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Sunday, August 16,2009

Sunday, August 16,2009

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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 2009-08-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Arizona Diamondbacks  3 box | pbp Chase Field Randy Wolf Yusmeiro Petit -- 34,012 2:40
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Turner Field J.A. Happ Javier Vazquez Brad Lidge 25,215 2:45
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Washington Nationals  5 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Jorge Sosa Arthur Rhodes Mike MacDougal 18,030 3:04
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Colorado Rockies  3 Florida Marlins  10 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Chris Volstad Aaron Cook -- 0 3:11
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Colorado Rockies  7 Florida Marlins  3 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Jorge de la Rosa Rick van den Hurk Huston Street 20,089 3:24
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Houston Astros  8 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp Miller Park Jeff Fulchino David Weathers Jose Valverde 41,863 3:16
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 San Francisco Giants  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Citi Field Francisco Rodriguez Sergio Romo -- 38,793 2:46
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 San Diego Padres  5 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium III Trever Miller Heath Bell -- 40,812 3:28
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Los Angeles Angels  17 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jason Bulger Brian Bass -- 26,529 4:28
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Kansas City Royals  3 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Comerica Park Joakim Soria Fernando Rodney -- 32,888 3:24
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Cleveland Indians  7 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Aaron Laffey Nick Blackburn -- 30,260 3:28
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Chicago White Sox  2 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Andrew Bailey Bobby Jenks -- 20,241 2:30
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 New York Yankees  3 Seattle Mariners  10 box | pbp Safeco Field Doug Fister Joba Chamberlain -- 45,210 2:52
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Tampa Bay Rays  5 box | pbp Tropicana Field Dan Wheeler Brandon League -- 24,625 3:11
2009 reg season 2009-08-16 Boston Red Sox  3 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Dustin Nippert Junichi Tazawa Frank Francisco 27,155 2:57
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 118 74 44 .627 0.0 657 553 104 W6 38-21 36-23 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Philadelphia)
2009 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 12.5 596 516 80 L2 35-21 26-35 2 4 13 -- Lost in ALDS (LA Angels)
2009 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 15.5 609 535 74 W2 37-20 21-39 3 9 20 -- dnq
2009 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 17.0 557 522 35 L2 30-27 26-33 4 10 22 -- dnq
2009 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 117 49 68 .419 24.5 544 632 -88 W1 28-32 21-36 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 Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 0.0 540 526 14 L2 35-22 25-35 1 7 17 Yes dnq
2009 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 0.0 584 574 10 L2 37-23 23-34 2 6 16 Yes Lost in ALDS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 7.0 592 619 -27 W2 26-31 27-33 3 11 24 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 7.5 547 533 14 L1 30-30 23-35 4 12 25 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 8.0 470 596 -126 W2 30-31 22-34 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
2009 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 0.0 556 502 54 W2 37-24 28-27 1 2 2 Yes dnq
2009 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 118 63 55 .534 3.0 470 520 -50 L4 35-24 28-31 2 3 7 Yes dnq
2009 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 115 59 56 .513 5.5 666 585 81 L1 30-28 29-28 3 5 15 -- Lost in ALCS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 7.5 534 569 -35 W1 29-28 29-31 4 8 19 -- 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 Florida Marlins franchise | log 118 63 55 .534 0.0 565 562 3 L2 37-25 26-30 1 5 8 Yes dnq
2009 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 115 61 54 .530 0.5 601 521 80 W1 28-30 33-24 2 6 9 -- Lost World Series (NY Yankees)
2009 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 1.5 500 533 -33 W1 35-23 26-33 3 9 11 -- dnq
2009 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 117 59 58 .504 3.5 518 473 45 L1 30-28 29-30 4 11 18 -- dnq
2009 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 118 47 71 .398 16.0 537 638 -101 W1 28-31 19-40 5 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 Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 0.0 539 483 56 W4 36-24 28-31 1 3 5 Yes Lost in NLDS (LA Dodgers)
2009 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 1.5 500 573 -73 W1 35-24 27-32 2 7 10 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 2.0 564 589 -25 L1 29-30 32-26 3 8 12 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 115 59 56 .513 3.0 516 491 25 W1 36-21 23-35 4 10 14 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 117 54 63 .462 9.0 465 554 -89 L1 31-27 23-36 5 13 23 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 116 42 74 .362 20.5 468 545 -77 L1 25-30 17-44 6 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 65 53 .551 0.0 580 463 117 W1 34-24 31-29 1 1 3 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 117 64 53 .547 0.5 462 435 27 L1 39-20 25-33 2 2 4 Yes dnq
2009 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 118 63 55 .534 2.0 598 522 76 W2 28-27 35-28 3 4 6 -- Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 7.0 534 560 -26 L1 36-27 22-33 4 12 21 -- dnq
2009 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 119 53 66 .445 12.5 461 606 -145 L3 30-30 23-36 5 14 26 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Henderson Alvarez Toronto Blue Jays DL-7 DL-7 Injured
Torii Hunter Los Angeles Angels Active Activated from DL
Hainley Statia Los Angeles Angels Minors Assigned to Arkansas [Tex] (AA)
Brant Rustich New York Mets Minors Activated from DL
Wang-Wei Lin Minnesota Twins DL-7 DL-60 Injured
Keyvius Sampson San Diego Padres Hist Signed out of draft (Florida HS)
David Wright New York Mets Injury DL - Concussion *Hit in head by Matt Cain fastball*
Scott Lewis Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
8 record(s)