Baseball on this Date - Thursday June 5,1997

Standings as of 1997-06-05.

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	1	Baltimore Orioles	53	38	15	.717	--	306	206	100	17-8	21-7	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	109	60	49	.550
2	5	9	New York Yankees	58	31	27	.534	9.5	326	264	62	18-13	13-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	104	65	39	.625
3	8	17	Toronto Blue Jays	55	26	29	.473	13.0	210	245	-35	14-13	12-16	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	107	50	57	.467
4	9	18	Detroit Tigers	56	26	30	.464	13.5	290	275	15	12-17	14-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	106	53	53	.500
5	14	26	Boston Red Sox	56	23	33	.411	16.5	290	313	-23	12-18	11-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	106	55	51	.519
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	54	28	26	.519	--	305	297	8	13-15	15-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	107	58	49	.542
2	7	12	Milwaukee Brewers	55	28	27	.509	0.5	274	275	-1	8-18	20-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	106	50	56	.472
3	10	19	Chicago White Sox	56	26	30	.464	3.0	294	302	-8	12-16	14-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	105	54	51	.514
4	11	22	Kansas City Royals	55	25	30	.455	3.5	243	267	-24	14-14	11-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	106	42	64	.396
5	12	23	Minnesota Twins	58	25	33	.431	5.0	271	329	-58	12-15	13-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	104	43	61	.413
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	6	Texas Rangers	56	31	25	.554	--	274	254	20	14-12	17-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	106	46	60	.434
2	3	8	Anaheim Angels	56	30	26	.536	1.0	298	279	19	12-15	18-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	106	54	52	.509
3	4	10	Seattle Mariners	58	31	27	.534	1.0	345	338	7	17-12	14-15	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	104	59	45	.567
4	13	24	Oakland Athletics	60	25	35	.417	8.0	296	378	-82	12-20	13-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	102	40	62	.392
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	58	39	19	.672	--	286	188	98	18-9	21-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	104	62	42	.596
2	3	3	Florida Marlins	57	33	24	.579	5.5	242	222	20	13-14	20-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	105	59	46	.562
3	4	5	New York Mets	58	33	25	.569	6.0	272	207	65	16-13	17-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	104	55	49	.529
4	6	13	Montreal Expos	57	29	28	.509	9.5	280	283	-3	11-17	18-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	105	49	56	.467
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	57	20	37	.351	18.5	202	316	-114	9-20	11-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	105	48	57	.457
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	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	58	29	29	.500	--	243	264	-21	16-13	13-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	104	50	54	.481
2	8	15	Houston Astros	59	29	30	.492	0.5	252	245	7	13-18	16-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	103	55	48	.534
3	11	20	St. Louis Cardinals	57	26	31	.456	2.5	244	228	16	10-20	16-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	105	47	58	.448
4	12	25	Chicago Cubs	58	24	34	.414	5.0	247	259	-12	10-21	14-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	104	44	60	.423
5	13	27	Cincinnati Reds	58	22	36	.379	7.0	213	290	-77	9-21	13-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	104	54	50	.519
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 Francisco Giants	57	33	24	.579	--	237	245	-8	15-12	18-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	105	57	48	.543
2	5	7	Colorado Rockies	58	32	26	.552	1.5	359	330	29	16-16	16-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	104	51	53	.490
3	9	16	Los Angeles Dodgers	57	28	29	.491	5.0	206	195	11	10-17	18-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	105	60	45	.571
4	10	21	San Diego Padres	57	26	31	.456	7.0	273	284	-11	12-14	14-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	105	50	55	.476

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Rick Bauer	P	20.146	signed
Mark Burke	1B	21.364	signed
Javier Colina	2B	18.110	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Rockies
Johnny Estrada	C	20.343	signed
Danny Fatheree	C	18.284	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Astros
Randy Flores	P	21.310	signed
Kevin Gross	P	35.362	Signed as Free Agent by Angels.
Scott Henderson	P	22.098	signed
Scott Hodges	3B	18.161	signed
Spike Lundberg	P	20.032	signed
Jeff Manto	3B-1B	32.286	Traded by Blue Jays to Indians for Ryan Thompson.
Keith Maxwell	OF	22.048	signed
Aaron Myette	P	19.252	signed
Scott Strickland	P	21.040	signed
Ryan Thompson	CF-RF	29.214	Traded by Indians to Blue Jays for Jeff Manto.
Dewayne Wise	CF	19.101	signed

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