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Thursday, August 27,1998

Thursday, August 27,1998

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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 1998-08-27 Oakland Athletics  6 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Candiotti Pete Schourek Billy Taylor 31,239 3:06
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Baltimore Orioles  4 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Jim Parque Scott Erickson Bill Simas 14,241 2:45
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Seattle Mariners  10 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Progressive Field Jamie Moyer Jaret Wright -- 43,142 2:56
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Anaheim Angels  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jay Tessmer Mike Fetters -- 29,213 4:26
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Minnesota Twins  3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  10 box | pbp Tropicana Field Julio Santana Eric Milton -- 23,314 2:53
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Kansas City Royals  1 Toronto Blue Jays  11 box | pbp Rogers Centre Kelvim Escobar Jose Rosado -- 25,524 2:50
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Arizona Diamondbacks  0 box | pbp Chase Field Rafael Roque Andy Benes Eric Plunk 40,856 2:12
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Florida Marlins  3 Cincinnati Reds  12 box | pbp Cinergy Field Steve Parris Livan Hernandez -- 14,383 2:53
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Chicago Cubs  11 Colorado Rockies  10 box | pbp Coors Field Terry Mulholland Mike Munoz Rod Beck 50,093 3:32
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Montreal Expos  9 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Darren Dreifort Jeremy Powell Scott Radinsky 30,971 2:33
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 San Diego Padres  8 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Stan Spencer Paul Byrd -- 23,371 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 New York Mets  3 San Francisco Giants  11 box | pbp Candlestick Park Danny Darwin Armando Reynoso -- 17,823 3:28
1998 reg season 1998-08-27 Atlanta Braves  6 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Denny Neagle Matt Morris Kerry Ligtenberg 33,889 2:33
13 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 132 96 36 .727 0.0 802 530 272 W2 46-24 50-12 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 131 78 53 .595 17.5 729 583 146 L1 38-32 40-21 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 133 69 64 .519 27.5 696 645 51 L4 32-36 37-28 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 135 68 67 .504 29.5 661 657 4 W1 30-39 38-28 4 7 13 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 131 50 81 .382 45.5 487 613 -126 W1 23-37 27-44 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 132 73 59 .553 0.0 691 617 74 L1 37-30 36-29 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 134 61 73 .455 13.0 597 758 -161 L1 37-31 24-42 2 9 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 133 60 73 .451 13.5 670 774 -104 W3 25-41 34-33 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 132 59 73 .447 14.0 607 641 -34 L1 31-36 28-37 4 12 25 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 132 51 81 .386 22.0 568 699 -131 L1 26-43 25-38 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 Anaheim Angels franchise | log 135 74 61 .548 0.0 675 636 39 L2 37-28 37-33 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 2.5 759 734 25 W1 29-33 41-29 2 5 11 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 132 61 71 .462 11.5 701 702 -1 W1 26-38 35-33 3 8 20 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 134 61 73 .455 12.5 671 714 -43 W1 26-38 35-35 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 134 89 45 .664 0.0 695 499 196 W2 42-23 47-22 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 16.0 589 520 69 L1 31-31 42-30 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 134 64 70 .478 25.0 593 677 -84 L5 29-33 35-37 3 9 17 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 135 51 84 .378 38.5 525 667 -142 L8 18-45 33-39 4 14 28 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 134 47 87 .351 42.0 557 738 -181 L1 20-45 27-42 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 134 83 51 .619 0.0 742 530 212 L1 40-30 43-21 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 10.0 681 651 30 W2 30-34 43-27 2 5 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 17.5 570 556 14 W2 27-36 37-33 3 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 134 64 70 .478 19.0 582 652 -70 W2 31-33 33-37 4 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 134 62 72 .463 21.0 609 643 -34 W1 34-36 28-36 5 12 18 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 134 62 72 .463 21.0 649 672 -23 L7 27-43 35-29 6 11 19 -- 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 134 87 47 .649 0.0 650 515 135 W5 41-32 46-15 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 134 72 62 .537 15.0 669 611 58 W1 34-35 38-27 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 134 67 67 .500 20.0 567 573 -6 W3 30-41 37-26 3 7 14 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 135 62 73 .459 25.5 667 712 -45 L2 29-40 33-33 4 13 21 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 135 50 85 .370 37.5 554 694 -140 L3 26-47 24-38 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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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
  • 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
Nick Neugebauer Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Kevin Jarvis Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Damon Buford Boston Red Sox Injury DL - Strained right rib cage
3 record(s)
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