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Wednesday, July 15,1998

Wednesday, July 15,1998

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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 1998-07-15 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  2 Anaheim Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Shigetoshi Hasegawa Wilson Alvarez Troy Percival 19,681 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Cleveland Indians  0 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Pedro Martinez Bartolo Colon -- 33,501 2:17
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Jaime Navarro Pat Hentgen -- 0 2:36
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Carlos Castillo Dave Stieb Bill Simas 15,602 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 New York Yankees  11 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Hideki Irabu Seth Greisinger -- 19,868 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Kansas City Royals  5 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jose Rosado Tom Candiotti -- 9,619 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Minnesota Twins  1 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Jamie Moyer LaTroy Hawkins Mike Timlin 23,250 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Baltimore Orioles  14 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Sidney Ponson Rick Helling -- 46,682 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Houston Astros  8 Arizona Diamondbacks  9 box | pbp Chase Field Alan Embree Mike Magnante -- 42,229 4:00
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 San Diego Padres  6 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Kevin Brown Jamey Wright -- 48,369 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Montreal Expos  9 Florida Marlins  5 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Carlos Perez Brian Edmondson -- 15,672 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 San Francisco Giants  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Orel Hershiser Darren Dreifort Robb Nen 34,596 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Scott Karl Curt Schilling Bob Wickman 20,554 2:41
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Atlanta Braves  12 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Denny Neagle Masato Yoshii -- 41,347 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Chicago Cubs  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Francisco Cordova Kerry Wood Ricardo Rincon 28,655 2:19
1998 reg season 1998-07-15 Cincinnati Reds  4 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Gabe White John Frascatore -- 32,321 3:45
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 88 67 21 .761 0.0 524 338 186 W2 34-15 33-6 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 92 54 38 .587 15.0 487 406 81 W1 25-22 29-16 2 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 97 47 50 .485 24.5 443 474 -31 L4 22-30 25-20 3 6 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 95 45 50 .474 25.5 472 478 -6 W7 18-27 27-23 4 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 93 35 58 .376 34.5 321 432 -111 L1 18-28 17-30 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 92 53 39 .576 0.0 507 394 113 L2 27-18 26-21 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 93 42 51 .452 11.5 397 500 -103 W1 27-21 15-30 2 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 93 42 51 .452 11.5 426 419 7 L3 23-25 19-26 3 10 21 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 95 42 53 .442 12.5 487 581 -94 W4 19-28 22-26 4 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 91 38 53 .418 14.5 417 478 -61 L1 18-27 20-26 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 West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 93 52 41 .559 0.0 464 443 21 W1 24-19 28-22 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 94 51 43 .543 1.5 537 513 24 L4 24-21 27-22 2 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 93 44 49 .473 8.0 481 492 -11 L1 22-23 22-26 3 8 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 95 42 53 .442 11.0 500 504 -4 W3 17-30 25-23 4 12 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 94 62 32 .660 0.0 498 349 149 W2 27-17 35-15 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 89 46 43 .517 13.5 382 337 45 L2 19-24 27-19 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 91 47 44 .516 13.5 431 451 -20 L1 20-24 27-20 3 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 93 38 55 .409 23.5 352 467 -115 W2 15-30 23-25 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 94 36 58 .383 26.0 398 509 -111 L2 13-30 23-28 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 94 55 39 .585 0.0 512 375 137 L1 28-23 27-16 1 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 94 51 43 .543 4.0 476 452 24 L1 18-25 33-18 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 92 47 45 .511 7.0 411 420 -9 W1 22-20 25-25 3 8 13 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 95 45 50 .474 10.5 406 441 -35 W10 25-25 20-25 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 93 43 50 .462 11.5 456 482 -26 L3 17-31 26-19 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 94 42 52 .447 13.0 367 395 -28 W1 15-28 27-24 6 12 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 West San Diego Padres franchise | log 95 61 34 .642 0.0 477 378 99 W2 28-25 33-9 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 95 53 42 .558 8.0 453 401 52 W1 24-25 29-17 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 94 47 47 .500 13.5 407 402 5 L1 22-28 25-19 3 9 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 95 41 54 .432 20.0 447 515 -68 L2 20-29 21-25 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 94 32 62 .340 28.5 386 496 -110 W1 16-35 16-27 5 16 30 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Wily Mo Pena New York Mets Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Jim Poole -- Hist Released by Giants
Tim Unroe -- Hist Released by Cubs
Mike Morgan Minnesota Twins Injury DL - Strained abdomen *Unknown*
Bobby Bonilla Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Left wrist tendinitis *Related to prior injury*
Reggie Jefferson Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Back
Bob Tewksbury Minnesota Twins Injury DL - Right biceps tendinitis
Paul Molitor Minnesota Twins Hist Activated from Disabled List
8 record(s)