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Sunday, May 24,1998

Sunday, May 24,1998

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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 1998-05-24 Minnesota Twins  9 Anaheim Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Brad Radke Chuck Finley -- 24,728 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 New York Yankees  14 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park David Cone Bret Saberhagen -- 33,042 3:21
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Detroit Tigers  8 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field A.J. Sager Jason Bere -- 17,554 2:55
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Progressive Field Woody Williams Dwight Gooden -- 43,194 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Baltimore Orioles  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jesse Orosco Billy Taylor Sidney Ponson 23,187 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  1 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Randy Johnson Dennis Springer -- 46,867 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Kansas City Royals  8 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Pat Rapp Rick Helling Hipolito Pichardo 46,243 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Arizona Diamondbacks  8 box | pbp Chase Field Willie Blair Chan Ho Park Gregg Olson 48,682 2:53
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Chicago Cubs  1 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Turner Field Tom Glavine Terry Adams -- 48,580 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Colorado Rockies  3 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bobby Jones Brett Tomko Jerry DiPoto 21,298 2:20
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Florida Marlins  4 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Jay Powell Jason Christiansen -- 16,972 2:23
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 San Diego Padres  2 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Pete Schourek Joey Hamilton Billy Wagner 25,701 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Carlos Perez Jerry Spradlin Ugueth Urbina 14,164 2:23
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 Milwaukee Brewers  3 New York Mets  8 box | pbp Shea Stadium Bobby Jones Cal Eldred -- 47,291 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-05-24 San Francisco Giants  9 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Poole Kent Mercker Steve Reed 45,864 5:45
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 43 33 10 .767 0.0 276 187 89 W2 17-7 16-3 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 47 29 18 .617 6.0 233 220 13 L2 10-10 19-8 2 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 50 25 25 .500 11.5 218 229 -11 W2 13-14 12-11 3 6 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 48 22 26 .458 13.5 192 219 -27 L1 14-14 8-12 4 7 19 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 49 22 27 .449 14.0 235 243 -8 W2 12-14 10-13 5 9 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 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 48 27 21 .563 0.0 274 242 32 L2 13-11 14-10 1 4 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 48 21 27 .438 6.0 235 220 15 W2 12-12 9-15 2 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 47 20 27 .426 6.5 232 284 -52 L1 10-15 9-13 3 11 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 45 19 26 .422 6.5 226 252 -26 W1 10-17 9-9 4 12 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 48 17 31 .354 10.0 207 284 -77 W1 11-13 6-18 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 48 31 17 .646 0.0 311 245 66 L1 11-9 20-8 1 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 48 25 23 .521 6.0 230 236 -6 L2 9-9 16-14 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 49 22 27 .449 9.5 270 275 -5 W1 9-14 13-13 3 8 21 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 48 20 28 .417 11.0 247 250 -3 L2 10-13 10-15 4 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 50 36 14 .720 0.0 272 174 98 W1 14-7 22-7 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 46 26 20 .565 8.0 193 150 43 W4 7-10 19-10 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 47 22 25 .468 12.5 212 230 -18 L2 7-16 15-9 3 11 17 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 48 18 30 .375 17.0 155 234 -79 W2 4-14 14-16 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 50 17 33 .340 19.0 239 301 -62 W1 5-15 12-18 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 49 31 18 .633 0.0 253 179 74 W2 16-10 15-8 1 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 49 28 21 .571 3.0 232 210 22 L1 12-12 16-9 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 48 25 23 .521 5.5 274 273 1 L1 9-15 16-8 3 7 11 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 48 23 25 .479 7.5 204 224 -20 L5 12-13 11-12 4 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 51 24 27 .471 8.0 202 214 -12 L1 8-15 16-12 5 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 50 23 27 .460 8.5 224 237 -13 L1 12-14 11-13 6 12 18 -- 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 50 31 19 .620 0.0 240 194 46 L2 16-15 15-4 1 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 50 28 22 .560 3.0 237 203 34 W1 14-15 14-7 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 49 24 25 .490 6.5 218 209 9 L1 12-18 12-7 3 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 50 21 29 .420 10.0 240 288 -48 W1 15-14 6-15 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 49 15 34 .306 15.5 189 264 -75 W1 6-20 9-14 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
Jason McDonald Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Concussion *Collision with Rickey Henderson in outfield on a Harold Baines sinking liner*
John Smoltz Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Right elbow inflammation
Allen Watson Anaheim Angels Injury DL - Strained left elbow
David Howard St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Strained left shoulder
Mark Wohlers Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)
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