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Sunday, August 2,1998

Sunday, August 2,1998

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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 1998-08-02 Boston Red Sox  8 Anaheim Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tim Wakefield Jason Dickson Tom Gordon 35,763 3:09
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Baltimore Orioles  9 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Sidney Ponson Glendon Rusch -- 18,910 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Roger Clemens Brad Radke Randy Myers 40,096 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Cleveland Indians  5 Oakland Athletics  7 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Mohler Charles Nagy Billy Taylor 27,712 2:44
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 New York Yankees  3 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Bob Wells David Cone Mike Timlin 47,872 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Detroit Tigers  3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  2 box | pbp Tropicana Field Brian Powell Bryan Rekar Todd Jones 26,120 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Chicago White Sox  3 Texas Rangers  12 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Aaron Sele Jaime Navarro -- 28,175 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Turner Field Kevin Millwood Bobby Witt Kerry Ligtenberg 49,296 2:44
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Colorado Rockies  6 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Pedro Astacio Mark Clark Chuck McElroy 39,427 2:32
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Cincinnati Reds  5 Florida Marlins  1 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Dennys Reyes Kirt Ojala Danny Graves 22,136 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 Milwaukee Brewers  7 box | pbp County Stadium Brad Woodall Brian Anderson -- 29,457 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 San Diego Padres  4 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Andy Ashby Javier Vazquez Trevor Hoffman 14,485 2:21
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 New York Mets  9 box | pbp Shea Stadium Armando Reynoso Brian Bohanon -- 33,843 2:41
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 San Francisco Giants  15 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Kirk Rueter Mike Welch -- 27,668 3:07
1998 reg season 1998-08-02 Houston Astros  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Randy Johnson Jason Christiansen Scott Elarton 21,201 2:35
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 105 77 28 .733 0.0 612 409 203 L1 39-20 38-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 109 65 44 .596 14.0 605 486 119 W3 32-27 33-17 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 111 56 55 .505 24.0 575 555 20 W1 25-30 31-25 3 6 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 113 56 57 .496 25.0 534 557 -23 W2 26-34 30-23 4 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 108 43 65 .398 35.5 397 498 -101 L2 20-32 23-33 5 14 27 -- 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 110 62 48 .564 0.0 595 509 86 L3 32-24 30-24 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 109 51 58 .468 10.5 505 492 13 L2 27-28 24-30 2 8 17 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 13.0 479 609 -130 L1 28-24 21-37 3 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 110 48 62 .436 14.0 553 660 -107 L2 22-33 25-30 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 109 46 63 .422 15.5 483 562 -79 W2 23-33 23-30 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 Texas Rangers franchise | log 110 59 51 .536 0.0 636 606 30 W2 27-27 32-24 1 4 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 110 58 52 .527 1.0 535 539 -4 L4 28-22 30-30 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 110 50 60 .455 9.0 561 592 -31 W4 22-30 28-30 3 9 19 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 10.0 590 575 15 W1 20-32 29-29 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 112 74 38 .661 0.0 582 419 163 W2 34-19 40-19 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 108 58 50 .537 14.0 471 391 80 W2 24-26 34-24 2 6 9 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 109 55 54 .505 17.5 507 559 -52 L4 24-26 31-28 3 8 13 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 111 43 68 .387 30.5 429 551 -122 L1 16-35 27-33 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 112 39 73 .348 35.0 467 622 -155 L3 15-38 24-35 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 111 67 44 .604 0.0 610 446 164 W3 33-26 34-18 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 63 49 .563 4.5 557 511 46 L1 24-28 39-21 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 111 56 55 .505 11.0 502 521 -19 W1 27-24 29-31 3 9 14 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 110 51 59 .464 15.5 531 559 -28 L2 22-36 29-23 4 10 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 111 50 61 .450 17.0 443 461 -18 L3 20-32 30-29 5 11 20 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 112 50 62 .446 17.5 478 541 -63 W3 29-31 21-31 6 12 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 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 111 72 39 .649 0.0 553 442 111 W1 34-28 38-11 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 111 60 51 .541 12.0 541 488 53 W3 28-30 32-21 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 111 57 54 .514 15.0 480 470 10 L2 27-33 30-21 3 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 111 49 62 .441 23.0 533 600 -67 W1 22-35 27-27 4 13 24 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 111 41 70 .369 31.0 456 570 -114 L1 20-41 21-29 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Glossary
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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
Brian Hunter -- Hist Released by Cardinals
Jeff Branson Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Strained left hamstring
Mike Neill Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Right shoulder soreness
3 record(s)
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