Baseball on this Date - Tuesday July 8,1997

Standings at end of 1997 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	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	162	98	64	.605	--	812	681	131	52-29	46-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	0	0	0
2	2	3	New York Yankees	162	96	66	.593	2.0	891	688	203	49-33	47-33	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	0	0	0
3	7	14	Detroit Tigers	162	79	83	.488	19.0	784	790	-6	37-44	42-39	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	0	0	0
4	9	18	Boston Red Sox	162	78	84	.481	20.0	851	857	-6	39-42	39-42	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	0	0	0
5	11	20	Toronto Blue Jays	162	76	86	.469	22.0	654	694	-40	34-47	42-39	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	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	4	9	Cleveland Indians	161	86	75	.534	--	868	815	53	42-38	44-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	0	0	0
2	6	13	Chicago White Sox	161	80	81	.497	6.0	779	833	-54	35-45	45-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	0	0	0
3	8	16	Milwaukee Brewers	161	78	83	.484	8.0	681	742	-61	31-50	47-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	0	0	0
4	12	26	Minnesota Twins	162	68	94	.420	18.5	772	861	-89	33-48	35-46	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	0	0	0
5	13	27	Kansas City Royals	161	67	94	.416	19.0	747	820	-73	34-47	33-47	L1	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	5	Seattle Mariners	162	90	72	.556	--	925	833	92	45-36	45-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	0	0	0
2	5	11	Anaheim Angels	162	84	78	.519	6.0	829	794	35	38-42	46-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	0	0	0
3	10	19	Texas Rangers	162	77	85	.475	13.0	807	823	-16	38-43	39-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	0	0	0
4	14	28	Oakland Athletics	162	65	97	.401	25.0	764	946	-182	30-51	35-46	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	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	1	Atlanta Braves	162	101	61	.623	--	791	581	210	51-30	50-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	0	0	0
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	162	92	70	.568	9.0	740	669	71	40-41	52-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	0	0	0
3	5	7	New York Mets	162	88	74	.543	13.0	777	709	68	38-43	50-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	0	0	0
4	9	17	Montreal Expos	162	78	84	.481	23.0	691	740	-49	33-48	45-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	0	0	0
5	13	24	Philadelphia Phillies	162	68	94	.420	33.0	668	840	-172	30-51	38-43	W3	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	6	10	Houston Astros	162	84	78	.519	--	777	660	117	38-43	46-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	0	0	0
2	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	79	83	.488	5.0	725	760	-35	36-45	43-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	0	0	0
3	10	22	Cincinnati Reds	162	76	86	.469	8.0	651	764	-113	36-45	40-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	0	0	0
4	12	23	St. Louis Cardinals	162	73	89	.451	11.0	689	708	-19	32-49	41-40	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	0	0	0
5	14	25	Chicago Cubs	162	68	94	.420	16.0	687	759	-72	26-55	42-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	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	3	6	San Francisco Giants	162	90	72	.556	--	784	793	-9	42-39	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	0	0	0
2	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	88	74	.543	2.0	742	645	97	41-40	47-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	0	0	0
3	7	12	Colorado Rockies	162	83	79	.512	7.0	923	908	15	36-45	47-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	0	0	0
4	11	21	San Diego Padres	162	76	86	.469	14.0	795	891	-96	37-44	39-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	0	0	0

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Midre Cummings	RF-CF	25.268	Claimed on waivers by Phillies from Pirates.

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