Baseball on this Date - Thursday July 31,1997

Standings as of 1997-07-31

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	1	Baltimore Orioles	105	67	38	.638	--	543	403	140	36-18	31-20	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	57	31	26	.544
2	2	3	New York Yankees	105	61	44	.581	6.0	559	434	125	29-21	32-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	57	35	22	.614
3	8	18	Toronto Blue Jays	105	50	55	.476	17.0	401	437	-36	25-25	25-30	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	57	26	31	.456
4	9	19	Boston Red Sox	108	51	57	.472	17.5	587	585	2	24-26	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	54	27	27	.500
5	11	22	Detroit Tigers	105	49	56	.467	18.0	530	526	4	20-29	29-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	57	30	27	.526
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	5	11	Cleveland Indians	102	54	48	.529	--	544	533	11	26-22	28-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	59	32	27	.542
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	105	53	52	.505	2.5	454	486	-32	19-34	34-18	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	56	25	31	.446
3	7	14	Chicago White Sox	106	53	53	.500	3.0	526	537	-11	25-28	28-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	55	27	28	.491
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	106	48	58	.453	8.0	518	548	-30	24-27	24-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	56	20	36	.357
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	104	44	60	.423	11.0	473	521	-48	21-32	23-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	57	23	34	.404
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	3	6	Seattle Mariners	107	60	47	.561	--	622	577	45	31-25	29-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	55	30	25	.545
2	4	7	Anaheim Angels	108	60	48	.556	0.5	578	529	49	29-29	31-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	54	24	30	.444
3	10	20	Texas Rangers	106	50	56	.472	9.5	512	517	-5	23-29	27-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	56	27	29	.482
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	110	42	68	.382	19.5	513	640	-127	20-40	22-28	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	23	29	.442
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	2	Atlanta Braves	109	69	40	.633	--	555	397	158	35-21	34-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	53	32	21	.604
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	106	61	45	.575	6.5	455	425	30	28-26	33-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	56	31	25	.554
3	3	5	New York Mets	106	60	46	.566	7.5	502	451	51	28-29	32-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	56	28	28	.500
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	106	55	51	.519	12.5	475	480	-5	23-29	32-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	56	23	33	.411
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	105	33	72	.314	34.0	405	615	-210	15-42	18-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	57	35	22	.614
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	5	9	Houston Astros	108	59	49	.546	--	497	439	58	28-27	31-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	54	25	29	.463
2	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	108	53	55	.491	6.0	460	502	-42	28-30	25-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	54	26	28	.481
3	10	17	St. Louis Cardinals	107	51	56	.477	7.5	448	426	22	22-31	29-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	55	22	33	.400
4	12	24	Cincinnati Reds	105	45	60	.429	12.5	397	499	-102	19-33	26-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	57	31	26	.544
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	109	43	66	.394	16.5	449	504	-55	16-41	27-25	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	53	25	28	.472
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
2	4	8	San Francisco Giants	108	59	49	.546	--	495	524	-29	25-24	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	54	31	23	.574
1	6	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	108	59	49	.546	--	481	401	80	23-26	36-23	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	54	29	25	.537
3	9	16	San Diego Padres	108	52	56	.481	7.0	560	599	-39	26-24	26-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	54	24	30	.444
4	11	21	Colorado Rockies	109	51	58	.468	8.5	620	624	-4	22-34	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	53	32	21	.604

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Wilson Alvarez	P	27.129	Traded by White Sox with Roberto Hernandez and Danny Darwin to Giants for Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Keith Foulke, Mike Caruso and Lorenzo Barcelo.
Lorenzo Barcelo	P	19.355	Traded by Giants with Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Keith Foulke and Mike Caruso to White Sox for Roberto Hernandez, Danny Darwin and Wilson Alvarez.
Jeff Branson	3B-2B	30.186	Traded by Reds with John Smiley to Indians for Scott Winchester, Damian Jackson, Danny Graves and Jim Crowell.
Mike Caruso	SS	20.065	Traded by Giants with Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Keith Foulke and Lorenzo Barcelo to White Sox for Roberto Hernandez, Danny Darwin and Wilson Alvarez.
Jim Crowell	P	23.078	Traded by Indians with Scott Winchester, Damian Jackson and Danny Graves to Reds for John Smiley and Jeff Branson.
Jose Cruz	RF	23.103	Traded by Mariners to Blue Jays for Mike Timlin and Paul Spoljaric.
Danny Darwin	P	41.280	Traded by White Sox with Roberto Hernandez and Wilson Alvarez to Giants for Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Keith Foulke, Mike Caruso and Lorenzo Barcelo.
Keith Foulke	P	24.285	Traded by Giants with Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Mike Caruso and Lorenzo Barcelo to White Sox for Roberto Hernandez, Danny Darwin and Wilson Alvarez.
Danny Graves	P	23.358	Traded by Indians with Scott Winchester, Damian Jackson and Jim Crowell to Reds for John Smiley and Jeff Branson.
Roberto Hernandez	P	32.262	Traded by White Sox with Danny Darwin and Wilson Alvarez to Giants for Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Keith Foulke, Mike Caruso and Lorenzo Barcelo.
Bob Howry	P	23.361	Traded by Giants with Ken Vining, Brian Manning, Keith Foulke, Mike Caruso and Lorenzo Barcelo to White Sox for Roberto Hernandez, Danny Darwin and Wilson Alvarez.
Damian Jackson	2B-SS	23.359	Traded by Indians with Scott Winchester, Danny Graves and Jim Crowell to Reds for John Smiley and Jeff Branson.
Mike Johnson	P	21.302	Traded by Orioles to Expos for Everett Stull.
Jeff Juden	P	26.193	Traded by Expos to Indians for Steve Kline.
Steve Kline	P	24.343	Traded by Indians to Expos for Jeff Juden.
Derek Lowe	P	24.060	Traded by Mariners with Jason Varitek to Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb.
Eric Ludwick	P	25.230	Traded by Cardinals with Blake Stein and T.J. Mathews to Athletics for Mark McGwire.
TJ Mathews	P	27.193	Traded by Cardinals with Blake Stein and Eric Ludwick to Athletics for Mark McGwire.
Mark McGwire	1B	33.304	Traded by Athletics to Cardinals for Blake Stein, T.J. Mathews and Eric Ludwick.
Heathcliff Slocumb	P	31.054	Traded by Red Sox to Mariners for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe.
John Smiley	P	32.136	Traded by Reds with Jeff Branson to Indians for Scott Winchester, Damian Jackson, Danny Graves and Jim Crowell.
Paul Spoljaric	P	26.310	Traded by Blue Jays with Mike Timlin to Mariners for Jose Cruz.
Blake Stein	P	23.362	Traded by Cardinals with T.J. Mathews and Eric Ludwick to Athletics for Mark McGwire.
Dave Stevens	P	27.149	Claimed on waivers by Cubs from Twins.
Mike Timlin	P	31.143	Traded by Blue Jays with Paul Spoljaric to Mariners for Jose Cruz.
Jason Varitek	C	25.111	Traded by Mariners with Derek Lowe to Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb.
Ken Vining	P	22.238	Traded by Giants with Brian Manning, Bob Howry, Keith Foulke, Mike Caruso and Lorenzo Barcelo to White Sox for Roberto Hernandez, Danny Darwin and Wilson Alvarez.
Trevor Wilson	P	31.054	Signed as Free Agent by Angels.
Scott Winchester	P	24.102	Traded by Indians with Damian Jackson, Danny Graves and Jim Crowell to Reds for John Smiley and Jeff Branson.

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Chan Ho Park	Terry Mulholland	Todd Worrell
Atlanta Braves	0	Florida Marlins	1	Box	Tony Saunders	Paul Byrd	Robb Nen
San Diego Padres	2	Montreal Expos	9	Box	Dustin Hermanson	Sterling Hitchcock	Marc Valdes
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Ricky Bottalico	Tony Fossas	(none)
Colorado Rockies	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Jason Schmidt	Roger Bailey	Rich Loiselle
Chicago White Sox	14	Anaheim Angels	12	Box	Carlos Castillo	Mike Holtz	Matt Karchner
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Justin Thompson	Robert Person	Todd Jones
Boston Red Sox	2	Kansas City Royals	3	Box	Hector Carrasco	Heathcliff Slocumb	(none)
Seattle Mariners	1	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Bob Wickman	Jamie Moyer	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Armando Benitez	Dane Johnson	(none)

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