Baseball on this Date - Friday August 23,1968

Games on 1968-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	4	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Juan Pizarro	Dave Leonhard	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Wilbur Wood	Dean Chance	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	New York Yankees	2	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Earl Wilson	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	New York Yankees	3	Box			(none)
California Angels	4	Oakland Athletics	9	Box	Lew Krausse	Jim McGlothlin	Jack Aker
Cleveland Indians	6	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Mike Paul	Camilo Pascual	Eddie Fisher
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Pat Jarvis	Rick Wise	(none)
New York Mets	2	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Gary Nolan	Don Cardwell	Clay Carroll
Chicago Cubs	2	Houston Astros	3	Box	Steve Shea	Phil Regan	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Mike McCormick	Bill Singer	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Joe Hoerner	Ron Kline	(none)

Standings as of 1968-08-23

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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	129	81	48	.628	--	525	407	118	36-29	45-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	33	22	11	.667
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	126	73	53	.579	6.5	458	383	75	37-29	36-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	36	18	18	.500
3	3	4	Cleveland Indians	132	71	61	.538	11.5	425	408	17	33-30	37-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	29	15	14	.517
4	4	7	Boston Red Sox	129	69	60	.535	12.0	489	505	-16	32-32	37-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	33	17	16	.515
5	5	9	Oakland Athletics	128	66	62	.516	14.5	439	418	21	32-31	33-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	34	16	18	.471
6	6	11	New York Yankees	125	61	64	.488	18.0	401	418	-17	33-29	27-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	37	22	15	.595
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	126	59	67	.468	20.5	445	428	17	25-35	34-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	36	20	16	.556
8	8	17	California Angels	128	57	71	.445	23.5	410	484	-74	29-36	28-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	34	10	24	.294
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	127	53	74	.417	27.0	382	401	-19	24-37	29-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	35	14	21	.400
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	124	47	77	.379	31.5	409	531	-122	24-44	23-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	37	18	19	.486
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	129	82	47	.636	--	477	362	115	41-23	41-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	33	15	18	.455
2	2	5	Cincinnati Reds	125	67	58	.536	13.0	535	526	9	35-26	31-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	37	16	21	.432
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	127	68	59	.535	13.0	441	408	33	36-27	32-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	35	20	15	.571
4	4	8	Chicago Cubs	130	68	62	.523	14.5	493	498	-5	32-34	36-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	32	16	16	.500
5	5	10	Houston Astros	115	57	58	.496	18.0	375	384	-9	24-32	33-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	47	15	32	.319
6	6	12	Atlanta Braves	118	56	62	.475	20.5	367	410	-43	23-32	33-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	44	25	19	.568
7	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	126	58	68	.460	22.5	415	458	-43	29-37	29-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	36	18	18	.500
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	116	53	63	.457	22.5	392	378	14	30-34	23-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	46	27	19	.587
9	9	16	New York Mets	130	58	72	.446	24.5	379	386	-7	32-34	26-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	32	15	17	.469
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	124	53	71	.427	26.5	313	377	-64	23-36	30-35	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	38	23	15	.605

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