Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 20,1980

Games on 1980-08-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	6	California Angels	5	Box	Tim Stoddard	Mark Clear	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Chicago White Sox	0	Box	Dan Spillner	Ken Kravec	(none)
Detroit Tigers	8	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Jerry Ujdur	Mike Caldwell	Aurelio Lopez
Toronto Blue Jays	10	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Jackson Todd	Geoff Zahn	(none)
Boston Red Sox	1	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Mike Norris	Dennis Eckersley	Bob Lacey
New York Yankees	6	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Tommy John	Glenn Abbott	Rich Gossage
Kansas City Royals	5	Texas Rangers	3	Box	Dan Quisenberry	John Henry Johnson	Renie Martin
Chicago Cubs	5	Atlanta Braves	9	Box	Larry McWilliams	Lynn McGlothen	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Joe Price	Don Hood	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Houston Astros	5	Box	Vern Ruhle	Jim Bibby	Dave Smith
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Jerry Reuss	Steve Rogers	(none)
San Francisco Giants	2	New York Mets	1	Box	Alan Hargesheimer	Mark Bomback	Greg Minton
San Diego Padres	7	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	John Curtis	Nino Espinosa	Rollie Fingers

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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	2	2	New York Yankees	119	73	46	.613	--	609	496	113	40-23	33-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	43	30	13	.698
2	3	3	Baltimore Orioles	118	70	48	.593	2.5	560	455	105	35-25	35-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	44	30	14	.682
3	4	8	Milwaukee Brewers	122	66	56	.541	8.5	615	488	127	33-25	33-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	40	20	20	.500
4	5	11	Boston Red Sox	116	61	55	.526	10.5	554	573	-19	35-26	26-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	44	22	22	.500
5	6	12	Detroit Tigers	118	62	56	.525	10.5	602	549	53	30-30	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	44	22	22	.500
6	8	14	Cleveland Indians	118	61	57	.517	11.5	552	582	-30	28-33	33-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	42	18	24	.429
7	12	22	Toronto Blue Jays	118	50	68	.424	22.5	459	550	-91	24-37	26-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	44	17	27	.386
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	1	1	Kansas City Royals	120	78	42	.650	--	616	494	122	41-21	37-21	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	42	19	23	.452
2	7	13	Oakland Athletics	121	63	58	.521	15.5	503	472	31	27-31	36-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	41	20	21	.488
3	9	17	Texas Rangers	121	57	64	.471	21.5	569	556	13	28-32	29-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	40	19	21	.475
4	10	20	Minnesota Twins	120	52	68	.433	26.0	498	572	-74	21-38	31-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	41	25	16	.610
5	11	21	Chicago White Sox	119	51	68	.429	26.5	415	529	-114	23-33	26-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	41	19	22	.463
6	13	25	California Angels	118	48	70	.407	29.0	522	603	-81	26-30	22-40	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	42	17	25	.405
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	120	42	78	.350	36.0	443	598	-155	17-42	25-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	42	17	25	.405
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	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	67	53	.558	--	504	451	53	29-32	38-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	42	16	26	.381
2	4	7	Montreal Expos	120	65	55	.542	2.0	514	500	14	27-31	38-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	42	25	17	.595
3	5	9	Philadelphia Phillies	117	63	54	.538	2.5	544	474	70	28-30	35-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	45	28	17	.622
4	9	18	New York Mets	120	56	64	.467	11.0	465	511	-46	26-32	30-32	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	42	11	31	.262
5	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	118	52	66	.441	14.0	541	514	27	23-36	29-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	44	22	22	.500
6	12	24	Chicago Cubs	118	49	69	.415	17.0	459	522	-63	23-38	26-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	44	15	29	.341
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	5	Houston Astros	119	66	53	.555	--	448	427	21	27-32	39-21	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	44	27	17	.614
2	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	122	67	55	.549	0.5	545	530	15	28-29	38-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	40	22	18	.550
3	6	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	119	64	55	.538	2.0	490	434	56	26-35	38-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	44	28	16	.636
4	7	15	San Francisco Giants	120	60	60	.500	6.5	446	456	-10	25-38	35-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	41	15	26	.366
5	8	16	Atlanta Braves	119	57	62	.479	9.0	463	510	-47	20-38	37-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	42	24	18	.571
6	11	23	San Diego Padres	122	51	71	.418	16.5	404	494	-90	21-43	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	40	22	18	.550

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ed Amelung	OF	21.129	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers.
Alberto Lois	OF	24.106	Released by Pirates.

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