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Saturday, May 9,1998

Saturday, May 9,1998

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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 1998-05-09 Detroit Tigers  7 Anaheim Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Frank Castillo Chuck Finley -- 42,409 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Boston Red Sox  3 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Pedro Martinez Tim Belcher Tom Gordon 18,035 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 New York Yankees  1 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Mike Morgan Andy Pettitte -- 20,471 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Chicago White Sox  7 Oakland Athletics  15 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Kenny Rogers Jason Bere Mike Fetters 13,167 3:30
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Pat Hentgen Bill Swift Randy Myers 49,851 3:22
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Baltimore Orioles  7 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  0 box | pbp Tropicana Field Mike Mussina Dennis Springer -- 38,981 2:55
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Cleveland Indians  3 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Darren Oliver Charles Nagy -- 46,355 2:19
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 San Diego Padres  4 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Turner Field Kevin Millwood Ben VanRyn Kerry Ligtenberg 46,160 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 San Francisco Giants  5 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Danny Darwin Kevin Tapani -- 0 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 San Francisco Giants  0 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Geremi Gonzalez Shawn Estes -- 35,970 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Florida Marlins  7 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Andy Larkin Hideo Nomo -- 32,115 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Houston Astros  11 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Pete Schourek Cal Eldred -- 20,145 3:23
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Colorado Rockies  0 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Trey Moore John Thomson Ugueth Urbina 12,014 2:20
1998 reg season 1998-05-09 Cincinnati Reds  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jose Silva Scott Winchester Chris Peters 27,185 2:14
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
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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 30 23 7 .767 0.0 187 139 48 L1 14-6 9-1 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 23 11 .676 2.0 182 150 32 W2 9-6 14-5 2 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 7.0 175 172 3 W2 9-8 9-8 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 10.0 151 180 -29 W1 11-12 5-8 4 8 21 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 11.5 139 160 -21 L2 8-10 5-10 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 34 20 14 .588 0.0 198 180 18 L2 9-7 11-7 1 4 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 34 14 20 .412 6.0 172 202 -30 L1 8-14 5-7 2 10 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 34 14 20 .412 6.0 167 148 19 W1 9-9 5-11 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 35 14 21 .400 6.5 154 202 -48 L2 8-7 6-14 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 31 10 21 .323 8.5 138 182 -44 W1 6-14 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 34 21 13 .618 0.0 223 171 52 W2 9-6 12-7 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 3.0 161 161 0 L1 7-4 11-12 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 4.5 205 205 0 L1 6-7 11-11 3 7 15 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 6.0 177 177 0 W1 6-7 9-12 4 9 22 -- 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 36 25 11 .694 0.0 201 135 66 W1 8-5 17-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 32 18 14 .563 5.0 139 108 31 W4 5-5 13-9 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 7.5 148 165 -17 W3 3-10 13-7 3 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 11.0 109 167 -58 W1 2-9 11-12 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 36 13 23 .361 12.0 180 212 -32 W2 3-9 10-14 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 34 21 13 .618 0.0 194 136 58 W1 13-9 8-4 1 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 1.5 151 145 6 L1 9-5 10-9 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 2.5 158 147 11 W1 5-9 14-7 3 6 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 34 17 17 .500 4.0 186 189 -3 L4 7-14 10-3 4 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 4.5 159 160 -1 L1 10-11 7-7 5 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 5.5 142 156 -14 W1 5-9 11-10 6 12 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 West San Diego Padres franchise | log 35 23 12 .657 0.0 182 140 42 L1 14-9 9-3 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.5 166 150 16 L1 10-12 9-5 2 7 13 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 35 17 18 .486 6.0 156 155 1 L2 8-15 9-3 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 36 16 20 .444 7.5 195 221 -26 L1 12-9 4-11 4 13 20 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 35 8 27 .229 15.0 122 202 -80 L4 4-19 4-8 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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CSV
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Glossary
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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
Greg Hansell Kansas City Royals Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics with Shane Mack to Kansas City Royals for Mike MacFarlane (4/8/1998)
Nomar Garciaparra Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Shoulder separation *Diving for a single up the middle while SS*
Tim Salmon Anaheim Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)
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