Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 16,1978

Games on 1978-05-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	8	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Ken Holtzman	Wilbur Wood	Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics	2	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	David Clyde	Bob Lacey	(none)
Seattle Mariners	2	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Steve Foucault	Shane Rawley	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Bill Lee	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Minnesota Twins	8	Box	Dave Goltz	Jim Palmer	Tom Johnson
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Texas Rangers	3	Box	Lary Sorensen	Doyle Alexander	(none)
California Angels	4	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Mike Willis	Don Aase	Tom Murphy
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Houston Astros	6	Box	Mark Lemongello	Steve Carlton	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Don Sutton	John Candelaria	Terry Forster
Cincinnati Reds	5	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Tom Seaver	Wayne Twitchell	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	San Diego Padres	7	Box	Bob Owchinko	John Urrea	John D'Acquisto
Chicago Cubs	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Bob Knepper	Rick Reuschel	(none)

Standings as of 1978-05-16

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	29	20	9	.690	--	159	109	50	12-4	8-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	133	66	67	.496
2	3	3	Boston Red Sox	35	23	12	.657	--	192	145	47	7-9	16-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	128	76	52	.594
3	4	5	New York Yankees	31	19	12	.613	2.0	127	110	17	8-8	11-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	132	81	51	.614
4	8	15	Cleveland Indians	31	15	16	.484	6.0	130	131	-1	7-12	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	128	54	74	.422
5	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	32	15	17	.469	6.5	171	152	19	6-12	9-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	130	78	52	.600
7	10	21	Toronto Blue Jays	32	13	19	.406	8.5	130	163	-33	4-11	9-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	129	46	83	.357
6	11	20	Baltimore Orioles	32	13	19	.406	8.5	133	182	-49	7-10	6-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	129	77	52	.597
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Oakland Athletics	33	22	11	.667	--	110	99	11	9-6	13-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	129	47	82	.364
2	5	6	California Angels	32	19	13	.594	2.5	139	115	24	7-6	12-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	130	68	62	.523
3	6	10	Kansas City Royals	32	18	14	.563	3.5	138	133	5	7-10	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	130	74	56	.569
4	7	12	Texas Rangers	30	15	15	.500	5.5	116	122	-6	5-8	10-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	132	72	60	.545
5	12	24	Minnesota Twins	35	12	23	.343	11.0	162	171	-9	7-13	5-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	127	61	66	.480
6	13	25	Seattle Mariners	37	12	25	.324	12.0	135	180	-45	5-13	7-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	123	44	79	.358
7	14	26	Chicago White Sox	29	9	20	.310	11.0	106	136	-30	2-10	7-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	132	62	70	.470
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	30	17	13	.567	--	148	112	36	4-7	13-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	132	73	59	.553
2	5	11	Montreal Expos	32	17	15	.531	1.0	138	124	14	8-8	9-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	130	59	71	.454
3	6	13	Chicago Cubs	32	16	16	.500	2.0	119	137	-18	10-9	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	130	63	67	.485
4	8	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	15	18	.455	3.5	134	148	-14	6-11	9-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	128	73	55	.570
5	10	19	New York Mets	34	14	20	.412	5.0	120	140	-20	9-10	5-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	128	52	76	.406
6	12	23	St. Louis Cardinals	36	14	22	.389	6.0	143	145	-2	5-13	9-9	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	126	55	71	.437
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	San Francisco Giants	33	21	12	.636	--	121	111	10	10-6	11-6	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	129	68	61	.527
2	2	7	Cincinnati Reds	34	20	14	.588	1.5	176	159	17	10-7	10-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	127	72	55	.567
3	3	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	34	20	14	.588	1.5	179	133	46	10-7	10-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	128	75	53	.586
4	7	14	Houston Astros	31	15	16	.484	5.0	116	126	-10	6-11	9-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	131	59	72	.450
5	9	17	San Diego Padres	33	15	18	.455	6.0	111	133	-22	6-11	9-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	129	69	60	.535
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	30	12	18	.400	7.5	91	128	-37	3-9	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	132	57	75	.432

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bobby Bonds	OF	32.062	Traded by White Sox to Rangers for Rusty Torres and Claudell Washington.
Jim Bouton	P	39.069	Signed as Free Agent by Braves.
Rusty Torres	OF	29.228	Traded by Rangers with Claudell Washington to White Sox for Bobby Bonds.
Claudell Washington	OF	23.258	Traded by Rangers with Rusty Torres to White Sox for Bobby Bonds.

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