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Tuesday, April 28,1998

Tuesday, April 28,1998

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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 1998-04-28 Anaheim Angels  6 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jason Dickson Nerio Rodriguez Troy Percival 41,877 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Detroit Tigers  7 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Bryce Florie Brian Shouse Todd Jones 20,936 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Cleveland Indians  4 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Charles Nagy Matt Karchner Michael Jackson 13,208 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Seattle Mariners  5 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Randy Johnson Scott Service -- 11,630 3:04
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Texas Rangers  7 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Darren Oliver Eric Milton -- 8,570 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Toronto Blue Jays  5 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Woody Williams Ramiro Mendoza Randy Myers 18,727 3:17
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Oakland Athletics  4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  3 box | pbp Tropicana Field Aaron Small Jason Johnson Billy Taylor 22,847 3:01
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Atlanta Braves  12 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 box | pbp Chase Field Tom Glavine Willie Blair -- 47,593 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Philadelphia Phillies  11 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mark Leiter Stan Belinda Darrin Winston 15,890 3:46
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Florida Marlins  7 Colorado Rockies  8 box | pbp Coors Field Pedro Astacio Andy Larkin Curt Leskanic 47,346 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 New York Mets  3 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Mike Magnante John Hudek -- 14,943 3:43
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Hideo Nomo Jose Mercedes -- 29,791 2:16
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Chicago Cubs  3 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Andy Ashby Mark Clark Sterling Hitchcock 21,024 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-04-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Shawn Estes Francisco Cordova Robb Nen 11,551 2:27
14 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 21 15 6 .714 0.0 118 94 24 L1 8-5 7-1 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 24 17 7 .708 0.5 128 109 19 L1 7-5 10-2 2 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 4.0 124 122 2 L3 6-5 7-7 3 6 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.5 114 117 -3 L5 6-5 5-8 4 8 18 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 7.0 94 126 -32 W1 5-9 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 24 14 10 .583 0.0 137 125 12 W1 8-5 6-5 1 5 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 4.0 111 137 -26 L1 5-9 4-6 2 9 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 4.5 119 145 -26 L3 6-7 4-8 3 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 4.5 135 114 21 L2 7-6 3-9 4 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 22 5 17 .227 8.0 81 143 -62 W1 2-11 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 24 17 7 .708 0.0 176 115 61 W4 7-3 10-4 1 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 24 14 10 .583 3.0 108 100 8 W6 6-3 8-7 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 5.5 148 142 6 W1 6-5 6-8 3 7 17 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 7.0 120 124 -4 W3 4-7 6-7 4 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 144 103 41 W2 8-5 9-4 1 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 2.5 98 79 19 L3 5-4 8-6 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 4.0 117 117 0 W1 3-9 9-3 3 10 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 8.0 132 155 -23 L1 3-9 6-8 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 24 7 17 .292 9.0 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 25 16 9 .640 0.0 116 90 26 L1 9-5 7-4 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 26 16 10 .615 0.5 147 107 40 W5 9-6 7-4 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 1.0 149 136 13 W1 6-7 9-3 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 3.5 116 109 7 L1 5-9 8-4 4 9 16 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 5.0 120 124 -4 L1 5-7 6-7 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 5.5 95 108 -13 L2 5-9 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 25 18 7 .720 0.0 127 99 28 W1 9-4 9-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 4.5 114 103 11 W4 5-7 9-5 2 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 5.0 104 94 10 W1 4-9 9-3 3 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 8.0 151 192 -41 W1 7-5 4-11 4 13 23 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 27 7 20 .259 12.0 101 157 -56 L3 3-12 4-8 5 16 29 -- 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
Phil Hiatt Cleveland Indians Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Lance Johnson Chicago Cubs Injury DL - Right hand inflammation
Frank Castillo Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Mike Kelly Tampa Bay Rays Hist Activated from Disabled List
Tom Pagnozzi St. Louis Cardinals Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)
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