Baseball on this Date - Thursday June 15,1978

Standings as of 1978-06-15

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Boston Red Sox	62	43	19	.694	--	335	237	98	17-15	26-4	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	101	56	45	.554
2	2	3	New York Yankees	60	36	24	.600	6.0	264	213	51	16-17	20-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	103	64	39	.621
3	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	61	35	26	.574	7.5	234	258	-24	20-13	15-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	100	55	45	.550
4	4	7	Milwaukee Brewers	60	34	26	.567	8.0	301	255	46	14-15	20-11	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	102	59	43	.578
5	6	11	Detroit Tigers	59	31	28	.525	10.5	255	235	20	15-15	16-13	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	103	55	48	.534
6	11	18	Cleveland Indians	57	26	31	.456	14.5	219	248	-29	11-21	15-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	102	43	59	.422
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	59	19	40	.322	22.5	212	297	-85	6-21	13-19	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	102	40	62	.392
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	10	Kansas City Royals	58	31	27	.534	--	273	236	37	12-17	19-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	104	61	43	.587
2	7	12	Oakland Athletics	62	32	30	.516	1.0	198	211	-13	12-15	20-15	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	100	37	63	.370
3	8	14	Texas Rangers	59	30	29	.508	1.5	220	228	-8	11-17	19-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	103	57	46	.553
4	9	15	California Angels	61	31	30	.508	1.5	257	257	0	12-16	19-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	101	56	45	.554
5	10	16	Chicago White Sox	59	29	30	.492	2.5	239	237	2	12-17	17-13	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	102	42	60	.412
6	12	23	Minnesota Twins	59	24	35	.407	7.5	260	264	-4	16-20	8-15	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	103	49	54	.476
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	64	19	45	.297	15.0	239	330	-91	6-21	13-24	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	96	37	59	.385
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Chicago Cubs	57	33	24	.579	--	239	225	14	14-15	19-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	105	46	59	.438
2	5	9	Philadelphia Phillies	56	30	26	.536	2.5	257	210	47	7-18	23-8	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	106	60	46	.566
3	6	13	Montreal Expos	62	32	30	.516	3.5	266	233	33	12-15	20-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	100	44	56	.440
4	7	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	58	27	31	.466	6.5	227	256	-29	12-19	15-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	103	61	42	.592
5	9	20	New York Mets	63	28	35	.444	8.0	233	266	-33	14-15	14-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	99	38	61	.384
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	64	23	41	.359	13.5	215	276	-61	10-23	13-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	98	46	52	.469
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	San Francisco Giants	59	38	21	.644	--	233	188	45	17-14	21-7	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	103	51	52	.495
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	62	37	25	.597	2.5	291	263	28	18-14	19-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	99	55	44	.556
3	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	61	34	27	.557	5.0	315	249	66	15-18	19-9	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	101	61	40	.604
4	8	19	Houston Astros	57	26	31	.456	11.0	217	230	-13	8-17	18-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	105	48	57	.457
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	61	27	34	.443	12.0	207	249	-42	11-22	16-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	101	57	44	.564
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	58	24	34	.414	13.5	199	254	-55	9-22	15-12	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	104	45	59	.433

Transactions

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Gary Alexander	C	25.080	Traded by Athletics to Indians for Joe Wallis.
Dell Alston	OF	25.266	Traded by Yankees with Mickey Klutts and Cash to Athletics for Gary Thomasson.
Bernie Carbo	OF	30.315	Purchased by Indians from Red Sox.
Hector Cruz	OF-3B	25.074	Traded by Cubs to Giants for Lynn McGlothen.
Jim Dwyer	OF	28.163	Traded by Cardinals to Giants for Frank Riccelli.
Gene Garber	P	30.215	Traded by Phillies to Braves for Dick Ruthven.
Mickey Klutts	3B	23.268	Traded by Yankees with Dell Alston and Cash to Athletics for Gary Thomasson.
Lynn McGlothen	P	28.080	Traded by Giants to Cubs for Hector Cruz.
Roger Metzger	SS	30.249	Purchased by Giants from Astros.
Dick Ruthven	P	27.080	Traded by Braves to Phillies for Gene Garber.
Gary Thomasson	OF-1B	26.322	Traded by Athletics to Yankees for Mickey Klutts, Dell Alston and Cash.
Mike Vail	OF	26.218	Traded by Indians to Cubs for Joe Wallis.
Joe Wallis	OF	26.158	Traded by Indians to Athletics for Gary Alexander.
Joe Wallis	OF	26.158	Traded by Cubs to Indians for Mike Vail.

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	5	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Frank Tanana	Scott McGregor	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Mike Torrez	Bob Lacey	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Steve Stone	Doc Medich	Lerrin LaGrow
Detroit Tigers	2	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Dennis Leonard	Bob Sykes	(none)
Seattle Mariners	2	New York Yankees	5	Box	Don Gullett	Paul Mitchell	Sparky Lyle
New York Mets	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Rick Rhoden	Nino Espinosa	Charlie Hough
Montreal Expos	3	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Ross Grimsley	Bob Shirley	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	John Montefusco	Jim Kaat	(none)

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