Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 19,1976

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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	2	2	New York Yankees	29	19	10	.655	--	154	109	45	12-4	7-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	130	78	52	.600
2	4	10	Baltimore Orioles	30	16	14	.533	3.5	99	113	-14	7-6	9-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	132	72	60	.545
3	6	13	Detroit Tigers	28	13	15	.464	5.5	119	110	9	7-5	6-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	133	61	72	.459
4	8	15	Boston Red Sox	29	13	16	.448	6.0	143	140	3	7-7	6-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	133	70	63	.526
5	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	25	11	14	.440	6.0	99	113	-14	6-6	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	136	55	81	.404
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	30	13	17	.433	6.5	134	124	10	8-8	5-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	129	68	61	.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	1	3	Kansas City Royals	29	19	10	.655	--	149	107	42	6-4	13-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	133	71	62	.534
2	3	4	Texas Rangers	30	19	11	.633	0.5	136	110	26	8-6	11-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	132	57	75	.432
3	5	9	Minnesota Twins	30	16	14	.533	3.5	133	148	-15	10-11	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	132	69	63	.523
4	7	14	Oakland Athletics	33	15	18	.455	6.0	139	153	-14	7-10	8-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	128	72	56	.563
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	27	11	16	.407	7.0	99	137	-38	7-11	4-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	134	53	81	.396
6	12	22	California Angels	36	13	23	.361	9.5	131	171	-40	5-10	8-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	126	63	63	.500
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	1	Philadelphia Phillies	28	19	9	.679	--	171	115	56	12-1	8-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	134	82	52	.612
2	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	32	20	12	.625	1.0	129	122	7	9-7	11-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	130	72	58	.554
3	5	8	New York Mets	35	20	15	.571	2.5	153	119	34	8-10	12-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	127	66	61	.520
4	8	17	Chicago Cubs	32	14	18	.438	7.0	157	200	-43	8-6	6-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Salty Saltwell	Wrigley Field	130	61	69	.469
5	9	19	Montreal Expos	29	12	17	.414	7.5	120	127	-7	7-9	5-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	133	43	90	.323
6	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	35	14	21	.400	8.5	128	149	-21	7-8	7-13	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	127	58	69	.457
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	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	22	13	.629	--	157	125	32	11-9	11-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	127	70	57	.551
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	34	21	13	.618	0.5	206	139	67	10-7	11-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	128	81	47	.633
3	6	11	San Diego Padres	33	17	16	.515	4.0	153	139	14	11-8	6-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	129	56	73	.434
4	7	12	Houston Astros	37	18	19	.486	5.0	135	173	-38	6-9	11-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	125	62	63	.496
5	11	23	Atlanta Braves	35	12	23	.343	10.0	114	157	-43	6-11	6-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	127	58	69	.457
6	12	24	San Francisco Giants	35	11	24	.314	11.0	122	180	-58	6-14	5-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	127	63	64	.496

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bill Greif	P	26.024	Traded by Padres to Cardinals for Luis Melendez.
Luis Melendez	OF	26.281	Traded by Cardinals to Padres for Bill Greif.

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