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Saturday, August 30,2008

Saturday, August 30,2008

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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 2008-08-30 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 box | pbp Chase Field Chad Billingsley Dan Haren -- 49,045 2:51
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Brett Myers Ted Lilly Brad Lidge 41,511 3:10
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 San Francisco Giants  6 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Mike Lincoln Jack Taschner Francisco Cordero 21,729 2:51
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 New York Mets  3 Florida Marlins  4 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Matt Lindstrom Aaron Heilman -- 28,830 3:19
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Brian Moehler Braden Looper Jose Valverde 37,569 2:54
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Milwaukee Brewers  11 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp PNC Park Jeff Suppan Paul Maholm -- 21,931 3:04
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Colorado Rockies  4 San Diego Padres  9 box | pbp PETCO Park Josh Geer Ubaldo Jimenez -- 30,240 2:50
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Atlanta Braves  8 Washington Nationals  9 box | pbp Nationals Park Steven Shell Vladimir Nunez -- 30,326 3:46
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Texas Rangers  3 Los Angeles Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jose Arredondo Scott Feldman Francisco Rodriguez 43,937 2:55
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Chicago White Sox  2 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Michael Bowden Mark Buehrle -- 37,751 2:40
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Seattle Mariners  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Progressive Field J.J. Putz Jensen Lewis Randy Messenger 33,387 3:15
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Kansas City Royals  13 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Comerica Park Brandon Duckworth Kenny Rogers -- 40,623 2:58
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Toronto Blue Jays  7 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Brandon League Damaso Marte B.J. Ryan 53,273 3:25
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Minnesota Twins  2 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Huston Street Joe Nathan -- 25,238 2:27
2008 reg season 2008-08-30 Baltimore Orioles  9 Tampa Bay Rays  10 box | pbp Tropicana Field Dan Wheeler Rocky Cherry -- 34,805 3:25
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 Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 134 83 51 .619 0.0 627 535 92 W4 51-19 32-32 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 135 79 56 .585 4.5 706 570 136 W2 45-18 34-38 2 3 5 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 135 72 63 .533 11.5 649 613 36 L1 40-30 32-33 3 6 11 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 135 69 66 .511 14.5 590 524 66 W1 37-29 32-37 4 7 13 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 135 63 72 .467 20.5 694 708 -14 L2 33-31 30-41 5 11 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
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 135 76 59 .563 0.0 689 595 94 L3 46-22 30-37 1 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 136 76 60 .559 0.5 686 612 74 L1 46-23 30-37 2 5 7 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 134 65 69 .485 10.5 651 620 31 L2 36-31 29-38 3 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 135 65 70 .481 11.0 678 683 -5 L1 34-32 31-38 4 10 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 135 57 78 .422 19.0 555 680 -125 W1 29-39 28-39 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 135 83 52 .615 0.0 625 565 60 W3 43-27 40-25 1 2 3 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 137 66 71 .482 18.0 752 817 -65 L3 33-33 33-38 2 9 18 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 136 63 73 .463 20.5 527 557 -30 W1 36-34 27-39 3 12 22 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 135 52 83 .385 31.0 559 674 -115 W2 28-41 24-42 4 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 East New York Mets franchise | log 136 75 61 .551 0.0 668 595 73 L1 41-25 34-36 1 3 8 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 136 74 62 .544 1.0 656 566 90 W1 39-29 35-33 2 5 10 -- Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 136 69 67 .507 6.0 627 656 -29 W1 36-32 33-35 3 8 15 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 136 59 77 .434 16.0 616 643 -27 L2 36-32 23-45 4 13 25 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 136 51 85 .375 24.0 520 674 -154 W5 28-39 23-46 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
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 136 85 51 .625 0.0 740 549 191 L1 51-20 34-31 1 1 1 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 135 79 56 .585 5.5 649 567 82 W2 41-24 38-32 2 2 4 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 136 74 62 .544 11.0 659 608 51 L2 37-31 37-31 3 4 9 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 136 70 66 .515 15.0 609 646 -37 W4 38-29 32-37 4 6 12 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 136 60 76 .441 25.0 577 680 -103 W2 34-33 26-43 5 11 23 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 135 57 78 .422 27.5 615 745 -130 L9 34-36 23-42 6 14 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 West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 135 69 66 .511 0.0 623 587 36 L1 38-29 31-37 1 7 14 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 136 66 70 .485 3.5 557 561 -4 W1 39-30 27-40 2 9 16 -- Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 137 64 73 .467 6.0 645 701 -56 L1 36-30 28-43 3 10 20 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 135 59 76 .437 10.0 522 630 -108 L2 30-39 29-37 4 12 24 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 135 52 83 .385 17.0 525 635 -110 W1 31-39 21-44 5 15 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
top
CSV
*Reload page to restore grid
Glossary
Data Store
TBC PREMIUM
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
Kris Benson -- Hist Released by Phillies
Matt Stairs Philadelphia Phillies Hist Traded from Toronto Blue Jays to Philadelphia Phillies for Fabio Castro (9/29/2008)
Yorvit Torrealba Colorado Rockies Injury DL - torn meniscus in his left knee
Frank Thomas Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Strained right quadriceps
Vicente Padilla Texas Rangers Injury DL - Strained left hamstring
Keith Foulke Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)
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