Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 22,1976

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1976 Playoffs

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Kansas City Royals

Milwaukee Brewers

Boxscore - PBP

5,196

2:36

Al Fitzmorris

Jim Colborn

Doug Bird (1-0)

Jim Colborn (1-1)

Whitey Herzog

Alex Grammas

County Stadium

Montreal Expos

Chicago Cubs

Boxscore - PBP

11,355

3:03

Clay Kirby

Rick Reuschel

Oscar Zamora (1-0)

Dale Murray (0-1)

Karl Kuehl

Jim Marshall

Wrigley Field

Los Angeles Dodgers

Houston Astros

Boxscore - PBP

8,529

2:34

Doug Rau

Joaquin Andujar

Doug Rau (2-0)

Joaquin Andujar (0-2)

Mike Marshall (3)

Walter Alston

Bill Virdon

Astrodome

3 Games on this date

Standings as of 1976-04-22.

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	9	7	2	.778	--	59	33	26	3-1	4-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	150	90	60	.600
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	8	5	3	.625	1.5	30	24	6	3-1	2-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	153	61	92	.399
3	5	14	Boston Red Sox	10	5	5	.500	2.5	48	40	8	1-2	4-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	152	78	74	.513
4	7	10	Detroit Tigers	8	4	4	.500	2.5	33	25	8	4-3	0-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	153	70	83	.458
5	9	18	Cleveland Indians	7	3	4	.429	3.0	32	26	6	2-3	1-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	152	78	74	.513
6	11	22	Baltimore Orioles	10	4	6	.400	3.5	25	35	-10	2-3	2-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	152	84	68	.553
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Texas Rangers	10	6	4	.600	--	31	30	1	0-1	6-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	152	70	82	.461
2	4	9	Oakland Athletics	11	6	5	.545	0.5	43	47	-4	3-3	3-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	150	81	69	.540
3	6	11	Chicago White Sox	8	4	4	.500	1.0	40	37	3	3-4	1-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	153	60	93	.392
4	8	17	Kansas City Royals	9	4	5	.444	1.5	30	38	-8	1-2	3-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	153	86	67	.562
5	10	19	California Angels	12	5	7	.417	2.0	50	57	-7	2-1	3-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	150	71	79	.473
6	12	23	Minnesota Twins	10	3	7	.300	3.0	25	54	-29	2-6	1-1	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	152	82	70	.539
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	6	3	.667	--	48	45	3	2-0	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	153	86	67	.562
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	8	5	3	.625	0.5	54	45	9	5-1	0-2	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	154	96	58	.623
3	7	13	New York Mets	12	6	6	.500	1.5	68	49	19	4-5	2-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	150	80	70	.533
4	9	15	Chicago Cubs	11	5	6	.455	2.0	66	78	-12	2-1	3-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Salty Saltwell	Wrigley Field	151	70	81	.464
5	10	20	Montreal Expos	10	4	6	.400	2.5	43	43	0	3-5	1-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	152	51	101	.336
6	11	21	St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	6	.400	2.5	36	55	-19	0-2	4-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	152	68	84	.447
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Atlanta Braves	10	6	4	.600	--	45	45	0	2-1	4-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	152	64	88	.421
2	4	6	Cincinnati Reds	10	6	4	.600	--	73	56	17	1-1	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	152	96	56	.632
3	5	8	Houston Astros	14	8	6	.571	--	59	71	-12	0-3	8-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	148	72	76	.486
4	6	12	San Francisco Giants	10	5	5	.500	1.0	45	51	-6	3-5	2-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	152	69	83	.454
5	8	16	San Diego Padres	11	5	6	.455	1.5	50	43	7	4-4	1-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	151	68	83	.450
6	12	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	3	8	.273	3.5	40	46	-6	3-6	0-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	151	89	62	.589

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tom Dettore	P	28.157	Released by Cubs.
John Knox	2B	27.270	Purchased by Reds from Tigers.

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