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Friday, June 6,1997

Friday, June 6,1997

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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 1997-06-06 New York Mets  2 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Brett Tomko Rick Reed Jeff Shaw 21,339 2:29
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Alan Benes Chan Ho Park Dennis Eckersley 41,231 2:47
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Chicago Cubs  0 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jim Bullinger Geremi Gonzalez -- 12,838 2:27
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Marc Wilkins Jerry Spradlin -- 15,165 3:24
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Houston Astros  8 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jose Lima Joey Hamilton Billy Wagner 21,700 3:27
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Atlanta Braves  9 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Paul Byrd Joe Roa -- 16,948 3:20
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Cleveland Indians  7 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Orel Hershiser Tom Gordon -- 30,202 3:01
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Baltimore Orioles  3 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Doug Drabek Scott Erickson Roberto Hernandez 21,304 3:08
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Seattle Mariners  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Derek Lowe Omar Olivares Bobby Ayala 25,547 2:29
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Texas Rangers  1 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Jose Rosado John Burkett -- 16,793 2:25
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Anaheim Angels  7 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Greg Swindell Pep Harris Rick Aguilera 21,045 3:17
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Milwaukee Brewers  3 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Kenny Rogers Jose Mercedes Mariano Rivera 24,578 3:28
1997 reg season 1997-06-06 Oakland Athletics  1 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Rogers Centre Roger Clemens Mike Oquist Paul Quantrill 32,208 2:38
13 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 54 38 16 .704 0.0 309 213 96 L1 17-9 21-7 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 59 32 27 .542 8.5 332 267 65 W1 18-13 14-14 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 56 27 29 .482 12.0 214 246 -32 W1 14-13 13-16 3 8 17 -- dnq
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 57 26 31 .456 13.5 293 281 12 L3 12-17 14-14 4 11 21 -- dnq
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 57 23 34 .404 16.5 293 320 -27 L1 12-18 11-16 5 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
1997 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 55 29 26 .527 0.0 312 300 12 W2 14-15 15-11 1 5 10 Yes Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 56 28 28 .500 1.5 277 281 -4 L2 8-19 20-9 2 7 14 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 57 27 30 .474 3.0 301 305 -4 W1 12-16 15-14 3 9 18 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 56 26 30 .464 3.5 245 268 -23 W1 14-14 12-16 4 10 20 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 59 26 33 .441 5.0 280 336 -56 W1 12-15 14-18 5 12 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
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 57 31 26 .544 0.0 275 256 19 L1 14-13 17-13 1 2 7 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 59 32 27 .542 0.0 351 341 10 W5 18-12 14-15 2 3 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 57 30 27 .526 1.0 305 288 17 L1 12-16 18-11 3 6 11 -- dnq
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 61 25 36 .410 8.0 297 382 -85 L1 12-21 13-15 4 13 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 East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 59 40 19 .678 0.0 295 193 102 W3 19-9 21-10 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 57 33 24 .579 6.0 242 222 20 L1 13-14 20-10 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 59 33 26 .559 7.0 274 212 62 L1 16-14 17-12 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 58 30 28 .517 9.5 283 283 0 W1 11-17 19-11 4 6 12 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 58 20 38 .345 19.5 206 321 -115 L1 9-21 11-17 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 Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 59 30 29 .508 0.0 248 268 -20 W2 16-13 14-16 1 7 13 Yes dnq
1997 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 60 30 30 .500 0.5 260 252 8 W1 14-18 16-12 2 8 15 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 58 27 31 .466 2.5 247 229 18 W1 11-20 16-11 3 10 19 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 59 24 35 .407 6.0 247 262 -15 L2 10-22 14-13 4 12 25 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 59 23 36 .390 7.0 218 292 -74 W2 9-21 14-15 5 13 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 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 58 33 25 .569 0.0 242 254 -12 L1 15-12 18-13 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 58 32 26 .552 1.0 359 330 29 W1 16-16 16-10 2 5 6 -- dnq
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 58 28 30 .483 5.0 207 198 9 L2 10-17 18-13 3 9 16 -- dnq
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 58 26 32 .448 7.0 280 292 -12 L2 12-14 14-18 4 11 22 -- dnq
28 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.
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Matt Childers Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed out of draft (Georgia HS)
David Eckstein Boston Red Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Florida)
Mike Frank Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed out of draft (Santa Clara)
Paul Hoover Tampa Bay Devil Rays Hist Signed out of draft (Kent State)
Mike Lamb Texas Rangers Hist Signed out of draft (Cal State Fullerton)
Talmadge Nunnari Montreal Expos Hist Signed out of draft (Jacksonville)
Horacio Ramirez Atlanta Braves Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Jason Roach New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (UNC Wilmington)
Jason Standridge Tampa Bay Devil Rays Hist Signed out of draft (Alabama HS)
Scott Wiggins New York Yankees Hist Signed out of draft (Northern Kentucky)
Randy Williams Chicago Cubs Hist Signed out of draft (Lamar)
Edgar Ramos Houston Astros Hist Returned to Houston Astros
Todd Van Poppel -- Hist Released by Royals
Vladimir Guerrero Montreal Expos Injury DL - Strained right hamstring
Sterling Hitchcock San Diego Padres Injury DL - Strained left elbow
15 record(s)