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Wednesday, July 8,2009

Wednesday, July 8,2009

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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 2009-07-08 San Diego Padres  2 Arizona Diamondbacks  6 box | pbp Chase Field Clay Zavada Greg Burke -- 20,791 2:50
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Atlanta Braves  4 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Kenshin Kawakami Kevin Hart Rafael Soriano 40,531 2:50
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Washington Nationals  4 Colorado Rockies  10 box | pbp Coors Field Jorge de la Rosa Ross Detwiler -- 23,098 3:03
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Wandy Rodriguez Charlie Morton -- 29,243 2:36
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp Miller Park Todd Coffey Jason Motte Trevor Hoffman 33,655 3:27
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Citi Field Oliver Perez Hiroki Kuroda Francisco Rodriguez 40,027 3:30
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Cincinnati Reds  2 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Ryan Madson David Weathers -- 44,179 3:03
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Florida Marlins  7 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp AT&T Park Chris Volstad Ryan Sadowski -- 34,157 2:22
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Texas Rangers  8 Los Angeles Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Vicente Padilla Ervin Santana -- 37,364 2:51
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Oakland Athletics  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Tim Wakefield Trevor Cahill Jonathan Papelbon 37,981 3:03
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Cleveland Indians  1 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Jose Contreras Aaron Laffey -- 26,772 2:22
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Kansas City Royals  1 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Comerica Park Lucas French Zack Greinke Fernando Rodney 29,104 2:26
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 New York Yankees  4 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome A.J. Burnett Anthony Swarzak Mariano Rivera 38,115 3:00
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Baltimore Orioles  5 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Safeco Field Brian Bass David Aardsma George Sherrill 27,040 3:03
2009 reg season 2009-07-08 Toronto Blue Jays  9 Tampa Bay Rays  10 box | pbp Tropicana Field J.P. Howell Jason Frasor -- 15,252 4:05
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 84 47 37 .560 0.0 471 402 69 W1 24-18 23-19 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Philadelphia)
2009 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 84 46 38 .548 1.0 437 363 74 W2 26-15 20-23 2 4 5 Yes Lost in ALDS (LA Angels)
2009 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 86 45 41 .523 3.0 428 395 33 W1 24-19 21-22 3 6 12 -- dnq
2009 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 85 41 44 .482 6.5 462 384 78 L1 27-14 14-30 4 9 21 -- dnq
2009 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 85 39 46 .459 8.5 400 459 -59 W1 22-22 17-24 5 12 25 -- 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 84 47 37 .560 0.0 399 379 20 W2 24-13 23-24 1 2 2 Yes dnq
2009 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 85 42 43 .494 5.5 402 378 24 L1 27-17 15-26 2 8 16 -- Lost in ALDS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 84 39 45 .464 8.0 329 396 -67 L2 26-20 13-25 3 11 24 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 84 37 47 .440 10.0 380 369 11 W1 20-22 17-25 4 13 27 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 85 37 48 .435 10.5 434 471 -37 L1 20-24 17-24 5 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 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 83 46 37 .554 0.0 419 380 39 W2 25-20 21-17 1 3 4 Yes dnq
2009 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 84 44 40 .524 2.5 332 355 -23 L1 23-16 21-24 2 5 10 Yes dnq
2009 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 83 43 40 .518 3.0 432 411 21 L2 21-21 22-19 3 7 14 -- Lost in ALCS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 83 39 44 .470 7.0 347 390 -43 L2 20-20 19-24 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
2009 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 83 45 38 .542 0.0 360 387 -27 W1 24-17 21-21 1 2 6 Yes dnq
2009 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 86 45 41 .523 1.5 392 407 -15 W1 28-18 17-23 2 7 13 -- dnq
2009 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 84 41 43 .488 4.5 352 360 -8 W2 21-21 20-22 3 10 19 -- dnq
2009 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 82 39 43 .476 5.5 435 395 40 W1 16-25 23-18 4 13 22 -- Lost World Series (NY Yankees)
2009 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 83 31 52 .373 14.0 359 467 -108 W1 18-24 13-28 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 83 44 39 .530 0.0 340 383 -43 L1 25-15 19-24 1 5 9 Yes dnq
2009 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 84 44 40 .524 0.5 392 389 3 W1 20-22 24-18 2 6 11 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 84 43 41 .512 1.5 346 376 -30 W1 22-21 21-20 3 8 15 -- dnq
2009 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 86 42 44 .488 3.5 381 357 24 L1 24-20 18-24 4 9 17 -- Lost in NLDS (LA Dodgers)
2009 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 82 40 42 .488 3.5 338 336 2 L2 26-15 14-27 5 12 20 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 85 33 52 .388 12.0 363 369 -6 L1 19-20 14-32 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 84 52 32 .619 0.0 410 318 92 L1 28-13 24-19 1 1 1 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 84 45 39 .536 7.0 423 384 39 L1 20-18 25-21 2 4 8 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 84 45 39 .536 7.0 345 310 35 L1 26-16 19-23 3 3 7 Yes dnq
2009 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 84 41 43 .488 11.0 320 421 -101 L4 24-19 17-24 4 11 18 -- dnq
2009 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 85 39 46 .459 13.5 374 411 -37 W4 25-21 14-25 5 14 26 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Michael Thomas Boston Red Sox Minors Assigned to Greenville [SAL] (A)
Scott Downs Toronto Blue Jays Active Activated from DL
Buck Coats Toronto Blue Jays Minors Activated from DL
Christian Vazquez Boston Red Sox Minors Assigned to Lowell [NYPL] (A-)
Jake Dunning San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (Indiana)
Steven Baron Seattle Mariners Hist Signed out of draft (Florida HS)
Yamid Haad San Diego Padres Hist Traded by Seattle Mariners to San Diego Padres for future considerations
B.J. Ryan -- Hist Released by Blue Jays
Jon Van Every -- Hist Released by Red Sox
Danny Putnam San Diego Padres Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics to San Diego Padres for Chad Reineke (4/2/2009)
Ronald Belisario Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - irritation in his right elbow
Jose Molina New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
Oliver Perez New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
Matt Chico Washington Nationals Hist Activated from Disabled List
Aaron Laffey Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jed Lowrie Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
16 record(s)