Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 24,1978

Standings as of 1978-08-24

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	125	78	47	.624	--	630	499	131	33-33	45-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	38	21	17	.553
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	126	72	54	.571	6.5	635	524	111	26-32	46-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	36	21	15	.583
3	3	5	New York Yankees	124	70	54	.565	7.5	540	466	74	33-33	37-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	39	30	9	.769
4	4	7	Detroit Tigers	126	70	56	.556	8.5	582	491	91	32-32	38-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	36	16	20	.444
5	7	10	Baltimore Orioles	125	67	58	.536	11.0	495	534	-39	34-35	33-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	36	23	13	.639
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	126	55	71	.437	23.5	528	555	-27	21-42	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	33	14	19	.424
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	128	51	77	.398	28.5	500	615	-115	19-46	32-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	33	8	25	.242
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	8	California Angels	128	70	58	.547	--	535	510	25	29-32	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	34	17	17	.500
2	6	9	Kansas City Royals	125	68	57	.544	0.5	564	496	68	27-38	41-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	37	24	13	.649
3	8	15	Texas Rangers	125	62	63	.496	6.5	493	488	5	26-38	36-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	37	25	12	.676
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	129	62	67	.481	8.5	433	499	-66	27-34	35-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	7	26	.212
5	10	20	Minnesota Twins	128	56	72	.438	14.0	549	570	-21	27-38	29-34	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	34	17	17	.500
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	125	53	72	.424	15.5	483	576	-93	22-37	31-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	36	18	18	.500
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	126	49	77	.389	20.0	502	646	-144	19-38	30-39	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	34	7	27	.206
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	4	11	Philadelphia Phillies	124	66	58	.532	--	535	465	70	22-35	44-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	38	24	14	.632
3	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	125	63	62	.504	3.5	495	503	-8	26-37	37-25	W10	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	36	25	11	.694
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	125	63	62	.504	3.5	496	538	-42	26-36	37-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	37	16	21	.432
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	126	59	67	.468	8.0	502	457	45	24-33	35-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	36	17	19	.472
5	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	127	54	73	.425	13.5	451	505	-54	24-39	30-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	35	15	20	.429
6	12	24	New York Mets	127	51	76	.402	16.5	484	539	-55	23-35	28-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	35	15	20	.429
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	75	52	.591	--	578	454	124	36-33	39-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	35	20	15	.571
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	127	74	53	.583	1.0	506	451	55	36-33	38-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	35	15	20	.429
3	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	127	71	56	.559	4.0	558	546	12	33-31	38-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	34	21	13	.618
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	128	67	61	.523	8.5	473	477	-4	29-40	38-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	34	17	17	.500
5	9	18	Houston Astros	127	59	68	.465	16.0	474	506	-32	19-44	40-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	35	15	20	.429
6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	126	56	70	.444	18.5	470	581	-111	24-40	32-30	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	36	13	23	.361

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	1	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Mike Proly	Paul Splittorff	Lerrin LaGrow
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Milt Wilcox	Balor Moore	(none)
Cleveland Indians	9	Milwaukee Brewers	8	Box	Dan Spillner	Bob McClure	Sid Monge
Texas Rangers	4	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Dave Goltz	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Bert Blyleven	Phil Niekro	Kent Tekulve
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Pete Vuckovich	Paul Moskau	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Tommy John	Warren Brusstar	Charlie Hough
New York Mets	6	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Mike Bruhert	Bob Owchinko	(none)

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