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Sunday, May 31,2009

Sunday, May 31,2009

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Atlanta Braves  9 Arizona Diamondbacks  3 box | pbp Chase Field Kris Medlen Max Scherzer -- 30,020 2:56
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Eric Milton Sean Marshall -- 40,091 3:05
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 San Diego Padres  5 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Chad Gaudin Jorge de la Rosa Heath Bell 30,223 2:49
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Cincinnati Reds  2 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp Miller Park Yovani Gallardo Micah Owings Trevor Hoffman 44,594 3:03
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Florida Marlins  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Citi Field John Maine Chris Volstad Francisco Rodriguez 40,482 2:33
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Washington Nationals  2 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Jamie Moyer John Lannan Brad Lidge 45,239 2:32
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Houston Astros  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp PNC Park Mike Hampton Paul Maholm LaTroy Hawkins 19,566 2:26
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 St. Louis Cardinals  3 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp AT&T Park Merkin Valdez Adam Wainwright Brian Wilson 41,440 2:52
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Seattle Mariners  8 Los Angeles Angels  9 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Justin Speier David Aardsma -- 38,632 2:56
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Detroit Tigers  3 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Edwin Jackson Jason Berken Fernando Rodney 32,233 2:21
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 New York Yankees  4 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Progressive Field Kerry Wood Phil Coke -- 29,405 3:21
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Chicago White Sox  7 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Matt Thornton John Bale Bobby Jenks 19,855 3:13
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Minnesota Twins  3 Tampa Bay Rays  2 box | pbp Tropicana Field Nick Blackburn Matt Garza Joe Nathan 26,579 3:09
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Oakland Athletics  5 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Andrew Bailey Frank Francisco -- 22,952 2:57
2009 reg season 2009-05-31 Boston Red Sox  8 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Rogers Centre Jon Lester Ricky Romero -- 30,496 3:08
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
2009 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 50 30 20 .600 0.0 283 263 20 L2 14-9 16-11 1 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Philadelphia)
2009 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 53 28 25 .528 3.5 270 241 29 L1 16-9 12-16 2 5 11 Yes dnq
2009 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 51 26 25 .510 4.5 267 236 31 W1 15-8 11-17 3 6 14 -- Lost in ALDS (LA Angels)
2009 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 51 24 27 .471 6.5 250 288 -38 L2 15-14 9-13 4 8 16 -- dnq
2009 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 53 23 30 .434 8.5 294 260 34 L1 14-10 9-20 5 12 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
2009 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 49 29 20 .592 0.0 256 211 45 W2 14-8 15-12 1 3 6 Yes dnq
2009 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 52 24 28 .462 6.5 261 254 7 W1 19-11 5-17 2 9 20 -- Lost in ALDS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 52 23 29 .442 7.5 274 288 -14 W2 13-12 10-17 3 10 22 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 50 22 28 .440 7.5 209 231 -22 L2 15-15 7-13 4 11 23 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 49 21 28 .429 8.0 212 226 -14 W2 12-10 9-18 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
2009 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 50 30 20 .600 0.0 271 234 37 L1 17-10 13-10 1 1 5 Yes dnq
2009 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 49 27 22 .551 2.5 233 244 -11 W1 14-12 13-10 2 4 10 Yes Lost in ALCS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 51 24 27 .471 6.5 197 230 -33 L1 12-12 12-15 3 7 17 -- dnq
2009 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 48 20 28 .417 9.0 205 247 -42 W1 10-14 10-14 4 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
2009 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 49 30 19 .612 0.0 234 208 26 W1 17-9 13-10 1 2 2 Yes dnq
2009 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 51 26 25 .510 5.0 231 266 -35 L1 13-10 13-15 2 8 13 -- dnq
2009 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 48 23 25 .479 6.5 267 245 22 W3 10-16 13-9 3 9 15 -- Lost World Series (NY Yankees)
2009 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 50 23 27 .460 7.5 220 224 -4 W1 10-13 13-14 4 12 21 -- dnq
2009 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 50 19 31 .380 11.5 241 308 -67 L6 10-14 9-17 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
2009 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 50 30 20 .600 0.0 235 211 24 W3 14-11 16-9 1 3 3 Yes dnq
2009 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 49 28 21 .571 1.5 222 216 6 L3 17-8 11-13 2 4 7 Yes dnq
2009 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 50 28 22 .560 2.0 228 195 33 L1 17-9 11-13 3 5 9 Yes Lost in NLDS (LA Dodgers)
2009 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 49 23 26 .469 6.5 218 213 5 L1 16-10 7-16 4 10 18 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 49 21 28 .429 8.5 205 242 -37 W1 9-15 12-13 5 13 27 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 50 19 31 .380 11.0 214 216 -2 L1 11-12 8-19 6 15 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
2009 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 52 33 19 .635 0.0 287 200 87 W1 18-5 15-14 1 1 1 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 50 28 22 .560 4.0 200 230 -30 W1 17-6 11-16 2 6 8 -- dnq
2009 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 51 26 25 .510 6.5 217 254 -37 L1 17-14 9-11 3 7 12 -- dnq
2009 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 49 23 26 .469 8.5 193 196 -3 W1 16-11 7-15 4 11 19 -- dnq
2009 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 49 21 28 .429 10.5 238 255 -17 L1 7-16 14-12 5 14 25 -- Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
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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
  • 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
Juan Ciriaco San Francisco Giants Minors Placed on reserve list
Jay Jackson Chicago Cubs DL-7 DL-7 Unknown
Carlos Cedeno Tampa Bay Rays Minors Assigned to DSL Rays [Dsl] (Rk)
Eliazer Suero Tampa Bay Rays Minors Assigned to GCL Rays [GCL] (Rk)
Cory Doyne Washington Nationals Hist Signed to minor league contract
Eric Stults Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Sprained left thumb *Hard landing after fielding a bunt*
Kip Wells Washington Nationals Injury DL - right adductor strain
John Buck Kansas City Royals Injury DL - slight herination in lower back
Grady Sizemore Cleveland Indians Injury DL - left elbow synovitis
Donnie Veal Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - right groin strain
10 record(s)