Baseball on Thursday, August 16, 1973

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Oakland Athletics	6	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Vida Blue (13-7)	John Curtis (11-10)	BOS C Fisk (22) OAK R Jackson 2 (29)	Reggie Jackson (20.0)
Cleveland Indians	10	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Dick Tidrow (10-11)	Paul Splittorff (15-7)	CLE C Chambliss (5)	Ron Lolich (19.7)
Atlanta Braves	10	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Joe Niekro (1-0)	Bob Locker (5-5)	ATL H Aaron (29)	Sonny Jackson (32.8)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Tom Bradley (10-11)	Ken Brett (12-5)	PHI B Boone (7)	Gary Thomasson (15.2)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	65	52	.556	--	505	414	36-28	29-24	W4	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	66	54	.550	1.5	502	484	28-30	38-24	L2	Game Log
New York Yankees	66	57	.537	3.0	516	458	22-34	44-23	L1	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	62	57	.521	4.0	522	481	28-29	34-28	L3	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	59	59	.500	6.5	535	518	26-27	33-32	W2	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	48	73	.397	19.0	508	622	26-39	22-34	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	69	51	.575	--	550	452	37-28	32-23	W5	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	70	52	.574	1.0	584	557	33-27	37-25	L1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	58	60	.492	10.0	523	514	29-24	29-36	W2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	58	63	.479	11.5	482	519	30-31	28-32	L2	Game Log
California Angels	54	63	.462	13.5	428	465	29-36	25-27	W1	Game Log
Texas Rangers	42	76	.356	26.0	426	597	17-43	25-33	L8	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	62	59	.512	--	487	458	28-30	34-29	L1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	57	58	.496	3.0	484	509	28-36	29-22	L4	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	60	.487	3.0	490	515	25-31	32-29	L2	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	56	64	.467	5.5	474	501	29-32	27-32	L11	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	55	65	.458	6.5	495	502	27-36	28-29	L2	Game Log
New York Mets	53	65	.449	7.5	437	463	29-35	24-30	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	46	.623	--	515	400	33-23	43-23	W4	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	73	48	.603	2.5	538	461	35-23	38-25	W2	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	66	53	.555	8.5	545	498	29-25	37-28	W2	Game Log
Houston Astros	64	59	.520	12.5	519	490	33-35	31-24	W1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	57	65	.467	19.0	586	591	30-34	26-32	W3	Game Log
San Diego Padres	43	77	.358	32.0	388	570	15-38	28-39	L1	Game Log

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