Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 31,1978

Standings as of 1978-08-31

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	132	84	48	.636	--	675	525	150	33-33	51-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	31	15	16	.484
2	2	3	New York Yankees	131	77	54	.588	6.5	577	483	94	35-33	42-21	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	32	23	9	.719
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	133	76	57	.571	8.5	672	552	120	30-35	46-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	29	17	12	.586
4	4	6	Detroit Tigers	132	73	59	.553	11.0	603	521	82	32-32	41-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	30	13	17	.433
5	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	132	72	60	.545	12.0	532	555	-23	34-35	38-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	29	18	11	.621
6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	132	57	75	.432	27.0	549	583	-34	22-44	35-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	27	12	15	.444
7	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	135	55	80	.407	30.5	528	644	-116	21-48	34-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	26	4	22	.154
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	6	9	Kansas City Royals	131	71	60	.542	--	592	524	68	28-40	43-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	31	21	10	.677
2	7	11	California Angels	133	70	63	.526	2.0	543	535	8	29-37	41-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	29	17	12	.586
3	8	15	Texas Rangers	130	65	65	.500	5.5	522	505	17	26-38	39-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	32	22	10	.688
4	9	17	Oakland Athletics	134	62	72	.463	10.5	445	530	-85	27-39	35-33	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	28	7	21	.250
5	10	20	Minnesota Twins	133	58	75	.436	14.0	564	588	-24	29-41	29-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	29	15	14	.517
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	131	56	75	.427	15.0	509	603	-94	23-39	33-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	30	15	15	.500
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	131	49	82	.374	22.0	521	684	-163	19-43	30-39	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	29	7	22	.241
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	7	Philadelphia Phillies	130	71	59	.546	--	573	486	87	27-36	44-23	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	32	19	13	.594
2	6	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	130	66	64	.508	5.0	518	523	-5	29-39	37-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	31	22	9	.710
3	7	14	Chicago Cubs	131	66	65	.504	5.5	524	561	-37	29-39	37-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	31	13	18	.419
4	9	18	Montreal Expos	134	61	73	.455	12.0	520	496	24	26-39	35-34	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	28	15	13	.536
5	11	21	St. Louis Cardinals	133	58	75	.436	14.5	498	541	-43	28-40	30-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	29	11	18	.379
6	12	25	New York Mets	132	53	79	.402	19.0	497	551	-54	25-38	28-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	30	13	17	.433
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	133	79	54	.594	--	600	475	125	36-33	43-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	29	16	13	.552
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	133	77	56	.579	2.0	533	474	59	36-33	41-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	29	12	17	.414
3	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	133	72	61	.541	7.0	579	580	-1	34-31	38-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	28	20	8	.714
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	135	70	65	.519	10.0	496	502	-6	29-40	41-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	27	14	13	.519
5	8	16	Houston Astros	132	62	70	.470	16.5	501	528	-27	19-44	43-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	30	12	18	.400
6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	132	59	73	.447	19.5	501	623	-122	24-40	35-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	30	10	20	.333

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	6	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Dick Tidrow	Scott McGregor	Sparky Lyle
Milwaukee Brewers	1	Cleveland Indians	0	Box	Mike Caldwell	Mike Paxton	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Cleveland Indians	12	Box	Rick Waits	Bill Travers	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Geoff Zahn	Kip Young	Mike Marshall
Montreal Expos	1	San Diego Padres	6	Box	Eric Rasmussen	Woodie Fryman	Mark Lee
Cincinnati Reds	11	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Tom Seaver	Silvio Martinez	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Johnny Grubb	OF	30.027	Traded by Indians to Rangers for Dave Rivera and Bobby Cuellar.

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