Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 14,1997

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	115	73	42	.635	--	594	433	161	41-21	32-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	47	25	22	.532
2	2	3	New York Yankees	119	71	48	.597	4.0	640	490	150	35-23	36-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	43	25	18	.581
3	6	14	Toronto Blue Jays	118	58	60	.492	16.5	468	485	-17	27-28	31-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	44	18	26	.409
4	8	16	Boston Red Sox	122	59	63	.484	17.5	675	660	15	29-28	30-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	40	19	21	.475
5	11	21	Detroit Tigers	120	56	64	.467	19.5	599	611	-12	24-35	32-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	42	23	19	.548
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	117	61	56	.521	--	629	605	24	29-26	32-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	44	25	19	.568
2	7	15	Chicago White Sox	118	58	60	.492	3.5	562	588	-26	28-34	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	43	22	21	.512
3	10	18	Milwaukee Brewers	118	57	61	.483	4.5	512	561	-49	22-40	35-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	43	21	22	.488
4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	120	51	69	.425	11.5	571	632	-61	25-32	26-37	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	42	17	25	.405
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	117	49	68	.419	12.0	534	596	-62	23-36	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	44	18	26	.409
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	118	66	52	.559	--	677	616	61	33-26	33-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	44	24	20	.545
2	4	6	Anaheim Angels	120	67	53	.558	--	633	576	57	30-31	37-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	42	17	25	.405
3	9	17	Texas Rangers	120	58	62	.483	9.0	588	602	-14	29-30	29-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	42	19	23	.452
4	14	26	Oakland Athletics	122	49	73	.402	19.0	559	699	-140	22-41	27-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	40	16	24	.400
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	122	75	47	.615	--	597	439	158	37-24	38-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	40	26	14	.650
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	119	69	50	.580	4.5	515	480	35	32-30	37-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	43	23	20	.535
3	3	7	New York Mets	120	67	53	.558	7.0	566	518	48	31-32	36-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	42	21	21	.500
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	119	60	59	.504	13.5	520	532	-12	24-32	36-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	43	18	25	.419
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	117	42	75	.359	30.5	470	651	-181	19-43	23-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	45	26	19	.578
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	121	65	56	.537	--	573	501	72	31-32	34-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	41	19	22	.463
2	8	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	59	61	.492	5.5	517	565	-48	30-33	29-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	42	20	22	.476
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	120	54	66	.450	10.5	480	482	-2	23-37	31-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	42	19	23	.452
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	119	52	67	.437	12.0	462	563	-101	21-35	31-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	43	24	19	.558
5	13	27	Chicago Cubs	122	49	73	.402	16.5	504	567	-63	18-43	31-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	40	19	21	.475
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	122	68	54	.557	--	573	576	-3	32-27	36-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	40	22	18	.550
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	121	66	55	.545	1.5	536	456	80	27-31	39-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	41	22	19	.537
3	9	19	San Diego Padres	121	58	63	.479	9.5	606	657	-51	30-29	28-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	41	18	23	.439
4	10	20	Colorado Rockies	121	57	64	.471	10.5	680	699	-19	25-38	32-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	41	26	15	.634

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Manny Alexander	SS-2B	26.147	Traded by Mets with Mark Clark and Lance Johnson to Cubs for Turk Wendell, Mel Rojas and Brian McRae.
Angel Berroa	SS-2B	17.200	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Athletics.
Greg Colbrunn	1B	28.019	Traded by Twins to Braves for Mark Lewis.
Mark Davis	P	36.299	Sent to Brewers by Diamondbacks for future considerations.
Julio Franco	SS-2B	38.356	Signed by Brewers
Ryan Hankins	IF	21.045	signed
Angel Miranda	P	27.278	Released by Indians.
Eddie Murray	1B	41.172	Released by Angels.
Jorge Piedra	CF-LF	18.119	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers.
Julien Tucker	P	24.117	Traded by Astros to White Sox for C Tony Pena

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