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Thursday, August 24,1989

Thursday, August 24,1989

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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 1989-08-24 Seattle Mariners  2 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Steve Davis Clint Zavaras Doug Jones 12,726 2:35
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 California Angels  5 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bert Blyleven Luis Aquino -- 37,656 2:18
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 Chicago White Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Juan Berenguer Shawn Hillegas Jeff Reardon 31,869 2:45
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 Baltimore Orioles  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Chuck Cary Pete Harnisch -- 0 2:58
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 Baltimore Orioles  9 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dave J. Schmidt Eric Plunk -- 30,214 2:57
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 Oakland Athletics  2 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mike Jeffcoat Storm Davis Gary Mielke 25,604 2:35
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 Detroit Tigers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  11 box | pbp Rogers Centre Mike Flanagan Jack Morris -- 49,201 2:47
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Joe Magrane Tom Glavine -- 8,174 2:13
1989 reg season 1989-08-24 Houston Astros  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Doug Bair Juan Agosto -- 13,884 3:47
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 128 68 60 .531 0.0 576 542 34 W1 29-32 39-28 1 4 10 Yes dnq
1989 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 127 66 61 .520 1.5 585 527 58 W3 34-31 32-30 2 6 12 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1989 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 129 65 64 .504 3.5 552 538 14 L3 27-36 38-28 3 7 13 -- dnq
1989 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 127 61 66 .480 6.5 484 505 -21 W3 29-37 32-29 4 9 16 -- dnq
1989 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 125 60 65 .480 6.5 578 585 -7 W2 31-35 29-30 5 10 18 -- dnq
1989 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 129 58 71 .450 10.5 564 638 -74 L1 26-40 32-31 6 12 21 -- dnq
1989 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 128 47 81 .367 21.0 481 635 -154 L4 18-44 29-37 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 128 78 50 .609 0.0 534 453 81 L1 34-28 44-22 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1989 AL West California Angels franchise | log 126 75 51 .595 2.0 544 432 112 W1 31-28 44-23 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 127 73 54 .575 4.5 545 502 43 L1 31-35 42-19 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 10.5 548 549 -1 W1 32-33 34-26 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 126 62 64 .492 15.0 592 579 13 W2 29-36 33-28 5 8 15 -- dnq
1989 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 20.0 569 584 -15 L8 24-36 33-33 6 11 20 -- dnq
1989 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 127 53 74 .417 24.5 549 632 -83 L2 25-38 28-36 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
1989 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 127 71 56 .559 0.0 534 485 49 L6 37-28 34-28 1 2 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Giants)
1989 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 126 69 57 .548 1.5 523 455 68 L2 24-34 45-23 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 127 69 58 .543 2.0 509 483 26 L1 30-29 39-29 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1989 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 127 69 58 .543 2.0 502 466 36 W1 32-32 36-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1989 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 127 55 72 .433 16.0 491 531 -40 W4 27-39 28-33 5 10 22 -- dnq
1989 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 127 52 75 .409 19.0 502 587 -85 L1 21-39 30-37 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
1989 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 127 73 54 .575 0.0 555 452 103 W2 34-34 39-20 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1989 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 127 69 58 .543 4.0 516 527 -11 L3 31-30 38-28 2 6 9 -- dnq
1989 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 127 63 64 .496 10.0 465 502 -37 W1 33-35 30-29 3 7 14 -- dnq
1989 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 127 61 66 .480 12.0 500 537 -37 W3 30-32 31-34 4 8 17 -- dnq
1989 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 127 60 67 .472 13.0 440 431 9 W1 29-39 31-28 5 9 19 -- dnq
1989 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 128 51 77 .398 22.5 451 532 -81 L1 23-40 28-37 6 12 25 -- 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
Jim Acker Toronto Blue Jays Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves to Toronto Blue Jays for Tony Castillo and Francisco Cabrera
Tony Castillo Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Francisco Cabrera to Atlanta Braves for Jim Acker
Francisco Cabrera Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Tony Castillo to Atlanta Braves for Jim Acker
Paul Assenmacher Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs for Kelly Mann (9/1/1989) and Pat Gomez (9/1/1989)
Eric Hetzel Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
Barry Jones Chicago White Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
Frank Williams Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)