Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 22,1997

Standings as of 1997-05-22

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	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	43	30	13	.698	--	238	160	78	13-6	17-7	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	119	68	51	.571
2	3	6	Toronto Blue Jays	42	23	19	.548	6.5	158	165	-7	13-9	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	120	53	67	.442
3	4	9	New York Yankees	46	25	21	.543	6.5	258	195	63	13-10	12-11	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	116	71	45	.612
4	11	21	Detroit Tigers	44	19	25	.432	11.5	221	213	8	9-15	10-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	118	60	58	.508
5	13	24	Boston Red Sox	43	17	26	.395	13.0	225	243	-18	10-15	7-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	119	61	58	.513
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	6	11	Cleveland Indians	43	23	20	.535	--	248	234	14	11-12	12-8	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	118	63	55	.534
2	8	17	Milwaukee Brewers	41	20	21	.488	2.0	196	210	-14	5-14	15-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	120	58	62	.483
3	9	18	Chicago White Sox	42	20	22	.476	2.5	221	227	-6	8-11	12-11	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	119	60	59	.504
4	10	19	Kansas City Royals	43	20	23	.465	3.0	193	209	-16	11-12	9-11	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	118	47	71	.398
5	12	23	Minnesota Twins	45	18	27	.400	6.0	210	253	-43	9-13	9-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	117	50	67	.427
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	2	5	Texas Rangers	43	25	18	.581	--	211	192	19	10-8	15-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	119	52	67	.437
2	5	10	Anaheim Angels	43	23	20	.535	2.0	233	229	4	7-12	16-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	119	61	58	.513
3	7	12	Seattle Mariners	45	24	21	.533	2.0	268	273	-5	14-9	10-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	117	66	51	.564
4	14	25	Oakland Athletics	47	18	29	.383	9.0	214	291	-77	8-18	10-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	115	47	68	.409
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	1	Atlanta Braves	45	32	13	.711	--	224	139	85	13-7	19-6	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	117	69	48	.590
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	44	27	17	.614	4.5	188	152	36	9-11	18-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	118	65	53	.551
3	4	7	Montreal Expos	44	24	20	.545	7.5	233	216	17	9-14	15-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	118	54	64	.458
4	5	8	New York Mets	46	25	21	.543	7.5	213	166	47	13-11	12-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	116	63	53	.543
5	12	26	Philadelphia Phillies	45	17	28	.378	15.0	162	247	-85	8-14	9-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	117	51	66	.436
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	8	15	Houston Astros	46	24	22	.522	--	190	176	14	11-13	13-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	116	60	56	.517
2	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	45	23	22	.511	0.5	182	211	-29	14-10	9-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	117	56	61	.479
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	44	18	26	.409	5.0	163	169	-6	6-17	12-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	118	55	63	.466
4	13	27	Chicago Cubs	44	16	28	.364	7.0	193	209	-16	6-17	10-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	118	52	66	.441
5	14	28	Cincinnati Reds	44	14	30	.318	9.0	160	241	-81	7-18	7-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	118	62	56	.525
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	3	4	San Francisco Giants	44	26	18	.591	--	188	193	-5	11-8	15-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	118	64	54	.542
2	6	13	Colorado Rockies	45	24	21	.533	2.5	273	245	28	12-14	12-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	117	59	58	.504
3	7	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	44	23	21	.523	3.0	158	152	6	9-12	14-9	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	118	65	53	.551
4	10	20	San Diego Padres	44	19	25	.432	7.0	194	205	-11	6-12	13-13	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	118	57	61	.483

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Jon Lieber	Carlos Perez	Ricardo Rincon
New York Mets	10	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Bobby Jones	Curt Schilling	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Joey Hamilton	Hideo Nomo	Doug Bochtler
Colorado Rockies	2	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Mark Gardner	John Thomson	(none)
Kansas City Royals	1	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Albie Lopez	Jose Rosado	(none)
Boston Red Sox	8	New York Yankees	2	Box	Tom Gordon	David Wells	(none)
Oakland Athletics	7	Texas Rangers	10	Box	John Burkett	Mike Oquist	John Wetteland

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Billy Brewer	P	29.037	Released by Athletics.
Humberto Cota	C	18.104	Signed as Free Agent by Devil Rays.
Brian Moon	C	19.311	signed
Luis Pineda	P	18.346	Released by Rangers.
Omar Ramirez	OF	26.201	Released by Indians

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