Baseball on this Date - Friday May 17,1968

Games on 1968-05-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	4	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Sparky Lyle	Bill Monbouquette	(none)
Oakland Athletics	0	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Joe Horlen	Jim Nash	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	6	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Gene Brabender	Luis Tiant	(none)
Washington Senators II	3	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Joe Sparma	Steve Jones	(none)
Houston Astros	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Bill Singer	Larry Dierker	(none)
Atlanta Braves	3	New York Mets	1	Box	Jim Britton	Danny Frisella	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Woodie Fryman	Bob Gibson	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Jim Maloney	Al McBean	Ted Abernathy
Chicago Cubs	0	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Ray Sadecki	Joe Niekro	(none)

Standings as of 1968-05-17

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1968 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	31	20	11	.645	--	129	88	41	10-5	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	131	83	48	.634
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	31	18	13	.581	2.0	128	93	35	10-3	8-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	131	73	58	.557
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	32	18	14	.563	2.5	107	76	31	9-8	8-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	129	68	61	.527
4	4	6	Minnesota Twins	32	17	15	.531	3.5	118	104	14	12-8	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	130	62	68	.477
5	5	7	Boston Red Sox	32	17	15	.531	3.5	115	122	-7	8-7	9-8	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	130	69	61	.531
6	6	14	Oakland Athletics	32	15	17	.469	5.5	103	98	5	10-7	5-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	130	67	63	.515
7	7	15	California Angels	33	15	18	.455	6.0	110	133	-23	8-6	7-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	129	52	77	.403
8	8	16	Washington Senators II	32	14	18	.438	6.5	96	135	-39	7-7	7-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	129	51	78	.395
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	29	12	17	.414	7.0	72	92	-20	7-9	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	133	55	78	.414
10	10	20	New York Yankees	34	13	21	.382	8.5	91	128	-37	7-11	6-10	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	128	70	58	.547
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1968 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	St. Louis Cardinals	32	20	12	.625	--	124	91	33	8-9	12-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	130	77	53	.592
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	33	19	14	.576	1.5	122	115	7	7-7	12-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	129	69	60	.535
3	3	8	Atlanta Braves	31	16	15	.516	3.5	89	92	-3	7-8	9-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	131	65	66	.496
4	4	9	Chicago Cubs	35	17	18	.486	4.5	120	147	-27	8-11	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	127	67	60	.528
5	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	33	16	17	.485	4.5	126	120	6	8-8	8-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	129	67	62	.519
7	7	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	31	15	16	.484	4.5	96	74	22	6-9	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	131	65	66	.496
6	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	31	15	16	.484	4.5	88	99	-11	7-12	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	131	61	70	.466
8	8	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	34	16	18	.471	5.0	82	93	-11	8-8	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	128	60	68	.469
9	9	17	New York Mets	32	14	18	.438	6.0	89	77	12	6-9	8-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	130	59	71	.454
10	10	18	Houston Astros	30	13	17	.433	6.0	94	122	-28	2-13	11-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	132	59	73	.447

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
John Wyatt	P	33.028	Purchased by Yankees from Red Sox.

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