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2008 Stats Through Thursday, May 8
American League Click F.E. for Team's Franchise Encyclopedia.
   Expanded Standings · Wild Card · Leaders · Batting · Pitching · Splits: Bat · Pitch
EastWLGB
BOS  F.E. 23 14 ---
TBR  F.E. 18 16 3.5
NYY  F.E. 18 18 4.5
BAL  F.E. 17 18 5.0
TOR  F.E. 17 19 5.5
CentralWLGB
MIN  F.E. 17 16 ---
CHW  F.E. 16 17 1.0
CLE  F.E. 16 18 1.5
KCR  F.E. 15 19 2.5
DET  F.E. 15 21 3.5
WestWLGB
LAA  F.E. 22 14 ---
OAK  F.E. 22 14 ---
TEX  F.E. 16 20 6.0
SEA  F.E. 14 22 8.0
National League Click F.E. for Team's Franchise Encyclopedia.
   Expanded Standings · Wild Card · Leaders · Batting · Pitching · Splits: Bat · Pitch
EastWLGB
FLA  F.E. 20 14 ---
PHI  F.E. 20 16 1.0
ATL  F.E. 18 15 1.5
NYM  F.E. 17 15 2.0
WSN  F.E. 15 20 5.5
CentralWLGB
STL  F.E. 22 14 ---
CHC  F.E. 19 15 2.0
HOU  F.E. 18 17 3.5
MIL  F.E. 16 18 5.0
PIT  F.E. 15 19 6.0
CIN  F.E. 14 21 7.5
WestWLGB
ARI  F.E. 23 12 ---
LAD  F.E. 19 15 3.5
COL  F.E. 14 21 9.0
SFG  F.E. 14 21 9.0
SDP  F.E. 12 23 11.0
Yesterday's Box Scores & Results
CHW  6  MIN  2 
BOS  5 @DET  1 
BAL  4 @KCR  1 
NYY  6  CLE  3 
TEX  5 @SEA  0 
TBR  8 @TOR  3 (13)
ARI  8  PHI  3 
ATL  5  SDP  4 
COL  9  STL  3 
FLA  7  MIL  2 
WSN  8 @HOU  3 
PIT  5  SFG  4 
Click score for Box Score & Play-By-Play. Hold mouse over game for winning and losing pitchers.

Today's Games (all times ET)
Yankees at Tigers, 7:05pm
Blue Jays at Indians, 7:05pm
Angels at Rays, 7:10pm
Athletics at Rangers, 8:05pm
Orioles at Royals, 8:10pm
RedSox at Twins, 8:10pm
WhiteSox at Mariners, 10:10pm
D'backs at Cubs, 2:20pm
Braves at Pirates, 7:05pm
Reds at Mets, 7:10pm
Marlins at Nationals, 7:35pm
Cardinals at Brewers, 8:05pm
Rockies at Padres, 10:05pm
Phillies at Giants, 10:15pm
Astros at Dodgers, 10:40pm

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Yesterday's Big Plays (by WPA)
        Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter     Pitcher
-------+---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++----------+----------+
TBR@TOR b 9   1  3-2  -2-  5  -35%  36%  AHill      TPercival 
        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); 1 run scores

TBR@TOR b10   0  3-3  ---  4  -29%   6%  ARios      DWheeler  
        Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)

TBR@TOR t 5   2  0-0  1--  6   25%  71%  GGross     JLitsch   
        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); 2 runs score

SFG@PIT t 4   2  2-1  12-  3  -24%  39%  SHolm      PMaholm   
        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); 2 runs score

MIN@CHW b 5   1  2-1  -2-  6   22%  68%  JUribe     KSlowey   
        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); 2 runs score

Yesterday's Starting Pitchers by Game Score
             Tm Opp  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR GmSc Pit  ERA
----------+-+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+---+----
DCabrera   W BAL KCR  9    3  1  1  1  7  0   83 115 3.54 
EJackson     TBR TOR  8    6  0  0  1  3  0   72 112 4.04 
JBeckett   W BOS DET  7    6  1  1  0  8  0   69 102 3.70 
BWebb      W ARI PHI  9    6  3  2  0  4  0   69 104 2.41 
JLitsch      TOR TBR  7    5  3  3  0  2  2   57  95 4.24 
JLannan    W WSN HOU  6    7  1  1  1  3  0   56  93 3.40 
    Show all starts
JVerlander L DET BOS  6    9  5  5  1  5  1   38 106 6.43 
PByrd      L CLE NYY  6.1  8  5  5  0  0  3   37  81 4.28 
BMyers     L PHI ARI  5    9  7  6  3  5  1   25 101 5.33 
CVillanuev L MIL FLA  5   10  7  7  2  6  2   23  99 6.46 
KLohse     L STL COL  4    8  7  7  5  4  0   17  92 4.87 
Yesterday's Batters by Batting Game Score
 Best       Tm  Opp AB  R  H RBI
+----------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---------+
 RLudwick   STL COL  4  2  2   2   2·HR, SO 
 DNavarro   TBR TOR  6  2  3   4   HR, 2B, GDP 
 MTreanor   FLA MIL  3  1  2   3   HR, HBP 
 IKinsler   TEX SEA  4  1  2   2   HR, 2B, HBP 
 JDye       CHW MIN  3  2  2   1   HR, BB 
 RCano      NYY CLE  3  2  2   1   HR, 2B 
 NMarkakis  BAL KCR  3  2  1   3   HR, BB 
 JDamon     NYY CLE  4  1  2   2   HR, 2B 
 GAtkins    COL STL  3  2  2   2   3B, 2B, BB, Err 
 MHolliday  COL STL  5  3  4   0   SO      
 Worst      Tm  Opp AB  R  H RBI
+----------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---------+
 MStairs    TOR TBR  6  0  0   0   2·SO, GDP 
 CCrabbe    SDP ATL  4  1  0   0   R, BB, SO, 2·Err 
 BRoberts   BAL KCR  5  0  0   0   2·SO, GDP 
 SStewart   TOR TBR  6  0  0   0   3·SO 
 GJenkins   PHI ARI  4  0  0   0   SO, GDP 
 SPodsednik COL STL  5  0  0   0   2·SO 
 AAmezaga   FLA MIL  5  0  0   0   2·SO 
 CGranderso DET BOS  4  0  0   0   4·SO 
 KMatsui    HOU WSN  5  0  0   0   SO      
 FCatalanot TEX SEA  3  0  0   0   SO, GDP 
Click score, stats, or teams for the game box score & play-by-play. Hold mouse over names for full names and season records.

2008 Debuts / Born Today



Today in Baseball History from the BR Bullpen

Full Today in Baseball History

  • 1888 - With a twelve-run lead, Louisville Colonels' right-handed pitcher Icebox Chamberlain holds the Kansas City Cowboys scoreless pitching left-handed for the last two innings .
  • 1904 - New York's Joe McGinnity wins his 2nd game in three days against the Cardinals, beating St. Louis 5-1. Iron Joe is now 7-0 on the year.
  • 1904 - Chicago's Jake Weimer allows just two hits in beating the Boston Beaneaters, 6-0.
  • 1911 - At Hilltop Park, Christy Mathewson and Three Finger Brown renew their rivalry, Matty emerges the winner, 5 - 2 over the Cubs ace.
  • 1912 - Roy Akin of Houston, who hit the ball that led to Walter Carlisle's remarkable unassisted triple play at Los Angeles the year before, turns the tables. Playing 3B against Waco (Texas League), he catches a hit-and-run bunt, steps on 3B, and then tags the runner coming down from 2B.
  • 1912 - The Giants top the host Cardinals, 8 - 3, with Christy Mathewson easily winning over Gene Woodburn.
  • 1914 - Before 18,000, Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits in shutting down the Braves, 2 - 0. A Chief Meyers double off Lefty Tyler accounts for both New York runs. Boston is now 3 - 11, 10 games behind the Pirates.
  • 1916 - Thirty walks are allowed at Philadelphia as Detroit overwhelms the A's 16 - 2. Tiger rookie George Cunningham is lifted with one out in the 3rd inning after walking six batters. He is given the win, but leaves with a no hitter and leading 9 - 0. Eighteen of the walks are issued by the A's - 12 by reliever Carl Ray - on their way to a season total of 715. Not until 1938 will a team (the St. Louis Browns with 737) top that. Detroit will add another 11 walks against the A's tomorrow for a 2-game major-league record of 29.
  • 1927 - Pounding five Boston pitchers for 22 hits, the 2nd-place Tigers outlast the Red Sox, 17 - 11. Harry Heilmann leads the cat attack with two homers and two singles.
  • 1933 - The Red Sox sell Earl Webb to the White Sox.

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