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Friday, August 14,1998

Friday, August 14,1998

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Games on this date
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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 1998-08-14 Minnesota Twins  12 Boston Red Sox  13 box | pbp Fenway Park Derek Lowe Travis Baptist Tom Gordon 32,888 3:28
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Seattle Mariners  2 Chicago White Sox  14 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Mike Sirotka Ken Cloude -- 22,713 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Baltimore Orioles  15 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Progressive Field Mike Mussina Charles Nagy -- 43,169 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Oakland Athletics  4 Detroit Tigers  13 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Justin Thompson Blake Stein A.J. Sager 20,243 2:51
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  9 Kansas City Royals  11 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Chris Haney Rolando Arrojo Scott Service 28,133 2:53
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Texas Rangers  4 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Andy Pettitte Aaron Sele Mariano Rivera 46,547 2:47
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Anaheim Angels  7 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Allen Watson Pat Hentgen Troy Percival 27,276 3:06
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 New York Mets  3 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 box | pbp Chase Field Rick Reed Amaury Telemaco Turk Wendell 47,562 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Montreal Expos  2 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Gabe White Steve Kline -- 19,532 2:30
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Carlton Loewer Bobby Jones -- 47,395 2:32
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Chicago Cubs  6 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Mark Clark Shane Reynolds Rod Beck 45,040 2:53
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Atlanta Braves  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Kevin Millwood Dave Mlicki Kerry Ligtenberg 43,560 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Milwaukee Brewers  0 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Sterling Hitchcock Scott Karl -- 38,639 2:22
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Florida Marlins  0 San Francisco Giants  10 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mark Gardner Andy Larkin -- 18,077 2:25
1998 reg season 1998-08-14 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 St. Louis Cardinals  10 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Donovan Osborne Jon Lieber -- 47,836 2:39
15 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 118 89 29 .754 0.0 721 440 281 W9 42-21 47-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 71 48 .597 18.5 672 541 131 W2 35-30 36-18 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 26.5 643 583 60 W3 31-32 33-25 3 6 11 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 122 61 61 .500 30.0 589 606 -17 L1 26-36 35-25 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 119 46 73 .387 43.5 432 554 -122 L3 20-34 26-39 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 120 66 54 .550 0.0 635 562 73 L2 35-27 31-27 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 11.0 606 702 -96 W2 24-34 30-32 2 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 121 55 66 .455 11.5 541 688 -147 W3 32-29 23-37 3 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 120 52 68 .433 14.0 560 588 -28 L5 27-33 25-35 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 47 72 .395 18.5 515 618 -103 W1 23-35 24-37 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 Anaheim Angels franchise | log 121 65 56 .537 0.0 597 581 16 W1 33-25 32-31 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 0.5 680 665 15 L3 28-30 36-26 2 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 119 54 65 .454 10.0 633 620 13 L3 24-35 30-30 3 10 21 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 12.0 602 667 -65 L2 24-35 29-33 4 11 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 122 81 41 .664 0.0 638 455 183 W2 39-21 42-20 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 119 65 54 .546 14.5 531 452 79 W1 29-28 36-26 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 59 61 .492 21.0 539 614 -75 W2 28-32 31-29 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 122 49 73 .402 32.0 483 595 -112 L4 16-39 33-34 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 122 44 78 .361 37.0 512 674 -162 L2 18-42 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 122 75 47 .615 0.0 676 490 186 L1 34-28 41-19 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 122 67 55 .549 8.0 614 573 41 W2 27-32 40-23 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 16.0 590 600 -10 W2 24-37 34-25 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 122 58 64 .475 17.0 523 584 -61 L5 28-31 30-33 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 122 55 67 .451 20.0 491 510 -19 L1 24-35 31-32 5 12 22 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 122 54 68 .443 21.0 530 586 -56 W1 30-33 24-35 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 122 79 43 .648 0.0 592 470 122 W1 34-29 45-14 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 122 64 58 .525 15.0 603 560 43 W1 30-32 34-26 2 6 12 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 122 61 61 .500 18.0 514 516 -2 L1 28-36 33-25 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 23.0 603 650 -47 L1 25-36 31-30 4 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 121 45 76 .372 33.5 496 617 -121 L2 23-44 22-32 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Paul Byrd Philadelphia Phillies Hist Claimed on waivers from Braves by Phillies
Gary Gaetti -- Hist Released by Cardinals
Brian Hunter Chicago White Sox Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Scott Leius Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Strained hamstring *While running the bases*
Darren Hall Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Right rotator cuff
5 record(s)
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