Baseball on this Date - Monday August 31,1970

Standings as of 1970-08-31

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	1	Baltimore Orioles	133	86	47	.647	--	654	488	166	41-26	45-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	29	22	7	.759
2	4	6	New York Yankees	134	74	60	.552	12.5	572	530	42	34-36	40-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	28	19	9	.679
3	6	9	Detroit Tigers	132	69	63	.523	16.5	571	572	-1	31-33	38-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	30	10	20	.333
4	7	11	Boston Red Sox	131	68	63	.519	17.0	626	601	25	25-40	43-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	31	19	12	.613
5	8	16	Cleveland Indians	133	64	69	.481	22.0	545	568	-23	28-38	36-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	29	12	17	.414
6	9	17	Washington Senators II	132	63	69	.477	22.5	535	548	-13	27-39	36-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	30	7	23	.233
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	130	76	54	.585	--	597	497	100	36-30	40-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	32	22	10	.688
2	3	4	California Angels	132	74	58	.561	3.0	540	515	25	39-28	35-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	30	12	18	.400
3	5	7	Oakland Athletics	132	70	62	.530	7.0	554	488	66	32-34	38-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30	19	11	.633
4	10	21	Kansas City Royals	132	51	81	.386	26.0	496	598	-102	24-40	27-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	30	14	16	.467
5	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	134	51	83	.381	27.0	511	641	-130	20-47	30-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	28	14	14	.500
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	135	49	86	.363	29.5	534	689	-155	23-44	26-42	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	27	7	20	.259
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	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	133	70	63	.526	--	602	561	41	30-36	40-27	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	29	19	10	.655
2	5	12	Chicago Cubs	133	69	64	.519	1.0	674	571	103	29-36	40-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	29	15	14	.517
3	6	13	New York Mets	132	68	64	.515	1.5	579	524	55	33-34	35-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	30	15	15	.500
4	8	15	St. Louis Cardinals	133	64	69	.481	6.0	629	618	11	35-32	29-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	29	12	17	.414
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	132	61	71	.462	8.5	486	595	-109	28-38	34-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	29	12	17	.414
6	11	20	Montreal Expos	132	58	74	.439	11.5	570	673	-103	27-40	30-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	30	15	15	.500
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	135	86	49	.637	--	650	564	86	39-29	47-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	27	16	11	.593
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	130	72	58	.554	11.5	615	525	90	41-23	31-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	31	15	16	.484
3	4	10	San Francisco Giants	132	69	63	.523	15.5	695	716	-21	31-34	38-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	30	17	13	.567
4	7	14	Atlanta Braves	132	65	67	.492	19.5	619	631	-12	29-38	36-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	30	11	19	.367
5	9	18	Houston Astros	132	62	70	.470	22.5	598	637	-39	28-38	34-32	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	30	17	13	.567
6	12	23	San Diego Padres	132	50	82	.379	34.5	562	664	-102	25-41	25-41	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	30	13	17	.433

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	2	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Ray Culp	Mickey Lolich	Sparky Lyle
Baltimore Orioles	10	New York Yankees	2	Box	Mike Cuellar	Stan Bahnsen	(none)
Cleveland Indians	4	Washington Senators II	5	Box	Casey Cox	Steve Dunning	Darold Knowles
New York Mets	11	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Jerry Koosman	Nelson Briles	Ron Taylor

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
George Brunet	P	35.084	Traded by Senators to Pirates for Denny Riddleberger and Cash.
Tony Gonzalez	OF	34.003	Purchased by Angels from Braves.
Denny Riddleberger	P	24.282	Traded by Pirates with Cash to Senators for George Brunet.

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