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Wednesday, June 3,1998

Wednesday, June 3,1998

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Baltimore Orioles  3 Boston Red Sox  0 box | pbp Fenway Park Doug Johns Derek Lowe Arthur Rhodes 31,355 2:40
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Chicago White Sox  10 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Carlos Castillo Pat Rapp -- 13,280 3:04
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Cleveland Indians  2 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Greg Swindell Bartolo Colon Rick Aguilera 8,897 2:36
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  1 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Orlando Hernandez Tony Saunders -- 27,291 2:52
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Texas Rangers  16 Oakland Athletics  10 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Tim Crabtree Blake Stein -- 5,973 3:31
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Anaheim Angels  8 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Chuck Finley Randy Johnson -- 24,944 3:03
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Detroit Tigers  1 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Rogers Centre Roger Clemens Seth Greisinger -- 26,291 2:09
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Florida Marlins  1 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Kerry Wood Livan Hernandez -- 20,942 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 Colorado Rockies  3 box | pbp Coors Field Chuck McElroy Gregg Olson -- 46,279 2:11
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Ramon Martinez Mark Petkovsek Scott Radinsky 35,647 3:23
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Atlanta Braves  5 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Tom Glavine Jeff Juden Mark Wohlers 19,116 2:46
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Montreal Expos  3 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Carlos Perez Wayne Gomes -- 13,592 2:31
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 New York Mets  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jon Lieber Rick Reed Jason Christiansen 17,691 2:10
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Houston Astros  8 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Sean Bergman Joey Hamilton -- 13,229 2:43
1998 reg season 1998-06-03 Cincinnati Reds  5 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Shawn Estes Brett Tomko Robb Nen 13,524 2:38
15 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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 53 40 13 .755 0.0 345 233 112 W3 19-8 21-5 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 56 33 23 .589 8.5 281 266 15 L1 14-12 19-11 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 59 29 30 .492 14.0 255 280 -25 W1 15-14 14-16 3 6 14 -- dnq
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 58 28 30 .483 14.5 293 299 -6 W3 14-15 14-15 4 7 17 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 57 25 32 .439 17.0 224 268 -44 L2 15-16 10-16 5 10 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
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 57 34 23 .596 0.0 325 266 59 L1 18-13 16-10 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 56 26 30 .464 7.5 282 251 31 W2 14-12 12-18 2 8 19 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 57 24 33 .421 10.0 292 351 -59 W1 13-19 10-15 3 11 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 54 21 33 .389 11.5 259 309 -50 L4 10-20 11-13 4 13 26 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 56 21 35 .375 12.5 249 328 -79 L3 13-13 8-22 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
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 57 35 22 .614 0.0 367 301 66 W2 15-12 20-10 1 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 56 30 26 .536 4.5 265 269 -4 W4 14-10 16-16 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 58 26 32 .448 9.5 327 329 -2 L3 12-17 14-15 3 9 21 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 56 23 33 .411 11.5 295 309 -14 L2 12-16 11-17 4 12 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 60 42 18 .700 0.0 329 213 116 W3 17-10 25-8 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 54 31 23 .574 8.0 241 180 61 L3 12-13 19-10 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 56 26 30 .464 14.0 256 279 -23 L2 10-16 16-14 3 11 18 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 58 22 36 .379 19.0 194 284 -90 W2 8-19 14-17 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 58 17 41 .293 24.0 264 359 -95 L8 5-21 12-20 5 16 30 -- 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
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 57 35 22 .614 0.0 297 212 85 W2 19-12 16-10 1 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 58 34 24 .586 1.5 284 254 30 W6 12-13 22-11 2 5 9 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 57 29 28 .509 6.0 307 308 -1 L1 11-19 18-9 3 7 12 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 56 28 28 .500 6.5 237 260 -23 L3 12-13 16-15 4 8 13 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 59 29 30 .492 7.0 236 240 -4 W5 8-17 21-13 5 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 60 27 33 .450 9.5 268 294 -26 L3 15-18 12-15 6 12 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
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 59 36 23 .610 0.0 281 229 52 L2 18-16 18-7 1 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 60 36 24 .600 0.5 299 237 62 W6 16-16 20-8 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 58 28 30 .483 7.5 254 261 -7 W1 14-19 14-11 3 10 16 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 59 25 34 .424 11.0 277 327 -50 W1 16-16 9-18 4 13 23 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 59 19 40 .322 17.0 228 315 -87 L1 9-24 10-16 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Kevin Frederick Minnesota Twins Hist Signed out of draft (Creighton)
Robby Hammock Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Signed out of draft (Georgia)
Dave Kelton Chicago Cubs Hist Signed out of draft (Georgia HS)
Bret Prinz Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Signed out of draft (Phoenix College)
Bud Smith St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (UCLA)
Steve Sparks Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed out of draft (South Alabama)
Tony Torcato San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (California HS)
Ty Wigginton New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (North Carolina)
Dave Williams Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed out of draft (Delaware Technical & CC)
Jack Wilson St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (Oxnard College)
Luis Rivera Kansas City Royals Hist Sold by Houston Astros to Kansas City Royals
Scott Brow New York Yankees Hist Traded from Arizona Diamondbacks with Joe Lisio to New York Yankees for Willie Banks
Willie Banks Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Traded from New York Yankees to Arizona Diamondbacks for Scott Brow and Joe Lisio
Derek Jeter New York Yankees Injury DL - Strained abdominal muscle *Checking his swing*
Joey Hamilton Cincinnati Reds Injury DL - Unknown
Stan Belinda Cincinnati Reds Injury DL - Spinal cord inflammation
Dave Telgheder Oakland Athletics Injury DL - Right knee ACL Surgery
Damon Buford Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
Kevin Mitchell Oakland Athletics Hist Activated from Disabled List
19 record(s)