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Monday, May 16,1988

Monday, May 16,1988

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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 1988-05-16 Oakland Athletics  3 Boston Red Sox  0 box | pbp Fenway Park Storm Davis Jeff Sellers Dennis Eckersley 24,642 2:45
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dave Stieb Ricky Horton -- 8,310 2:33
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Detroit Tigers  1 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Chris Bosio Walt Terrell Dan Plesac 8,976 2:48
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Seattle Mariners  1 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I John Candelaria Mike Moore Dave Righetti 17,651 2:25
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Kansas City Royals  7 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Floyd Bannister Paul Kilgus Steve Farr 15,532 2:52
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Atlanta Braves  2 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Browning Kevin Coffman Rob Murphy 17,972 2:14
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Houston Astros  9 box | pbp Astrodome Jim Deshaies Bob Walk -- 13,570 2:31
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 New York Mets  7 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dwight Gooden Greg Booker Roger McDowell 15,445 3:21
1988 reg season 1988-05-16 Philadelphia Phillies  3 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Shane Rawley Rick Reuschel -- 6,278 2:06
9 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
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 37 25 12 .676 0.0 231 151 80 W3 11-6 14-6 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 36 22 14 .611 2.5 166 145 21 L1 12-8 10-6 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 3.5 166 151 15 L3 11-7 10-8 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 19 15 .559 4.5 157 128 29 L2 8-5 11-10 4 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 4.5 162 134 28 W2 7-9 13-7 5 6 10 -- dnq
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 9.0 177 171 6 W1 9-11 7-10 6 11 19 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 36 5 31 .139 19.5 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 37 27 10 .730 0.0 213 144 69 W3 17-4 10-6 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 8.0 155 177 -22 L1 8-7 10-10 2 7 11 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 8.5 131 148 -17 L2 6-9 12-9 3 8 15 -- dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 9.5 152 150 2 W2 10-10 7-9 4 9 17 -- dnq
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 10.5 149 177 -28 W2 5-11 10-8 5 10 18 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 39 16 23 .410 12.0 173 223 -50 L1 9-14 7-9 6 12 21 -- dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 37 14 23 .378 13.0 164 187 -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 35 24 11 .686 0.0 174 129 45 W1 13-8 11-3 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 37 23 14 .622 2.0 166 145 21 L3 9-9 14-5 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 6.0 157 151 6 W1 12-11 6-6 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 7.5 150 162 -12 W1 7-10 10-9 4 8 16 -- dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 35 15 20 .429 9.0 133 137 -4 L4 6-13 9-7 5 9 20 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 35 14 21 .400 10.0 122 144 -22 W1 6-14 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 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 35 20 15 .571 2.0 154 115 39 W1 6-8 14-7 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 4.0 154 145 9 W3 10-10 9-8 3 6 13 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 4.5 143 154 -11 L1 8-8 11-11 4 7 14 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 36 13 23 .361 9.5 92 143 -51 L1 2-12 11-11 5 11 24 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 10 24 .294 11.5 113 183 -70 L2 6-10 4-14 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)