Baseball on this Date - Monday August 18,1997

Standings as of 1997-08-18

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	120	77	43	.642	--	618	458	160	41-21	36-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	42	21	21	.500
2	2	3	New York Yankees	122	73	49	.598	5.0	658	500	158	35-23	38-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	40	23	17	.575
3	6	13	Boston Red Sox	125	62	63	.496	17.5	702	673	29	29-28	33-35	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	37	16	21	.432
4	9	19	Toronto Blue Jays	122	59	63	.484	19.0	489	508	-19	28-31	31-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	40	17	23	.425
5	11	21	Detroit Tigers	123	57	66	.463	21.5	611	622	-11	24-35	33-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	39	22	17	.564
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	121	64	57	.529	--	652	626	26	29-26	35-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	40	22	18	.550
3	7	15	Milwaukee Brewers	123	60	63	.488	5.0	534	580	-46	23-41	37-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	38	18	20	.474
2	8	16	Chicago White Sox	123	60	63	.488	5.0	586	617	-31	28-34	32-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	38	20	18	.526
4	12	24	Kansas City Royals	120	51	69	.425	12.5	545	608	-63	25-37	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	41	16	25	.390
5	13	25	Minnesota Twins	123	51	72	.415	14.0	584	659	-75	25-35	26-37	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	39	17	22	.436
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	124	69	55	.556	--	706	641	65	36-29	33-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	38	21	17	.553
2	4	7	Anaheim Angels	124	68	56	.548	1.0	652	596	56	31-34	37-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	38	16	22	.421
3	10	20	Texas Rangers	125	60	65	.480	9.5	605	628	-23	30-32	30-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	37	17	20	.459
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	125	50	75	.400	19.5	577	716	-139	23-43	27-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	37	15	22	.405
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	125	76	49	.608	--	605	448	157	38-26	38-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	37	25	12	.676
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	123	71	52	.577	4.0	538	504	34	32-30	39-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	39	21	18	.538
3	4	8	New York Mets	123	67	56	.545	8.0	577	537	40	31-35	36-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	39	21	18	.538
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	122	61	61	.500	13.5	536	551	-15	25-34	36-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	40	17	23	.425
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	121	45	76	.372	29.0	498	669	-171	21-44	24-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	41	23	18	.561
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	124	66	58	.532	--	588	517	71	31-32	35-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	38	18	20	.474
2	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	61	63	.492	5.0	541	588	-47	32-35	29-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	38	18	20	.474
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	123	56	67	.455	9.5	489	490	-1	23-37	33-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	39	17	22	.436
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	122	54	68	.443	11.0	475	571	-96	23-36	31-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	40	22	18	.550
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	125	50	75	.400	16.5	514	581	-67	19-45	31-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	37	18	19	.486
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	126	70	56	.556	--	595	604	-9	32-28	38-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	36	20	16	.556
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	124	67	57	.540	2.0	544	469	75	27-31	40-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	38	21	17	.553
3	9	17	Colorado Rockies	124	60	64	.484	9.0	699	710	-11	25-38	35-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	38	23	15	.605
4	10	18	San Diego Padres	124	60	64	.484	9.0	620	667	-47	30-29	30-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	38	16	22	.421

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Florida Marlins	2	Box	Esteban Loaiza	Antonio Alfonseca	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	Philadelphia Phillies	12	Box	Matt Beech	Mark Gardner	(none)
Anaheim Angels	1	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Alan Mills	Dennis Springer	(none)
Seattle Mariners	0	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Scott Eyre	Felipe Lira	Keith Foulke
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Orel Hershiser	Woody Williams	Jose Mesa
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Scott Karl	Tanyon Sturtze	Doug Jones
Milwaukee Brewers	0	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Rick Helling	Joel Adamson	John Wetteland

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Pedro Astacio	P	27.263	Traded by Dodgers to Rockies for 2B Eric Young
Mike Wuertz	P	18.246	signed
Eric Young	2B	30.092	Traded by Rockies to Dodgers for RHP Pedro Astacio

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