Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 1,1996

Games on 1996-05-01

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	11	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Andy Pettitte	Kent Mercker	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Roger Clemens	Scott Aldred	(none)
Chicago White Sox	5	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Jack McDowell	Kirk McCaskill	Eric Plunk
Kansas City Royals	5	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Dave Stevens	Jeff Montgomery	(none)
California Angels	6	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Shawn Boskie	Todd Van Poppel	Troy Percival
Seattle Mariners	4	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Jeff Russell	Michael Jackson	Mike Henneman
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Toronto Blue Jays	9	Box	Juan Guzman	Angel Miranda	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Steve Trachsel	Andy Benes	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	John Hope	Dave Burba	Dan Plesac
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Florida Marlins	5	Box	Ken Ryan	Al Leiter	Ricky Bottalico
Atlanta Braves	0	Houston Astros	3	Box	Mike Hampton	Steve Avery	(none)
Colorado Rockies	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Mark Thompson	Pedro Astacio	Bruce Ruffin
Montreal Expos	4	New York Mets	0	Box	Pedro Martinez	Mark Clark	(none)
Montreal Expos	0	New York Mets	6	Box	Jason Isringhausen	Tavo Alvarez	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	San Diego Padres	9	Box	Fernando Valenzuela	Mark Gardner	(none)

Standings as of 1996-05-01

Top

PREV � NEXT

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	6	New York Yankees	24	14	10	.583	--	137	121	16	7-7	7-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	138	78	60	.565
2	8	12	Baltimore Orioles	27	14	13	.519	1.5	147	164	-17	4-6	10-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	135	74	61	.548
3	11	20	Toronto Blue Jays	26	12	14	.462	3.0	159	163	-4	6-5	6-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	136	62	74	.456
4	13	26	Detroit Tigers	28	9	19	.321	7.0	153	216	-63	4-13	5-6	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	134	44	90	.328
5	14	28	Boston Red Sox	27	8	19	.296	7.5	125	167	-42	3-11	5-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	135	77	58	.570
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cleveland Indians	25	17	8	.680	--	161	123	38	8-5	9-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	136	82	54	.603
2	5	7	Chicago White Sox	26	15	11	.577	2.5	134	116	18	8-8	7-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	136	70	66	.515
3	7	10	Minnesota Twins	26	14	12	.538	3.5	181	146	35	5-5	9-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	136	64	72	.471
4	10	19	Milwaukee Brewers	25	12	13	.480	5.0	152	135	17	6-7	6-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	137	68	69	.496
5	12	27	Kansas City Royals	28	9	19	.321	9.5	121	163	-42	5-9	4-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	133	66	67	.496
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Texas Rangers	27	17	10	.630	--	174	139	35	5-6	12-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	135	73	62	.541
2	3	5	Seattle Mariners	27	16	11	.593	1.0	171	145	26	7-6	9-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	134	69	65	.515
3	6	11	California Angels	26	14	12	.538	2.5	121	136	-15	5-10	9-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	135	56	79	.415
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	26	13	13	.500	3.5	149	151	-2	8-5	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	136	65	71	.478
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Montreal Expos	28	18	10	.643	--	180	127	53	8-7	10-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	134	70	64	.522
2	3	8	Atlanta Braves	28	16	12	.571	2.0	126	94	32	8-6	8-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	134	80	54	.597
3	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	25	14	11	.560	2.5	113	105	8	10-5	4-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	137	53	84	.387
4	11	21	New York Mets	26	12	14	.462	5.0	145	144	1	5-6	7-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	136	59	77	.434
5	13	24	Florida Marlins	28	11	17	.393	7.0	88	123	-35	5-10	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	134	69	65	.515
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	6	15	Houston Astros	28	14	14	.500	--	146	151	-5	8-6	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	134	68	66	.507
1	7	14	Chicago Cubs	28	14	14	.500	--	145	131	14	4-7	10-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	134	62	72	.463
3	9	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	27	13	14	.481	0.5	135	134	1	9-7	4-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	135	60	75	.444
4	12	23	St. Louis Cardinals	28	12	16	.429	2.0	111	149	-38	5-8	7-8	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	134	76	58	.567
5	14	25	Cincinnati Reds	26	9	17	.346	4.0	128	167	-39	4-8	5-9	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	136	72	64	.529
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	San Diego Padres	28	18	10	.643	--	154	112	42	9-4	9-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	134	73	61	.545
2	5	13	San Francisco Giants	27	14	13	.519	3.5	149	147	2	8-7	6-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	135	54	81	.400
3	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	29	14	15	.483	4.5	107	104	3	4-10	10-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	133	76	57	.571
4	10	22	Colorado Rockies	26	12	14	.462	5.0	132	171	-39	7-6	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	136	71	65	.522

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jordy Alexander	P	18.360	Signed as nondrafted free agent by independent Tri-City (Western)
Chris Coste	C	23.086	Signed by independent Fargo-Moorhead (Northern)
Pete Hartmann	P	24.354	Signed by independent Grays Harbor (Western)
Dion James	LF-CF	33.173	Released by Yankees.
Rob Lukachyk	OF	27.281	Signed as Free Agent by Expos.
Julius Matos	2B-3B	21.140	Signed by independent Thunder Bay (Northern)
Lipso Nava	3B	27.124	Signed by independent Rio Grande (Texas-Louisiana)
Andy Tomberlin	RF-LF	29.175	Sent to Mets by Athletics for future considerations.
Ben Weber	P	26.175	Signed by independent Salinas (Western)

Wednesday May 1,1996This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

Select a Date

Games on 1996-05-01

Standings as of 1996-05-01

Transactions

Month	Day	Year

Wednesday May 1,1996This date in baseballFollow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

Select a Date

Games on 1996-05-01

Standings as of 1996-05-01

Transactions

Wednesday May 1,1996This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook