Baseball on this Date - Tuesday September 5,1978

Standings as of 1978-09-05

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	137	85	52	.620	--	694	549	145	33-35	52-17	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	26	14	12	.538
2	2	3	New York Yankees	137	81	56	.591	4.0	604	499	105	35-33	46-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	26	19	7	.731
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	138	79	59	.572	6.5	698	570	128	30-35	49-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	24	14	10	.583
4	4	6	Baltimore Orioles	139	78	61	.561	8.0	565	570	-5	34-35	44-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	22	12	10	.545
5	6	8	Detroit Tigers	138	75	63	.543	10.5	622	554	68	34-36	41-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	24	11	13	.458
6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	138	60	78	.435	25.5	571	608	-37	25-47	35-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	21	9	12	.429
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	140	55	85	.393	31.5	539	666	-127	21-48	34-37	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	21	4	17	.190
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	7	Kansas City Royals	136	75	61	.551	--	616	538	78	30-40	45-21	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	26	17	9	.654
2	7	10	California Angels	137	74	63	.540	1.5	562	547	15	32-37	42-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	25	13	12	.520
3	8	15	Texas Rangers	134	66	68	.493	8.0	543	531	12	27-41	39-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	28	21	7	.750
4	9	18	Oakland Athletics	139	64	75	.460	12.5	463	553	-90	29-40	35-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	23	5	18	.217
5	10	19	Minnesota Twins	139	62	77	.446	14.5	588	604	-16	29-41	33-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	23	11	12	.478
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	138	58	80	.420	18.0	525	632	-107	25-44	33-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	23	13	10	.565
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	136	51	85	.375	24.0	533	702	-169	21-46	30-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	24	5	19	.208
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	11	Philadelphia Phillies	136	73	63	.537	--	594	503	91	29-40	44-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	26	17	9	.654
2	5	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	137	73	64	.533	0.5	561	536	25	29-39	44-25	W10	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	24	15	9	.625
3	7	14	Chicago Cubs	138	69	69	.500	5.0	566	605	-39	29-39	40-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	24	10	14	.417
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	139	66	73	.475	8.5	547	516	31	31-39	35-34	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	23	10	13	.435
5	11	21	St. Louis Cardinals	138	60	78	.435	14.0	518	566	-48	28-40	32-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	24	9	15	.375
6	12	24	New York Mets	139	55	84	.396	19.5	519	588	-69	27-43	28-41	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	23	11	12	.478
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	138	82	56	.594	--	620	497	123	36-33	46-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	24	13	11	.542
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	138	80	58	.580	2.0	549	488	61	36-34	44-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	24	9	15	.375
3	3	9	Cincinnati Reds	138	75	63	.543	7.0	600	601	-1	37-33	38-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	23	17	6	.739
4	6	13	San Diego Padres	139	71	68	.511	11.5	509	520	-11	30-41	41-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	23	13	10	.565
5	9	17	Houston Astros	138	64	74	.464	18.0	530	562	-32	20-47	44-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	24	10	14	.417
6	10	20	Atlanta Braves	138	60	78	.435	22.0	522	653	-131	24-44	36-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	24	9	15	.375

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Jim Palmer	Bobby Sprowl	Don Stanhouse
Chicago White Sox	4	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Steve Trout	Roger Erickson	Lerrin LaGrow
Detroit Tigers	2	New York Yankees	4	Box	Dick Tidrow	Kip Young	Rich Gossage
Kansas City Royals	3	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Dennis Leonard	Steve Renko	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Rick Waits	Don Kirkwood	(none)
San Diego Padres	1	Atlanta Braves	8	Box	Phil Niekro	Eric Rasmussen	(none)
Montreal Expos	10	Chicago Cubs	8	Box	Wayne Twitchell	Bruce Sutter	Mike Garman
Cincinnati Reds	2	Houston Astros	3	Box	J.R. Richard	Tom Seaver	(none)
New York Mets	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Jerry Reuss	Jerry Koosman	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Steve Foucault	P	28.337	Released by Royals.
Pete Mackanin	2B-SS	27.035	Claimed on waivers by Phillies from Expos.
Gene Pentz	P	25.076	Released by Astros.

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