Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 8,1962

Standings as of 1962-05-08

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1962 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Kansas City Athletics	7	5	2	.714	--	45	30	15	5-2	1-0	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	155	67	88	.432
2	2	3	New York Yankees	19	13	6	.684	2.0	98	71	27	8-2	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	143	83	60	.580
3	3	7	Cleveland Indians	17	10	7	.588	--	79	71	8	6-3	4-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	145	70	75	.483
4	4	8	Minnesota Twins	22	12	10	.545	0.5	113	112	1	7-4	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	140	79	61	.564
5	5	10	Boston Red Sox	22	11	11	.500	1.5	95	89	6	2-8	9-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	138	65	73	.471
6	6	9	Chicago White Sox	22	11	11	.500	1.5	90	94	-4	5-4	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	140	74	66	.529
7	7	13	Baltimore Orioles	19	8	11	.421	3.0	71	84	-13	4-6	4-5	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	143	69	74	.483
8	8	17	Detroit Tigers	8	2	6	.250	3.5	38	45	-7	2-6	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	153	83	70	.542
9	9	19	Washington Senators II	18	4	14	.222	6.5	64	103	-39	2-6	2-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	RFK Memorial Stadium	143	56	87	.392
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1962 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	San Francisco Giants	27	21	6	.778	--	182	107	75	7-4	14-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	138	82	56	.594
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	21	14	7	.667	4.0	147	83	64	6-3	8-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	141	70	71	.496
3	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	23	14	9	.609	5.0	97	94	3	9-6	5-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	138	79	59	.572
4	4	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	25	15	10	.600	5.0	128	121	7	7-5	8-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	140	87	53	.621
5	5	11	Philadelphia Phillies	20	10	10	.500	7.5	98	109	-11	4-6	6-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	141	71	70	.504
6	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	25	12	13	.480	8.0	119	142	-23	4-7	8-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	137	86	51	.628
7	7	14	Milwaukee Braves	21	8	13	.381	10.0	85	101	-16	1-8	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	141	78	63	.553
8	8	15	Houston Colt 45s	12	4	8	.333	9.5	54	41	13	4-8	1-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards		148	60	88	.405
9	9	16	Chicago Cubs	23	6	17	.261	13.0	94	160	-66	3-8	3-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	139	53	86	.381
10	10	18	New York Mets	21	5	16	.238	13.0	87	133	-46	3-7	2-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Polo Grounds	139	35	104	.252

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	6	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Dick Donovan	Jim Kaat	Barry Latman
New York Mets	3	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Jay Hook	Bob Anderson	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Chris Short	Jim O'Toole	Jack Baldschun
Los Angeles Dodgers	9	Houston Colt 45s	6	Box	Ron Perranoski	Bobby Tiefenauer	Ed Roebuck
San Francisco Giants	4	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Juan Marichal	Larry Jackson	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Billy Consolo	SS-2B	27.263	Purchased by Angels from Phillies.
Ted Wills	P	28.088	Purchased by Reds from Red Sox.

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