Baseball on this Date - Friday August 2,1996

Standings as of 1996-08-02.

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	2	3	New York Yankees	107	64	43	.598	--	548	511	37	29-26	35-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	55	28	27	.509
2	6	12	Baltimore Orioles	108	55	53	.509	9.5	619	615	4	25-23	29-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	54	33	21	.611
3	10	20	Toronto Blue Jays	109	51	58	.468	14.0	564	573	-9	25-31	26-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	53	23	30	.434
4	13	25	Boston Red Sox	107	48	59	.449	16.0	627	662	-35	20-35	28-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	55	37	18	.673
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	109	37	72	.339	28.0	549	767	-218	17-41	20-31	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	53	16	37	.302
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	2	Cleveland Indians	109	66	43	.606	--	637	527	110	34-23	32-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	52	33	19	.635
2	4	5	Chicago White Sox	109	60	49	.550	6.0	603	508	95	30-26	30-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	53	25	28	.472
3	8	17	Milwaukee Brewers	109	53	56	.486	13.0	640	616	24	25-29	28-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	53	27	26	.509
4	9	19	Minnesota Twins	108	51	57	.472	14.5	606	616	-10	23-25	28-32	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	54	27	27	.500
5	12	24	Kansas City Royals	110	50	60	.455	16.5	507	555	-48	27-29	23-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	51	25	26	.490
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	3	4	Texas Rangers	110	61	49	.555	--	641	547	94	24-28	37-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	52	29	23	.558
2	5	6	Seattle Mariners	108	59	49	.546	1.0	686	621	65	29-24	30-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	53	26	27	.491
3	7	15	Oakland Athletics	110	55	55	.500	6.0	609	600	9	31-27	24-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	23	29	.442
4	11	21	California Angels	109	51	58	.468	9.5	534	652	-118	18-37	33-21	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	52	19	33	.365
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	1	Atlanta Braves	108	66	42	.611	--	532	414	118	28-24	38-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	54	30	24	.556
2	2	7	Montreal Expos	108	59	49	.546	7.0	519	453	66	26-27	33-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	54	29	25	.537
3	10	18	New York Mets	110	52	58	.473	15.0	521	522	-1	20-33	32-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	52	19	33	.365
4	11	23	Florida Marlins	109	50	59	.459	16.5	448	472	-24	16-36	34-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	53	30	23	.566
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	109	44	65	.404	22.5	440	536	-96	22-38	22-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	53	23	30	.434
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
1	3	8	St. Louis Cardinals	109	58	51	.532	--	523	498	25	31-28	27-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	53	30	23	.566
2	5	11	Houston Astros	110	58	52	.527	0.5	532	545	-13	27-31	31-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	52	24	28	.462
3	7	13	Cincinnati Reds	105	53	52	.505	3.0	486	511	-25	27-26	26-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	57	28	29	.491
4	9	16	Chicago Cubs	108	53	55	.491	4.5	517	505	12	23-29	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	54	23	31	.426
5	12	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	109	50	59	.459	8.0	510	557	-47	25-29	25-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	53	23	30	.434
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	4	9	San Diego Padres	111	59	52	.532	--	539	487	52	29-24	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	51	32	19	.627
2	6	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	58	52	.527	0.5	455	435	20	27-29	31-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	52	32	20	.615
3	8	14	Colorado Rockies	109	55	54	.505	3.0	646	667	-21	17-36	38-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	53	28	25	.528
4	13	26	San Francisco Giants	107	46	61	.430	11.0	498	564	-66	20-33	26-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	55	22	33	.400

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Esteban Beltre	SS	28.220	Signed as Free Agent by Phillies.
Brent Cookson	LF-RF	26.329	Sent to Orioles by Red Sox for future considerations.
Ozwaldo Mairena	P	21.003	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.
Milt Thompson	CF-LF	37.209	Released by Rockies.

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