Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 8,1980

Standings as of 1980-05-08

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Toronto Blue Jays	24	15	9	.625	--	115	88	27	9-6	6-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	138	52	86	.377
2	2	5	New York Yankees	23	14	9	.609	0.5	117	94	23	9-5	5-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	139	89	50	.640
4	7	14	Milwaukee Brewers	22	11	11	.500	3.0	125	91	34	6-4	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	140	75	65	.536
3	9	17	Boston Red Sox	24	12	12	.500	3.0	114	144	-30	7-8	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	136	71	65	.522
5	10	18	Baltimore Orioles	25	11	14	.440	4.5	113	112	1	4-10	7-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	137	89	48	.650
6	13	22	Cleveland Indians	23	9	14	.391	5.5	90	125	-35	6-11	3-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	137	70	67	.511
7	14	23	Detroit Tigers	25	9	16	.360	6.5	123	131	-8	5-12	4-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	137	75	62	.547
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Oakland Athletics	27	16	11	.593	--	120	102	18	4-5	12-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	135	67	68	.496
2	4	7	Chicago White Sox	26	15	11	.577	0.5	119	123	-4	6-3	9-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	134	55	79	.410
3	5	10	Texas Rangers	24	13	11	.542	1.5	126	111	15	4-4	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	137	63	74	.460
5	6	12	Seattle Mariners	28	14	14	.500	2.5	112	127	-15	4-6	10-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	134	45	89	.336
4	8	16	Kansas City Royals	24	12	12	.500	2.5	98	105	-7	4-7	8-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	138	85	53	.616
6	11	19	California Angels	25	11	14	.440	4.0	86	100	-14	3-6	8-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	135	54	81	.400
7	12	20	Minnesota Twins	26	11	15	.423	4.5	124	129	-5	6-9	5-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	135	66	69	.489
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	22	15	7	.682	--	109	76	33	6-3	9-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	140	68	72	.486
2	5	9	Chicago Cubs	22	12	10	.545	3.0	115	107	8	6-6	6-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	140	52	88	.371
3	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	21	11	10	.524	3.5	120	94	26	3-4	8-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	141	80	61	.567
4	7	13	St. Louis Cardinals	24	12	12	.500	4.0	129	113	16	5-4	7-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	138	62	76	.449
5	9	21	Montreal Expos	24	10	14	.417	6.0	96	116	-20	3-8	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	138	80	58	.580
6	11	25	New York Mets	24	8	16	.333	8.0	86	107	-21	2-7	6-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	138	59	79	.428
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Houston Astros	25	17	8	.680	--	115	86	29	8-5	9-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	138	76	62	.551
2	3	3	Cincinnati Reds	27	17	10	.630	1.0	109	103	6	8-5	9-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	135	72	63	.533
3	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	25	14	11	.560	3.0	114	102	12	5-9	9-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	138	78	60	.565
4	8	15	San Diego Padres	26	13	13	.500	4.5	89	98	-9	6-11	7-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	Jack Murphy Stadium	136	60	76	.441
5	10	24	Atlanta Braves	23	8	15	.348	8.0	71	113	-42	2-11	6-4	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	138	73	65	.529
6	12	26	San Francisco Giants	27	8	19	.296	10.0	88	126	-38	3-15	5-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	134	67	67	.500

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Toronto Blue Jays	9	California Angels	2	Box	Paul Mirabella	Dave Frost	(none)
Kansas City Royals	2	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Britt Burns	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Moose Haas	Dennis Martinez	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Jack Morris	(none)
San Diego Padres	9	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Bob Shirley	Bruce Sutter	Rollie Fingers

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