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Sunday, May 3,1998

Sunday, May 3,1998

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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
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Chicago White Sox  12 Anaheim Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jason Bere Jason Dickson -- 34,920 3:20
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Minnesota Twins  0 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Mike Mussina Eric Milton Arthur Rhodes 43,930 2:18
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Texas Rangers  1 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Pedro Martinez Darren Oliver Tom Gordon 28,075 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  8 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Progressive Field Jose Mesa Roberto Hernandez -- 42,597 3:41
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 New York Yankees  10 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Ramiro Mendoza Tim Belcher -- 22,609 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Woody Williams Dave Telgheder Randy Myers 23,463 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Detroit Tigers  6 Seattle Mariners  10 box | pbp Kingdome Randy Johnson Frank Castillo -- 44,488 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 San Francisco Giants  12 Atlanta Braves  8 box | pbp Turner Field Danny Darwin Tom Glavine -- 36,958 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Mark Petkovsek Terry Mulholland Jeff Brantley 38,571 3:01
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 San Diego Padres  0 Florida Marlins  1 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Jesus Sanchez Andy Ashby Jay Powell 18,644 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Cincinnati Reds  5 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Brett Tomko Cal Eldred Jeff Shaw 12,358 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Arizona Diamondbacks  1 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Dustin Hermanson Willie Blair -- 10,467 2:24
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Colorado Rockies  2 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Rick Reed Pedro Astacio -- 19,493 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Houston Astros  3 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Wayne Gomes Sean Bergman Mark Leiter 21,288 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-05-03 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Chan Ho Park Jose Silva -- 18,674 2:33
15 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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 26 20 6 .769 0.0 159 115 44 W5 11-5 9-1 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 29 20 9 .690 1.5 151 131 20 W1 7-5 13-4 2 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 6.0 150 150 0 W1 7-6 9-8 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 9.5 130 141 -11 L3 7-9 5-8 4 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 10.0 115 148 -33 W2 7-10 5-8 5 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
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 0.0 165 155 10 W3 8-5 9-7 1 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 5.0 144 161 -17 W1 6-11 5-7 2 9 21 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 5.5 141 175 -34 L3 8-7 4-11 3 12 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 5.5 148 131 17 L1 8-8 4-10 4 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 27 7 20 .259 9.0 112 166 -54 L2 3-13 4-7 5 14 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 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.0 193 136 57 L1 9-6 10-4 1 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 2.0 132 126 6 L1 7-4 10-8 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 5.5 178 182 -4 W2 6-7 8-9 3 7 17 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 6.0 144 145 -1 L2 6-7 7-9 4 8 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 30 20 10 .667 0.0 168 120 48 L1 8-5 12-5 1 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 4.5 107 98 9 W1 5-5 9-8 2 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 6.0 128 137 -9 W1 3-10 10-5 3 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 30 11 19 .367 9.0 147 172 -25 W1 3-9 8-10 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 28 10 18 .357 9.0 92 149 -57 W3 2-9 8-9 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 0.0 172 119 53 L1 11-7 8-4 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 1.0 129 105 24 L2 9-5 8-6 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 2.0 181 166 15 W1 7-10 10-3 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 3.0 139 128 11 L1 5-9 11-5 4 7 13 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 4.5 136 137 -1 W2 7-8 7-7 5 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 7.0 115 141 -26 L2 5-9 7-9 6 13 25 -- 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 29 20 9 .690 0.0 144 114 30 L1 11-6 9-3 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 4.0 137 114 23 W2 7-10 9-3 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 5.5 131 127 4 W1 6-10 9-5 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 7.5 164 200 -36 L1 9-6 4-11 4 12 20 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 30 7 23 .233 13.5 110 173 -63 L6 3-15 4-8 5 16 30 -- 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
Doug Johns Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Insomnia *Non-baseball condition*
Mark Wohlers Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Strained left oblique
Eric Ludwick Florida Marlins Injury DL - Broken right forearm
Kevin Mitchell Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Right elbow strain
Mike Mussina Baltimore Orioles Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)
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