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Friday, September 16,1988

Friday, September 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 1988-09-16 New York Yankees  4 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Wes Gardner Steve Shields Lee Smith 35,226 2:59
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Texas Rangers  2 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Willie Fraser Paul Kilgus -- 25,453 2:41
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Baltimore Orioles  7 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Guillermo Hernandez Mark Thurmond -- 21,001 2:54
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Chicago White Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Shawn Hillegas Jeff Reardon 42,310 2:49
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Kansas City Royals  3 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mark Gubicza Bob Welch -- 33,881 2:15
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Don August Erik Hanson -- 7,497 2:15
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Cleveland Indians  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Tom Henke Don Gordon -- 30,276 3:24
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jose DeLeon Mike Harkey Todd Worrell 15,771 2:39
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Browning Tim Belcher -- 16,591 1:51
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 San Francisco Giants  5 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Atlee Hammaker Bob Knepper Craig Lefferts 14,344 2:43
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Montreal Expos  3 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Randy Myers Joe Hesketh -- 43,331 2:59
1988 reg season 1988-09-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jeff Robinson Greg Harris Jim Gott 17,446 2:58
12 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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 147 83 64 .565 0.0 735 624 111 W1 32-39 51-25 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1988 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 146 78 68 .534 4.5 715 687 28 L1 36-36 42-32 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1988 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 147 78 69 .531 5.0 643 611 32 W1 34-40 44-29 3 6 10 -- dnq
1988 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 149 79 70 .530 5.0 619 555 64 W3 35-38 44-32 4 7 11 -- dnq
1988 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 148 76 72 .514 7.5 693 629 64 W4 37-38 39-34 5 8 14 -- dnq
1988 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 147 70 77 .476 13.0 619 680 -61 L4 32-44 38-33 6 10 19 -- dnq
1988 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 145 51 94 .352 31.0 512 714 -202 L4 19-54 32-40 7 14 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
1988 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 148 93 55 .628 0.0 730 575 155 L1 46-29 47-26 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1988 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 147 82 65 .558 10.5 690 610 80 W2 40-34 42-31 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1988 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 147 79 68 .537 13.5 654 587 67 W4 38-35 41-33 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1988 AL West California Angels franchise | log 148 74 74 .500 19.0 667 686 -19 W1 40-36 34-38 4 9 16 -- dnq
1988 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 146 64 82 .438 28.0 578 672 -94 L2 28-43 36-39 5 11 21 -- dnq
1988 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 146 62 84 .425 30.0 573 709 -136 L4 26-45 36-39 6 12 22 -- dnq
1988 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 147 60 87 .408 32.5 592 681 -89 L1 28-47 32-40 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 146 89 57 .610 0.0 621 481 140 W3 41-33 48-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1988 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 146 78 68 .534 11.0 587 555 32 W1 37-34 41-34 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1988 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 148 74 74 .500 16.0 573 538 35 L1 34-40 40-34 3 7 17 -- dnq
1988 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 148 72 76 .486 18.0 533 562 -29 W2 32-41 40-35 4 9 18 -- dnq
1988 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 148 70 78 .473 20.0 588 620 -32 L3 34-40 35-39 5 10 20 -- dnq
1988 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 148 60 88 .405 30.0 545 675 -130 L2 25-50 34-39 6 11 24 -- 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 146 84 62 .575 0.0 576 499 77 L1 42-29 42-33 1 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Athletics)
1988 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 147 78 69 .531 6.5 588 566 22 L2 36-39 42-30 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1988 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 146 77 69 .527 7.0 587 553 34 W2 38-37 39-32 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1988 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 147 76 71 .517 8.5 619 578 41 W4 34-38 42-33 4 6 13 -- dnq
1988 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 144 72 72 .500 11.0 510 523 -13 L3 30-39 42-33 5 8 15 -- dnq
1988 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 144 49 95 .340 34.0 502 679 -177 L5 25-51 24-44 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Leon Durham Cincinnati Reds Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)