Baseball on this Date - Thursday January 9,1997

Standings at end of 1996 season.

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	New York Yankees	162	92	70	.568	--	871	787	84	43-39	49-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	0	0	0
2	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	163	89	74	.546	3.5	949	903	46	45-36	43-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	-1	-1	0
3	6	11	Boston Red Sox	162	85	77	.525	7.0	928	921	7	38-43	47-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	0	0	0
4	12	22	Toronto Blue Jays	162	74	88	.457	18.0	766	809	-43	39-42	35-46	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	0	0	0
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	162	53	109	.327	39.0	783	1103	-320	26-55	27-54	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cleveland Indians	161	99	62	.615	--	952	769	183	48-33	51-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	0	0	0
2	7	12	Chicago White Sox	162	85	77	.525	14.5	898	794	104	41-40	44-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	0	0	0
3	8	16	Milwaukee Brewers	162	80	82	.494	19.5	894	899	-5	42-39	38-43	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	0	0	0
4	10	19	Minnesota Twins	162	78	84	.481	21.5	877	900	-23	39-41	39-43	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	0	0	0
5	11	21	Kansas City Royals	161	75	86	.466	24.0	746	786	-40	38-43	37-43	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Texas Rangers	163	90	73	.552	--	928	799	129	40-42	50-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	-1	0	-1
2	5	10	Seattle Mariners	161	85	76	.528	4.0	993	895	98	42-38	43-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	0	0	0
3	9	18	Oakland Athletics	162	78	84	.481	11.5	861	900	-39	38-43	40-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	0	0	0
4	13	25	California Angels	161	70	91	.435	19.0	762	943	-181	27-53	43-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Anaheim Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	162	96	66	.593	--	773	648	125	40-41	56-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	0	0	0
2	4	8	Montreal Expos	162	88	74	.543	8.0	741	668	73	38-43	50-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	0	0	0
3	9	17	Florida Marlins	162	80	82	.494	16.0	688	703	-15	28-53	52-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	0	0	0
4	12	24	New York Mets	162	71	91	.438	25.0	746	779	-33	29-52	42-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	0	0	0
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	162	67	95	.414	29.0	650	790	-140	32-49	35-46	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	162	88	74	.543	--	759	706	53	40-41	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	0	0	0
2	7	14	Houston Astros	162	82	80	.506	6.0	753	792	-39	34-47	48-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	0	0	0
3	8	15	Cincinnati Reds	162	81	81	.500	7.0	778	773	5	35-46	46-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	0	0	0
4	10	20	Chicago Cubs	162	76	86	.469	12.0	772	771	1	33-48	43-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	0	0	0
5	11	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	73	89	.451	15.0	776	833	-57	37-45	36-44	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	San Diego Padres	162	91	71	.562	--	771	682	89	46-35	45-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	0	0	0
2	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	90	72	.556	1.0	703	652	51	43-38	47-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	0	0	0
3	6	13	Colorado Rockies	162	83	79	.512	8.0	961	964	-3	28-53	55-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	0	0	0
4	13	26	San Francisco Giants	162	68	94	.420	23.0	752	862	-110	30-50	38-44	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	Candlestick Park	0	0	0

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Vince Coleman	LF-CF	36.109	Signed as Free Agent by Tigers.
Jim Dougherty	P	28.307	Released by Astros.
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	P	28.161	Signed as undrafted Free Agent by Angels.
Mark Smith	LF-RF	26.247	Traded by Orioles to Padres for Leroy McKinnis.
Luis Sojo	2B-SS	31.006	Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.
Mark Whiten	RF-LF	30.045	Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.

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