Baseball on this Date - Monday August 12,1974

Standings as of 1974-08-12

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Boston Red Sox	115	63	52	.548	--	531	490	41	28-30	35-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	47	21	26	.447
2	3	6	Cleveland Indians	112	59	53	.527	2.5	476	475	1	27-27	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	50	18	32	.360
3	7	13	Baltimore Orioles	114	57	57	.500	5.5	466	480	-14	29-31	28-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	48	34	14	.708
4	9	16	New York Yankees	114	56	58	.491	6.5	448	457	-9	26-34	30-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Shea Stadium	48	33	15	.688
5	10	18	Detroit Tigers	116	55	61	.474	8.5	433	521	-88	27-34	28-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	46	17	29	.370
6	11	19	Milwaukee Brewers	116	54	62	.466	9.5	492	480	12	24-33	30-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Wilson	County Stadium	46	22	24	.478
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Oakland Athletics	117	68	49	.581	--	536	423	113	31-28	37-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	45	22	23	.489
2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	114	60	54	.526	6.5	506	459	47	26-29	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	48	17	31	.354
3	5	10	Chicago White Sox	116	59	57	.509	8.5	528	539	-11	24-33	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	44	21	23	.477
4	6	12	Texas Rangers	118	59	59	.500	9.5	533	560	-27	27-32	32-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	42	25	17	.595
5	8	15	Minnesota Twins	118	58	60	.492	10.5	498	522	-24	24-32	33-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	44	24	20	.545
6	12	24	California Angels	118	46	72	.390	22.5	480	521	-41	24-34	22-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	44	22	22	.500
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	8	St. Louis Cardinals	117	61	56	.521	--	488	464	24	29-26	32-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	44	25	19	.568
2	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	116	59	57	.509	1.5	491	489	2	22-32	37-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	46	21	25	.457
3	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	116	58	58	.500	2.5	505	476	29	22-34	36-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	46	30	16	.652
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	113	55	58	.487	4.0	463	466	-3	31-33	24-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	48	24	24	.500
5	10	21	New York Mets	112	49	63	.438	9.5	401	468	-67	25-30	24-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	50	22	28	.440
6	11	22	Chicago Cubs	112	46	66	.411	12.5	440	570	-130	22-34	24-32	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	50	20	30	.400
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	116	75	41	.647	--	577	391	186	37-23	38-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	46	27	19	.587
2	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	117	70	47	.598	5.5	546	428	118	37-23	33-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	45	28	17	.622
3	3	5	Atlanta Braves	115	61	54	.530	13.5	460	402	58	32-28	29-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clyde King	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	47	27	20	.574
4	5	9	Houston Astros	114	58	56	.509	16.0	482	444	38	23-30	35-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	48	23	25	.479
5	9	20	San Francisco Giants	117	53	64	.453	22.5	463	518	-55	26-34	27-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	45	19	26	.422
6	12	23	San Diego Padres	117	46	71	.393	29.5	413	613	-200	18-40	28-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	45	14	31	.311

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	2	California Angels	4	Box	Nolan Ryan	Roger Moret	(none)
Kansas City Royals	1	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Mickey Lolich	Nelson Briles	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Catfish Hunter	Pat Dobson	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Texas Rangers	1	Box	Jim Colborn	Steve Hargan	Tom Murphy
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Jerry Reuss	Clay Kirby	Dave Giusti
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	New York Mets	3	Box	Harry Parker	Andy Messersmith	(none)
San Francisco Giants	1	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Jim Lonborg	Ed Halicki	(none)
San Diego Padres	5	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Al Hrabosky	Bill Laxton	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Dick Billings	C-OF	31.251	Purchased by Cardinals from Rangers.
Dick Selma	P	30.282	Returned to Angels.

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