Baseball on this Date - Monday May 17,1971

Standings as of 1971-05-17

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Boston Red Sox	32	21	11	.656	--	152	126	26	9-7	12-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	130	64	66	.492
2	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	33	19	14	.576	2.5	138	108	30	8-9	11-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	125	82	43	.656
3	5	10	New York Yankees	32	16	16	.500	5.0	122	124	-2	8-8	8-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	130	66	64	.508
4	8	16	Detroit Tigers	34	16	18	.471	6.0	132	145	-13	7-13	9-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	128	75	53	.586
5	10	19	Washington Senators II	35	15	20	.429	7.5	120	146	-26	5-8	10-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	124	48	76	.387
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	33	13	20	.394	8.5	103	144	-41	7-11	6-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	129	47	82	.364
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Oakland Athletics	39	25	14	.641	--	173	144	29	17-6	8-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	122	76	46	.623
2	4	8	Minnesota Twins	36	19	17	.528	4.5	156	137	19	8-8	11-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	124	55	69	.444
3	6	13	Kansas City Royals	37	18	19	.486	6.0	140	132	8	9-10	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	124	67	57	.540
4	7	14	California Angels	38	18	20	.474	6.5	123	129	-6	10-8	8-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	124	58	66	.468
5	9	18	Milwaukee Brewers	32	14	18	.438	7.5	86	96	-10	8-8	6-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	129	55	74	.426
6	12	21	Chicago White Sox	33	13	20	.394	9.0	119	133	-14	9-6	4-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	129	66	63	.512
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	New York Mets	33	21	12	.636	--	138	98	40	10-7	11-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	129	62	67	.481
2	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	21	14	.600	1.0	152	111	41	10-7	11-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	127	76	51	.598
3	4	6	St. Louis Cardinals	36	21	15	.583	1.5	150	141	9	13-7	7-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	126	69	57	.548
4	5	9	Chicago Cubs	36	19	17	.528	3.5	140	147	-7	8-12	11-5	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	126	64	62	.508
5	9	17	Montreal Expos	28	13	15	.464	5.5	92	102	-10	6-10	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	133	58	75	.436
6	11	23	Philadelphia Phillies	33	11	22	.333	10.0	95	144	-49	6-11	5-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	129	56	73	.434
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	San Francisco Giants	37	27	10	.730	--	164	110	54	11-4	16-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	125	63	62	.504
2	6	11	Atlanta Braves	36	18	18	.500	8.5	131	148	-17	9-8	9-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	126	64	62	.508
3	7	12	Los Angeles Dodgers	37	18	19	.486	9.0	146	146	0	10-9	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	125	71	54	.568
4	8	15	Houston Astros	36	17	19	.472	9.5	129	115	14	7-9	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	126	62	64	.492
5	10	22	Cincinnati Reds	35	13	22	.371	13.0	114	137	-23	5-12	8-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	127	66	61	.520
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	36	10	26	.278	16.5	118	170	-52	4-14	6-12	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	125	51	74	.408

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	2	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Ray Culp	Dean Chance	Sparky Lyle
Minnesota Twins	3	California Angels	2	Box	Bert Blyleven	Rudy May	Tom Hall
Baltimore Orioles	3	New York Yankees	6	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Pat Dobson	Jack Aker
Cleveland Indians	6	Washington Senators II	3	Box	Steve Dunning	Dick Bosman	Phil Hennigan
New York Mets	3	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Bob Priddy	Ron Taylor	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Jim Bunning	Jim Merritt	Bucky Brandon
San Diego Padres	0	Houston Astros	2	Box	Don Wilson	Dave Roberts	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Mudcat Grant	Mike Marshall	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Luis Tiant	P	30.175	Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox.

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