Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 17,1997

Standings as of 1997-04-17

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	13	10	3	.769	--	65	49	16	4-3	6-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	149	88	61	.591
2	5	13	Boston Red Sox	15	8	7	.533	3.0	91	67	24	4-4	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	147	70	77	.476
3	7	14	Toronto Blue Jays	12	6	6	.500	3.5	48	38	10	2-1	4-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	150	70	80	.467
4	10	18	Detroit Tigers	16	7	9	.438	4.5	95	104	-9	3-5	4-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	146	72	74	.493
5	13	22	New York Yankees	15	5	10	.333	6.0	78	71	7	4-6	1-4	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	147	91	56	.619
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	8	Milwaukee Brewers	11	7	4	.636	--	41	34	7	2-2	5-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	150	71	79	.473
2	6	12	Minnesota Twins	15	8	7	.533	1.0	73	83	-10	2-5	6-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	147	60	87	.408
3	9	16	Kansas City Royals	13	6	7	.462	2.0	56	55	1	4-3	2-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	148	61	87	.412
4	11	20	Cleveland Indians	14	6	8	.429	2.5	86	100	-14	5-5	1-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	147	80	67	.544
5	14	24	Chicago White Sox	14	4	10	.286	4.5	60	75	-15	2-5	2-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	147	76	71	.517
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	7	Seattle Mariners	15	10	5	.667	--	93	85	8	6-1	4-4	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	147	80	67	.544
2	4	11	Texas Rangers	12	7	5	.583	1.5	49	46	3	3-3	4-2	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	150	70	80	.467
3	8	15	Oakland Athletics	15	7	8	.467	3.0	63	77	-14	2-5	5-3	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	147	58	89	.395
4	12	19	Anaheim Angels	14	6	8	.429	3.5	73	87	-14	3-3	3-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	148	78	70	.527
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Atlanta Braves	14	11	3	.786	--	71	38	33	3-2	8-1	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	148	90	58	.608
2	4	5	Florida Marlins	14	10	4	.714	1.0	58	43	15	3-2	7-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	148	82	66	.554
3	9	21	Montreal Expos	12	5	7	.417	5.0	58	74	-16	2-4	3-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	150	73	77	.487
4	11	26	New York Mets	14	4	10	.286	7.0	47	58	-11	3-6	1-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	148	84	64	.568
5	13	27	Philadelphia Phillies	13	3	10	.231	7.5	30	59	-29	3-6	0-4	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	149	65	84	.436
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	7	10	Houston Astros	15	9	6	.600	--	60	50	10	3-4	6-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	147	75	72	.510
2	8	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	13	6	7	.462	2.0	44	58	-14	4-4	2-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	149	73	76	.490
3	10	23	Cincinnati Reds	15	5	10	.333	4.0	53	97	-44	1-8	4-2	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	147	71	76	.483
4	12	25	St. Louis Cardinals	14	4	10	.286	4.5	42	50	-8	1-8	3-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	148	69	79	.466
5	14	28	Chicago Cubs	12	0	12	.000	7.5	31	64	-33	0-6	0-6	L12	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	150	68	82	.453
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	Colorado Rockies	13	10	3	.769	--	105	63	42	6-2	4-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	149	73	76	.490
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	13	10	3	.769	--	56	41	15	5-0	5-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	149	80	69	.537
3	5	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	13	9	4	.692	1.0	54	36	18	3-1	6-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	149	79	70	.530
4	6	9	San Diego Padres	13	8	5	.615	2.0	63	41	22	3-1	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	149	68	81	.456

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Florida Marlins	2	Box	Mark Hutton	Mark Petkovsek	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Esteban Loaiza	Mike Morgan	John Ericks
Cleveland Indians	4	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Steve Kline	Ricky Trlicek	Jose Mesa
Baltimore Orioles	1	Chicago White Sox	0	Box	Mike Mussina	Danny Darwin	Randy Myers
Seattle Mariners	8	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Jeff Fassero	Jose Bautista	Norm Charlton
Texas Rangers	5	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	Darren Oliver	Tim Belcher	(none)
New York Yankees	4	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Bob Wickman	Graeme Lloyd	(none)
Anaheim Angels	3	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Greg Swindell	Mike James	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Paul Quantrill	Buddy Groom	Mike Timlin

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Hensley Meulens	LF	29.299	Signed as Free Agent by Expos.
Greg Morrison	OF	21.054	Signed by Blue Jays
Todd Van Poppel	P	25.130	Signed as Free Agent by Royals.

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