Baseball on this Date - Friday August 31,1973

Games on 1973-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	2	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Wilbur Wood	Bill Singer	Cy Acosta
Cleveland Indians	6	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Mike Kekich	Mickey Lolich	Tom Hilgendorf
Oakland Athletics	10	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Rollie Fingers	Doug Bird	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Carlos Velazquez	Luis Tiant	Eduardo Rodriguez
Boston Red Sox	4	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Eduardo Rodriguez	Bobby Bolin	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	New York Yankees	5	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Jim Palmer	(none)
Minnesota Twins	11	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Danny Fife	Jim Merritt	Ray Corbin
Houston Astros	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Tom Griffin	Jim Brewer	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Steve Rogers	Jim Lonborg	Mike Marshall
Chicago Cubs	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Jim Rooker	Rick Reuschel	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Bob Johnson	Fergie Jenkins	Ramon Hernandez
Cincinnati Reds	10	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Don Gullett	Bill Greif	Clay Carroll
Atlanta Braves	10	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Roric Harrison	Ron Bryant	(none)
New York Mets	6	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Tug McGraw	Diego Segui	(none)

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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	2	4	Baltimore Orioles	130	76	54	.585	--	569	439	130	36-29	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	32	21	11	.656
2	4	7	Boston Red Sox	134	72	62	.537	6.0	595	541	54	35-34	37-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	28	17	11	.607
3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	135	71	64	.526	7.5	547	557	-10	32-36	39-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	27	14	13	.519
4	6	9	New York Yankees	135	69	66	.511	9.5	549	510	39	24-43	45-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	27	11	16	.407
5	7	13	Milwaukee Brewers	133	66	67	.496	11.5	596	576	20	30-35	36-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Wilson	County Stadium	29	8	21	.276
6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	135	57	78	.422	21.5	560	679	-119	28-39	29-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	27	14	13	.519
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	2	Oakland Athletics	133	79	54	.594	--	613	492	121	38-28	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	29	15	14	.517
2	3	6	Kansas City Royals	134	74	60	.552	5.5	630	627	3	34-34	40-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Royals Stadium	28	14	14	.500
3	8	16	Minnesota Twins	133	64	69	.481	15.0	592	569	23	34-31	30-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	29	17	12	.586
4	9	17	Chicago White Sox	134	64	70	.478	15.5	523	562	-39	31-35	33-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	28	13	15	.464
5	10	19	California Angels	129	61	68	.473	16.0	473	501	-28	29-37	32-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	33	18	15	.545
6	12	24	Texas Rangers	133	46	87	.346	33.0	495	689	-194	20-47	26-40	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	29	11	18	.379
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	134	68	66	.507	--	537	510	27	32-34	36-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	28	13	15	.464
2	6	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	130	65	65	.500	1.0	553	564	-11	29-35	36-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	32	15	17	.469
3	7	14	Montreal Expos	129	63	66	.488	2.5	544	565	-21	29-37	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	33	16	17	.485
4	8	15	Chicago Cubs	133	64	69	.481	3.5	523	551	-28	32-36	32-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	28	13	15	.464
5	10	20	New York Mets	133	62	71	.466	5.5	493	506	-13	30-36	32-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	28	20	8	.714
6	11	21	Philadelphia Phillies	134	62	72	.463	6.0	554	565	-11	29-37	33-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	28	9	19	.321
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	136	83	53	.610	--	563	444	119	39-29	44-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	25	12	13	.480
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	134	79	55	.590	3.0	594	520	74	38-28	41-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	28	20	8	.714
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	132	73	59	.553	8.0	584	543	41	36-30	37-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	30	15	15	.500
4	5	11	Houston Astros	137	69	68	.504	14.5	567	551	16	34-36	35-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	25	13	12	.520
5	9	18	Atlanta Braves	133	63	70	.474	18.5	651	647	4	32-36	30-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	28	13	15	.464
6	12	23	San Diego Padres	133	48	85	.361	33.5	442	639	-197	20-45	28-40	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	29	12	17	.414

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mike Paul	P	28.135	Traded by Rangers to Cubs for Larry Gura.

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