Baseball on this Date - Monday September 8,1997

Standings as of 1997-09-08

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	141	88	53	.624	--	714	564	150	47-27	41-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	21	10	11	.476
2	2	4	New York Yankees	141	80	61	.567	8.0	759	608	151	40-30	40-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	21	16	5	.762
5	10	17	Toronto Blue Jays	143	69	74	.483	20.0	586	617	-31	32-37	37-37	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	19	7	12	.368
3	9	16	Boston Red Sox	143	69	74	.483	20.0	784	785	-1	34-35	35-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	19	9	10	.474
4	7	19	Detroit Tigers	143	69	74	.483	20.0	702	697	5	29-40	40-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	19	10	9	.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	4	8	Cleveland Indians	139	76	63	.547	--	760	707	53	35-31	41-32	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	22	10	12	.455
2	6	11	Milwaukee Brewers	142	72	70	.507	5.5	614	664	-50	29-44	43-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	19	6	13	.316
3	8	18	Chicago White Sox	143	69	74	.483	9.0	685	741	-56	31-43	38-31	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	18	11	7	.611
4	12	25	Minnesota Twins	142	59	83	.415	18.5	678	763	-85	27-41	32-42	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	20	9	11	.450
5	13	26	Kansas City Royals	141	58	83	.411	19.0	663	732	-69	28-40	30-43	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	20	9	11	.450
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	7	Seattle Mariners	144	79	65	.549	--	827	761	66	40-34	39-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	18	11	7	.611
2	5	10	Anaheim Angels	144	75	69	.521	4.0	746	711	35	34-40	41-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	18	9	9	.500
3	11	20	Texas Rangers	144	67	77	.465	12.0	706	732	-26	33-41	34-36	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	18	10	8	.556
4	14	28	Oakland Athletics	144	57	87	.396	22.0	681	836	-155	26-49	31-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	18	8	10	.444
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	143	89	54	.622	--	712	513	199	46-27	43-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	19	12	7	.632
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	142	84	58	.592	4.5	646	573	73	38-35	46-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	20	8	12	.400
3	5	9	New York Mets	142	77	65	.542	11.5	679	629	50	34-38	43-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	20	11	9	.550
4	8	14	Montreal Expos	142	71	71	.500	17.5	616	641	-25	30-39	41-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	20	7	13	.350
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	140	57	83	.407	30.5	584	738	-154	26-47	31-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	22	11	11	.500
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	13	Houston Astros	143	72	71	.503	--	665	591	74	33-40	39-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	19	12	7	.632
2	9	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	144	70	74	.486	2.5	634	690	-56	34-40	36-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	18	9	9	.500
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	143	66	77	.462	6.0	595	598	-3	29-44	37-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	19	7	12	.368
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	142	64	78	.451	7.5	568	684	-116	27-42	37-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	20	12	8	.600
5	13	24	Chicago Cubs	144	60	84	.417	12.5	620	681	-61	21-49	39-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	18	8	10	.444
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	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	144	81	63	.563	--	660	549	111	35-35	46-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	18	7	11	.389
2	4	6	San Francisco Giants	143	79	64	.552	1.5	683	703	-20	36-33	43-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	19	11	8	.579
3	6	12	Colorado Rockies	144	73	71	.507	8.0	819	811	8	29-42	44-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	18	10	8	.556
4	10	21	San Diego Padres	144	67	77	.465	14.0	709	776	-67	33-38	34-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	18	9	9	.500

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago Cubs	8	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Mark Clark	Brett Tomko	(none)
Florida Marlins	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Kevin Brown	Hideo Nomo	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	13	New York Mets	4	Box	Mike Grace	Jason Isringhausen	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Bob Wickman	Matt Karchner	Doug Jones
Baltimore Orioles	1	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Paul Assenmacher	Alan Mills	Jose Mesa
Texas Rangers	2	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Willie Blair	Bobby Witt	(none)
Seattle Mariners	2	Kansas City Royals	9	Box	Jim Pittsley	Omar Olivares	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Dan Serafini	Dave Telgheder	(none)
Anaheim Angels	10	Toronto Blue Jays	12	Box	Dan Plesac	Mike James	Kelvim Escobar

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Darryl Brinkley	OF	28.259	Loaned by Pirates to Mexico City Red Devils (Mexican) June 12-
Scott Davison	P	26.327	On disabled list
Julius Matos	2B-3B	22.270	Purchased by Diamondbacks from Sioux Falls (Northern).
Miguel Ojeda	C	22.222	Loaned by Pirates to Mexico City Red Devils March 5-
Brian Raabe	3B-2B	29.308	Traded by Mariners to Rockies for Donnie Schmidt.
Britt Reames	P	24.020	On disabled list
Bryan Rupert	C	22.202	On disabled list
Kevin Sheredy	P	22.248	On disabled list

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