Baseball on this Date - Monday August 26,1996

Standings as of 1996-08-26

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	130	74	56	.569	--	680	644	36	32-30	42-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	32	18	14	.563
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	131	70	61	.534	4.5	785	746	39	34-28	35-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	31	18	13	.581
3	7	14	Boston Red Sox	132	67	65	.508	8.0	759	759	0	27-36	40-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	30	18	12	.600
4	11	20	Toronto Blue Jays	132	62	70	.470	13.0	663	687	-24	33-37	29-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	30	12	18	.400
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	131	47	84	.359	27.5	651	894	-243	22-49	25-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	31	6	25	.194
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	131	78	53	.595	--	763	640	123	40-27	38-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	30	21	9	.700
2	5	11	Chicago White Sox	133	70	63	.526	9.0	741	660	81	35-34	35-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	29	15	14	.517
3	8	16	Minnesota Twins	131	65	66	.496	13.0	744	743	1	32-29	33-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	31	13	18	.419
4	9	18	Milwaukee Brewers	132	63	69	.477	15.5	752	744	8	32-34	31-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	30	17	13	.567
5	13	24	Kansas City Royals	132	59	73	.447	19.5	622	651	-29	32-33	27-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	29	16	13	.552
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	132	75	57	.568	--	784	648	136	32-33	43-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	30	15	15	.500
2	6	13	Seattle Mariners	130	67	63	.515	7.0	799	750	49	35-30	32-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	31	18	13	.581
3	10	19	Oakland Athletics	134	63	71	.470	13.0	714	755	-41	33-35	30-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	28	15	13	.536
4	12	22	California Angels	131	61	70	.466	13.5	644	780	-136	25-42	36-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	30	9	21	.300
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	129	81	48	.628	--	635	481	154	33-25	48-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	33	15	18	.455
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	129	70	59	.543	11.0	627	558	69	32-34	38-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	33	18	15	.545
3	10	21	Florida Marlins	131	61	70	.466	21.0	546	585	-39	19-44	42-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	31	19	12	.613
4	11	23	New York Mets	131	59	72	.450	23.0	622	646	-24	25-44	34-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	31	12	19	.387
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	132	53	79	.402	29.5	520	655	-135	26-44	27-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	30	14	16	.467
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	5	9	Houston Astros	132	70	62	.530	--	637	648	-11	32-35	38-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	30	12	18	.400
2	6	10	St. Louis Cardinals	131	69	62	.527	0.5	605	581	24	34-34	35-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	31	19	12	.613
3	8	15	Chicago Cubs	128	64	64	.500	4.0	628	598	30	28-33	36-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	34	12	22	.353
4	9	17	Cincinnati Reds	130	64	66	.492	5.0	598	641	-43	31-35	33-31	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	32	17	15	.531
5	13	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	130	55	75	.423	14.0	597	678	-81	28-39	27-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	32	18	14	.563
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	5	San Diego Padres	132	72	60	.545	--	651	563	88	34-29	38-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	30	19	11	.633
2	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	130	70	60	.538	1.0	555	539	16	33-32	37-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	32	20	12	.625
3	7	12	Colorado Rockies	132	69	63	.523	3.0	800	783	17	23-43	46-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	30	14	16	.467
4	12	25	San Francisco Giants	129	56	73	.434	14.5	611	676	-65	25-39	31-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	33	12	21	.364

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	11	Baltimore Orioles	12	Box	Randy Myers	Mark Acre	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	California Angels	1	Box	Tim Wakefield	Jason Dickson	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Cal Eldred	Wilson Alvarez	Doug Jones
Cleveland Indians	2	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Charles Nagy	Felipe Lira	(none)
New York Yankees	1	Seattle Mariners	2	Box	Bobby Ayala	Graeme Lloyd	Norm Charlton
Minnesota Twins	3	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Juan Guzman	Brad Radke	Mike Timlin
Cincinnati Reds	5	Colorado Rockies	9	Box	Bill Swift	Kevin Jarvis	Roger Bailey
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Houston Astros	2	Box	Andy Benes	Mike Hampton	Dennis Eckersley
Philadelphia Phillies	0	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	William VanLandingham	Curt Schilling	Rod Beck

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Hugo Castellanos	P	16.057	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Devil Rays
Adam Eaton	P	18.276	signed
Seth Greisinger	P	21.028	signed
Pat Mahomes	P	26.017	Traded by Twins to Red Sox for Brian Looney.
Gregg Olson	P	29.319	Traded by Tigers to Astros for Pedro Santana and Kevin Gallaher.

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