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Monday, August 4,1997

Monday, August 4,1997

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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 1997-08-04 San Francisco Giants  9 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Kirk Rueter Giovanni Carrara -- 17,930 2:36
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Houston Astros  1 Florida Marlins  4 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Livan Hernandez Chris Holt Jay Powell 18,323 2:17
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 St. Louis Cardinals  2 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Rick Reed Manny Aybar John Franco 17,944 2:15
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Colorado Rockies  3 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Tyler Green Frank Castillo -- 15,230 2:36
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Atlanta Braves  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Smoltz Steve Cooke -- 21,609 2:35
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Anaheim Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Scott Karl Ken Hill Mike Fetters 16,426 2:45
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Cleveland Indians  7 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Charles Nagy Scott Sanders -- 26,832 2:58
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 New York Yankees  5 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium David Wells Glendon Rusch Mariano Rivera 29,613 2:55
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Brad Radke Chris Carpenter -- 19,018 3:18
1997 reg season 1997-08-04 Boston Red Sox  11 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Butch Henry Danny Patterson -- 29,601 3:12
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 108 69 39 .639 0.0 564 413 151 W2 38-19 31-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 109 64 45 .587 5.5 582 451 131 W2 30-21 34-24 2 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 112 53 59 .473 18.0 613 608 5 W1 26-28 27-31 3 8 17 -- dnq
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 109 51 58 .468 18.5 550 549 1 L1 20-29 31-29 4 9 19 -- dnq
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 109 51 58 .468 18.5 420 464 -44 L3 26-28 25-30 5 10 20 -- 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 106 57 49 .538 0.0 573 551 22 W1 29-23 28-26 1 5 11 Yes Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 109 55 54 .505 3.5 476 511 -35 W1 20-34 35-20 2 6 13 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 109 53 56 .486 5.5 530 555 -25 L3 25-31 28-25 3 7 15 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 110 50 60 .455 9.0 540 569 -29 W1 25-29 25-31 4 12 23 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 108 46 62 .426 12.0 495 541 -46 L1 21-32 25-30 5 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 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 110 62 48 .564 0.0 645 594 51 W2 33-26 29-22 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 112 63 49 .563 0.0 598 538 60 L1 29-29 34-20 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 110 51 59 .464 11.0 533 550 -17 L1 23-29 28-30 3 11 21 -- dnq
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 113 43 70 .381 20.5 523 661 -138 L2 20-40 23-30 4 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 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 113 71 42 .628 0.0 571 410 161 W1 37-23 34-19 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 110 64 46 .582 5.5 472 436 36 W2 28-26 36-20 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 110 62 48 .564 7.5 516 467 49 W1 29-31 33-17 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 109 57 52 .523 12.0 489 491 -2 W2 23-29 34-23 4 7 12 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 109 36 73 .330 33.0 427 622 -195 W2 15-42 21-31 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 112 61 51 .545 0.0 512 453 59 L1 28-28 33-23 1 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 112 55 57 .491 6.0 480 524 -44 L1 28-30 27-27 2 8 14 -- dnq
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 111 52 59 .468 8.5 454 445 9 L2 23-34 29-25 3 10 18 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 109 46 63 .422 13.5 413 525 -112 L2 19-33 27-30 4 12 25 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 45 67 .402 16.0 467 521 -54 W2 16-41 29-26 5 13 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 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 112 62 50 .554 0.0 521 540 -19 W2 28-25 34-25 1 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 111 60 51 .541 1.5 498 419 79 L2 24-28 36-23 2 6 10 -- dnq
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 111 53 58 .477 8.5 571 613 -42 L2 27-26 26-32 3 9 16 -- dnq
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 113 52 61 .460 10.5 639 651 -12 L3 23-37 29-24 4 11 22 -- dnq
28 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
D.J. Carrasco Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed out of draft (Pima CC)
Terry Clark Texas Rangers Hist Claimed on waivers from Indians by Rangers
Melvin Nieves Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Personal reasons
Phil Plantier St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Srained right side
4 record(s)