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Friday, August 21,1998

Friday, August 21,1998

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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 1998-08-21 Toronto Blue Jays  9 Anaheim Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chris Carpenter Jeff Juden -- 36,052 3:00
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Cleveland Indians  6 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jaret Wright Scott Kamieniecki -- 48,374 3:30
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Boston Red Sox  9 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Steve Avery Eric Milton -- 16,786 2:54
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Detroit Tigers  2 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Oquist Bryce Florie Billy Taylor 10,196 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Chicago White Sox  4 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Jose Paniagua Keith Foulke Mike Timlin 34,421 2:59
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Kansas City Royals  6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  5 box | pbp Tropicana Field Matt Whisenant Esteban Yan Jeff Montgomery 25,368 3:27
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 New York Yankees  5 Texas Rangers  0 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington David Wells Esteban Loaiza -- 45,841 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 San Diego Padres  4 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Turner Field John Smoltz Joey Hamilton Kerry Ligtenberg 48,268 2:16
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 San Francisco Giants  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Felix Heredia Robb Nen -- 39,059 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Florida Marlins  1 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Chan Ho Park Livan Hernandez -- 19,853 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Houston Astros  5 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Sean Bergman Bill Pulsipher Jay Powell 26,820 3:00
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Colorado Rockies  3 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Dave Veres Ugueth Urbina -- 11,626 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 St. Louis Cardinals  10 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Matt Morris Hideo Nomo -- 0 3:28
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 St. Louis Cardinals  0 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Armando Reynoso Manny Aybar John Franco 52,320 2:48
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Arizona Diamondbacks  0 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Mark Portugal Omar Daal Wayne Gomes 17,144 2:15
1998 reg season 1998-08-21 Cincinnati Reds  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  14 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Chris Peters Brett Tomko -- 17,007 2:39
16 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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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  • 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
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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.
  • 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.
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 125 93 32 .744 0.0 754 478 276 W1 45-23 48-9 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 126 75 51 .595 18.5 708 566 142 W1 37-31 38-20 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 128 68 60 .531 26.5 676 613 63 L2 32-33 36-27 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 129 66 63 .512 29.0 639 634 5 W3 30-37 36-26 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 126 49 77 .389 44.5 466 585 -119 L1 23-37 26-40 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 127 70 57 .551 0.0 665 593 72 W1 36-29 34-28 1 3 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 127 57 70 .449 13.0 629 742 -113 L3 25-38 31-33 2 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 128 57 71 .445 13.5 568 732 -164 W2 33-29 24-42 3 11 23 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 127 56 71 .441 14.0 588 619 -31 L1 29-35 27-36 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 126 49 77 .389 20.5 541 660 -119 L3 24-39 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 128 69 59 .539 0.0 636 607 29 L1 34-26 35-33 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 127 67 60 .528 1.5 717 693 24 L1 29-33 38-27 2 6 11 -- Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 128 58 70 .453 11.0 641 693 -52 W4 25-36 33-34 3 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 11.0 665 667 -2 W1 25-36 32-33 4 9 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 East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 128 84 44 .656 0.0 658 475 183 W1 40-22 44-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 128 71 57 .555 13.0 562 484 78 W1 30-29 41-28 2 5 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 128 63 65 .492 21.0 580 653 -73 W1 29-33 34-32 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 129 51 78 .395 33.5 509 627 -118 L2 18-42 33-36 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 128 45 83 .352 39.0 530 695 -165 L2 18-44 27-39 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 129 79 50 .612 0.0 704 513 191 W1 37-30 42-20 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 128 71 57 .555 7.5 643 596 47 W2 28-33 43-24 2 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 128 62 66 .484 16.5 624 632 -8 L1 27-40 35-26 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 128 61 67 .477 17.5 545 612 -67 L1 29-32 32-35 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 128 60 68 .469 18.5 534 535 -1 W5 25-36 35-32 5 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 128 57 71 .445 21.5 563 621 -58 L2 31-36 26-35 6 13 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 West San Diego Padres franchise | log 128 82 46 .641 0.0 611 490 121 L1 36-31 46-15 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 128 67 61 .523 15.0 628 588 40 L2 31-35 36-26 2 6 12 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 128 64 64 .500 18.0 534 535 -1 W2 30-38 34-26 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 129 59 70 .457 23.5 632 680 -48 W2 27-39 32-31 4 12 19 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 129 48 81 .372 34.5 528 660 -132 L1 24-46 24-35 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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CSV
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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
DJ Carrasco -- Hist Released by Indians
Mark Wohlers Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Labeled as inabilty to pitch
Jon Lieber Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - Strained left oblique
Hipolito Pichardo Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Sprained UCL in right elbow
Russ Springer Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
Norberto Martin Anaheim Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)
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