Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 4,1968

Games on 1968-05-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	4	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Lew Krausse	Dick Ellsworth	Ed Sprague
New York Yankees	1	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Cisco Carlos	Fred Talbot	Bob Locker
Minnesota Twins	0	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Steve Hargan	Dave Boswell	(none)
California Angels	7	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Jim McGlothlin	Earl Wilson	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	Washington Senators II	3	Box	Jim Hardin	Phil Ortega	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Gerry Arrigo	Bill Singer	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	New York Mets	7	Box	Dick Selma	Jack Lamabe	Cal Koonce
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Dick Hall	Roy Face	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	11	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	Mike Torrez	Ray Sadecki	Joe Hoerner
Atlanta Braves	5	Houston Astros	2	Box	Ron Reed	Larry Dierker	Cecil Upshaw

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1968 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	20	14	6	.700	--	94	52	42	7-2	7-4	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	142	77	65	.542
2	2	3	Detroit Tigers	21	13	8	.619	1.5	73	58	15	6-3	7-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	141	90	51	.638
3	3	4	Minnesota Twins	21	12	9	.571	2.5	87	61	26	8-3	4-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	141	67	74	.475
4	4	7	Washington Senators II	21	11	10	.524	3.5	66	74	-8	6-4	5-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	140	54	86	.386
5	5	9	California Angels	22	11	11	.500	4.0	72	91	-19	7-4	4-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	140	56	84	.400
6	6	11	Oakland Athletics	21	10	11	.476	4.5	68	71	-3	8-5	2-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	141	72	69	.511
7	7	15	Cleveland Indians	20	9	11	.450	5.0	62	53	9	3-7	6-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	141	77	64	.546
8	8	13	Boston Red Sox	20	9	11	.450	5.0	65	85	-20	4-4	5-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	142	77	65	.542
9	9	18	New York Yankees	21	9	12	.429	5.5	58	74	-16	6-6	3-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	141	74	67	.525
10	10	20	Chicago White Sox	17	4	13	.235	8.5	34	60	-26	2-7	2-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	145	63	82	.434
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1968 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	St. Louis Cardinals	22	15	7	.682	--	107	68	39	6-6	9-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	140	82	58	.586
3	3	8	Cincinnati Reds	21	11	10	.524	3.5	86	80	6	5-6	6-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	141	72	69	.511
4	4	6	Philadelphia Phillies	21	11	10	.524	3.5	61	66	-5	4-9	7-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	141	65	76	.461
2	2	5	San Francisco Giants	21	11	10	.524	3.5	79	72	7	4-3	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	141	77	64	.546
5	5	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	22	11	11	.500	4.0	52	64	-12	5-5	6-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	140	65	75	.464
6	6	12	New York Mets	19	9	10	.474	4.5	57	51	6	3-5	6-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	143	64	79	.448
8	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	20	9	11	.450	5.0	73	55	18	3-7	6-4	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	142	71	71	.500
7	7	16	Houston Astros	20	9	11	.450	5.0	60	89	-29	1-8	8-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	142	63	79	.444
9	9	17	Chicago Cubs	21	9	12	.429	5.5	89	105	-16	3-9	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	141	75	66	.532
10	10	19	Atlanta Braves	21	9	12	.429	5.5	62	76	-14	4-8	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	141	72	69	.511

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Byron Browne	OF	25.128	Traded by Cubs to Astros for Aaron Pointer.
Aaron Pointer	OF	26.015	Traded by Astros to Cubs for Byron Browne.

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