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Wednesday, August 31,2011

Wednesday, August 31,2011

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Colorado Rockies  2 Arizona Diamondbacks  4 box | pbp Chase Field Josh Collmenter Esmil Rogers J.J. Putz 23,062 2:33
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Washington Nationals  1 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field Derek Lowe John Lannan Craig Kimbrel 20,687 2:12
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  0 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Cliff Lee Dontrelle Willis Ryan Madson 18,567 2:53
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Minute Maid Park J.A. Happ James McDonald Mark Melancon 22,918 2:28
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 San Diego Padres  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ted Lilly Wade LeBlanc Javy Guerra 27,767 3:08
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp Miller Park Jake Westbrook Randy Wolf -- 38,073 2:34
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Florida Marlins  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Citi Field Manny Acosta Chris Volstad Bobby Parnell 27,905 2:48
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Chicago Cubs  0 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp AT&T Park Madison Bumgarner Rodrigo Lopez -- 41,099 2:29
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Toronto Blue Jays  13 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Henderson Alvarez Jo-Jo Reyes -- 14,211 2:26
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 New York Yankees  5 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Josh Beckett Phil Hughes -- 38,021 3:16
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Minnesota Twins  7 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Scott Diamond Jake Peavy Joe Nathan 20,346 2:42
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Oakland Athletics  3 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Progressive Field Frank Herrmann Josh Outman -- 15,202 5:02
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Kansas City Royals  4 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Comerica Park Daniel Schlereth Blake Wood Jose Valverde 33,572 2:27
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Los Angeles Angels  1 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Safeco Field Felix Hernandez Dan Haren -- 18,520 2:15
2011 reg season 2011-08-31 Tampa Bay Rays  4 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington James Shields Alexi Ogando -- 28,034 2:39
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
2011 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 135 83 52 .615 0.0 729 565 164 W1 41-26 42-26 1 1 2 Yes dnq
2011 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 134 81 53 .604 1.5 732 538 194 L1 41-26 40-27 2 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Tigers)
2011 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 135 74 61 .548 9.0 575 511 64 W1 35-31 39-30 3 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rangers)
2011 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 136 68 68 .500 15.5 640 623 17 W1 33-34 35-34 4 9 15 -- dnq
2011 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 134 54 80 .403 28.5 567 706 -139 L1 32-38 22-42 5 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
2011 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 136 75 61 .551 0.0 614 608 6 W2 39-28 36-33 1 4 8 Yes Lost in ALCS (Rangers)
2011 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 133 68 65 .511 5.5 565 576 -11 W3 39-29 29-36 2 7 13 -- dnq
2011 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 134 68 66 .507 6.0 544 546 -2 L1 31-37 37-29 3 8 14 -- dnq
2011 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 136 57 79 .419 18.0 523 671 -148 W1 29-39 28-40 4 12 27 -- dnq
2011 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 137 56 81 .409 19.5 596 657 -61 L2 33-37 23-44 5 13 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
2011 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 137 77 60 .562 0.0 689 591 98 L1 43-28 34-32 1 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Cardinals)
2011 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 136 73 63 .537 3.5 552 528 24 L1 38-28 35-35 2 6 10 -- dnq
2011 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 136 60 76 .441 16.5 536 576 -40 L5 35-30 25-46 3 10 23 -- dnq
2011 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 135 58 77 .430 18.0 470 555 -85 W1 32-35 26-42 4 11 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
2011 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 132 86 46 .652 0.0 599 429 170 W3 46-22 40-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)
2011 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 135 80 55 .593 7.5 554 490 64 W1 42-26 38-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
2011 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 134 65 69 .485 22.0 592 607 -15 W1 29-36 36-33 3 8 17 -- dnq
2011 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 134 63 71 .470 24.0 514 548 -34 L1 37-28 26-43 4 10 19 -- dnq
2011 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 135 60 75 .444 27.5 524 602 -78 L1 26-43 34-32 5 13 22 -- 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
2011 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 137 81 56 .591 0.0 605 551 54 L2 50-18 31-38 1 3 5 Yes Lost in NLCS (Cardinals)
2011 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 136 72 64 .529 8.5 634 591 43 W3 35-31 37-33 2 5 11 Yes Won World Series (Rangers)
2011 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 136 67 69 .493 13.5 629 593 36 L3 37-33 30-36 3 7 16 -- dnq
2011 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 136 62 74 .456 18.5 519 577 -58 L4 31-37 31-37 4 12 21 -- dnq
2011 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 137 59 78 .431 22.0 553 659 -106 L1 32-37 27-41 5 15 25 -- dnq
2011 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 137 47 90 .343 34.0 528 674 -146 W4 26-42 21-48 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
2011 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 137 78 59 .569 0.0 612 573 39 W9 42-26 36-33 1 4 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Diamondbacks)
2011 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 137 72 65 .526 6.0 460 483 -23 W1 39-30 33-35 2 6 12 -- dnq
2011 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 135 65 70 .481 12.0 524 520 4 W3 36-35 29-35 3 9 18 -- dnq
2011 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 137 64 73 .467 14.0 626 642 -16 L3 35-33 29-40 4 11 20 -- dnq
2011 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 137 60 77 .438 18.0 514 529 -15 L7 28-38 32-39 5 14 24 -- 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
Taylor Motter Tampa Bay Rays Minors Assigned to Bowling Green (A)
Phillip Evans New York Mets Minors Assigned to Brooklyn (A-)
Carlos Villanueva Toronto Blue Jays Active Activated from DL
Frankie Reed Florida Marlins DL-7 DL-7 Strained left shoulder
Matt Sheely -- Free Agt Released by Red Sox
Joey Gathright Boston Red Sox Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Jeremy Hermida San Diego Padres Hist Claimed on waivers from Reds by Padres
Matt Treanor Texas Rangers Hist Sold by Kansas City Royals to Texas
Conor Jackson Boston Red Sox Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics to Boston for Jason Rice
Matt Diaz Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Atlanta for Eliecer Cardenas (9/20/2011)
Mike Gonzalez Texas Rangers Hist Traded from Baltimore Orioles to Texas for Pedro Strop (9/1/2011)
Jack Wilson Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Seattle Mariners to Atlanta for Luis Caballero (9/30/2011)
George Sherrill Atlanta Braves Injury DL - left elbow inflammation
Pat Burrell San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
Bobby Jenks Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
Manuel Ruiz Milwaukee Brewers Minors Assigned to Brevard County [FSL] (A+)
16 record(s)
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