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Monday, April 27,1998

Monday, April 27,1998

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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 1998-04-27 Anaheim Angels  3 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Chuck Finley Scott Erickson Troy Percival 42,961 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Detroit Tigers  5 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Eckersley Sean Runyan Tom Gordon 18,456 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Cleveland Indians  3 Chicago White Sox  10 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Mike Sirotka Chad Ogea -- 13,575 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Texas Rangers  9 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Rick Helling Mike Morgan -- 8,349 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Toronto Blue Jays  0 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Andy Pettitte Roger Clemens Mariano Rivera 17,863 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Oakland Athletics  7 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  6 box | pbp Tropicana Field T.J. Mathews Roberto Hernandez Billy Taylor 22,013 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Atlanta Braves  6 Arizona Diamondbacks  5 box | pbp Chase Field Mike Cather Omar Daal Mark Wohlers 47,410 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Stan Belinda Tyler Green -- 13,889 2:10
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Florida Marlins  5 Colorado Rockies  4 box | pbp Coors Field Jay Powell Curt Leskanic Antonio Alfonseca 48,048 3:24
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Alberto Reyes Frank Lankford -- 32,910 3:55
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Houston Astros  4 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium C.J. Nitkowski John Franco Billy Wagner 17,656 2:30
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Chicago Cubs  3 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Kevin Tapani Joey Hamilton Rod Beck 20,106 2:06
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Robb Nen Rich Loiselle -- 10,127 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-04-27 Montreal Expos  0 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Donovan Osborne Carlos Perez -- 24,548 2:43
14 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 20 15 5 .750 0.0 116 89 27 W6 8-5 7-0 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 23 17 6 .739 0.5 123 102 21 W7 7-5 10-1 2 2 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 4.0 119 116 3 L2 6-5 7-6 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 5.5 111 113 -2 L4 6-5 5-7 4 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 8.0 89 124 -35 L3 4-9 5-6 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 23 13 10 .565 0.0 133 124 9 L3 7-5 6-5 1 5 11 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 3.0 110 133 -23 W1 5-9 4-5 2 9 21 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 3.5 118 140 -22 L2 6-7 4-7 3 11 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 3.5 133 107 26 L1 7-6 3-8 4 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 21 4 17 .190 8.0 74 138 -64 L5 1-11 3-6 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 23 16 7 .696 0.0 169 113 56 W3 6-3 10-4 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 3.0 102 95 7 W5 5-3 8-7 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.5 143 141 2 L2 5-5 6-8 3 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 7.0 116 121 -5 W2 3-7 6-7 4 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 East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 0.0 132 101 31 W1 7-5 9-4 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 1.5 95 75 20 L2 5-3 8-6 2 6 9 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 4.0 106 109 -3 L1 2-9 9-3 3 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 7.0 125 147 -22 W2 3-8 6-8 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 24 7 17 .292 8.5 69 127 -58 L4 2-8 5-9 5 15 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
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 24 16 8 .667 0.0 113 84 29 W1 9-4 7-4 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 1.5 143 104 39 W4 9-6 6-4 2 5 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 1.5 149 136 13 W1 6-7 9-3 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 3.5 113 102 11 W1 5-8 8-4 4 8 13 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.0 112 113 -1 W2 5-7 6-6 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 5.5 94 106 -12 L1 5-8 6-6 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 24 17 7 .708 0.0 120 96 24 L2 9-4 8-3 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 4.5 112 102 10 W3 5-7 8-5 2 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 5.0 98 91 7 L1 4-9 8-3 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 8.0 143 185 -42 L1 7-5 3-11 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 26 7 19 .269 11.0 99 145 -46 L2 3-12 4-7 5 16 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Julio Santana Tampa Bay Devil Rays Hist Claimed on waivers from Rangers by Devil Rays
Ricky Pickett Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Traded from San Francisco Giants to Arizona Diamondbacks for Chris Jones
Chris Jones San Francisco Giants Hist Traded from Arizona Diamondbacks to San Francisco Giants for Ricky Pickett
Marty Cordova Minnesota Twins Injury DL - Sprained neck
Bernard Gilkey New York Mets Injury DL - Stress fracture left elbow
Joel Adamson Arizona Diamondbacks Injury DL - Left rotator cuff surgery
Roberto Kelly Texas Rangers Injury DL - Pulled left hamstring
Jack McDowell Anaheim Angels Injury DL - Right elbow inflammation
Deivi Cruz Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Luis Sojo New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
Bob Patterson Chicago Cubs Hist Activated from Disabled List
11 record(s)
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