Baseball on this Date - Monday August 21,1978

Standings as of 1978-08-21

Record in remaining games at far right

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	Boston Red Sox	123	78	45	.634	--	625	489	136	33-31	45-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	40	21	19	.525
3	2	4	New York Yankees	122	69	53	.566	8.5	531	458	73	32-32	37-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	41	31	10	.756
2	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	122	69	53	.566	8.5	610	505	105	26-32	43-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	40	24	16	.600
4	4	7	Detroit Tigers	122	68	54	.557	9.5	563	477	86	31-32	37-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	40	18	22	.450
5	7	11	Baltimore Orioles	123	65	58	.528	13.0	478	530	-52	32-35	33-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	38	25	13	.658
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	122	54	68	.443	23.5	509	530	-21	20-39	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	37	15	22	.405
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	124	48	76	.387	30.5	486	602	-116	17-45	31-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	37	11	26	.297
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	5	8	Kansas City Royals	122	67	55	.549	--	557	486	71	26-36	41-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	40	25	15	.625
2	6	9	California Angels	126	69	57	.548	--	527	501	26	29-32	40-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	36	18	18	.500
3	8	14	Texas Rangers	122	60	62	.492	7.0	486	484	2	24-37	36-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	40	27	13	.675
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	127	62	65	.488	7.5	429	482	-53	27-34	35-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	35	7	28	.200
5	10	20	Minnesota Twins	125	56	69	.448	12.5	545	557	-12	27-38	29-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	37	17	20	.459
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	122	51	71	.418	16.0	473	569	-96	22-37	29-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	39	20	19	.513
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	124	47	77	.379	21.0	492	641	-149	19-38	28-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	36	9	27	.250
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	10	Philadelphia Phillies	121	65	56	.537	--	521	451	70	22-34	43-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	41	25	16	.610
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	123	63	60	.512	3.0	495	533	-38	26-34	37-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	39	16	23	.410
3	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	122	60	62	.492	5.5	483	498	-15	23-37	37-25	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	39	28	11	.718
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	125	59	66	.472	8.0	500	453	47	24-33	35-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	37	17	20	.459
5	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	125	53	72	.424	14.0	443	497	-54	23-38	30-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	37	16	21	.432
6	12	24	New York Mets	124	50	74	.403	16.5	473	527	-54	22-35	28-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	38	16	22	.421
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	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	73	52	.584	--	569	448	121	35-33	38-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	37	22	15	.595
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	125	72	53	.576	1.0	497	446	51	34-33	38-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	37	17	20	.459
3	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	125	70	55	.560	3.0	550	538	12	33-31	37-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	36	22	14	.611
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	125	66	59	.528	7.0	461	461	0	28-39	38-20	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	37	18	19	.486
5	9	18	Houston Astros	125	57	68	.456	16.0	469	505	-36	19-44	38-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	37	17	20	.459
6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	123	56	67	.455	16.0	465	569	-104	24-40	32-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	39	13	26	.333

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	9	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Jack Billingham	Geoff Zahn	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	3	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Mike Flanagan	Rick Langford	(none)
Texas Rangers	6	Toronto Blue Jays	8	Box	Tom Murphy	Jim Umbarger	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	14	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Silvio Martinez	Bill Bonham	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	Houston Astros	8	Box	J.R. Richard	Rick Reuschel	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Ross Grimsley	Bob Welch	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	New York Mets	2	Box	Randy Moffitt	Kevin Kobel	Gary Lavelle
San Diego Padres	7	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Gaylord Perry	Warren Brusstar	Bob Shirley

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