Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 12,1964

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1964 Playoffs

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Boston Red Sox

Baltimore Orioles

Boxscore - PBP

14,005

2:11

Ed Connolly

Milt Pappas

Milt Pappas (11-5)

Ed Connolly (2-9)

Johnny Pesky

Hank Bauer

Memorial Stadium

Washington Senators II

Kansas City Athletics

Boxscore - PBP

3,786

2:29

Buster Narum

Jose Santiago

Ron Kline (7-6)

Moe Drabowsky (3-13)

Gil Hodges

Mel McGaha

Municipal Stadium

Detroit Tigers

Minnesota Twins

Boxscore - PBP

15,003

2:42

Mickey Lolich

Mudcat Grant

Mickey Lolich (12-7)

Mudcat Grant (9-9)

Chuck Dressen

Sam Mele

Metropolitan Stad

Chicago White Sox

New York Yankees

Boxscore - PBP

16,945

2:09

Ray Herbert

Mel Stottlemyre

Mel Stottlemyre (1-0)

Ray Herbert (5-4)

Al Lopez

Yogi Berra

Yankee Stadium I

Philadelphia Phillies

Chicago Cubs

Boxscore - PBP

8,633

2:47

Chris Short

Larry Jackson

Chris Short (11-6)

Larry Jackson (14-10)

Jack Baldschun (16)

Gene Mauch

Bob Kennedy

Wrigley Field

Los Angeles Dodgers

Cincinnati Reds

Boxscore - PBP

18,291

2:25

Sandy Koufax

Jim O'Toole

Sandy Koufax (18-5)

Jim O'Toole (12-5)

Walter Alston

Fred Hutchinson

Crosley Field

Houston Colt 45s

Milwaukee Braves

Boxscore - PBP

8,165

2:26

Hal Brown

Tony Cloninger

Tony Cloninger (9-11)

Hal Brown (2-11)

Harry Craft

Bobby Bragan

County Stadium

New York Mets

Pittsburgh Pirates

Boxscore - PBP

6,677

2:49

Dennis Ribant

Joe Gibbon

Joe Gibbon (9-3)

Dennis Ribant (0-1)

Al McBean (16)

Casey Stengel

Danny Murtaugh

Forbes Field

San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

Boxscore - PBP

17,676

2:55

Gaylord Perry

Roger Craig

Roger Craig (6-5)

Bob Shaw (7-5)

Barney Schultz (3)

Alvin Dark

Johnny Keane

Sportsman's Park

9 Games on this date

Standings as of 1964-08-12.

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1964 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	115	72	43	.626	--	488	402	86	35-23	36-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	47	25	22	.532
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	114	69	45	.605	2.5	472	361	111	34-25	35-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	48	29	19	.604
3	3	4	New York Yankees	113	66	47	.584	5.0	499	413	86	32-23	34-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I	49	33	16	.673
4	4	9	Detroit Tigers	118	60	58	.508	13.5	494	509	-15	26-32	33-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	44	25	19	.568
5	5	12	Minnesota Twins	116	56	60	.483	16.5	546	526	20	28-30	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	46	23	23	.500
6	6	13	Cleveland Indians	117	55	62	.470	18.0	497	487	10	25-33	29-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	45	24	21	.533
7	7	15	Boston Red Sox	115	53	62	.461	19.0	509	570	-61	22-39	31-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park	47	19	28	.404
8	8	17	Washington Senators II	118	46	72	.390	27.5	453	551	-98	24-38	22-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	44	16	28	.364
9	9	18	Kansas City Athletics	115	42	73	.365	30.0	439	580	-141	21-36	21-37	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Pat Friday	Municipal Stadium	47	15	32	.319
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1964 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Philadelphia Phillies	110	67	43	.609	--	476	409	67	33-22	34-21	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	52	25	27	.481
2	2	5	San Francisco Giants	114	65	49	.570	4.0	465	392	73	34-25	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	48	25	23	.521
3	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	106	60	46	.566	5.0	467	392	75	26-21	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	56	20	36	.357
4	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	116	64	52	.552	6.0	487	425	62	27-27	36-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	46	28	18	.609
5	5	8	St. Louis Cardinals	113	60	53	.531	8.5	489	478	11	28-25	32-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	49	33	16	.673
6	6	10	Milwaukee Braves	106	53	53	.500	12.0	496	494	2	25-26	28-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Bobby Bragan	John McHale	County Stadium	56	35	21	.625
7	7	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	56	58	.491	13.0	437	410	27	30-33	26-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	48	24	24	.500
8	8	14	Chicago Cubs	110	51	59	.464	16.0	448	498	-50	26-29	25-30	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	52	25	27	.481
9	9	16	Houston Colt 45s	116	48	68	.414	22.0	360	448	-88	22-39	26-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards		46	18	28	.391
10	10	19	New York Mets	115	36	79	.313	33.5	399	578	-179	14-48	21-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Shea Stadium	47	17	30	.362

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Willie Kirkland	OF	30.176	Purchased by Senators from Orioles.

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