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Wednesday, August 19,1998

Wednesday, August 19,1998

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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 1998-08-19 Detroit Tigers  0 Anaheim Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jack McDowell Justin Thompson Troy Percival 21,841 2:13
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  4 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Mike Mussina Rolando Arrojo Armando Benitez 44,530 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Boston Red Sox  11 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Tim Wakefield Brian Barber -- 14,017 2:20
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 New York Yankees  3 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Dan Serafini Andy Pettitte Rick Aguilera 17,923 3:18
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Chicago White Sox  0 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Blake Stein Mike Sirotka -- 12,605 2:28
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Toronto Blue Jays  16 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Pat Hentgen Ken Cloude Dave Stieb 26,258 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Cleveland Indians  1 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Aaron Sele Charles Nagy John Wetteland 26,146 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Montreal Expos  8 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 box | pbp Chase Field Dustin Hermanson Amaury Telemaco -- 39,906 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 San Francisco Giants  6 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Turner Field Mark Gardner Tom Glavine -- 44,535 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Juan Acevedo Terry Mulholland -- 39,689 3:30
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 San Diego Padres  0 Florida Marlins  6 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Brian Meadows Sterling Hitchcock -- 15,409 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Cincinnati Reds  8 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Pete Harnisch Steve Woodard -- 20,533 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Colorado Rockies  1 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Masato Yoshii Bobby Jones John Franco 19,395 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Houston Astros  4 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Shane Reynolds Mark Leiter Billy Wagner 21,341 2:44
1998 reg season 1998-08-19 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mike Williams Brian Bohanon Jason Christiansen 27,259 2:31
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
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 123 92 31 .748 0.0 745 469 276 L1 44-22 48-9 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 74 50 .597 18.5 697 556 141 W3 36-30 38-20 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 126 68 58 .540 25.5 671 603 68 W3 32-33 36-25 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 127 64 63 .504 30.0 623 630 -7 W1 28-37 36-26 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 124 48 76 .387 44.5 457 577 -120 L3 22-37 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 125 69 56 .552 0.0 657 582 75 L1 35-28 34-28 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 125 57 68 .456 12.0 624 734 -110 L1 25-36 31-33 2 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 125 55 70 .440 14.0 577 606 -29 W1 29-35 26-35 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 126 55 71 .437 14.5 554 725 -171 L5 32-29 23-42 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 124 49 75 .395 19.5 537 643 -106 L1 24-37 25-38 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 126 68 58 .540 0.0 619 596 23 W1 34-26 34-32 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 1.5 709 686 23 W1 29-33 37-26 2 6 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 124 56 68 .452 11.0 660 656 4 L2 25-36 31-32 3 9 21 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 126 56 70 .444 12.0 634 690 -56 W2 25-36 31-34 4 10 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 126 83 43 .659 0.0 653 469 184 L1 40-22 43-21 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 124 69 55 .556 13.0 551 468 83 W3 30-29 39-26 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 125 61 64 .488 21.5 559 640 -81 L2 29-33 32-31 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 127 51 76 .402 32.5 504 618 -114 W2 18-42 33-34 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 126 45 81 .357 38.0 528 688 -160 W1 18-44 27-37 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 127 78 49 .614 0.0 694 505 189 W2 36-29 42-20 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 126 69 57 .548 8.5 630 588 42 L1 28-33 41-24 2 5 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 124 60 64 .484 16.5 608 621 -13 W1 25-38 35-26 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 126 60 66 .476 17.5 537 602 -65 L1 29-32 31-34 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 126 58 68 .460 19.5 514 528 -14 W3 25-36 33-32 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 20.5 556 601 -45 W1 31-34 26-35 6 12 20 -- 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 126 81 45 .643 0.0 605 485 120 L1 35-30 46-15 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 126 67 59 .532 14.0 620 575 45 W1 31-33 36-26 2 6 11 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 126 62 64 .492 19.0 527 533 -6 L2 28-38 34-26 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 127 57 70 .449 24.5 623 675 -52 L4 25-39 32-31 4 13 22 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 126 47 79 .373 34.0 515 639 -124 L2 23-44 24-35 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Tony Fossas Texas Rangers Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Gary Gaetti Chicago Cubs Hist Signed contract with Cubs
David Cortes Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Colorado Rockies to Atlanta Braves for Anthony Briggs (9/8/1998)
Matt Mantei Florida Marlins Injury DL - Sprained right ankle *While covering home plate, his cleats caught in the dirt*
Darin Erstad Anaheim Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
Pat Borders Toronto Blue Jays Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jeff Conine Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)
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