Baseball on Monday, August 17, 1981

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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
Minnesota Twins	2	Detroit Tigers	12	Box	Dan Petry (5-6)	Jerry Koosman (3-9)	None	Al Cowens (9.9)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Rich Gale (5-5)	Jim Clancy (3-6)	KCA G Brett (3) TOR J Mayberry (10)	Jamie Quirk (30.3)
Chicago White Sox	4	New York Yankees	1	Box	Britt Burns (7-2)	Rick Reuschel (4-8)	CHA G Luzinski (11)	Greg Luzinski (15.5)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Doug Bird (7-1)	Bob Welch (4-4)	None	Jody Davis (21.1)
Montreal Expos	6	Houston Astros	2	Box	Ray Burris (5-5)	Vern Ruhle (1-2)	None	Andre Dawson (19.8)
San Francisco Giants	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Greg Minton (3-3)	Rod Scurry (2-4)	None	Joe Morgan (39.0)
San Diego Padres	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Jim Kaat (4-2)	Gary Lucas (3-6)	None	Ken Oberkfell (36.7)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
New York Yankees	37	27	.578	--	246	221	16-18	21-9	L4	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	35	26	.574	1.5	251	238	14-16	21-10	L1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	37	28	.569	0.5	290	261	22-16	15-12	W2	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	36	29	.554	1.5	258	246	16-14	20-15	W4	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	33	30	.524	3.5	285	283	19-16	14-14	L1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	28	31	.475	6.5	223	229	16-11	12-20	W1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	20	46	.303	18.0	213	302	11-22	9-24	L3	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	41	25	.621	--	279	222	16-14	25-11	W3	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	36	25	.590	2.5	285	228	18-17	18-8	W2	Game Log
Texas Rangers	36	25	.590	2.5	283	230	14-14	22-11	W1	Game Log
California Angels	32	34	.485	9.0	291	275	18-15	14-19	L3	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	25	34	.424	12.5	223	256	16-18	9-16	W1	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	27	39	.409	14.0	261	309	13-16	14-23	W3	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	21	45	.318	20.0	211	299	8-20	12-26	L4	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	35	22	.614	--	263	217	14-11	21-11	W4	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	36	26	.581	2.5	271	264	14-16	22-10	L2	Game Log
Montreal Expos	34	27	.557	3.0	253	226	12-18	22-9	W1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	28	29	.491	7.0	233	212	16-14	11-16	L2	Game Log
New York Mets	22	37	.373	14.0	206	264	10-19	12-18	W2	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	20	42	.323	17.5	212	290	2-21	17-22	W2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	40	25	.615	--	272	205	19-14	21-11	L1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	38	25	.603	1.0	285	265	19-12	19-13	W1	Game Log
Houston Astros	33	32	.508	7.0	224	211	19-17	14-15	L1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	31	31	.500	7.5	233	258	19-16	11-16	L1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	31	36	.463	10.0	255	249	17-20	14-16	W1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	24	40	.375	15.5	211	257	12-21	12-19	L4	Game Log

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