Baseball on Thursday, August 26, 1976

This research section allows you to see a list of events that occured on a particular date in baseball history. Games, standings and feats are available since 1957 while other data is available since 1903.

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
Kansas City Royals	7	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Tom Bruno (1-0)	Jim Willoughby (2-11)	BOS R Burleson (5) KCA H McRae (8)	Hal McRae (25.7)
Houston Astros	5	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	J.R. Richard (15-13)	Rick Reuschel (11-9)	CHN B Madlock (14), R Monday (23) HOU J Cruz (3), J Richard (1)	Cesar Cedeno (12.5)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Tug McGraw (6-4)	Rawly Eastwick (8-4)	CIN J Bench (14), D Driessen (5) PHI G Luzinski (20)	Dan Driessen (50.1)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
New York Yankees	75	48	.610	--	580	455	38-20	37-28	W3	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	64	60	.516	11.5	478	475	36-28	28-32	W1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	62	63	.496	14.0	488	488	30-35	32-28	L1	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	60	65	.480	16.0	491	562	28-31	32-34	W1	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	59	66	.472	17.0	526	524	27-38	32-28	L1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	56	65	.463	18.0	443	475	25-35	31-30	W3	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	77	49	.611	--	592	449	34-27	43-22	W2	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	68	58	.540	9.0	558	492	28-38	40-20	L1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	62	65	.488	15.5	553	581	29-35	33-30	L3	Game Log
Texas Rangers	58	68	.460	19.0	492	517	25-34	33-34	L4	Game Log
California Angels	55	72	.433	22.5	441	527	29-38	26-34	L1	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	55	72	.433	22.5	481	578	25-38	30-34	L1	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	82	43	.656	--	631	435	40-18	43-24	W1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	57	.544	14.0	551	529	36-27	32-30	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	64	62	.508	18.5	472	421	33-34	31-28	L1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	55	66	.455	25.0	483	498	27-31	28-35	W3	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	57	71	.445	26.5	498	608	27-39	30-32	L1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	41	79	.342	38.5	400	553	21-43	20-36	L11	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	80	48	.625	--	704	497	42-21	38-27	L3	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	55	.563	8.0	490	458	29-31	42-24	W3	Game Log
Houston Astros	63	67	.485	18.0	515	555	28-38	34-30	W1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	62	67	.481	18.5	474	531	26-38	36-29	L1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	58	70	.453	22.0	500	539	31-34	27-36	W1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	56	72	.437	24.0	464	558	24-39	32-33	W1	Game Log

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