Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 1,1997

Standings as of 1997-05-01

Record in remaining games at far right

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	3	Baltimore Orioles	24	17	7	.708	--	135	96	39	8-4	9-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	138	81	57	.587
2	5	11	Boston Red Sox	25	13	12	.520	4.5	146	124	22	7-7	6-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	137	65	72	.474
3	6	13	New York Yankees	27	14	13	.519	4.5	156	121	35	7-7	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	135	82	53	.607
4	11	20	Toronto Blue Jays	24	11	13	.458	6.0	99	101	-2	6-6	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	138	65	73	.471
5	13	22	Detroit Tigers	27	11	16	.407	7.5	139	154	-15	5-9	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	135	68	67	.504
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	4	10	Milwaukee Brewers	23	12	11	.522	--	110	120	-10	4-7	8-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	138	66	72	.478
2	9	16	Cleveland Indians	26	13	13	.500	0.5	174	173	1	7-7	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	135	73	62	.541
3	8	17	Kansas City Royals	24	12	12	.500	0.5	120	109	11	7-6	5-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	137	55	82	.401
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	27	11	16	.407	3.0	126	157	-31	5-8	6-8	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	135	57	78	.422
5	14	26	Chicago White Sox	25	8	17	.320	5.0	106	138	-32	4-8	4-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	136	72	64	.529
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	5	Seattle Mariners	27	16	11	.593	--	161	151	10	9-4	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	135	74	61	.548
2	3	6	Texas Rangers	24	14	10	.583	0.5	110	98	12	7-5	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	138	63	75	.457
3	7	15	Anaheim Angels	24	12	12	.500	2.5	124	135	-11	5-5	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	138	72	66	.522
4	10	18	Oakland Athletics	27	13	14	.481	3.0	129	158	-29	5-8	8-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	135	52	83	.385
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	26	20	6	.769	--	144	75	69	8-4	12-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	136	81	55	.596
2	4	7	Florida Marlins	26	15	11	.577	5.0	105	100	5	3-9	12-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	136	77	59	.566
3	7	12	Montreal Expos	25	13	12	.520	6.5	123	129	-6	4-8	9-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	137	65	72	.474
4	10	21	New York Mets	27	12	15	.444	8.5	119	104	15	6-8	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	135	76	59	.563
5	12	25	Philadelphia Phillies	25	8	17	.320	11.5	90	123	-33	5-8	3-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	137	60	77	.438
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	6	9	Houston Astros	27	15	12	.556	--	113	96	17	7-7	8-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	135	69	66	.511
2	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	26	13	13	.500	1.5	94	125	-31	7-7	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	136	66	70	.485
3	9	19	St. Louis Cardinals	26	12	14	.462	2.5	89	89	0	4-10	8-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	136	61	75	.449
4	13	27	Cincinnati Reds	26	7	19	.269	7.5	96	172	-76	2-12	5-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	136	69	67	.507
5	14	28	Chicago Cubs	26	6	20	.231	8.5	99	138	-39	2-12	4-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	136	62	74	.456
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	2	2	Colorado Rockies	25	18	7	.720	--	176	124	52	9-4	9-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	137	65	72	.474
2	3	4	San Francisco Giants	25	17	8	.680	1.0	96	79	17	8-4	9-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	137	73	64	.533
3	5	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	25	14	11	.560	4.0	93	88	5	6-5	8-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	137	74	63	.540
4	11	24	San Diego Padres	25	10	15	.400	8.0	107	102	5	4-7	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	137	66	71	.482

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Angel Aragon	P	23.133	Signed by independent Sioux Falls (Northern)
Alonso Beltran	P	25.058	Signed by independent Lubbock (Texas-Louisiana)
Harry Berrios	OF	25.151	Signed by independent Sioux Falls (Northern)
Ned Darley	P	26.063	Signed by independent Bend (Western)
Joey Dawley	P	25.225	Signed by independent Chico (Western)
Dan DiPace	OF	22.007	Signed by independent Duluth-Superior (Northern)
James Dunning	P	9.290	Signed by independent Sioux City (Northern)
Bryan Eversgerd	P	28.079	Signed as Free Agent by Rangers.
Eddie Fitzpatrick	C	22.069	Signed as nondrafted free agent by independent Columbia (Heartland)
David Glick	P	21.029	Signed by independent Duluth-Superior (Northern)
Brett Grebe	P	26.158	Signed by independent Tri-City (Western)
Graham Koonce	1B	21.352	Signed by independent Tri-City (Western)
Julius Matos	2B-3B	22.140	Signed by independent Sioux City (Northern)
Johnny Ruffin	P	25.277	Purchased by Kintetsu Buffaloes (Japan Pacific) from Red Sox.
Tony Runion	P	25.147	Signed by independent Fargo-Moorhead (Northern)
Dave Ullery	C	22.136	Signed by independent Anderson (Heartland)
Bryan Warner	OF	22.267	Signed by independent Rio Grande (Texas-Louisiana)

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Atlanta Braves	4	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	John Smoltz	Dave Burba	Mark Wohlers
Chicago Cubs	4	Colorado Rockies	5	Box	Bill Swift	Frank Castillo	Steve Reed
Houston Astros	0	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Pedro Martinez	Chris Holt	(none)
San Diego Padres	7	New York Mets	3	Box	Andy Ashby	Dave Mlicki	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Philadelphia Phillies	0	Box	Pedro Astacio	Curt Schilling	(none)
San Francisco Giants	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Steve Cooke	Shawn Estes	Ricardo Rincon
Florida Marlins	2	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Matt Morris	Alex Fernandez	Dennis Eckersley
Oakland Athletics	1	Cleveland Indians	7	Box	Jack McDowell	Willie Adams	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	0	Kansas City Royals	8	Box	Jose Rosado	Woody Williams	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	3	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Scott Erickson	Scott Aldred	Randy Myers

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