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Tuesday, August 31,1993

Tuesday, August 31,1993

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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
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Texas Rangers  8 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Kenny Rogers Roger Clemens -- 30,455 2:48
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Baltimore Orioles  8 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mike Mussina Phil Leftwich -- 18,328 2:58
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Kansas City Royals  6 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Greg Cadaret Angel Miranda Jeff Montgomery 14,723 2:36
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Cleveland Indians  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Brett Merriman Jason Grimsley -- 17,968 6:17
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Chicago White Sox  11 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Wilson Alvarez Sterling Hitchcock -- 37,511 3:03
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Danny Cox Dennis Eckersley Duane Ward 21,334 3:18
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Detroit Tigers  4 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Jeff Nelson Mike Henneman Ted Power 15,203 3:13
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 San Francisco Giants  2 Atlanta Braves  8 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Greg Maddux Bill Swift -- 46,493 2:29
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ben Rivera Mike Morgan -- 19,961 2:31
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Montreal Expos  14 Colorado Rockies  3 box | pbp Mile High Stadium Gil Heredia Greg Harris -- 46,288 2:52
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 San Diego Padres  1 Florida Marlins  2 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Charlie Hough Tim Worrell Bryan Harvey 24,599 2:10
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Houston Astros  10 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pete Harnisch Dwight Gooden -- 18,211 2:41
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Joel Johnston Kevin Gross -- 16,291 2:37
1993 reg season 1993-08-31 Cincinnati Reds  6 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rob Murphy Rob Dibble -- 24,836 2:55
14 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
1993 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 134 77 57 .575 0.0 690 628 62 W3 36-29 41-28 1 1 4 Yes Won World Series (Phillies)
1993 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 133 75 58 .564 1.5 685 619 66 L1 32-34 43-24 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1993 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 6.0 632 609 23 W2 29-38 41-24 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1993 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 134 71 63 .530 6.0 763 677 86 L1 32-35 39-28 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1993 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 131 69 62 .527 6.5 543 523 20 L1 30-37 39-25 5 6 11 -- dnq
1993 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 14.0 648 665 -17 L2 23-44 39-26 6 10 19 -- dnq
1993 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 134 57 77 .425 20.0 607 650 -43 L1 23-43 34-34 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
1993 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 131 74 57 .565 0.0 645 566 79 W4 35-28 39-29 1 2 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Blue Jays)
1993 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 133 69 64 .519 6.0 558 571 -13 W1 33-33 36-31 2 7 13 -- dnq
1993 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 132 68 64 .515 6.5 697 623 74 W1 31-37 38-26 3 8 14 -- dnq
1993 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 131 65 66 .496 9.0 590 617 -27 W1 27-38 38-28 4 9 16 -- dnq
1993 AL West California Angels franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 14.0 554 621 -67 L1 23-42 36-30 5 11 21 -- dnq
1993 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 131 56 75 .427 18.0 555 665 -110 W1 28-41 28-34 6 12 22 -- dnq
1993 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 131 52 79 .397 22.0 567 700 -133 L2 19-45 33-34 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
1993 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 132 82 50 .621 0.0 732 604 128 W1 36-28 46-22 1 3 3 Yes Lost World Series (Blue Jays)
1993 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 132 72 60 .545 10.0 604 600 4 W1 30-34 42-26 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1993 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 10.0 593 564 29 W6 29-39 44-22 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1993 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 17.5 579 607 -28 L1 28-34 36-35 4 9 18 -- dnq
1993 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 20.0 581 682 -101 W1 29-38 33-32 5 10 20 -- dnq
1993 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 131 55 76 .420 26.5 496 577 -81 W1 24-44 31-32 6 11 24 -- dnq
1993 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 132 46 86 .348 36.0 554 621 -67 L1 24-41 22-45 7 14 28 -- 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
1993 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 131 85 46 .649 0.0 677 522 155 L1 41-24 44-22 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1993 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 132 82 50 .621 3.5 602 465 137 W3 44-24 38-26 2 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1993 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 132 69 63 .523 16.5 587 514 73 W1 32-32 37-31 3 6 12 -- dnq
1993 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 130 66 64 .508 18.5 547 522 25 L1 31-35 35-29 4 7 15 -- dnq
1993 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 134 66 68 .493 20.5 611 611 0 L1 30-39 36-29 5 8 17 -- dnq
1993 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 132 52 80 .394 33.5 568 614 -46 L1 24-42 28-38 6 12 26 -- dnq
1993 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 133 50 83 .376 36.0 584 812 -228 L2 24-45 26-38 7 13 27 -- dnq
28 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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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
Trot Nixon Boston Red Sox Hist Signed out of draft (North Carolina HS)
Ivan Calderon Chicago White Sox Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1993-1993 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Andy Cook -- Hist Released by Yankees
Rich Batchelor St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Smith
Lee Smith New York Yankees Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees for Rich Batchelor
Eric Davis Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers to Detroit Tigers for John DeSilva (9/7/1993)
Hector Fajardo Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)