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Friday, August 7,1998

Friday, August 7,1998

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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
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Seattle Mariners  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Heathcliff Slocumb Dean Crow Mike Timlin 0 3:01
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Seattle Mariners  7 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jamie Moyer Brian Moehler -- 29,039 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Baltimore Orioles  16 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Jimmy Key Travis Miller -- 13,662 3:42
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Kansas City Royals  2 New York Yankees  8 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Cone Pat Rapp -- 14,425 3:00
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Kansas City Royals  2 New York Yankees  14 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I David Wells Chris Haney -- 37,988 2:49
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Cleveland Indians  5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  1 box | pbp Tropicana Field Dwight Gooden Wilson Alvarez -- 29,590 2:42
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Boston Red Sox  3 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Rick Helling Pedro Martinez John Wetteland 34,906 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Oakland Athletics  7 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Rogers Centre Jimmy Haynes Woody Williams Mike Fetters 31,286 3:10
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Milwaukee Brewers  0 Cincinnati Reds  17 box | pbp Cinergy Field Pete Harnisch Brad Woodall -- 20,908 2:57
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 New York Mets  8 Colorado Rockies  7 box | pbp Coors Field Rick Reed Pedro Astacio John Franco 48,365 3:02
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Houston Astros  9 box | pbp Astrodome Randy Johnson Mike Welch -- 52,071 2:21
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Brian Bohanon Todd Van Poppel Jeff Shaw 41,676 2:11
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Arizona Diamondbacks  6 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Brian Anderson Javier Vazquez Gregg Olson 9,798 2:39
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Florida Marlins  3 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Scott Sanders Justin Speier -- 39,145 4:15
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Atlanta Braves  5 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Glavine Kirk Rueter -- 29,676 2:14
1998 reg season 1998-08-07 Chicago Cubs  3 St. Louis Cardinals  16 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Kent Bottenfield Steve Trachsel -- 47,911 2:53
16 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
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 111 82 29 .739 0.0 669 426 243 W2 42-21 40-8 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 113 66 47 .584 17.0 615 501 114 L2 33-30 33-17 2 2 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 59 55 .518 24.5 601 565 36 W4 26-30 33-25 3 6 12 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 28.5 552 579 -27 L3 26-36 30-24 4 7 16 -- dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 112 44 68 .393 38.5 412 520 -108 L1 20-32 24-36 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 Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 114 64 50 .561 0.0 614 531 83 W2 34-26 30-24 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 115 52 63 .452 12.5 507 645 -138 L2 31-26 21-37 2 9 19 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 113 51 62 .451 12.5 528 532 -4 L6 27-28 24-34 3 11 21 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 50 63 .442 13.5 570 674 -104 L1 24-34 25-30 4 12 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 113 46 67 .407 17.5 488 585 -97 L4 23-35 23-32 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
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 114 63 51 .553 0.0 662 625 37 W6 27-27 36-24 1 4 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 113 60 53 .531 2.5 556 553 3 L1 28-22 32-31 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 11.0 607 582 25 W2 22-32 30-30 3 8 18 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 115 52 63 .452 11.5 581 633 -52 W2 23-30 29-33 4 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
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 116 77 39 .664 0.0 605 434 171 W2 35-19 42-20 1 1 2 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 113 61 52 .540 14.5 504 426 78 W2 25-26 36-26 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 20.0 512 583 -71 L1 25-29 31-29 3 9 15 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 116 47 69 .405 30.0 458 563 -105 L1 16-35 31-34 4 14 27 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 116 41 75 .353 36.0 491 643 -152 L1 15-39 26-36 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 115 69 46 .600 0.0 634 467 167 W1 34-28 35-18 1 3 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 116 64 52 .552 5.5 574 543 31 L2 24-29 40-23 2 4 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 115 57 58 .496 12.0 510 550 -40 L3 27-25 30-33 3 8 14 -- dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 114 54 60 .474 14.5 559 570 -11 W3 24-37 30-23 4 10 17 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 17.5 510 559 -49 W1 30-33 22-31 5 12 23 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 116 51 65 .440 18.5 462 487 -25 L3 20-33 31-32 6 13 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 West San Diego Padres franchise | log 116 75 41 .647 0.0 569 455 114 W1 34-29 41-12 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 62 54 .534 13.0 567 514 53 L2 30-32 32-22 2 6 10 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 16.0 496 495 1 W1 28-36 31-21 3 7 13 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 23.0 563 626 -63 L1 25-36 27-28 4 11 22 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 115 44 71 .383 30.5 478 588 -110 W2 23-42 21-29 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 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
Jeff Huson Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1998-1998 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Jeff Juden Anaheim Angels Hist Claimed on waivers from Brewers by Angels
Kevin Mitchell -- Hist Released by Athletics
Alvin Morman San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Strained left hamstring *Unknown*
Billy Wagner Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
Brian Johnson San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
Julian Tavarez San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)