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Thursday, May 4,1989

Thursday, May 4,1989

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Boston Red Sox  4 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bill Long Wes Gardner Bobby Thigpen 7,443 3:02
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Kansas City Royals  1 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium John Farrell Bret Saberhagen Doug Jones 6,757 2:10
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Don August Frank Viola Dan Plesac 27,037 2:32
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 New York Yankees  11 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dave LaPoint Charlie Hough -- 26,856 3:18
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 California Angels  3 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Bryan Harvey Duane Ward Greg Minton 21,188 3:21
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Tom Glavine Mike Maddux -- 2,047 2:00
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 St. Louis Cardinals  12 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ken Hill Fernando Valenzuela -- 36,689 2:27
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Houston Astros  5 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Danny Darwin Joe Hesketh Dave Smith 11,701 3:17
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Cincinnati Reds  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Randy Myers Rob Dibble -- 29,396 2:34
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Chicago Cubs  4 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mike Bielecki Walt Terrell -- 25,892 2:16
1989 reg season 1989-05-04 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike Krukow Randy Kramer Craig Lefferts 11,820 2:58
11 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
1989 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 0.0 109 110 -1 L1 6-10 7-3 1 5 14 Yes dnq
1989 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 0.0 143 129 14 L1 7-7 6-6 2 7 13 Yes dnq
1989 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 0.0 111 108 3 W4 8-6 5-7 3 6 12 Yes dnq
1989 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 0.5 106 125 -19 W1 8-7 5-7 4 9 17 -- dnq
1989 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 1.0 96 110 -14 W2 5-9 7-5 5 10 19 -- dnq
1989 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 28 10 18 .357 4.0 112 117 -5 L1 5-11 5-7 6 13 25 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1989 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 4.5 85 109 -24 L3 4-12 4-5 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
1989 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 26 18 8 .692 0.0 127 112 15 L1 9-2 9-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 28 19 9 .679 0.0 121 99 22 L1 7-5 12-4 2 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1989 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 1.5 126 101 25 L2 6-6 11-4 3 3 3 -- dnq
1989 AL West California Angels franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 2.0 117 88 29 W2 6-5 11-6 4 4 4 -- dnq
1989 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 5.5 135 139 -4 W3 4-8 10-7 5 8 16 -- dnq
1989 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 8.0 102 136 -34 W1 6-9 5-8 6 11 23 -- dnq
1989 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 8.0 120 127 -7 L4 3-7 7-9 7 12 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
1989 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 0.0 103 86 17 W1 6-7 9-4 1 2 7 Yes dnq
1989 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 0.0 116 88 28 W1 4-6 11-5 2 1 5 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 0.5 98 106 -8 W2 6-7 9-5 3 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Giants)
1989 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 1.0 132 133 -1 L1 3-9 12-4 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 4.0 120 122 -2 L4 6-9 5-6 5 10 20 -- dnq
1989 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 5.0 99 114 -15 L1 4-9 7-8 6 12 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
1989 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 0.0 107 104 3 L1 9-7 6-4 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1989 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 2.0 91 87 4 L1 5-9 9-5 2 6 15 -- dnq
1989 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 2.0 95 123 -28 L2 10-6 5-9 3 7 10 -- dnq
1989 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 2.0 113 106 7 W1 6-8 8-6 4 8 11 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1989 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 3.0 121 114 7 W1 7-6 6-9 5 9 18 -- dnq
1989 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 4.5 109 121 -12 W2 5-11 7-6 6 11 21 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Barry Jones Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Strained right elbow
Rick Rhoden Houston Astros Injury DL - Strained rib cage
Shane Mack San Diego Padres Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)