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Tuesday, August 17,1999

Tuesday, August 17,1999

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Minnesota Twins  3 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Mike Mussina Joe Mays -- 40,485 3:20
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Oakland Athletics  12 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Gil Heredia Bret Saberhagen -- 31,246 3:06
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Anaheim Angels  3 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Bob Howry Mike Holtz -- 14,943 3:45
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Texas Rangers  15 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Progressive Field Aaron Sele Mark Langston -- 42,987 3:01
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  1 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dave Mlicki Bobby Witt Todd Jones 19,418 2:15
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Kansas City Royals  2 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Orlando Hernandez Jose Rosado Mariano Rivera 31,631 3:08
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Seattle Mariners  8 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Paul Abbott Pat Hentgen Jose Mesa 30,137 2:54
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Chicago Cubs  0 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 box | pbp Chase Field Brian Anderson Andrew Lorraine -- 39,403 2:01
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Cinergy Field Danny Graves Mike Williams -- 19,118 3:50
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Atlanta Braves  2 Colorado Rockies  3 box | pbp Coors Field David Lee Terry Mulholland Dave Veres 47,904 2:31
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Scott Elarton Cal Eldred Billy Wagner 20,558 2:50
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Florida Marlins  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium A.J. Burnett Mike Judd Dennis Springer 30,354 3:00
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 New York Mets  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Woody Williams Al Leiter Trevor Hoffman 22,790 2:30
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Montreal Expos  2 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dan Smith John Johnstone Ugueth Urbina 13,865 3:29
1999 reg season 1999-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  5 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Juan Acevedo Wayne Gomes -- 38,557 3:23
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
1999 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 118 67 51 .568 0.0 648 530 118 W2 37-25 30-26 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1999 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 122 67 55 .549 2.0 677 649 28 L3 38-26 29-29 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1999 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 3.5 616 553 63 L1 35-27 29-28 3 6 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1999 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 7.0 628 624 4 W1 29-27 31-31 4 7 15 -- dnq
1999 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 14.0 587 703 -116 L1 23-33 31-33 5 12 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
1999 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 118 68 50 .576 0.0 735 635 100 W8 37-24 31-26 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Red Sox)
1999 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 118 59 59 .500 9.0 574 640 -66 W2 36-24 23-35 2 8 16 -- dnq
1999 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 54 65 .454 14.5 550 670 -120 W1 29-33 25-32 3 10 23 -- dnq
1999 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 14.5 532 636 -104 L2 27-29 26-35 4 11 24 -- dnq
1999 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 43 75 .364 25.0 666 701 -35 L2 22-37 21-38 5 14 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
1999 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 120 68 52 .567 0.0 705 632 73 L2 38-19 30-33 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1999 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 119 67 52 .563 0.5 679 717 -38 W5 34-26 33-26 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1999 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 56 63 .471 11.5 675 595 80 W1 33-27 23-36 3 9 19 -- dnq
1999 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 118 50 68 .424 17.0 488 603 -115 L3 28-29 22-39 4 13 29 -- 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
1999 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 119 65 54 .546 0.0 635 572 63 L2 32-27 33-27 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1999 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 121 66 55 .545 0.0 643 554 89 L1 35-25 31-30 2 5 9 -- Lost NLCS (Braves)
1999 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 2.0 639 526 113 L2 34-26 30-31 3 6 12 -- Lost World Series (Yankees)
1999 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 119 55 64 .462 10.0 530 638 -108 W1 30-32 25-32 4 12 21 -- dnq
1999 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 120 52 68 .433 13.5 536 618 -82 W2 29-33 23-35 5 16 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
1999 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 117 68 49 .581 0.0 604 503 101 W2 33-29 35-20 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1999 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 121 67 54 .554 3.0 608 492 116 W2 36-26 31-28 2 2 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1999 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 121 66 55 .545 4.0 608 632 -24 W3 35-25 31-30 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1999 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 8.5 572 679 -107 L1 32-24 28-34 4 8 14 -- dnq
1999 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 119 56 63 .471 13.0 594 581 13 L2 35-27 21-36 5 10 18 -- dnq
1999 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 117 55 62 .470 13.0 584 615 -31 L3 23-31 32-31 6 11 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
1999 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 0.0 628 628 0 L1 33-28 29-29 1 7 13 Yes dnq
1999 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 121 59 62 .488 4.0 662 772 -110 W2 33-25 26-37 2 9 17 -- dnq
1999 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 7.5 663 506 157 W1 27-31 28-34 3 13 22 -- Lost in 1st Round (Mets)
1999 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 8.5 573 600 -27 L3 29-31 25-35 4 14 25 -- dnq
1999 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 8.5 525 560 -35 W1 33-27 21-39 5 15 26 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Terry Tiffee Minnesota Twins Minors Signed out of draft (Pratt CC)
Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (Maple Woods CC)
Derek Bell Houston Astros Injury DL - Left groin
Kenny Lofton Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Strained right hamstring
Pete Schourek Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - Left shoulder inflammation
5 record(s)