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Wednesday, July 1,1998

Wednesday, July 1,1998

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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 1998-07-01 San Francisco Giants  6 Anaheim Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Robb Nen Greg Cadaret -- 24,299 3:29
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Florida Marlins  5 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Livan Hernandez Pete Smith Jay Powell 41,997 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Montreal Expos  1 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Bret Saberhagen Dustin Hermanson -- 24,923 2:36
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Philadelphia Phillies  2 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Wells Matt Beech Mariano Rivera 28,919 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 San Diego Padres  8 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Kevin Brown Blake Stein -- 10,154 2:35
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Colorado Rockies  5 Seattle Mariners  9 box | pbp Kingdome Ken Cloude Mike Saipe -- 25,551 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Atlanta Braves  6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  5 box | pbp Tropicana Field Russ Springer Roberto Hernandez Kerry Ligtenberg 41,100 3:04
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Scott Radinsky John Wetteland Antonio Osuna 28,928 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 New York Mets  10 Toronto Blue Jays  15 box | pbp Rogers Centre Dan Plesac Mel Rojas -- 37,252 3:50
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Kerry Wood Amaury Telemaco Rod Beck 31,002 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Minnesota Twins  2 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Brad Radke Scott Sullivan Rick Aguilera 15,592 3:00
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Chicago White Sox  4 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome Pete Schourek Jim Parque -- 29,050 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Cleveland Indians  5 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Dave Burba Jeff Juden Michael Jackson 19,558 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Detroit Tigers  9 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Seth Greisinger Chris Peters -- 18,957 2:24
1998 reg season 1998-07-01 Kansas City Royals  6 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Tim Belcher Kent Mercker Jeff Montgomery 36,144 2:51
15 record(s)
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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 77 57 20 .740 0.0 467 314 153 W2 28-14 29-6 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 81 49 32 .605 10.0 423 363 60 W2 24-17 25-15 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 85 43 42 .506 18.0 405 418 -13 W2 21-23 22-19 3 6 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 84 37 47 .440 23.5 413 447 -34 L8 17-24 20-23 4 10 21 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 82 34 48 .415 25.5 305 382 -77 L2 18-24 16-24 5 12 24 -- 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 81 47 34 .580 0.0 454 353 101 W1 24-16 23-18 1 4 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 82 39 43 .476 8.5 379 357 22 W1 21-19 18-24 2 7 17 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 82 37 45 .451 10.5 358 446 -88 W2 23-17 14-28 3 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 83 34 49 .410 14.0 416 520 -104 L2 17-26 16-24 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 80 32 48 .400 14.5 376 428 -52 W2 16-25 16-23 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 82 49 33 .598 0.0 420 382 38 L1 22-15 27-18 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 83 46 37 .554 3.5 494 455 39 L4 21-18 25-19 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 82 37 45 .451 12.0 429 454 -25 L1 19-23 18-22 3 9 19 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 84 35 49 .417 15.0 438 456 -18 W1 16-28 19-21 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 84 55 29 .655 0.0 453 325 128 W4 23-14 32-15 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 79 43 36 .544 9.5 338 287 51 L2 18-21 25-15 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 81 40 41 .494 13.5 385 415 -30 L4 16-21 24-20 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 82 33 49 .402 21.0 300 402 -102 L2 11-26 22-23 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 83 30 53 .361 24.5 356 462 -106 W3 11-28 19-25 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 83 51 32 .614 0.0 464 321 143 W4 26-18 25-14 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 81 43 38 .531 7.0 366 365 1 L1 22-17 21-21 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 83 44 39 .530 7.0 412 392 20 W1 15-21 29-18 3 7 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 82 39 43 .476 11.5 414 433 -19 L3 17-28 22-15 4 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 84 39 45 .464 12.5 320 342 -22 L2 15-25 24-20 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 85 35 50 .412 17.0 346 408 -62 L1 19-25 16-25 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 84 54 30 .643 0.0 421 326 95 W1 24-21 30-9 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 85 49 36 .576 5.5 412 352 60 W1 22-20 27-16 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 83 41 42 .494 12.5 357 361 -4 W2 20-26 21-16 3 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 85 37 48 .435 17.5 400 457 -57 L1 20-25 17-23 4 12 22 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 84 29 55 .345 25.0 347 445 -98 L1 15-32 14-23 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
Zach Sorensen Cleveland Indians Hist Signed out of draft (Wichita State)
Eric Valent Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed out of draft (UCLA)
Josias Manzanillo -- Hist Released by Devil Rays
Tony Phillips Toronto Blue Jays Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Rich Garces Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Right elbow strain
Ricky Bottalico Philadelphia Phillies Hist Activated from Disabled List
Kent Mercker St. Louis Cardinals Hist Activated from Disabled List
Bob Wickman Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed to 3-year contract for 1999-2001 ($8.3m) [Extension]
8 record(s)
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