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Saturday, April 26,1997

Saturday, April 26,1997

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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
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 San Diego Padres  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field Mark Wohlers Trevor Hoffman -- 45,473 2:56
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bob Patterson Ricardo Rincon Mel Rojas 29,323 3:31
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  10 box | pbp Cinergy Field Pete Schourek Curt Schilling -- 27,357 2:47
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Florida Marlins  8 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Alex Fernandez Ismael Valdez -- 41,452 3:26
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 San Francisco Giants  2 Houston Astros  0 box | pbp Astrodome Shawn Estes Chris Holt -- 36,837 2:17
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 New York Mets  1 Montreal Expos  8 box | pbp Stade Olympique Pedro Martinez Dave Mlicki -- 42,888 2:34
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Colorado Rockies  4 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bill Swift Matt Morris Bruce Ruffin 45,681 2:46
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Detroit Tigers  2 Anaheim Angels  0 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Brian Moehler Chuck Finley -- 30,872 2:18
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Boston Red Sox  5 Baltimore Orioles  14 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Jimmy Key Aaron Sele Mike Johnson 47,727 3:15
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Cleveland Indians  8 Milwaukee Brewers  9 box | pbp County Stadium Doug Jones Jose Mesa -- 13,028 3:42
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Texas Rangers  6 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bobby Witt Scott Aldred Eric Gunderson 17,956 2:57
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Chicago White Sox  2 New York Yankees  10 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Cone James Baldwin Mariano Rivera 28,817 3:17
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Kansas City Royals  6 Oakland Athletics  7 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Aaron Small Mitch Williams -- 21,097 4:15
1997 reg season 1997-04-26 Seattle Mariners  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Paul Quantrill Derek Lowe -- 31,420 2:51
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
1997 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 20 14 6 .700 0.0 107 74 33 W2 5-4 9-2 1 1 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 4.0 118 110 8 L2 6-7 5-4 2 6 13 -- dnq
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 4.0 92 85 7 W1 5-4 5-6 3 5 14 -- dnq
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 4.5 135 106 29 W1 7-7 4-5 4 8 15 -- Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 6.0 125 142 -17 W1 5-8 5-6 5 13 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
1997 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 0.0 143 151 -8 L1 7-6 4-5 1 7 12 Yes Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 0.5 114 129 -15 L4 5-8 6-4 2 9 16 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 0.5 84 98 -14 W1 3-6 6-4 3 11 19 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 1.0 99 102 -3 L1 6-6 3-5 4 12 21 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 22 7 15 .318 4.0 101 124 -23 L1 4-7 3-8 5 14 27 -- 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
1997 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.0 145 136 9 L1 7-2 7-7 1 2 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 20 12 8 .600 0.5 88 77 11 W4 5-3 7-5 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 2.0 112 125 -13 W1 4-6 8-5 3 4 11 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 3.0 111 115 -4 L1 4-4 6-7 4 10 18 -- 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
1997 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 21 16 5 .762 0.0 110 64 46 W2 6-4 10-1 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 4.0 83 78 5 W2 3-7 9-2 2 5 8 Yes Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 4.5 98 99 -1 W6 4-6 7-3 3 6 10 -- dnq
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 22 8 14 .364 8.5 87 89 -2 L2 3-8 5-6 4 10 23 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 21 7 14 .333 9.0 73 100 -27 L1 5-8 2-6 5 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
1997 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.0 96 73 23 L1 7-5 7-3 1 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 3.5 72 105 -33 L2 5-6 5-5 2 8 17 -- dnq
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 21 7 14 .333 6.5 60 74 -14 L3 4-10 3-4 3 12 25 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 22 7 15 .318 7.0 88 138 -50 W1 2-12 5-3 4 13 26 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 21 4 17 .190 9.5 71 105 -34 W2 2-10 2-7 5 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
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 20 15 5 .750 0.0 150 100 50 W5 8-2 7-3 1 3 2 Yes dnq
1997 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 20 15 5 .750 0.0 76 59 17 W1 6-1 9-4 2 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 4.0 72 63 9 L2 3-3 8-6 3 7 9 -- dnq
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 6.0 88 77 11 L4 3-3 6-8 4 9 20 -- dnq
28 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
Joey Eischen Cincinnati Reds Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)