Baseball on this Date - Monday August 4,1997

Standings as of 1997-08-04

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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	1	Baltimore Orioles	108	69	39	.639	--	564	413	151	38-19	31-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	54	29	25	.537
2	2	3	New York Yankees	109	64	45	.587	5.5	582	451	131	30-21	34-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	53	32	21	.604
3	8	17	Boston Red Sox	112	53	59	.473	18.0	613	608	5	26-28	27-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	50	25	25	.500
5	10	20	Toronto Blue Jays	109	51	58	.468	18.5	420	464	-44	26-28	25-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	53	25	28	.472
4	9	19	Detroit Tigers	109	51	58	.468	18.5	550	549	1	20-29	31-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	53	28	25	.528
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	106	57	49	.538	--	573	551	22	29-23	28-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	55	29	26	.527
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	109	55	54	.505	3.5	476	511	-35	20-34	35-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	52	23	29	.442
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	109	53	56	.486	5.5	530	555	-25	25-31	28-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	52	27	25	.519
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	110	50	60	.455	9.0	540	569	-29	25-29	25-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	52	18	34	.346
5	13	24	Kansas City Royals	108	46	62	.426	12.0	495	541	-46	21-32	25-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	53	21	32	.396
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	110	62	48	.564	--	645	594	51	33-26	29-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	52	28	24	.538
2	4	7	Anaheim Angels	112	63	49	.563	--	598	538	60	29-29	34-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	50	21	29	.420
3	11	21	Texas Rangers	110	51	59	.464	11.0	533	550	-17	23-29	28-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	52	26	26	.500
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	113	43	70	.381	20.5	523	661	-138	20-40	23-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49	22	27	.449
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	113	71	42	.628	--	571	410	161	37-23	34-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	49	30	19	.612
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	110	64	46	.582	5.5	472	436	36	28-26	36-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	52	28	24	.538
3	3	5	New York Mets	110	62	48	.564	7.5	516	467	49	29-31	33-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	52	26	26	.500
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	109	57	52	.523	12.0	489	491	-2	23-29	34-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	53	21	32	.396
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	109	36	73	.330	33.0	427	622	-195	15-42	21-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	53	32	21	.604
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	112	61	51	.545	--	512	453	59	28-28	33-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	50	23	27	.460
2	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	112	55	57	.491	6.0	480	524	-44	28-30	27-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	50	24	26	.480
3	10	18	St. Louis Cardinals	111	52	59	.468	8.5	454	445	9	23-34	29-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	51	21	30	.412
4	12	25	Cincinnati Reds	109	46	63	.422	13.5	413	525	-112	19-33	27-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	53	30	23	.566
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	112	45	67	.402	16.0	467	521	-54	16-41	29-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	50	23	27	.460
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	4	8	San Francisco Giants	112	62	50	.554	--	521	540	-19	28-25	34-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	50	28	22	.560
2	6	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	111	60	51	.541	1.5	498	419	79	24-28	36-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	51	28	23	.549
3	9	16	San Diego Padres	111	53	58	.477	8.5	571	613	-42	27-26	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	51	23	28	.451
4	11	22	Colorado Rockies	113	52	61	.460	10.5	639	651	-12	23-37	29-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	49	31	18	.633

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
San Francisco Giants	9	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Kirk Rueter	Giovanni Carrara	(none)
Houston Astros	1	Florida Marlins	4	Box	Livan Hernandez	Chris Holt	Jay Powell
St. Louis Cardinals	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Rick Reed	Manny Aybar	John Franco
Colorado Rockies	3	Philadelphia Phillies	7	Box	Tyler Green	Frank Castillo	(none)
Atlanta Braves	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	John Smoltz	Steve Cooke	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Anaheim Angels	2	Box	Scott Karl	Ken Hill	Mike Fetters
Cleveland Indians	7	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Charles Nagy	Scott Sanders	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	David Wells	Glendon Rusch	Mariano Rivera
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Minnesota Twins	9	Box	Brad Radke	Chris Carpenter	(none)
Boston Red Sox	11	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Butch Henry	Danny Patterson	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
D.J. Carrasco	P	20.114	signed
Terry Clark	P	36.298	Claimed on waivers by Rangers from Indians.
Jorge Piedra	CF-LF	18.109	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Dodgers

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