Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 29,1996

Standings as of 1996-08-29

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	133	74	59	.556	--	689	675	14	32-33	42-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	29	18	11	.621
2	4	9	Baltimore Orioles	134	71	63	.530	3.5	794	759	35	34-29	36-35	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	28	17	11	.607
3	7	14	Boston Red Sox	134	69	65	.515	5.5	768	764	4	29-36	40-29	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	28	16	12	.571
4	11	21	Toronto Blue Jays	134	63	71	.470	11.5	673	694	-21	33-37	30-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	28	11	17	.393
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	134	48	86	.358	26.5	660	916	-256	22-49	26-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	28	5	23	.179
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	133	80	53	.602	--	784	645	139	42-27	38-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	28	19	9	.679
2	6	11	Chicago White Sox	135	71	64	.526	10.0	745	664	81	35-34	36-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	27	14	13	.519
3	8	15	Minnesota Twins	134	67	67	.500	13.5	757	754	3	34-30	33-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	28	11	17	.393
4	9	19	Milwaukee Brewers	135	64	71	.474	17.0	757	754	3	33-35	31-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	27	16	11	.593
5	13	23	Kansas City Royals	135	61	74	.452	20.0	631	661	-30	32-34	29-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	26	14	12	.538
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	134	75	59	.560	--	790	656	134	32-35	43-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	28	15	13	.536
2	5	10	Seattle Mariners	133	70	63	.526	4.5	825	762	63	35-30	35-33	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	28	15	13	.536
3	10	20	Oakland Athletics	136	64	72	.471	12.0	718	758	-40	34-36	30-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	26	14	12	.538
4	12	22	California Angels	134	62	72	.463	13.0	663	792	-129	25-42	37-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	27	8	19	.296
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	132	83	49	.629	--	651	489	162	35-26	48-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	30	13	17	.433
2	4	7	Montreal Expos	132	71	61	.538	12.0	635	570	65	32-34	39-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	30	17	13	.567
3	10	18	Florida Marlins	134	64	70	.478	20.0	565	599	-34	22-44	42-26	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	28	16	12	.571
4	11	24	New York Mets	134	59	75	.440	25.0	629	656	-27	25-44	34-31	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	28	12	16	.429
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	134	54	80	.403	30.0	529	664	-135	27-45	27-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	28	13	15	.464
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	5	8	Houston Astros	135	72	63	.533	--	651	661	-10	32-35	40-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	27	10	17	.370
2	7	13	St. Louis Cardinals	134	69	65	.515	2.5	619	600	19	34-34	35-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	28	19	9	.679
3	9	16	Chicago Cubs	131	65	66	.496	5.0	641	612	29	29-35	36-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	31	11	20	.355
4	8	17	Cincinnati Reds	133	66	67	.496	5.0	629	661	-32	33-36	33-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	29	15	14	.517
5	13	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	133	56	77	.421	15.0	605	694	-89	28-39	28-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	29	17	12	.586
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	135	75	60	.556	--	661	570	91	37-29	38-31	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	27	16	11	.593
2	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	133	72	61	.541	2.0	567	547	20	35-33	37-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	29	18	11	.621
3	6	12	Colorado Rockies	135	70	65	.519	5.0	820	814	6	23-43	47-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	27	13	14	.481
4	12	25	San Francisco Giants	131	57	74	.435	16.0	620	685	-65	25-39	32-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	31	11	20	.355

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	3	California Angels	14	Box	Mike Holtz	Wally Whitehurst	(none)
Kansas City Royals	1	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Joey Eischen	Kevin Appier	Jose Lima
Minnesota Twins	6	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Frankie Rodriguez	Scott Karl	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	6	Seattle Mariners	9	Box	Norm Charlton	Randy Myers	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	18	Colorado Rockies	7	Box	Dave Burba	Mark Thompson	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Houston Astros	3	Box	Jaime Navarro	Shane Reynolds	Turk Wendell
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Ramon Martinez	Pedro Martinez	Todd Worrell
San Diego Padres	3	New York Mets	2	Box	Joey Hamilton	Paul Wilson	Trevor Hoffman
Atlanta Braves	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Greg Maddux	Jon Lieber	Mark Wohlers
Florida Marlins	10	St. Louis Cardinals	9	Box	Al Leiter	Todd Stottlemyre	Robb Nen

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ricky Bones	P	27.144	Traded by Brewers with Graeme Lloyd and Pat Listach to Yankees for Gerald Williams and Bob Wickman. Ricky Bones returned to Brewers.
Dave Hollins	3B	30.096	Traded by Twins to Mariners for David Ortiz.
Pete Incaviglia	LF	32.149	Traded by Phillies with Todd Zeile to Orioles for Garrett Stephenson and Calvin Maduro.
Jeff Manto	3B-1B	32.006	Claimed on waivers by Red Sox from Mariners.
David Ortiz	DH	20.285	Traded by Mariners to Twins S completing trade in which Twins sent 3B Dave Hollins to Mariners for a player to be named
Rene Reyes	RF-CF	18.189	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Rockies.
Todd Zeile	3B-1B	30.354	Traded by Phillies with Pete Incaviglia to Orioles for Garrett Stephenson and Calvin Maduro.

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