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Saturday, May 3,2008

Saturday, May 3,2008

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 New York Mets  4 Arizona Diamondbacks  10 box | pbp Chase Field Brandon Webb Mike Pelfrey -- 34,744 3:27
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Cincinnati Reds  1 Atlanta Braves  9 box | pbp Turner Field Jo-Jo Reyes Matt Belisle -- 37,969 2:58
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Los Angeles Dodgers  12 Colorado Rockies  7 box | pbp Coors Field Hong-Chih Kuo Jorge de la Rosa -- 38,597 3:27
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 San Diego Padres  7 Florida Marlins  2 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Jake Peavy Ricky Nolasco -- 37,689 2:57
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Milwaukee Brewers  2 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Brandon Backe Manny Parra -- 35,002 3:06
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 San Francisco Giants  3 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Jack Taschner Rudy Seanez Brian Wilson 43,804 3:02
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Chicago Cubs  9 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium III Ted Lilly Kyle Lohse -- 46,792 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Washington Nationals  9 box | pbp Nationals Park Jesus Colome Paul Maholm Jon Rauch 34,128 3:21
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Baltimore Orioles  1 Los Angeles Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jon Garland Daniel Cabrera Francisco Rodriguez 37,601 2:18
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Tampa Bay Rays  4 Boston Red Sox  12 box | pbp Fenway Park Josh Beckett James Shields -- 37,700 3:13
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Kansas City Royals  4 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Progressive Field Luke Hochevar CC Sabathia Joakim Soria 27,272 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Detroit Tigers  1 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Brian Bass Justin Verlander Joe Nathan 28,985 2:39
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Seattle Mariners  1 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mike Mussina Felix Hernandez -- 52,810 2:51
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Texas Rangers  6 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis A.J. Murray Chad Gaudin Joaquin Benoit 20,524 2:32
2008 reg season 2008-05-03 Chicago White Sox  2 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Jesse Litsch John Danks B.J. Ryan 27,778 2:36
15 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
  • 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.
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
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 32 19 13 .594 0.0 155 140 15 W2 13-5 6-8 1 2 5 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 1.5 127 135 -8 L1 10-6 7-8 2 4 8 Yes dnq
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 2.0 141 130 11 L2 10-7 6-7 3 5 11 -- Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 32 16 16 .500 3.0 140 143 -3 W2 7-7 9-9 4 7 15 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 4.5 126 114 12 W3 7-7 7-10 5 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
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 0.0 117 124 -7 W4 10-6 5-8 1 6 14 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 1.0 136 116 20 L5 7-7 7-8 2 8 17 -- Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 1.5 132 126 6 L1 8-10 6-6 3 9 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 2.0 152 167 -15 L2 6-8 8-9 4 10 21 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 2.0 105 133 -28 W1 5-7 8-9 5 12 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 32 19 13 .594 0.0 154 149 5 W1 9-8 10-5 1 1 4 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 32 18 14 .563 1.0 156 120 36 L2 8-9 10-5 2 3 7 Yes dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 5.5 131 133 -2 L4 7-7 6-11 3 13 25 -- dnq
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 5.5 142 184 -42 W4 6-8 7-10 4 14 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
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 0.0 144 132 12 L1 9-8 8-6 1 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 0.5 130 130 0 L1 9-5 6-8 2 6 10 -- dnq
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 0.5 132 153 -21 L1 8-9 8-5 3 8 13 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 2.0 140 108 32 W2 10-4 4-11 4 10 18 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 4.0 120 155 -35 W1 9-8 4-10 5 12 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
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 31 19 12 .613 0.0 143 116 27 L1 13-7 6-5 1 2 2 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 0.5 186 132 54 W1 11-6 7-6 2 3 3 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 2.5 136 144 -8 L2 7-6 9-8 3 7 12 -- Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 4.0 144 138 6 W2 8-5 7-11 4 9 16 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 6.5 149 176 -27 L1 6-7 6-11 5 13 27 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 7.0 125 150 -25 L4 6-8 6-11 6 14 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
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 30 21 9 .700 0.0 177 120 57 W1 12-4 9-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 4.0 165 123 42 W8 9-5 8-8 2 4 6 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 7.5 101 139 -38 W1 8-8 6-9 3 11 22 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 9.5 105 141 -36 W1 6-9 6-10 4 15 28 -- dnq
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 30 11 19 .367 10.0 127 167 -40 L3 4-8 7-11 5 16 30 -- 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
Jesse Garcia -- Hist Released by Cubs
Matt Miller Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Traded by Boston Red Sox to Pittsburgh Pirates for future considerations
Les Walrond Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed to minor league contract
Shawn Wooten -- Hist Released by Mets
Denny Bautista Detroit Tigers Injury DL - shoulder soreness
Troy Tulowitzki Colorado Rockies Injury DL - left quadriceps tendon tear
Andy LaRoche Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Scott Kazmir Tampa Bay Rays Hist Activated from Disabled List
8 record(s)
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