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Sunday, May 15,1988

Sunday, May 15,1988

Baseball on this Date

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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
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Oakland Athletics  7 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Curt Young Mark Williamson Dennis Eckersley 29,664 2:55
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Seattle Mariners  11 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Michael Jackson Lee Smith -- 33,109 3:21
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bobby Thigpen Mark Eichhorn -- 13,948 3:27
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Minnesota Twins  10 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Viola Jack Morris -- 29,568 2:49
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Cleveland Indians  5 Milwaukee Brewers  9 box | pbp County Stadium Bill Wegman Scott Bailes Paul Mirabella 17,511 2:53
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 California Angels  2 New York Yankees  9 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Charles Hudson Chuck Finley -- 51,006 2:26
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Kansas City Royals  5 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mark Gubicza Charlie Hough Gene Garber 30,438 3:25
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Chicago Cubs  2 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Rick Sutcliffe Danny Darwin -- 32,755 2:37
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tim Belcher David Palmer -- 41,045 3:07
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Cincinnati Reds  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Franco Barry Jones -- 33,789 4:08
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Montreal Expos  1 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Andy Hawkins Jeff Parrett Mark Davis 21,478 2:32
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 New York Mets  1 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike LaCoss Sid Fernandez -- 43,484 2:45
1988 reg season 1988-05-15 Atlanta Braves  6 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Todd Worrell Bruce Sutter -- 45,166 3:13
13 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
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 36 24 12 .667 0.0 228 150 78 W2 11-6 13-6 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 36 22 14 .611 2.0 166 145 21 L1 12-8 10-6 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 2.5 165 148 17 L2 11-6 10-8 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 33 19 14 .576 3.5 157 125 32 L1 8-5 11-9 4 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 4.5 159 133 26 W1 7-9 12-7 5 6 10 -- dnq
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 36 15 21 .417 9.0 172 170 2 L3 8-11 7-10 6 12 21 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 36 5 31 .139 19.0 99 209 -110 L2 1-18 4-13 7 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
1988 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 36 26 10 .722 0.0 210 144 66 W2 16-4 10-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 7.0 154 172 -18 W3 8-7 10-9 2 7 11 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 7.5 125 141 -16 L1 6-9 12-8 3 8 12 -- dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 9.5 145 144 1 W1 9-10 7-9 4 9 17 -- dnq
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 10.0 149 177 -28 W2 5-11 10-8 5 10 18 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 38 16 22 .421 11.0 172 220 -48 W1 9-13 7-9 6 11 20 -- dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 37 14 23 .378 12.5 164 187 -23 L2 8-12 6-11 7 13 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
1988 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 34 23 11 .676 0.0 167 125 42 L3 12-8 11-3 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 36 23 13 .639 1.0 164 136 28 L2 9-8 14-5 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 5.5 157 151 6 W1 12-11 6-6 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 7.0 150 162 -12 W1 7-10 10-9 4 8 16 -- dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 8.5 133 137 -4 L4 6-13 9-7 5 9 19 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 10.0 119 144 -25 L2 5-14 7-8 6 10 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
1988 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 33 21 12 .636 0.0 160 110 50 W2 10-5 11-7 1 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 2.5 145 113 32 L1 6-8 13-7 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 4.0 143 151 -8 W3 8-8 11-10 3 6 14 -- dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 4.5 150 143 7 W2 10-10 8-8 4 7 15 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 35 13 22 .371 9.0 88 136 -48 W3 2-12 11-10 5 11 24 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 33 10 23 .303 11.0 111 179 -68 L1 6-9 4-14 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Don Slaught New York Yankees Injury DL - Sore left groin *Running out a grounder*
Brian Fisher Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)