Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 20,1970

Standings as of 1970-08-20

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	122	78	44	.639	--	598	460	138	40-26	38-18	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	40	30	10	.750
2	5	7	New York Yankees	122	67	55	.549	11.0	531	493	38	30-33	37-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	40	26	14	.650
3	6	9	Detroit Tigers	122	65	57	.533	13.0	534	524	10	31-32	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	40	14	26	.350
4	7	11	Boston Red Sox	120	62	58	.517	15.0	568	551	17	20-35	42-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	42	25	17	.595
6	8	15	Washington Senators II	122	58	64	.475	20.0	490	516	-26	23-34	35-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	40	12	28	.300
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	122	58	64	.475	20.0	480	514	-34	28-37	30-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	40	18	22	.450
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Minnesota Twins	120	72	48	.600	--	570	461	109	35-27	37-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	42	26	16	.619
2	3	5	California Angels	122	68	54	.557	5.0	495	459	36	33-24	35-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	40	18	22	.450
3	4	6	Oakland Athletics	123	68	55	.553	5.5	518	442	76	30-27	38-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	21	18	.538
4	10	22	Milwaukee Brewers	124	47	77	.379	27.0	473	601	-128	16-41	30-37	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	38	18	20	.474
5	11	23	Kansas City Royals	122	46	76	.377	27.0	468	557	-89	24-40	22-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	40	19	21	.475
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	125	44	81	.352	30.5	486	633	-147	23-44	21-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	37	12	25	.324
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	68	56	.548	--	570	528	42	28-29	40-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	38	21	17	.553
2	4	10	New York Mets	121	64	57	.529	2.5	520	467	53	32-31	32-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	41	19	22	.463
3	5	12	Chicago Cubs	124	64	60	.516	4.0	629	543	86	24-32	40-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	38	20	18	.526
4	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	123	57	66	.463	10.5	576	576	0	28-30	29-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	39	19	20	.487
5	10	19	Montreal Expos	123	54	69	.439	13.5	537	638	-101	27-40	26-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	39	19	20	.487
6	11	20	Philadelphia Phillies	122	53	69	.434	14.0	437	558	-121	28-38	26-30	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	39	20	19	.513
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	125	82	43	.656	--	616	522	94	35-23	47-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	37	20	17	.541
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	121	69	52	.570	11.0	595	495	100	41-23	28-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	40	18	22	.450
3	6	13	Atlanta Braves	123	62	61	.504	19.0	578	584	-6	26-32	36-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	39	14	25	.359
4	7	14	San Francisco Giants	122	61	61	.500	19.5	649	670	-21	31-34	30-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	40	25	15	.625
5	9	18	Houston Astros	122	55	67	.451	25.5	549	596	-47	24-35	31-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	40	24	16	.600
6	12	21	San Diego Padres	124	48	76	.387	33.5	536	615	-79	25-41	23-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	38	15	23	.395

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	4	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Bill Zepp	Lindy McDaniel
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Ron Reed	Barry Lersch	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Floyd Wicker	OF	27.342	Purchased by Brewers from Expos.

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