Baseball on this Date - Friday August 8,1980

Games on 1980-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Bill Campbell	Richard Dotson	Bob Stanley
Minnesota Twins	5	California Angels	9	Box	Dave Lemanczyk	Darrell Jackson	John Montague
Cleveland Indians	1	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Bill Travers	Len Barker	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	New York Yankees	2	Box	Jim Palmer	Ron Guidry	Tim Stoddard
Seattle Mariners	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Shane Rawley	Matt Keough	Dave Roberts
Detroit Tigers	8	Texas Rangers	0	Box	Dan Petry	Ed Figueroa	(none)
Kansas City Royals	9	Toronto Blue Jays	0	Box	Rich Gale	Jim Clancy	(none)
Kansas City Royals	7	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Marty Pattin	Jerry Garvin	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Larry McWilliams	Greg Minton	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Charlie Lea	Mike Krukow	Woodie Fryman
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Cincinnati Reds	8	Box	Tom Hume	Bobby Castillo	(none)
San Diego Padres	5	Houston Astros	3	Box	Juan Eichelberger	Joe Sambito	Rollie Fingers
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Kent Tekulve	Tug McGraw	Enrique Romo
New York Mets	3	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Jeff Reardon	John Littlefield	Neil Allen

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	New York Yankees	107	67	40	.626	--	567	455	112	36-20	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	55	36	19	.655
2	3	3	Baltimore Orioles	106	62	44	.585	4.5	516	416	100	30-23	32-21	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	56	38	18	.679
3	4	6	Detroit Tigers	105	58	47	.552	8.0	547	466	81	28-27	29-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	57	26	31	.456
4	5	11	Milwaukee Brewers	108	57	51	.528	10.5	539	436	103	29-25	28-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	54	29	25	.537
5	6	12	Boston Red Sox	107	56	51	.523	11.0	514	538	-24	31-23	25-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	53	27	26	.509
6	7	13	Cleveland Indians	104	54	50	.519	11.5	493	520	-27	24-30	30-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	56	25	31	.446
7	12	23	Toronto Blue Jays	107	45	62	.421	22.0	411	495	-84	20-32	25-30	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	55	22	33	.400
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Kansas City Royals	109	69	40	.633	--	556	459	97	37-20	32-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	53	28	25	.528
2	8	14	Oakland Athletics	110	56	54	.509	13.5	455	444	11	23-29	33-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	27	25	.519
3	9	17	Texas Rangers	109	51	58	.468	18.0	507	497	10	24-29	27-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	52	25	27	.481
4	10	21	Chicago White Sox	109	48	61	.440	21.0	379	484	-105	21-30	25-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	51	22	29	.431
5	11	22	Minnesota Twins	109	47	62	.431	22.0	452	524	-72	20-37	27-25	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	52	30	22	.577
6	13	25	California Angels	107	43	64	.402	25.0	470	548	-78	22-27	21-37	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	53	22	31	.415
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	109	40	69	.367	29.0	413	537	-124	16-40	24-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	53	19	34	.358
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Montreal Expos	108	61	47	.565	--	482	441	41	23-25	38-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	54	29	25	.537
2	2	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	108	60	48	.556	1.0	461	421	40	29-30	31-18	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	54	23	31	.426
3	6	10	Philadelphia Phillies	104	55	49	.529	4.0	475	427	48	21-26	34-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	58	36	22	.621
4	7	15	New York Mets	108	53	55	.491	8.0	429	448	-19	23-30	30-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	54	14	40	.259
5	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	106	47	59	.443	13.0	473	457	16	22-34	25-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	56	27	29	.482
6	12	24	Chicago Cubs	106	44	62	.415	16.0	403	462	-59	20-35	24-27	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	56	20	36	.357
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Houston Astros	108	59	49	.546	--	399	399	0	23-29	36-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	55	34	21	.618
2	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	109	59	50	.541	0.5	451	404	47	22-35	37-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	54	33	21	.611
3	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	111	60	51	.541	0.5	513	487	26	23-28	36-24	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	51	29	22	.569
4	8	16	San Francisco Giants	109	52	57	.477	7.5	409	417	-8	22-37	30-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	52	23	29	.442
5	9	18	Atlanta Braves	108	49	59	.454	10.0	412	476	-64	15-36	34-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53	32	21	.604
6	11	20	San Diego Padres	111	49	62	.441	11.5	376	444	-68	19-41	30-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	51	24	27	.471

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Larvell Blanks	SS-2B	30.192	Released by Braves.
Tom Buskey	P	33.169	Released by Blue Jays.
Bob Stinson	C	34.301	Released by Mariners.

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