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Saturday, April 18,1998

Saturday, April 18,1998

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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 1998-04-18 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  8 Anaheim Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Wilson Alvarez Jason Dickson -- 37,878 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Cleveland Indians  7 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Martin Dennis Eckersley Michael Jackson 31,735 2:55
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 New York Yankees  8 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium David Cone Greg Keagle -- 13,803 3:38
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Seattle Mariners  5 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Ken Cloude Bob Tewksbury Bobby Ayala 23,943 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Kansas City Royals  2 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Kenny Rogers Glendon Rusch Billy Taylor 10,274 2:37
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Baltimore Orioles  10 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Scott Kamieniecki John Burkett -- 43,883 3:31
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Chicago White Sox  4 Toronto Blue Jays  9 box | pbp Rogers Centre Pat Hentgen Jaime Navarro -- 29,065 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Florida Marlins  5 Arizona Diamondbacks  7 box | pbp Chase Field Barry Manuel Antonio Alfonseca Felix Rodriguez 46,910 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Chicago Cubs  8 box | pbp Wrigley Field Kerry Wood Hideo Nomo -- 34,652 2:37
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 New York Mets  5 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mel Rojas Stan Belinda John Franco 21,213 3:09
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Atlanta Braves  11 Colorado Rockies  4 box | pbp Coors Field Denny Neagle Pedro Astacio -- 48,058 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Montreal Expos  3 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Doug Henry Miguel Batista -- 29,362 2:55
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 San Francisco Giants  1 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Paul Wagner Orel Hershiser Doug Jones 25,053 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 San Diego Padres  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dan Miceli Rich Loiselle Trevor Hoffman 14,728 3:17
1998 reg season 1998-04-18 Philadelphia Phillies  5 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Manny Aybar Mike Grace Jeff Brantley 38,848 2:42
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 13 9 4 .692 0.0 84 73 11 W8 5-4 4-0 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 16 11 5 .688 0.5 81 64 17 W1 5-2 6-3 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 0.5 80 76 4 L1 3-5 7-1 3 5 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 1.0 80 71 9 W1 4-3 5-3 4 6 11 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 3.5 69 88 -19 W2 3-6 4-3 5 9 19 -- 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 15 11 4 .733 0.0 92 72 20 W1 7-2 4-2 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 4.5 103 75 28 L3 4-3 3-6 2 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 17 7 10 .412 5.0 71 89 -18 L1 4-5 3-5 3 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 5.0 58 90 -32 L2 4-6 2-3 4 12 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 15 3 12 .200 8.0 50 99 -49 L7 1-8 2-4 5 14 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 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 0.0 107 65 42 L1 3-2 7-3 1 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 3.0 66 66 0 L1 1-3 6-5 2 7 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 17 7 10 .412 4.0 108 108 0 W4 4-5 3-5 3 11 21 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 15 4 11 .267 6.0 72 85 -13 W1 0-6 4-5 4 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 0.0 80 52 28 W4 4-4 6-2 1 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 0.0 65 54 11 W1 4-3 6-3 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 2.5 67 75 -8 L4 2-7 5-1 3 11 17 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 16 4 12 .250 6.0 46 80 -34 L3 1-7 3-5 4 15 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 17 4 13 .235 6.5 86 108 -22 L2 1-7 3-6 5 16 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 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 16 11 5 .688 0.0 79 53 26 W3 7-2 4-3 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 0.5 115 101 14 W2 4-3 7-3 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 1.5 91 71 20 W1 4-5 6-2 3 6 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 2.0 95 79 16 W3 4-5 6-3 4 7 13 -- Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 17 8 9 .471 3.5 92 81 11 L1 3-4 5-5 5 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 18 7 11 .389 5.0 61 86 -25 L6 3-6 4-5 6 12 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
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 17 14 3 .824 0.0 103 72 31 W3 7-3 7-0 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 5.0 81 64 17 L3 4-4 5-4 2 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 5.5 64 64 0 L1 3-6 5-2 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 17 6 11 .353 8.0 96 137 -41 L2 4-3 2-8 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 18 5 13 .278 9.5 58 102 -44 W3 2-8 3-5 5 14 26 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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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  • 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
Jim Brower Cleveland Indians Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Chad Mottola Texas Rangers Hist Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Texas Rangers for future considerations
Wade Boggs Tampa Bay Rays Injury DL - Strained right calf
Rick Gorecki Tampa Bay Rays Injury DL - Tendinitis in upper bicep
Rafael Medina Florida Marlins Injury DL - Shoulder
Pep Harris Anaheim Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)
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