Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 9,1973

Standings as of 1973-08-09

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1973 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	111	61	50	.550	--	466	382	84	32-26	29-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	51	36	15	.706
2	4	7	Detroit Tigers	114	62	52	.544	0.5	468	453	15	27-28	35-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	48	23	25	.479
3	5	8	New York Yankees	117	63	54	.538	1.0	477	424	53	22-34	41-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	45	17	28	.378
4	6	9	Boston Red Sox	113	60	53	.531	2.0	499	457	42	28-29	32-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	49	29	20	.592
5	9	17	Milwaukee Brewers	112	54	58	.482	7.5	501	489	12	26-27	28-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Wilson	County Stadium	50	20	30	.400
6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	115	44	71	.383	19.0	472	596	-124	22-37	22-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	47	27	20	.574
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1973 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Kansas City Royals	116	66	50	.569	--	550	526	24	33-27	33-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Royals Stadium	46	22	24	.478
2	2	4	Oakland Athletics	114	64	50	.561	1.0	511	423	88	32-27	32-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48	30	18	.625
3	7	13	Minnesota Twins	112	56	56	.500	8.0	483	475	8	29-21	27-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	50	25	25	.500
4	8	14	Chicago White Sox	115	57	58	.496	8.5	462	490	-28	29-26	28-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	47	20	27	.426
5	10	18	California Angels	111	52	59	.468	11.5	409	432	-23	27-32	25-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	51	27	24	.529
6	12	23	Texas Rangers	112	42	70	.375	22.0	402	553	-151	17-43	25-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	50	15	35	.300
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1973 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	115	61	54	.530	--	467	424	43	28-30	33-24	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	47	20	27	.426
2	5	11	Montreal Expos	109	56	53	.514	2.0	466	482	-16	27-31	29-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	53	23	30	.434
3	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	111	55	56	.495	4.0	471	491	-20	25-31	30-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	51	25	26	.490
4	8	16	Chicago Cubs	114	56	58	.491	4.5	459	455	4	29-32	27-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	47	21	26	.447
5	9	19	Philadelphia Phillies	114	52	62	.456	8.5	479	480	-1	24-33	28-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	48	19	29	.396
6	10	20	New York Mets	112	51	61	.455	8.5	413	438	-25	27-31	24-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	49	31	18	.633
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1973 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	116	72	44	.621	--	490	381	109	33-23	39-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	45	23	22	.511
2	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	115	68	47	.591	3.5	508	443	65	30-22	38-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	47	31	16	.660
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	113	62	51	.549	8.5	516	476	40	29-25	33-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	49	26	23	.531
4	6	12	Houston Astros	117	59	58	.504	13.5	492	471	21	28-34	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	45	23	22	.511
5	11	21	Atlanta Braves	116	52	64	.448	20.0	539	574	-35	25-33	26-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	45	24	21	.533
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	114	39	75	.342	32.0	368	553	-185	15-38	24-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	48	21	27	.438

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	5	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Cy Acosta	Joe Coleman	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Kansas City Royals	3	Box	Steve Busby	Bill Lee	Doug Bird
California Angels	5	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Jim Slaton	Rudy May	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Mike Cuellar	Bert Blyleven	(none)
New York Mets	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Claude Osteen	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	9	San Diego Padres	10	Box	Mike Corkins	Bucky Brandon	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Mike Torrez	Jim Barr	Mike Marshall
Atlanta Braves	8	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Gary Neibauer	Al Hrabosky	Tom House

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Francisco Barrios	P	19.364	Signed as undrafted Free Agent by Giants.

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