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Sunday, August 9,1998

Sunday, August 9,1998

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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 1998-08-09 Anaheim Angels  9 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Chuck Finley James Baldwin -- 16,805 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Seattle Mariners  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bob Wells Sean Runyan Mike Timlin 27,987 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Baltimore Orioles  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Dan Serafini Mike Mussina Rick Aguilera 16,780 3:22
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Kansas City Royals  4 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ramiro Mendoza Scott Service Mariano Rivera 55,911 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Cleveland Indians  1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  2 box | pbp Tropicana Field Jim Mecir Paul Assenmacher -- 34,666 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Boston Red Sox  14 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Jim Corsi Todd Stottlemyre -- 31,127 3:15
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Oakland Athletics  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Paul Quantrill Mike Mohler -- 30,114 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Scott Karl Steve Parris Bob Wickman 21,976 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 New York Mets  4 Colorado Rockies  11 box | pbp Coors Field Darryl Kile Hideo Nomo -- 48,014 3:06
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Houston Astros  11 box | pbp Astrodome Shane Reynolds Matt Beech -- 28,651 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Chris Peters Chan Ho Park Ricardo Rincon 43,227 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 Montreal Expos  8 box | pbp Stade Olympique Shayne Bennett Bob Wolcott Steve Kline 21,804 2:23
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Florida Marlins  5 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Sterling Hitchcock Andy Larkin Trevor Hoffman 21,065 2:38
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Atlanta Braves  7 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dennis Martinez Jose Mesa Kerry Ligtenberg 43,957 3:11
1998 reg season 1998-08-09 Chicago Cubs  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Darren Oliver Don Wengert Jeff Brantley 47,798 3:00
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 113 84 29 .743 0.0 688 431 257 W4 42-21 42-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 115 68 47 .591 17.0 640 510 130 W2 35-30 33-17 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 25.5 611 573 38 L1 27-31 33-25 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 28.5 562 587 -25 W2 26-36 32-24 4 7 15 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 114 45 69 .395 39.5 416 527 -111 W1 20-32 25-37 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 0.0 621 535 86 L1 35-27 30-24 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 115 52 63 .452 12.5 536 542 -6 W1 27-28 25-35 2 9 19 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 13.0 581 691 -110 L1 24-34 27-31 3 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 13.5 512 664 -152 L4 31-28 21-37 4 11 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 115 46 69 .400 18.5 494 600 -106 L6 23-35 23-34 5 13 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 West Texas Rangers franchise | log 116 63 53 .543 0.0 671 650 21 L2 27-27 36-26 1 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 116 61 55 .526 2.0 573 564 9 W1 29-24 32-31 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 116 54 62 .466 9.0 622 588 34 W4 24-32 30-30 3 8 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 11.5 589 643 -54 L2 23-32 29-33 4 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 118 79 39 .669 0.0 626 445 181 W4 37-19 42-20 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 115 62 53 .539 15.5 512 440 72 L1 26-27 36-26 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 22.0 520 601 -81 L3 25-31 31-29 3 9 17 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 118 49 69 .415 30.0 471 568 -97 W2 16-35 33-34 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 117 41 76 .350 37.5 496 649 -153 L2 15-40 26-36 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 117 71 46 .607 0.0 652 475 177 W3 34-28 37-18 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 7.5 583 554 29 L4 24-31 40-23 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 13.0 514 557 -43 W1 28-26 30-33 3 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 14.5 570 579 -9 W5 24-37 32-23 4 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 18.5 517 563 -46 L1 30-33 23-32 5 12 21 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 52 66 .441 19.5 465 490 -25 W1 21-34 31-32 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 117 76 41 .650 0.0 575 460 115 W2 34-29 42-12 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 14.5 578 535 43 L4 30-32 32-24 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 16.5 499 498 1 L1 28-36 32-22 3 7 13 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 23.5 577 634 -57 W1 25-36 28-29 4 11 20 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 117 44 73 .376 32.0 483 601 -118 L2 23-44 21-29 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
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  • 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
Jack Voigt Texas Rangers Hist Traded by Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers for future considerations
Mark Little St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Texas Rangers with Darren Oliver and Fernando Tatis to St. Louis Cardinals for Royce Clayton (7/31/1998) and Todd Stottlemyre (7/31/1998)
Glendon Rusch Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Left rotator cuff tendinitis
Doug Brocail Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Strained right elbow
Travis Lee Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)
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