Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 31,1971

Games on 1971-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	3	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Luis Tiant	Jim Palmer	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	California Angels	1	Box	Blue Moon Odom	Tom Murphy	Darold Knowles
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Joe Coleman	Ed Farmer	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Vince Colbert	Joe Niekro	Sam McDowell
Kansas City Royals	6	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Tom Burgmeier	Skip Lockwood	Ted Abernathy
Chicago White Sox	3	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Bob Gebhard	Bart Johnson	(none)
Washington Senators II	6	New York Yankees	5	Box	Paul Lindblad	Lindy McDaniel	(none)
Montreal Expos	6	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Phil Regan	Howie Reed	(none)
Montreal Expos	11	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	John Strohmayer	Ken Holtzman	Mike Marshall
San Diego Padres	1	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Wayne Granger	Al Severinsen	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Houston Astros	1	Box	Doyle Alexander	Ron Cook	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Bruce Kison	Joe Hoerner	Bob Miller
Atlanta Braves	0	San Francisco Giants	9	Box	Gaylord Perry	George Stone	(none)
New York Mets	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Jerry Reuss	Danny Frisella	(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	129	81	48	.628	--	592	449	143	37-28	44-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	29	20	9	.690
2	3	6	Detroit Tigers	134	72	62	.537	11.5	581	550	31	29-39	43-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	28	19	9	.679
3	5	10	Boston Red Sox	134	70	64	.522	13.5	563	559	4	31-35	39-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	28	15	13	.536
4	6	14	New York Yankees	134	66	68	.493	17.5	535	524	11	31-38	35-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	28	16	12	.571
5	11	21	Washington Senators II	133	56	77	.421	27.0	458	546	-88	26-41	30-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	26	7	19	.269
6	12	23	Cleveland Indians	135	54	81	.400	30.0	466	595	-129	28-38	26-43	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	27	6	21	.222
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	134	87	47	.649	--	597	462	135	48-20	39-27	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	27	14	13	.519
2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	132	70	62	.530	16.0	504	464	40	33-33	37-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	29	15	14	.517
3	7	16	Chicago White Sox	133	63	70	.474	23.5	506	509	-3	32-36	31-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	29	16	13	.552
4	8	17	California Angels	135	63	72	.467	24.5	433	484	-51	33-34	30-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	27	13	14	.481
5	9	18	Minnesota Twins	131	60	71	.458	25.5	543	577	-34	28-38	32-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	29	14	15	.483
6	10	20	Milwaukee Brewers	132	56	76	.424	30.0	444	503	-59	27-35	29-41	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	29	13	16	.448
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	1	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	137	81	56	.591	--	677	527	150	38-31	43-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	25	16	9	.640
2	3	5	St. Louis Cardinals	137	77	60	.562	4.0	614	592	22	37-30	39-31	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	25	13	12	.520
3	4	8	Chicago Cubs	134	71	63	.530	8.5	535	522	13	32-34	39-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	28	12	16	.429
4	6	11	New York Mets	132	66	66	.500	12.5	486	448	38	30-36	36-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	30	17	13	.567
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	134	57	77	.425	22.5	461	570	-109	27-41	30-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	28	10	18	.357
6	11	22	Montreal Expos	131	55	76	.420	23.0	490	588	-98	29-39	26-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	30	16	14	.533
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	2	4	San Francisco Giants	135	79	56	.585	--	597	543	54	33-33	46-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	27	11	16	.407
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	135	71	64	.526	8.0	549	492	57	38-31	33-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	27	18	9	.667
3	7	12	Atlanta Braves	132	66	66	.500	11.5	537	586	-49	30-35	36-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	30	16	14	.533
4	8	13	Cincinnati Reds	137	68	69	.496	12.0	497	486	11	27-41	41-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	25	11	14	.440
5	9	15	Houston Astros	131	63	68	.481	14.0	477	466	11	29-33	34-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	31	16	15	.516
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	131	49	82	.374	28.0	400	500	-100	21-48	28-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	30	12	18	.400

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Frank Fernandez	C	28.137	Traded by Athletics to Cubs for Adrian Garrett.
Adrian Garrett	C-OF	28.240	Traded by Cubs to Athletics for Frank Fernandez.
John Hiller	P	28.145	Released by Tigers.

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