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Wednesday, May 20,1998

Wednesday, May 20,1998

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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 1998-05-20 Oakland Athletics  4 Anaheim Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ken Hill Mike Oquist Troy Percival 17,160 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Chicago White Sox  2 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Pedro Martinez Jaime Navarro Tom Gordon 26,953 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Cleveland Indians  14 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Charles Nagy Tim Belcher -- 13,575 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Detroit Tigers  12 Minnesota Twins  11 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Sean Runyan Dan Naulty Todd Jones 9,442 3:23
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Baltimore Orioles  6 New York Yankees  9 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Hideki Irabu Jimmy Key -- 32,449 3:08
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Seattle Mariners  7 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Tim Crabtree Mike Timlin John Wetteland 29,454 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  1 Toronto Blue Jays  9 box | pbp Rogers Centre Pat Hentgen Wilson Alvarez -- 26,107 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Colorado Rockies  1 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Turner Field Kevin Millwood John Thomson -- 33,531 2:30
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Kevin Tapani Hideo Nomo -- 24,245 2:20
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Arizona Diamondbacks  7 Florida Marlins  3 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Omar Daal Andy Larkin Gregg Olson 17,560 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 San Francisco Giants  4 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Orel Hershiser Steve Woodard Robb Nen 15,286 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Houston Astros  4 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Doug Henry Anthony Telford Billy Wagner 8,372 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 Cincinnati Reds  8 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pete Harnisch John Hudek Jeff Shaw 12,834 3:23
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Mike Busby Mark Portugal Jeff Brantley 21,347 2:51
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 San Diego Padres  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Francisco Cordova Andy Ashby Rich Loiselle 0 2:08
1998 reg season 1998-05-20 San Diego Padres  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Sterling Hitchcock Chris Peters -- 17,248 2:59
16 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 39 30 9 .769 0.0 243 174 69 W4 15-6 15-3 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 44 28 16 .636 4.5 221 190 31 W1 10-10 18-6 2 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 46 22 24 .478 11.5 193 217 -24 W2 11-13 11-11 3 6 14 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 44 20 24 .455 12.5 179 205 -26 L2 12-12 8-12 4 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 45 20 25 .444 13.0 218 229 -11 L7 10-12 10-13 5 9 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 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 44 25 19 .568 0.0 257 221 36 W2 12-11 13-8 1 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 44 19 25 .432 6.0 216 266 -50 L1 10-15 8-11 2 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 44 19 25 .432 6.0 211 198 13 L1 10-11 9-14 3 12 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 41 16 25 .390 7.5 202 233 -31 W1 7-16 9-9 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 44 16 28 .364 9.0 184 255 -71 L5 10-11 6-17 5 14 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 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 44 28 16 .636 0.0 279 216 63 W3 11-9 17-7 1 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 44 23 21 .523 5.0 202 213 -11 W2 9-9 14-12 2 5 13 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 45 21 24 .467 7.5 254 254 0 L2 9-13 12-11 3 7 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 44 19 25 .432 9.0 234 222 12 L2 10-12 9-13 4 11 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 46 33 13 .717 0.0 254 161 93 W2 14-7 19-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 42 22 20 .524 9.0 173 144 29 L1 7-10 15-10 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 43 20 23 .465 11.5 195 214 -19 L5 6-14 14-9 3 12 19 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 44 16 28 .364 16.0 142 215 -73 L1 4-14 12-14 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 46 15 31 .326 18.0 224 281 -57 L1 5-15 10-16 5 15 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 45 28 17 .622 0.0 232 165 67 W1 15-10 13-7 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 45 27 18 .600 1.0 216 187 29 W4 11-10 16-8 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 44 23 21 .523 4.5 198 202 -4 L1 12-10 11-11 3 8 12 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 44 23 21 .523 4.5 250 247 3 W2 9-14 14-7 4 7 11 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 46 22 24 .478 6.5 216 224 -8 W1 12-13 10-11 5 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 47 22 25 .468 7.0 185 201 -16 L1 7-13 15-12 6 10 16 -- 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 46 30 16 .652 0.0 224 176 48 W1 15-12 15-4 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 46 26 20 .565 4.0 207 181 26 W1 12-13 14-7 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 45 21 24 .467 8.5 194 197 -3 L2 9-17 12-7 3 11 17 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 46 19 27 .413 11.0 233 279 -46 L1 13-12 6-15 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 45 13 32 .289 16.5 174 243 -69 W3 5-20 8-12 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Orlando Hudson Toronto Blue Jays Hist Signed out of draft (Spartanburg Methodist)
Jack Howell Houston Astros Injury DL - Dislocated lunate bone in left wrist + surgery *Trying to tag Vladimir Guerrero on bases*
Chad Ogea Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Strained right pectoral muscle
Miguel Tejada Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
Dwight Gooden Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)