Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 4,1962

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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	New York Yankees	94	58	36	.617	--	451	388	63	26-16	32-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Yankee Stadium I	68	38	30	.559
2	2	7	Minnesota Twins	97	54	43	.557	5.5	481	419	62	26-20	28-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	65	37	28	.569
3	3	8	Baltimore Orioles	97	51	46	.526	8.5	406	395	11	22-21	29-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	65	26	39	.400
4	4	10	Chicago White Sox	98	50	48	.510	10.0	422	402	20	23-21	27-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	64	35	29	.547
5	5	11	Cleveland Indians	94	47	47	.500	11.0	419	420	-1	19-22	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	68	33	35	.485
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	93	40	53	.430	17.5	396	477	-81	16-22	24-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	67	36	31	.537
7	7	14	Washington Senators II	94	39	55	.415	19.0	359	402	-43	20-20	19-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Doherty	RFK Memorial Stadium	67	21	46	.313
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	49	20	29	.408	15.5	223	264	-41	20-29	1-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	113	52	61	.460
9	9	18	Detroit Tigers	46	16	30	.348	18.0	163	193	-30	16-30	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Tiger Stadium	115	69	46	.600
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	102	68	34	.667	--	553	418	135	31-17	37-17	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	63	34	29	.540
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	104	64	40	.615	5.0	567	455	112	24-24	40-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	61	39	22	.639
3	3	4	Cincinnati Reds	103	60	43	.583	8.5	515	483	32	20-28	40-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	59	38	21	.644
4	4	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	95	53	42	.558	11.5	433	405	28	22-22	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	66	40	26	.606
5	5	6	St. Louis Cardinals	104	58	46	.558	11.0	526	437	89	25-25	33-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	58	26	32	.448
6	6	9	Milwaukee Braves	94	49	45	.521	15.0	431	378	53	20-26	29-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Birdie Tebbetts	John McHale	County Stadium	68	37	31	.544
7	7	13	Philadelphia Phillies	105	45	60	.429	24.5	477	548	-71	15-35	30-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	56	36	20	.643
8	8	16	Chicago Cubs	101	38	63	.376	29.5	415	560	-145	17-29	21-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	61	21	40	.344
9	9	17	Houston Colt 45s	52	19	33	.365	24.0	226	250	-24	19-33	1-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards		108	45	63	.417
10	10	19	New York Mets	102	27	75	.265	41.0	420	629	-209	13-37	14-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Polo Grounds	58	13	45	.224

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	31.356	Released by Mets.

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