5 6 10 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 6.5 142 144 -2 L1 8-8 5-9 6 11 19 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 29 4 25 .138 15.0 85 167 -82 W1 1-15 3-10 7 14 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
1988 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 30 23 7 .767 0.0 185 119 66 W13 14-3 9-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 8.0 129 132 -3 L1 7-5 7-9 2 7 12 -- dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 9.0 129 128 1 L5 8-8 6-8 3 8 14 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 9.5 90 126 -36 W3 6-9 7-7 4 9 17 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 32 14 18 .438 10.0 144 177 -33 L1 7-9 7-9 5 10 18 -- dnq
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 11.0 115 155 -40 L1 3-10 8-7 6 12 22 -- dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 11.5 149 156 -7 W1 7-10 5-9 7 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
1988 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 28 21 7 .750 0.0 146 98 48 W5 10-4 11-3 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 2.5 128 104 24 W1 9-8 10-2 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 6.5 144 132 12 W1 11-9 4-5 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 7.5 113 112 1 L1 5-8 9-7 4 6 13 -- dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 9.5 102 125 -23 L1 7-10 5-7 5 9 20 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 10.0 108 116 -8 W1 4-12 6-6 6 10 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
1988 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 136 90 46 W1 9-3 9-6 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 2.5 117 92 25 W1 6-8 10-4 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 5.5 118 123 -5 L3 6-8 8-8 3 7 15 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 5.5 105 117 -12 L1 6-6 8-10 4 8 16 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 28 10 18 .357 8.5 73 117 -44 L1 2-8 8-10 5 11 24 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 27 7 20 .259 11.0 80 144 -64 L1 5-7 2-13 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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CSV
*Reload page to restore grid
Glossary
Data Store
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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
Pascual Perez Montreal Expos Injury DL - Fractured right middle finger *On a bunt attempt against Nolan Ryan*
Tony Gwynn San Diego Padres Injury DL - Unknown
Steve Trout Seattle Mariners Injury DL - Broken finger
3 record(s)
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