Baseball on this Date - Monday August 24,1970

Standings as of 1970-08-24

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	125	80	45	.640	--	611	468	143	40-26	40-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	37	28	9	.757
2	4	7	Detroit Tigers	125	68	57	.544	12.0	546	530	16	31-32	37-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	37	11	26	.297
3	5	8	New York Yankees	127	69	58	.543	12.0	551	513	38	32-36	37-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	35	24	11	.686
4	7	12	Boston Red Sox	123	63	60	.512	16.0	580	558	22	21-37	42-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	39	24	15	.615
5	8	15	Cleveland Indians	125	61	64	.488	19.0	500	528	-28	28-37	33-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	37	15	22	.405
6	9	16	Washington Senators II	125	60	65	.480	20.0	509	525	-16	25-35	35-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	37	10	27	.270
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Minnesota Twins	123	73	50	.593	--	579	480	99	35-27	38-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	39	25	14	.641
2	3	5	California Angels	125	69	56	.552	5.0	503	472	31	34-26	35-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	37	17	20	.459
3	6	9	Oakland Athletics	126	68	58	.540	6.5	532	462	70	30-30	38-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	36	21	15	.583
4	10	21	Kansas City Royals	126	49	77	.389	25.5	483	576	-93	24-40	25-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	36	16	20	.444
5	11	23	Milwaukee Brewers	127	47	80	.370	28.0	479	613	-134	16-44	30-37	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	35	18	17	.514
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	129	46	83	.357	30.0	498	646	-148	23-44	23-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	33	10	23	.303
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	127	70	57	.551	--	584	531	53	30-30	40-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	35	19	16	.543
2	4	10	New York Mets	125	66	59	.528	3.0	536	482	54	32-31	34-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	37	17	20	.459
3	5	11	Chicago Cubs	128	66	62	.516	4.5	652	554	98	26-34	40-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	34	18	16	.529
4	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	126	60	66	.476	9.5	605	591	14	31-30	29-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	36	16	20	.444
5	10	20	Montreal Expos	126	56	70	.444	13.5	547	649	-102	27-40	28-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	36	17	19	.472
6	9	19	Philadelphia Phillies	126	56	70	.444	13.5	453	571	-118	28-38	29-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	35	17	18	.486
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	129	84	45	.651	--	631	538	93	37-25	47-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	33	18	15	.545
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	70	55	.560	12.0	600	513	87	41-23	29-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	36	17	19	.472
3	6	13	San Francisco Giants	125	63	62	.504	19.0	658	689	-31	31-34	32-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	37	23	14	.622
4	7	14	Atlanta Braves	126	63	63	.500	19.5	589	594	-5	27-34	36-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	36	13	23	.361
5	11	18	Houston Astros	126	56	70	.444	26.5	562	612	-50	25-38	31-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	36	23	13	.639
6	12	22	San Diego Padres	127	48	79	.378	35.0	551	644	-93	25-41	23-38	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	35	15	20	.429

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	7	Kansas City Royals	8	Box	Tom Burgmeier	Ron Klimkowski	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Sandy Vance	(none)
Atlanta Braves	6	Montreal Expos	0	Box	George Stone	Bill Stoneman	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Sergio Ferrer	SS-2B	19.207	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers.
Larry Harlow	OF	18.285	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Orioles.

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