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Tuesday, September 16,2008

Tuesday, September 16,2008

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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
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 San Francisco Giants  0 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 box | pbp Chase Field Dan Haren Matt Cain -- 33,195 2:06
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Philadelphia Phillies  8 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Turner Field Ryan Madson Mike Gonzalez Brad Lidge 30,319 3:41
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ryan Dempster CC Sabathia Kerry Wood 40,738 3:02
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Bronson Arroyo Braden Looper -- 19,708 2:32
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 San Diego Padres  3 Colorado Rockies  10 box | pbp Coors Field Ubaldo Jimenez Shawn Estes -- 25,507 2:38
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Houston Astros  1 Florida Marlins  5 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Chris Volstad Roy Oswalt -- 12,232 2:24
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp PNC Park Derek Lowe Jeff Karstens -- 12,741 2:30
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 New York Mets  0 Washington Nationals  1 box | pbp Nationals Park Odalis Perez Mike Pelfrey Joel Hanrahan 24,997 2:38
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Minnesota Twins  9 Cleveland Indians  12 box | pbp Progressive Field Tom Mastny Joe Nathan -- 21,295 4:25
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Seattle Mariners  3 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Brandon Duckworth Brandon Morrow Joakim Soria 19,135 2:31
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Chicago White Sox  6 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Gavin Floyd Andy Pettitte -- 52,558 3:02
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Los Angeles Angels  1 Oakland Athletics  8 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Sean Gallagher John Lackey -- 14,325 2:23
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Boston Red Sox  1 Tampa Bay Rays  2 box | pbp Tropicana Field Dan Wheeler Justin Masterson -- 32,079 2:51
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Detroit Tigers  4 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Jamey Wright Fernando Rodney -- 14,659 2:35
2008 reg season 2008-09-16 Baltimore Orioles  2 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Rogers Centre Chris Waters Shaun Marcum -- 25,746 2:35
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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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
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 149 89 60 .597 0.0 690 611 79 W1 54-22 35-38 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 151 89 62 .589 1.0 799 634 165 L1 52-22 37-40 2 3 4 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 151 80 71 .530 10.0 725 694 31 L1 43-33 37-38 3 6 12 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 151 80 71 .530 10.0 669 577 92 L3 43-30 37-41 4 7 11 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 149 67 82 .450 22.0 750 806 -56 W2 36-37 31-45 5 12 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
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 150 84 66 .560 0.0 755 661 94 W1 51-26 33-40 1 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 151 82 69 .543 2.5 779 688 91 L3 49-26 33-43 2 5 9 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 151 74 77 .490 10.5 740 706 34 W2 41-36 33-41 3 9 18 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 150 70 80 .467 14.0 759 782 -23 L6 37-37 33-43 4 10 20 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 151 67 84 .444 17.5 632 750 -118 W5 35-41 32-43 5 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
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 150 92 58 .613 0.0 696 632 64 L1 49-29 43-29 1 1 1 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 152 75 77 .493 18.0 835 897 -62 W2 38-36 37-41 2 8 16 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 150 70 80 .467 22.0 598 628 -30 W3 39-37 31-43 3 11 19 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 150 57 93 .380 35.0 619 745 -126 L6 31-43 26-50 4 14 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
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 151 84 67 .556 0.0 741 633 108 W5 44-31 40-36 1 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 150 83 67 .553 0.5 737 654 83 L3 45-29 38-38 2 3 7 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 150 78 72 .520 5.5 702 723 -21 W6 42-34 36-38 3 8 14 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 151 67 84 .444 17.0 702 726 -24 L1 41-35 26-49 4 13 26 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 151 58 93 .384 26.0 600 753 -153 W2 33-40 25-53 5 15 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
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 149 91 58 .611 0.0 795 607 188 W5 52-24 39-34 1 1 2 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 151 83 68 .550 9.0 698 647 51 L5 44-31 39-37 2 4 8 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 150 80 70 .533 11.5 667 688 -21 L3 43-31 37-39 3 5 10 -- dnq
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 150 78 72 .520 13.5 706 674 32 L6 40-34 38-38 4 7 15 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 150 69 81 .460 22.5 651 737 -86 W3 39-36 30-45 5 10 21 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 151 63 88 .417 29.0 686 834 -148 L2 37-39 26-49 6 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
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 151 79 72 .523 0.0 642 593 49 W2 45-30 34-42 1 6 13 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 150 74 76 .493 4.5 663 654 9 W2 43-33 31-43 2 9 17 -- dnq
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 152 69 83 .454 10.5 700 777 -77 W1 41-36 28-47 3 11 22 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 151 68 83 .450 11.0 596 703 -107 L2 35-40 33-43 4 12 23 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 152 58 94 .382 21.5 595 713 -118 L1 34-44 24-50 5 16 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
C.C. Lee Cleveland Indians Hist Signed as amateur free agent
1 record(s)