Baseball on this Date - Friday August 16,1968

Games on 1968-08-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	4	Boston Red Sox	0	Box	Denny McLain	Jim Lonborg	(none)
Washington Senators II	4	California Angels	2	Box	Joe Coleman	Bill Harrelson	Dave Baldwin
Chicago White Sox	3	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Eddie Fisher	Hoyt Wilhelm	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Jim Kaat	Tom Phoebus	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Al Downing	Jim Nash	Lindy McDaniel
Cincinnati Reds	11	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Jim Maloney	Bill Hands	Clay Carroll
Houston Astros	3	New York Mets	1	Box	Tom Dukes	Ron Taylor	(none)
San Francisco Giants	7	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Joe Gibbon	Gary Wagner	Bill Monbouquette
Atlanta Braves	5	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Box	Milt Pappas	Steve Carlton	Claude Raymond
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Don Drysdale	Al McBean	Jack Billingham

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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	2	Detroit Tigers	121	77	44	.636	--	494	375	119	35-26	42-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	41	26	15	.634
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	120	69	51	.575	7.5	433	366	67	33-28	36-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	42	22	20	.524
3	3	4	Boston Red Sox	122	66	56	.541	11.5	465	478	-13	30-29	36-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	40	20	20	.500
4	4	5	Cleveland Indians	124	66	58	.532	12.5	397	382	15	32-30	33-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	37	20	17	.541
5	5	9	Oakland Athletics	121	63	58	.521	14.0	412	389	23	32-31	30-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	41	19	22	.463
6	6	11	Minnesota Twins	119	57	62	.479	19.0	435	401	34	25-34	32-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	43	22	21	.512
7	7	13	New York Yankees	117	55	62	.470	20.0	378	403	-25	29-27	26-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	45	28	17	.622
8	8	17	California Angels	121	54	67	.446	23.0	384	459	-75	29-34	25-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	41	13	28	.317
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	119	49	70	.412	27.0	347	374	-27	21-33	28-37	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	43	18	25	.419
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	118	45	73	.381	30.5	386	504	-118	22-41	23-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	43	20	23	.465
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	1	St. Louis Cardinals	122	78	44	.639	--	447	338	109	39-21	39-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	40	19	21	.475
2	2	6	San Francisco Giants	120	63	57	.525	14.0	407	384	23	31-25	32-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	42	25	17	.595
3	3	7	Chicago Cubs	122	64	58	.525	14.0	458	468	-10	32-33	32-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	40	20	20	.500
4	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	117	61	56	.521	14.5	500	485	15	32-26	28-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	45	22	23	.489
5	5	10	Atlanta Braves	111	54	57	.486	18.5	342	369	-27	22-27	32-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	51	27	24	.529
6	6	12	Houston Astros	109	52	57	.477	19.5	351	366	-15	22-31	30-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	53	20	33	.377
7	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	119	55	64	.462	21.5	388	428	-40	29-36	26-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	43	21	22	.488
8	8	15	New York Mets	123	56	67	.455	22.5	356	361	-5	32-33	24-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	39	17	22	.436
9	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	50	60	.455	22.0	350	355	-5	28-31	22-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	52	30	22	.577
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	119	53	66	.445	23.5	302	347	-45	23-33	30-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	43	23	20	.535

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