Baseball on this Date - Monday May 6,1996

Standings as of 1996-05-06

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	New York Yankees	29	18	11	.621	--	166	139	27	7-7	11-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	133	74	59	.556
2	6	9	Baltimore Orioles	30	16	14	.533	2.5	166	184	-18	4-6	12-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	132	72	60	.545
3	9	18	Toronto Blue Jays	30	14	16	.467	4.5	188	188	0	7-7	7-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	132	60	72	.455
4	13	27	Boston Red Sox	30	10	20	.333	8.5	145	189	-44	3-11	7-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	132	75	57	.568
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	33	10	23	.303	10.0	166	245	-79	4-14	6-9	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	129	43	86	.333
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cleveland Indians	30	20	10	.667	--	178	139	39	11-7	9-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	131	79	52	.603
2	7	11	Chicago White Sox	30	16	14	.533	4.0	147	135	12	9-11	7-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	132	69	63	.523
3	10	20	Minnesota Twins	30	14	16	.467	6.0	189	165	24	5-9	9-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	132	64	68	.485
4	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	29	13	16	.448	6.5	177	161	16	7-10	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	133	67	66	.504
5	12	25	Kansas City Royals	32	12	20	.375	9.0	137	173	-36	6-9	6-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	129	63	66	.488
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Texas Rangers	31	20	11	.645	--	193	147	46	8-7	12-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	131	70	61	.534
2	4	7	California Angels	31	18	13	.581	2.0	142	150	-8	6-10	12-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	130	52	78	.400
3	5	8	Seattle Mariners	32	18	14	.563	2.5	187	163	24	7-6	11-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	129	67	62	.519
4	8	17	Oakland Athletics	31	15	16	.484	5.0	161	164	-3	9-7	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	131	63	68	.481
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Montreal Expos	32	21	11	.656	--	194	134	60	10-8	11-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	130	67	63	.515
2	3	6	Atlanta Braves	32	19	13	.594	2.0	150	112	38	8-6	11-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	130	77	53	.592
3	4	10	Philadelphia Phillies	30	16	14	.533	4.0	137	136	1	12-7	4-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	132	51	81	.386
4	12	23	New York Mets	30	13	17	.433	7.0	159	160	-1	6-9	7-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	132	58	74	.439
5	14	26	Florida Marlins	33	12	21	.364	9.5	106	157	-51	5-13	7-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	129	68	61	.527
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	6	14	Houston Astros	32	16	16	.500	--	162	164	-2	9-6	7-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	130	66	64	.508
1	7	13	Chicago Cubs	32	16	16	.500	--	159	150	9	4-8	12-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	130	60	70	.462
3	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	31	15	16	.484	0.5	151	156	-5	9-7	6-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	131	58	73	.443
4	11	21	St. Louis Cardinals	31	14	17	.452	1.5	122	163	-41	7-9	7-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	131	74	57	.565
5	13	24	Cincinnati Reds	29	12	17	.414	2.5	154	183	-29	7-8	5-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	133	69	64	.519
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	San Diego Padres	31	19	12	.613	--	168	123	45	9-4	10-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	131	72	59	.550
2	5	12	Colorado Rockies	30	15	15	.500	3.5	164	189	-25	7-7	8-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	132	68	64	.515
3	8	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	16	17	.485	4.0	129	120	9	6-12	10-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	129	74	55	.574
4	10	19	San Francisco Giants	30	14	16	.467	4.5	165	173	-8	8-7	6-9	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	132	54	78	.409

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	9	California Angels	4	Box	Tim Belcher	Phil Leftwich	Hipolito Pichardo
Detroit Tigers	5	New York Yankees	10	Box	Bob Wickman	Mike Myers	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Billy Taylor	Paul Assenmacher	Mike Mohler
Minnesota Twins	4	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Bob Wells	Brad Radke	Norm Charlton
Colorado Rockies	1	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Steve Avery	Mark Thompson	(none)
New York Mets	1	Florida Marlins	4	Box	Al Leiter	Mark Clark	Robb Nen
Chicago Cubs	2	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Pedro Martinez	Jim Bullinger	(none)
Houston Astros	11	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Doug Drabek	Rich Hunter	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Hideo Nomo	John Hope	Scott Radinsky

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Alex Ahumada	IF	17.106	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Red Sox
Ruben Amaro	RF-LF	31.083	Signed as Free Agent by Phillies.
Joel Bennett	P	26.095	Released by Red Sox.
Brandon Puffer	P	20.214	Released by Twins.

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