Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 9,1997

Games on 1997-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Florida Marlins	3	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	John Smoltz	Rob Stanifer	Mark Wohlers
San Diego Padres	7	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Will Cunnane	Terry Adams	Trevor Hoffman
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Gabe White	Ismael Valdez	Jeff Shaw
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Colorado Rockies	8	Box	Mike Munoz	Ricardo Rincon	(none)
San Francisco Giants	1	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Pedro Martinez	Roberto Hernandez	(none)
Houston Astros	8	New York Mets	3	Box	Russ Springer	Mel Rojas	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Tyler Green	Manny Aybar	Ricky Bottalico
Baltimore Orioles	3	Anaheim Angels	4	Box	Chuck Finley	Arthur Rhodes	Troy Percival
Kansas City Royals	9	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Glendon Rusch	Jeff Suppan	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Terry Clark	Charles Nagy	John Wetteland
Texas Rangers	2	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Paul Assenmacher	Eric Moody	Jose Mesa
New York Yankees	4	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	David Wells	Brad Radke	Mariano Rivera
Milwaukee Brewers	2	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	T.J. Mathews	Bob Wickman	Billy Taylor
Chicago White Sox	5	Seattle Mariners	2	Box	James Baldwin	Ken Cloude	Matt Karchner
Detroit Tigers	3	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Scott Sanders	Chris Carpenter	Todd Jones

Standings as of 1997-08-09

Top

PREV � NEXT

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	112	71	41	.634	--	580	426	154	40-21	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	50	27	23	.540
2	2	3	New York Yankees	114	67	47	.588	5.0	597	470	127	33-23	34-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	48	29	19	.604
3	6	14	Boston Red Sox	117	57	60	.487	16.5	652	628	24	29-28	28-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	45	21	24	.467
4	9	16	Toronto Blue Jays	114	55	59	.482	17.0	446	476	-30	27-28	28-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	48	21	27	.438
5	10	20	Detroit Tigers	114	54	60	.474	18.0	574	570	4	22-31	32-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	48	25	23	.521
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	5	11	Cleveland Indians	112	58	54	.518	--	592	579	13	29-26	29-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	49	28	21	.571
2	7	15	Milwaukee Brewers	113	55	58	.487	3.5	493	533	-40	20-38	35-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	48	23	25	.479
3	8	17	Chicago White Sox	114	55	59	.482	4.0	542	568	-26	27-34	28-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	47	25	22	.532
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	115	51	64	.443	8.5	561	594	-33	25-29	26-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	47	17	30	.362
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	113	48	65	.425	10.5	516	567	-51	22-33	26-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	48	19	29	.396
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	Anaheim Angels	116	66	50	.569	--	618	558	60	29-29	37-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	46	18	28	.391
2	4	6	Seattle Mariners	115	65	50	.565	0.5	662	608	54	33-26	32-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	47	25	22	.532
3	11	21	Texas Rangers	116	54	62	.466	12.0	554	585	-31	25-30	29-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	46	23	23	.500
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	117	46	71	.393	20.5	534	672	-138	20-40	26-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	45	19	26	.422
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	118	74	44	.627	--	590	427	163	37-24	37-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	44	27	17	.614
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	115	67	48	.583	5.5	500	457	43	30-28	37-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	47	25	22	.532
3	3	7	New York Mets	115	65	50	.565	7.5	542	488	54	29-31	36-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	47	23	24	.489
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	114	59	55	.518	13.0	506	513	-7	23-29	36-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	48	19	29	.396
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	114	39	75	.342	33.0	445	643	-198	16-43	23-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	48	29	19	.604
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	117	62	55	.530	--	535	480	55	29-32	33-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	45	22	23	.489
2	8	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	117	57	60	.487	5.0	503	554	-51	28-32	29-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	45	22	23	.489
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	116	53	63	.457	8.5	469	461	8	23-37	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	46	20	26	.435
4	12	24	Cincinnati Reds	114	49	65	.430	11.5	438	546	-108	19-33	30-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	48	27	21	.563
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	117	47	70	.402	15.0	487	547	-60	16-41	31-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	45	21	24	.467
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	4	8	San Francisco Giants	117	65	52	.556	--	544	554	-10	31-27	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	45	25	20	.556
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	116	63	53	.543	1.5	527	442	85	27-30	36-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	46	25	21	.543
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	118	56	62	.475	9.5	664	675	-11	25-38	31-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	44	27	17	.614
4	10	19	San Diego Padres	116	55	61	.474	9.5	588	638	-50	29-29	26-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	46	21	25	.457

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Eddie Williams	1B-3B	32.281	Traded by Dodgers to Pirates for Hal Garrett.

Saturday August 9,1997This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

Select a Date

Games on 1997-08-09

Standings as of 1997-08-09

Transactions

Month	Day	Year

Saturday August 9,1997This date in baseballFollow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

Select a Date

Games on 1997-08-09

Standings as of 1997-08-09

Transactions

Saturday August 9,1997This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook