Baseball on this Date - Monday December 7,1987

Standings at end of 1987 season.

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	162	98	64	.605	--	896	735	161	44-37	54-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	0	0	0
2	2	2	Toronto Blue Jays	162	96	66	.593	2.0	845	655	190	44-37	52-29	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	0	0	0
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	162	91	71	.562	7.0	862	817	45	43-38	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	0	0	0
4	4	8	New York Yankees	162	89	73	.549	9.0	788	758	30	38-43	51-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Piniella	Yankee Stadium I	0	0	0
5	8	15	Boston Red Sox	162	78	84	.481	20.0	842	825	17	28-54	50-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	0	0	0
6	13	24	Baltimore Orioles	162	67	95	.414	31.0	729	880	-151	36-44	31-51	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Memorial Stadium	0	0	0
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	162	61	101	.377	37.0	742	957	-215	26-55	35-46	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Cleveland Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	9	Minnesota Twins	162	85	77	.525	--	786	806	-20	29-52	56-25	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	0	0	0
2	6	11	Kansas City Royals	162	83	79	.512	2.0	715	691	24	37-44	46-35	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	0	0	0
3	7	12	Oakland Athletics	162	81	81	.500	4.0	806	789	17	39-42	42-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	0	0	0
4	9	16	Seattle Mariners	162	78	84	.481	7.0	760	801	-41	38-43	40-41	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Balderson	The Kingdome	0	0	0
5	10	17	Chicago White Sox	162	77	85	.475	8.0	748	746	2	39-42	38-43	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	0	0	0
7	12	21	California Angels	162	75	87	.463	10.0	770	803	-33	37-44	38-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	0	0	0
6	11	20	Texas Rangers	162	75	87	.463	10.0	823	849	-26	32-49	43-38	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	St. Louis Cardinals	162	95	67	.586	--	798	693	105	46-35	49-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	0	0	0
2	2	4	New York Mets	162	92	70	.568	3.0	823	698	125	43-38	49-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	0	0	0
3	3	6	Montreal Expos	162	91	71	.562	4.0	741	720	21	43-38	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Stoneman	Olympic Stadium	0	0	0
4	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	162	80	82	.494	15.0	702	749	-47	37-44	43-38	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	Veterans Stadium	0	0	0
5	6	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	80	82	.494	15.0	723	744	-21	33-48	47-34	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	0	0	0
6	8	18	Chicago Cubs	161	76	85	.472	18.5	720	801	-81	36-45	40-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Frey	Wrigley Field	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	7	San Francisco Giants	162	90	72	.556	--	783	669	114	44-37	46-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	0	0	0
2	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	162	84	78	.519	6.0	783	752	31	42-39	42-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Murray Cook	Riverfront Stadium	0	0	0
3	9	19	Houston Astros	162	76	86	.469	14.0	648	678	-30	29-52	47-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Wood	Astrodome	0	0	0
4	10	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	73	89	.451	17.0	635	675	-40	33-48	40-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	0	0	0
5	11	23	Atlanta Braves	161	69	92	.429	20.5	747	829	-82	27-53	42-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chuck Tanner	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	0	0	0
6	12	25	San Diego Padres	162	65	97	.401	25.0	668	763	-95	28-53	37-44	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	0	0	0

Transactions

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Chris Bando	C	31.307	Signed as Free Agent by Indians.
T.R. Bryden	P	28.324	Signed as Free Agent by Twins.
Bryan Clark	P	31.148	Signed as Free Agent by Twins.
Dave Engle	C-OF	31.007	Signed as Free Agent by Expos.
Dave Gallagher	CF-RF	27.078	Signed as Free Agent by White Sox.
Gene Garber	P	40.024	Signed as Free Agent by Royals.
Doug Jennings	LF-1B	23.068	Selected by Athletics from Angels in Rule 5 major league draft
Gary Lavelle	P	38.338	Signed as Free Agent by Athletics.
Bob McClure	P	34.222	Signed as Free Agent by Expos.
Todd Pratt	C	20.301	Selected by Indians from Red Sox in Rule 5 major league draft
Don Schulze	P	25.071	Signed as Free Agent by Twins.
Daryl Smith	P	27.131	Signed as Free Agent by White Sox.
Manny Trillo	2B	36.347	Signed as Free Agent by Cubs.

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