Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 4,1976

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	16	11	5	.688	--	80	54	26	6-3	5-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	143	86	57	.601
2	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	14	9	5	.643	1.0	56	48	8	5-2	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	147	57	90	.388
3	4	9	Detroit Tigers	15	8	7	.533	2.5	80	53	27	5-4	3-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	146	66	80	.452
4	7	12	Cleveland Indians	18	9	9	.500	3.0	90	76	14	5-4	4-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	141	72	69	.511
5	10	19	Baltimore Orioles	18	7	11	.389	5.0	43	71	-28	2-5	5-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	144	81	63	.563
6	11	22	Boston Red Sox	16	6	10	.375	5.0	72	74	-2	2-6	4-4	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	146	77	69	.527
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Texas Rangers	18	12	6	.667	--	74	56	18	2-2	10-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	144	64	80	.444
2	5	8	Kansas City Royals	15	8	7	.533	2.5	57	61	-4	3-3	5-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	147	82	65	.558
3	6	11	Oakland Athletics	21	11	10	.524	2.5	95	92	3	7-7	4-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	140	76	64	.543
4	8	16	Minnesota Twins	16	7	9	.438	4.0	53	82	-29	3-6	4-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	146	78	68	.534
5	9	18	Chicago White Sox	14	6	8	.429	4.0	60	73	-13	4-4	2-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	147	58	89	.395
6	12	24	California Angels	21	7	14	.333	6.5	73	93	-20	4-7	3-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	141	69	72	.489
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Philadelphia Phillies	18	12	6	.667	--	111	85	26	8-1	4-5	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	144	89	55	.618
2	2	4	New York Mets	23	15	8	.652	0.5	113	74	39	6-6	9-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	139	71	68	.511
3	5	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	19	10	9	.526	2.5	82	87	-5	5-6	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	143	82	61	.573
4	7	14	Chicago Cubs	23	11	12	.478	3.5	118	134	-16	8-6	3-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Salty Saltwell	Wrigley Field	139	64	75	.460
5	9	17	St. Louis Cardinals	21	9	12	.429	4.5	82	98	-16	5-8	4-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	141	63	78	.447
6	12	23	Montreal Expos	19	7	12	.368	5.5	76	93	-17	4-7	3-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	143	48	95	.336
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	22	13	9	.591	--	89	71	18	4-6	9-3	W10	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	140	79	61	.564
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	20	11	9	.550	1.0	132	101	31	4-5	7-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	142	91	51	.641
3	6	13	Houston Astros	24	12	12	.500	2.0	91	115	-24	3-7	9-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	138	68	70	.493
4	8	15	San Diego Padres	21	10	11	.476	2.5	95	85	10	4-4	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	141	63	78	.447
6	10	20	San Francisco Giants	21	8	13	.381	4.5	85	108	-23	3-6	5-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	141	66	75	.468
5	11	21	Atlanta Braves	21	8	13	.381	4.5	76	99	-23	4-6	4-7	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	141	62	79	.440

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Gene Michael	SS	37.336	Released by Red Sox.

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