Baseball on this Date - Friday August 30,1968

Games on 1968-08-30

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators II	5	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Joe Coleman	Gary Bell	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	California Angels	5	Box	Jim McGlothlin	Catfish Hunter	Andy Messersmith
New York Yankees	1	Cleveland Indians	0	Box	Fritz Peterson	Sam McDowell	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Vicente Romo	Dooley Womack	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Detroit Tigers	9	Box	Earl Wilson	Tom Phoebus	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Al Worthington	Dennis Ribant	(none)
Houston Astros	3	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Larry Dierker	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	New York Mets	8	Box	Tom Seaver	Nelson Briles	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Philadelphia Phillies	7	Box	Chris Short	Jim Maloney	Turk Farrell
Atlanta Braves	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Milt Pappas	Dock Ellis	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Claude Osteen	Gaylord Perry	Jim Brewer

Standings as of 1968-08-30

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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	137	85	52	.620	--	556	424	132	37-33	48-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	25	18	7	.720
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	135	78	57	.578	6.0	494	414	80	37-30	41-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	27	13	14	.481
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	136	72	64	.529	12.5	519	527	-8	32-34	40-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	26	14	12	.538
4	4	7	Cleveland Indians	140	74	66	.529	12.5	445	437	8	34-33	39-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	21	12	9	.571
5	5	9	Oakland Athletics	137	69	68	.504	16.0	468	467	1	34-36	34-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	25	13	12	.520
6	6	10	New York Yankees	136	67	69	.493	17.5	427	448	-21	34-32	32-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	26	16	10	.615
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	136	65	71	.478	19.5	487	450	37	30-39	35-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	26	14	12	.538
8	8	17	California Angels	137	61	76	.445	24.0	439	515	-76	32-41	29-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	25	6	19	.240
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	135	57	78	.422	27.0	399	431	-32	24-38	33-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	27	10	17	.370
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	133	53	80	.398	30.0	439	560	-121	27-44	26-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	28	12	16	.429
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	136	85	51	.625	--	500	383	117	43-24	42-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	26	12	14	.462
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	133	72	61	.541	11.5	579	559	20	37-28	34-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	29	11	18	.379
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	134	72	62	.537	12.0	474	438	36	37-28	35-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	28	16	12	.571
4	4	8	Chicago Cubs	137	71	66	.518	14.5	516	529	-13	34-38	37-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	25	13	12	.520
5	5	11	Houston Astros	122	60	62	.492	18.0	399	403	-4	26-35	34-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	40	12	28	.300
6	6	12	Atlanta Braves	124	60	64	.484	19.0	390	421	-31	27-32	33-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	38	21	17	.553
7	7	14	New York Mets	138	63	75	.457	23.0	413	412	1	35-35	28-40	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	24	10	14	.417
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	134	61	73	.455	23.0	438	499	-61	31-39	30-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	28	15	13	.536
9	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	121	54	67	.446	23.5	400	401	-1	31-35	23-32	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	41	26	15	.634
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	131	57	74	.435	25.5	348	412	-64	24-36	33-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	31	19	12	.613

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