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Wednesday, June 17,1998

Wednesday, June 17,1998

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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 1998-06-17 Seattle Mariners  2 Anaheim Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Omar Olivares Jeff Fassero Troy Percival 24,800 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 New York Yankees  5 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Andy Pettitte Mike Mussina Mariano Rivera 48,269 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Boston Red Sox  12 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Tim Wakefield Scott Eyre Tom Gordon 13,563 3:05
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Kansas City Royals  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Progressive Field Jose Rosado Dwight Gooden Jeff Montgomery 43,196 3:04
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Minnesota Twins  2 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bryce Florie Eric Milton -- 10,152 2:37
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  2 box | pbp Tropicana Field Rolando Arrojo Juan Guzman Roberto Hernandez 21,593 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Oakland Athletics  3 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Kenny Rogers John Burkett Billy Taylor 31,052 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Florida Marlins  2 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Turner Field Greg Maddux Jesus Sanchez -- 38,021 2:19
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bronswell Patrick Kevin Tapani Bob Wickman 28,673 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Andy Benes Mike Remlinger Gregg Olson 20,029 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome C.J. Nitkowski Jeff Brantley -- 37,147 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 New York Mets  4 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Ugueth Urbina Mel Rojas -- 7,606 3:06
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Curt Schilling Francisco Cordova -- 25,694 2:24
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Trevor Hoffman Dennys Reyes -- 35,765 3:24
1998 reg season 1998-06-17 Colorado Rockies  3 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kirk Rueter Darryl Kile Robb Nen 19,125 2:49
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 64 48 16 .750 0.0 399 262 137 W1 22-11 26-5 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 68 41 27 .603 9.0 350 305 45 W2 18-14 23-13 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 71 34 37 .479 17.5 354 371 -17 L1 17-19 17-18 3 6 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 72 34 38 .472 18.0 323 352 -29 L3 16-19 18-19 4 7 18 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 69 30 39 .435 20.5 260 318 -58 W3 16-21 14-18 5 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 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 68 39 29 .574 0.0 380 299 81 L1 21-15 18-14 1 4 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 69 32 37 .464 7.5 329 300 29 L1 16-16 16-21 2 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 70 29 41 .414 11.0 359 429 -70 L2 15-24 13-18 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 69 27 42 .391 12.5 293 398 -105 W1 16-16 11-26 4 13 27 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 67 26 41 .388 12.5 316 375 -59 W1 13-24 13-17 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 Anaheim Angels franchise | log 69 41 28 .594 0.0 346 320 26 W3 20-12 21-16 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 70 40 30 .571 1.5 428 388 40 L3 17-14 23-16 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 69 32 37 .464 9.0 353 359 -6 W4 15-18 17-19 3 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 71 29 42 .408 13.0 373 387 -14 L4 14-24 15-18 4 12 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 East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 71 49 22 .690 0.0 398 263 135 W4 19-11 30-11 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 66 38 28 .576 8.5 286 215 71 L1 17-17 21-11 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 68 34 34 .500 13.5 316 335 -19 W4 12-17 22-17 3 8 13 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 69 27 42 .391 21.0 239 342 -103 W1 11-22 16-20 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 70 21 49 .300 27.5 298 415 -117 L2 5-26 16-23 5 16 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 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 70 43 27 .614 0.0 369 266 103 W1 24-15 19-12 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 70 40 30 .571 3.0 344 324 20 L2 14-17 26-13 2 6 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 68 35 33 .515 7.0 306 316 -10 W2 18-16 17-17 3 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 71 34 37 .479 9.5 278 289 -11 L3 10-21 24-16 4 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 69 33 36 .478 9.5 368 368 0 L1 15-24 18-12 5 11 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 72 30 42 .417 14.0 298 355 -57 L4 15-21 15-21 6 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 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 71 46 25 .648 0.0 351 268 83 W9 19-18 27-7 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 72 43 29 .597 3.5 346 288 58 W2 19-19 24-10 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 70 34 36 .486 11.5 297 306 -9 L4 16-22 18-14 3 9 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 72 30 42 .417 16.5 318 378 -60 L2 19-22 11-20 4 12 22 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 71 24 47 .338 22.0 291 375 -84 W2 12-27 12-20 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • 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
Nate Bump San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (Penn State)
Eric Hinske Chicago Cubs Hist Signed out of draft (Arkansas)
Aubrey Huff Tampa Bay Devil Rays Hist Signed out of draft (Miami)
Jose Silva Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - Fractured right wrist
Terry Mathews Baltimore Orioles Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)
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