Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 17,1971

Games on 1971-08-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	4	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Andy Messersmith	Ken Tatum	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Chicago White Sox	6	Box	Bart Johnson	Mickey Lolich	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Joe Horlen	Les Cain	Tom Bradley
Baltimore Orioles	3	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Eddie Watt	Ken Sanders	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Mike Paul	Bert Blyleven	(none)
Kansas City Royals	0	New York Yankees	2	Box	Fritz Peterson	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	New York Yankees	8	Box	Mike Kekich	Ted Abernathy	Roger Hambright
Oakland Athletics	1	Washington Senators II	8	Box	Bill Gogolewski	Blue Moon Odom	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Jim Nash	Ray Newman	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Wayne Granger	Chuck Taylor	(none)
New York Mets	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Claude Osteen	Nolan Ryan	(none)
Houston Astros	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Wade Blasingame	Bob Miller	Jim Ray
Montreal Expos	11	San Diego Padres	0	Box	Ernie McAnally	Steve Arlin	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Gaylord Perry	Ken Reynolds	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Baltimore Orioles	117	73	44	.624	--	540	406	134	36-27	37-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	41	28	13	.683
2	3	8	Boston Red Sox	122	65	57	.533	10.5	526	521	5	28-28	37-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	40	20	20	.500
3	4	9	Detroit Tigers	122	65	57	.533	10.5	537	514	23	29-38	36-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	40	26	14	.650
4	6	13	New York Yankees	123	62	61	.504	14.0	506	485	21	28-32	34-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	39	20	19	.513
5	11	21	Washington Senators II	120	50	70	.417	24.5	397	483	-86	21-34	29-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	39	13	26	.333
6	12	22	Cleveland Indians	123	50	73	.407	26.0	403	520	-117	27-36	23-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	39	10	29	.256
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	121	78	43	.645	--	536	427	109	47-19	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	40	23	17	.575
2	5	10	Kansas City Royals	120	63	57	.525	14.5	457	408	49	32-32	31-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	41	22	19	.537
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	122	59	63	.484	19.5	459	464	-5	29-29	30-34	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	40	20	20	.500
4	8	17	California Angels	124	57	67	.460	22.5	404	454	-50	33-33	24-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	38	19	19	.500
5	9	18	Minnesota Twins	120	54	66	.450	23.5	494	528	-34	24-33	30-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	40	20	20	.500
6	10	20	Milwaukee Brewers	120	51	69	.425	26.5	395	444	-49	22-30	29-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	41	18	23	.439
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	123	72	51	.585	--	601	460	141	32-26	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	39	25	14	.641
2	3	5	St. Louis Cardinals	125	69	56	.552	4.0	562	551	11	33-27	35-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	37	21	16	.568
3	4	6	Chicago Cubs	120	65	55	.542	5.5	482	458	24	31-34	34-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	42	18	24	.429
4	8	14	New York Mets	120	59	61	.492	11.5	446	420	26	29-34	30-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	42	24	18	.571
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	122	53	69	.434	18.5	426	513	-87	27-38	26-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	40	14	26	.350
6	11	23	Montreal Expos	120	48	72	.400	22.5	427	540	-113	27-38	21-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	41	23	18	.561
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	San Francisco Giants	124	73	51	.589	--	549	506	43	29-28	44-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	38	17	21	.447
2	5	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	123	66	57	.537	6.5	505	443	62	33-25	33-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	39	23	16	.590
3	6	11	Houston Astros	118	60	58	.508	10.0	446	422	24	27-30	33-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	44	19	25	.432
4	7	12	Atlanta Braves	120	61	59	.508	10.0	480	500	-20	28-33	33-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	42	21	21	.500
5	9	16	Cincinnati Reds	123	59	64	.480	13.5	438	440	-2	24-38	35-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	39	20	19	.513
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	120	44	76	.367	27.0	364	473	-109	16-42	28-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	41	17	24	.415

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Cal Koonce	P	30.272	Released by Red Sox.

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