Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 27,1970

Standings as of 1970-08-27

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	1	Baltimore Orioles	128	83	45	.648	--	627	474	153	40-26	43-19	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	34	25	9	.735
2	4	6	New York Yankees	129	71	58	.550	12.5	556	514	42	34-36	37-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	33	22	11	.667
3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	128	68	60	.531	15.0	559	552	7	31-32	37-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	34	11	23	.324
4	7	12	Boston Red Sox	126	64	62	.508	18.0	583	570	13	22-39	42-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	36	23	13	.639
5	8	15	Cleveland Indians	128	62	66	.484	21.0	511	548	-37	28-37	34-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	34	14	20	.412
6	9	17	Washington Senators II	127	60	67	.472	22.5	513	532	-19	25-37	35-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	35	10	25	.286
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	126	75	51	.595	--	591	483	108	35-27	40-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	36	23	13	.639
2	3	5	California Angels	128	72	56	.563	4.0	525	485	40	37-26	35-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	34	14	20	.412
3	6	9	Oakland Athletics	129	68	61	.527	8.5	538	478	60	30-33	38-28	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	21	12	.636
4	10	22	Kansas City Royals	128	49	79	.383	27.0	484	581	-97	24-40	25-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	34	16	18	.471
5	11	23	Milwaukee Brewers	130	49	81	.377	28.0	499	624	-125	18-45	30-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	32	16	16	.500
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	131	48	83	.366	29.5	505	650	-145	23-44	25-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	31	8	23	.258
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	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	129	70	59	.543	--	588	537	51	30-32	40-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	33	19	14	.576
2	4	10	New York Mets	128	67	61	.523	2.5	554	499	55	32-31	35-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	34	16	18	.471
3	5	11	Chicago Cubs	131	67	64	.511	4.0	663	567	96	27-36	40-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	31	17	14	.548
4	8	16	St. Louis Cardinals	129	61	68	.473	9.0	618	604	14	32-32	29-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	33	15	18	.455
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	129	58	71	.450	12.0	467	582	-115	28-38	31-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	32	15	17	.469
6	11	20	Montreal Expos	129	56	73	.434	14.0	558	665	-107	27-40	28-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	33	17	16	.515
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	132	85	47	.644	--	642	552	90	38-27	47-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	30	17	13	.567
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	72	55	.567	10.5	612	519	93	41-23	31-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	34	15	19	.441
3	6	13	San Francisco Giants	128	65	63	.508	18.0	671	702	-31	31-34	34-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	34	21	13	.618
4	7	14	Atlanta Braves	129	65	64	.504	18.5	606	612	-6	29-35	36-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	33	11	22	.333
5	9	18	Houston Astros	129	59	70	.457	24.5	578	623	-45	28-38	31-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	33	20	13	.606
6	12	21	San Diego Padres	130	50	80	.385	34.0	558	653	-95	25-41	25-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	32	13	19	.406

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	4	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Mike Cuellar	Chuck Dobson	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	14	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Lew Krausse	Steve Dunning	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Jim Perry	Sonny Siebert	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Larry Dierker	Mike Wegener	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	New York Mets	5	Box	Jim McAndrew	Phil Niekro	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Grant Jackson	Jim McGlothlin	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Milt Pappas	Earl Wilson	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Bob Gibson	Gaylord Perry	(none)

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