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Wednesday, May 17,1989

Wednesday, May 17,1989

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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
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Boston Red Sox  0 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Abbott Roger Clemens -- 31,230 2:30
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Chicago White Sox  10 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ken Patterson Guillermo Hernandez Shawn Hillegas 15,975 3:30
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Kansas City Royals  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Juan Berenguer Steve Farr -- 20,922 2:50
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 New York Yankees  3 Oakland Athletics  8 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Storm Davis Richard Dotson Dennis Eckersley 24,505 2:52
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Milwaukee Brewers  9 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Chuck Crim Scott Bankhead Dan Plesac 9,271 3:07
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Baltimore Orioles  8 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dave J. Schmidt Charlie Hough -- 12,558 2:56
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Cleveland Indians  6 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Buddy Black Dave Stieb Doug Jones 24,406 2:41
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Atlanta Braves  0 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jeff Pico Zane Smith -- 31,196 2:19
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field John Franco Bill Landrum -- 23,553 3:00
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Andersen Joe Magrane -- 11,605 2:34
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 San Diego Padres  6 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Mark Grant Pascual Perez Greg Harris 10,485 2:55
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Alejandro Pena Rick Aguilera Jay Howell 37,655 3:22
1989 reg season 1989-05-17 San Francisco Giants  6 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Rick Reuschel Ken Howell -- 18,943 2:14
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 Cleveland Indians franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 0.0 162 147 15 W1 9-10 9-9 1 6 15 Yes dnq
1989 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 0.5 142 181 -39 L1 12-12 6-8 2 7 16 -- dnq
1989 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 36 17 19 .472 0.5 183 180 3 L4 8-11 9-8 3 8 17 -- dnq
1989 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 1.0 149 155 -6 W1 7-10 9-9 4 10 19 -- dnq
1989 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 2.0 137 173 -36 W1 7-13 9-8 5 12 23 -- dnq
1989 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 39 14 25 .359 5.0 164 178 -14 L1 5-14 9-11 6 13 25 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1989 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 37 13 24 .351 5.0 133 171 -38 L1 5-14 8-10 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 39 26 13 .667 0.0 174 136 38 W1 10-7 16-6 1 2 2 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1989 AL West California Angels franchise | log 39 26 13 .667 0.0 172 112 60 W5 10-6 16-7 2 1 1 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 39 25 14 .641 1.0 168 137 31 L1 9-9 16-5 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 36 20 16 .556 4.5 168 164 4 L4 11-9 9-7 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 40 21 19 .525 5.5 185 189 -4 L1 8-10 13-9 5 5 9 -- dnq
1989 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 37 17 20 .459 8.0 175 179 -4 W1 6-9 11-11 6 9 18 -- dnq
1989 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 9.0 178 188 -10 W1 11-12 6-10 7 11 21 -- 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 36 20 16 .556 0.0 132 115 17 L2 8-8 12-8 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 1.0 125 133 -8 W3 8-8 12-10 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Giants)
1989 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 37 19 18 .514 1.5 146 136 10 L5 5-10 14-8 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 40 20 20 .500 2.0 177 189 -12 L3 6-12 14-8 4 6 12 -- dnq
1989 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 4.5 154 174 -20 L2 8-10 8-11 5 11 22 -- dnq
1989 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 37 15 22 .405 5.5 140 144 -4 L1 6-13 9-9 6 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 West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 0.0 146 152 -6 W1 12-7 10-9 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1989 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 39 21 18 .538 1.5 166 133 33 W2 11-11 10-7 2 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1989 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 3.0 151 145 6 W5 11-7 8-12 3 9 14 -- dnq
1989 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 3.0 114 104 10 W3 8-11 10-7 4 7 13 -- dnq
1989 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 42 21 21 .500 3.0 138 164 -26 W3 14-11 7-10 5 8 11 -- dnq
1989 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 40 18 22 .450 5.0 163 163 0 L3 8-16 10-6 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Rick Lancellotti Boston Red Sox Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1989-1989 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Ted Power St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Strained rib cage
Mike Henneman Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)