Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 15,1996

Standings as of 1996-08-15

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	2	3	New York Yankees	119	70	49	.588	--	614	571	43	32-29	38-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	43	22	21	.512
2	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	120	64	56	.533	6.5	725	681	44	32-26	31-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	42	24	18	.571
3	9	18	Boston Red Sox	121	59	62	.488	12.0	700	715	-15	26-36	33-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	41	26	15	.634
4	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	121	54	67	.446	17.0	610	644	-34	26-34	28-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	41	20	21	.488
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	120	42	78	.350	28.5	591	827	-236	19-45	23-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	42	11	31	.262
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	2	Cleveland Indians	121	72	49	.595	--	704	593	111	39-27	33-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	40	27	13	.675
2	4	6	Chicago White Sox	121	67	54	.554	5.0	676	582	94	33-29	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	41	18	23	.439
3	7	15	Minnesota Twins	120	60	60	.500	11.5	684	673	11	32-28	28-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	42	18	24	.429
4	10	21	Kansas City Royals	122	57	65	.467	15.5	586	599	-13	31-31	26-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	39	18	21	.462
5	12	23	Milwaukee Brewers	121	55	66	.455	17.0	689	684	5	27-32	28-34	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	41	25	16	.610
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	3	4	Texas Rangers	122	69	53	.566	--	713	598	115	28-30	41-23	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	40	21	19	.525
2	6	12	Seattle Mariners	119	61	58	.513	6.5	732	681	51	30-25	31-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	42	24	18	.571
3	8	17	Oakland Athletics	123	60	63	.488	9.5	663	691	-28	32-29	28-34	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	18	21	.462
4	11	22	California Angels	120	55	65	.458	13.0	580	728	-148	19-38	36-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	41	15	26	.366
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	1	Atlanta Braves	120	74	46	.617	--	599	457	142	33-25	41-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	42	22	20	.524
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	119	66	53	.555	7.5	587	504	83	28-28	38-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	43	22	21	.512
3	10	19	Florida Marlins	121	57	64	.471	17.5	506	534	-28	18-39	39-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	41	23	18	.561
4	11	20	New York Mets	122	57	65	.467	18.0	568	580	-12	23-37	34-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	40	14	26	.350
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	122	49	73	.402	26.0	481	603	-122	23-40	26-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	40	18	22	.450
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
1	3	7	Houston Astros	121	65	56	.537	--	590	599	-9	31-33	34-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	41	17	24	.415
2	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	121	64	57	.529	1.0	573	539	34	32-29	32-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	41	24	17	.585
3	8	14	Cincinnati Reds	117	59	58	.504	4.0	539	572	-33	29-29	30-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	45	22	23	.489
4	9	16	Chicago Cubs	119	59	60	.496	5.0	573	559	14	27-31	32-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	43	17	26	.395
5	12	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	52	68	.433	12.5	556	620	-64	25-32	27-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	42	21	21	.500
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	5	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	121	64	57	.529	--	508	495	13	33-32	31-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	41	26	15	.634
2	6	11	San Diego Padres	123	65	58	.528	--	586	531	55	34-29	31-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	39	26	13	.667
3	7	13	Colorado Rockies	120	61	59	.508	2.5	715	720	-5	21-40	40-19	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	42	22	20	.524
4	13	26	San Francisco Giants	118	50	68	.424	12.5	551	619	-68	23-38	27-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	44	18	26	.409

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	18	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Mike Mussina	Willie Adams	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Dave Burba	Bob Tewksbury	Jeff Brantley
Colorado Rockies	6	Florida Marlins	7	Box	Jay Powell	Bruce Ruffin	Robb Nen
Atlanta Braves	8	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Terrell Wade	Curt Schilling	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Hideo Nomo	Mike Morgan	Todd Worrell

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Narciso Elvira	P	28.291	Loaned to Monterrey (Mexican) March 29-
Bartolome Fortunato	P	16.019	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Devil Rays.
Mark Kotsay	LF	20.257	signed
Carlos Mendoza	LF-CF	16.262	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Giants
Tim Pugh	P	29.201	Claimed on waivers by Reds from Royals.
Rafael Quirico	P	26.342	Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.
Bobby Seay	P	18.056	Granted Free Agency.

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