Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 31,1976

Games on 1976-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Jim Palmer	Marty Pattin	Dyar Miller
Texas Rangers	8	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Nelson Briles	Reggie Cleveland	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	California Angels	6	Box	Nolan Ryan	Vern Ruhle	(none)
Cleveland Indians	4	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Jim Kern	Dave Hamilton	Dave LaRoche
Milwaukee Brewers	0	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Dave Goltz	Bill Travers	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Jim Slaton	Bill Campbell	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Doyle Alexander	Stan Bahnsen	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Frank LaCorte	Rick Reuschel	Adrian Devine
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Houston Astros	3	Box	J.R. Richard	Tug McGraw	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Doug Rau	Woodie Fryman	Charlie Hough
San Francisco Giants	2	New York Mets	6	Box	Skip Lockwood	Ed Halicki	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Jerry Reuss	Randy Jones	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Pedro Borbon	Pete Falcone	Rawly Eastwick

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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	3	New York Yankees	128	79	49	.617	--	604	464	140	42-21	37-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	31	18	13	.581
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	129	68	61	.527	11.5	494	495	-1	36-28	32-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	33	20	13	.606
3	5	9	Cleveland Indians	129	66	63	.512	13.5	510	500	10	31-35	35-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	30	15	15	.500
4	7	13	Boston Red Sox	130	62	68	.477	18.0	567	553	14	27-38	35-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	32	21	11	.656
5	8	15	Detroit Tigers	130	61	69	.469	19.0	506	578	-72	29-35	32-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	31	13	18	.419
6	10	17	Milwaukee Brewers	127	58	69	.457	20.5	464	507	-43	26-37	32-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	34	8	26	.235
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	4	Kansas City Royals	131	78	53	.595	--	615	483	132	35-31	43-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	31	12	19	.387
2	3	7	Oakland Athletics	131	70	61	.534	8.0	569	510	59	28-38	42-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30	17	13	.567
3	6	12	Minnesota Twins	133	64	69	.481	15.0	580	608	-28	29-38	35-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	29	21	8	.724
4	9	16	Texas Rangers	131	60	71	.458	18.0	518	540	-22	27-37	33-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	31	16	15	.516
5	11	21	California Angels	132	58	74	.439	20.5	455	548	-93	29-38	29-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	30	18	12	.600
6	12	22	Chicago White Sox	131	57	74	.435	21.0	498	594	-96	27-39	30-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	30	7	23	.233
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	2	2	Philadelphia Phillies	130	82	48	.631	--	647	459	188	40-23	43-24	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	32	19	13	.594
2	4	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	129	72	57	.558	9.5	569	534	35	36-27	36-30	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	33	20	13	.606
3	5	10	New York Mets	130	66	64	.508	16.0	483	431	52	33-34	33-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	32	20	12	.625
4	8	18	Chicago Cubs	132	60	72	.455	23.0	518	621	-103	27-40	33-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Salty Saltwell	Wrigley Field	30	15	15	.500
5	10	20	St. Louis Cardinals	126	56	70	.444	24.0	499	517	-18	27-34	29-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	36	16	20	.444
6	12	24	Montreal Expos	124	43	81	.347	36.0	411	564	-153	23-44	20-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	38	12	26	.316
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	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	133	84	49	.632	--	729	522	207	43-22	41-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	29	18	11	.621
2	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	130	74	56	.569	8.5	503	464	39	32-32	42-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	32	18	14	.563
3	6	11	Houston Astros	135	68	67	.504	17.0	533	562	-29	28-38	39-30	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	27	12	15	.444
4	7	14	San Diego Padres	133	63	70	.474	21.0	480	544	-64	26-39	37-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	29	10	19	.345
5	9	19	Atlanta Braves	132	59	73	.447	24.5	513	559	-46	31-37	28-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	30	11	19	.367
6	11	23	San Francisco Giants	132	56	76	.424	27.5	471	579	-108	24-43	32-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	30	18	12	.600

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Rafael Santana	SS	18.212	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.

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