Baseball on this Date - Monday August 5,1968

Games on 1968-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	2	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Bill Landis	Tommy John	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	New York Yankees	3	Box	Pete Richert	Dooley Womack	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Milt Pappas	Bill Stoneman	(none)
New York Mets	5	Houston Astros	6	Box	John Buzhardt	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Jim Brewer	Steve Blass	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Dick Hall	Mike McCormick	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Nelson Briles	Gerry Arrigo	Joe Hoerner

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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	2	Detroit Tigers	109	67	42	.615	--	437	349	88	32-25	35-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	53	36	17	.679
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	107	61	46	.570	5.0	385	321	64	30-25	31-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	55	30	25	.545
3	3	4	Cleveland Indians	112	61	51	.545	7.5	373	339	34	29-25	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	49	25	24	.510
4	4	5	Boston Red Sox	109	58	51	.532	9.0	417	438	-21	26-26	32-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	53	28	25	.528
5	5	8	Oakland Athletics	109	56	53	.514	11.0	369	355	14	27-29	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53	26	27	.491
6	6	12	New York Yankees	106	50	56	.472	15.5	343	364	-21	25-26	25-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	56	33	23	.589
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	106	50	56	.472	15.5	383	351	32	21-31	29-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	56	29	27	.518
8	8	15	California Angels	109	50	59	.459	17.0	346	423	-77	26-30	24-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	53	17	36	.321
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	106	47	59	.443	18.5	321	328	-7	20-28	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	56	20	36	.357
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	105	39	66	.371	26.0	349	455	-106	19-39	20-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	56	26	30	.464
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	1	St. Louis Cardinals	111	72	39	.649	--	414	303	111	35-18	37-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	51	25	26	.490
2	2	6	Cincinnati Reds	107	56	51	.523	14.0	448	434	14	30-24	25-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	55	27	28	.491
3	3	7	Chicago Cubs	111	58	53	.523	14.0	404	410	-6	28-31	30-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	51	26	25	.510
4	4	9	San Francisco Giants	109	55	54	.505	16.0	374	363	11	28-24	27-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	53	33	20	.623
5	5	10	Atlanta Braves	101	50	51	.495	17.0	297	329	-32	20-25	30-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	61	31	30	.508
6	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	108	51	57	.472	19.5	363	394	-31	27-32	24-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	54	25	29	.463
7	7	14	Houston Astros	100	47	53	.470	19.5	322	343	-21	19-29	28-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	62	25	37	.403
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	103	47	56	.456	21.0	336	335	1	26-29	21-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	59	33	26	.559
9	9	17	New York Mets	113	51	62	.451	22.0	333	339	-6	29-29	22-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	49	22	27	.449
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	111	50	61	.450	22.0	288	329	-41	23-31	27-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	51	26	25	.510

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