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Saturday, September 16,1989

Saturday, September 16,1989

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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 1989-09-16 Kansas City Royals  5 Baltimore Orioles  7 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Gregg Olson Terry Leach -- 44,591 3:20
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Oakland Athletics  2 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park John Dopson Storm Davis Dennis Lamp 33,778 2:32
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 California Angels  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Shawn Hillegas Kirk McCaskill Bobby Thigpen 11,935 2:40
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Texas Rangers  3 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Don August John Barfield Dan Plesac 44,115 3:07
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Detroit Tigers  7 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Allan Anderson Doyle Alexander Gary Wayne 31,727 2:52
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Seattle Mariners  1 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Eric Plunk Randy Johnson Lee Guetterman 22,922 2:34
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Cleveland Indians  2 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Rogers Centre David Wells Doug Jones -- 49,218 3:39
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Cincinnati Reds  1 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Jim Deshaies Ron Robinson -- 22,902 2:16
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Atlanta Braves  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tim Belcher Joe Boever -- 23,192 2:07
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 New York Mets  1 Montreal Expos  10 box | pbp Stade Olympique Pascual Perez Sid Fernandez -- 32,228 2:39
1989 reg season 1989-09-16 Chicago Cubs  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Smiley Greg Maddux -- 15,668 3:08
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
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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 Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 149 82 67 .550 0.0 682 598 84 W2 40-35 42-32 1 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1989 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 150 81 69 .540 1.5 656 645 11 W2 37-38 44-31 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1989 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 149 76 73 .510 6.0 648 623 25 W2 34-41 42-32 3 7 14 -- dnq
1989 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 148 72 76 .486 9.5 688 681 7 W2 32-43 40-33 4 9 16 -- dnq
1989 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 149 68 81 .456 14.0 654 733 -79 W1 30-44 38-37 5 10 19 -- dnq
1989 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 148 67 81 .453 14.5 562 602 -40 L2 30-44 37-37 6 11 20 -- dnq
1989 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 150 56 94 .373 26.5 581 750 -169 L3 19-56 37-38 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 147 88 59 .599 0.0 645 528 117 L2 39-34 49-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Giants)
1989 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 148 85 63 .574 3.5 637 594 43 L3 33-41 52-22 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1989 AL West California Angels franchise | log 148 85 63 .574 3.5 619 526 93 L1 35-38 50-25 3 2 2 Yes dnq
1989 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 148 76 72 .514 12.5 693 664 29 W5 32-43 44-29 4 6 13 -- dnq
1989 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 147 74 73 .503 14.0 639 660 -21 L2 34-39 40-34 5 8 15 -- dnq
1989 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 147 65 82 .442 23.0 641 679 -38 L1 29-43 36-39 6 12 22 -- dnq
1989 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 148 63 85 .426 25.5 637 699 -62 W1 31-44 32-41 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 148 84 64 .568 0.0 633 574 59 L1 41-33 43-31 1 2 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Giants)
1989 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 149 80 69 .537 4.5 581 556 25 W1 37-37 41-34 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1989 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 147 78 69 .531 5.5 608 548 60 L1 30-42 48-27 3 6 11 -- dnq
1989 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 148 77 71 .520 7.0 594 561 33 W1 35-38 42-33 4 7 12 -- dnq
1989 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 149 67 82 .450 17.5 589 628 -39 W1 35-45 32-37 5 10 21 -- dnq
1989 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 148 61 87 .412 23.0 579 673 -94 L1 26-46 34-42 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 148 85 63 .574 0.0 649 549 100 L1 38-37 47-26 1 1 4 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1989 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 148 80 68 .541 5.0 582 588 -6 W1 37-36 43-32 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1989 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 149 80 69 .537 5.5 609 625 -16 W4 35-36 45-33 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1989 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 149 71 78 .477 14.5 524 505 19 W2 32-43 39-35 4 8 17 -- dnq
1989 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 149 70 79 .470 15.5 588 636 -48 L6 33-41 37-38 5 9 18 -- dnq
1989 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 150 58 92 .387 28.0 542 635 -93 L2 28-50 30-42 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Alonzo Powell Minnesota Twins Hist Traded from Montreal Expos to Minnesota Twins for Jim Dwyer (8/28/1989)
Steve Farr Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)