Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 23,1998

Standings as of 1998-04-23

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Yankees	17	12	5	.706	--	102	81	21	8-5	4-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	145	102	43	.703
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	20	14	6	.700	0.5	107	90	17	5-5	9-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	142	78	64	.549
3	5	10	Baltimore Orioles	20	12	8	.600	1.5	105	89	16	6-5	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ray Miller	Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	142	67	75	.472
4	6	11	Tampa Bay Rays	19	11	8	.579	2.0	100	87	13	6-5	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Rothschild	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	143	52	91	.364
5	11	23	Toronto Blue Jays	20	8	12	.400	5.5	80	109	-29	3-6	5-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	142	80	62	.563
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	7	Cleveland Indians	20	13	7	.650	--	123	104	19	7-4	6-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	142	76	66	.535
2	9	20	Kansas City Royals	21	9	12	.429	4.5	95	114	-19	6-7	3-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	140	63	77	.450
3	10	22	Minnesota Twins	20	8	12	.400	5.0	117	92	25	5-5	3-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	142	62	80	.437
4	12	24	Chicago White Sox	19	7	12	.368	5.5	86	121	-35	5-9	2-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	143	73	70	.510
5	14	30	Detroit Tigers	18	4	14	.222	8.0	61	119	-58	1-8	3-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	144	61	83	.424
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Texas Rangers	19	13	6	.684	--	134	86	48	3-2	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	143	75	68	.524
2	7	14	Seattle Mariners	21	10	11	.476	4.0	137	129	8	5-5	5-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	140	66	74	.471
3	8	17	Anaheim Angels	19	9	10	.474	4.0	80	89	-9	1-3	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	143	76	67	.531
4	13	27	Oakland Athletics	19	6	13	.316	7.0	85	102	-17	0-6	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	143	68	75	.476
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Atlanta Braves	21	14	7	.667	--	107	73	34	6-5	8-2	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	141	92	49	.652
2	4	8	New York Mets	19	12	7	.632	1.0	89	67	22	5-3	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	143	76	67	.531
3	9	16	Philadelphia Phillies	19	9	10	.474	4.0	83	91	-8	2-8	7-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Ed Wade	Veterans Stadium	143	66	77	.462
4	14	26	Montreal Expos	20	7	13	.350	6.5	62	93	-31	2-7	5-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	142	58	84	.408
5	15	28	Florida Marlins	21	6	15	.286	8.0	100	132	-32	2-8	4-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	141	48	93	.340
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Milwaukee Brewers	20	14	6	.700	--	95	67	28	7-2	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	142	60	82	.423
2	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	21	13	8	.619	1.5	127	114	13	5-5	8-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	141	70	71	.496
3	6	12	Chicago Cubs	21	12	9	.571	2.5	101	82	19	4-5	8-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	142	78	64	.549
4	7	13	Houston Astros	21	11	10	.524	3.5	112	94	18	5-6	6-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	141	91	50	.645
6	12	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	21	9	12	.429	5.5	76	94	-18	3-6	6-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	141	60	81	.426
5	11	19	Cincinnati Reds	21	9	12	.429	5.5	105	109	-4	4-6	5-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	141	68	73	.482
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	San Diego Padres	20	16	4	.800	--	113	80	33	9-4	7-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	142	82	60	.577
2	8	15	San Francisco Giants	21	10	11	.476	6.5	91	82	9	5-7	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	142	79	63	.556
3	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	20	9	11	.450	7.0	77	79	-2	4-9	5-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	142	74	68	.521
4	13	25	Colorado Rockies	22	8	14	.364	9.0	120	162	-42	5-4	3-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	140	69	71	.493
5	16	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	22	6	16	.273	11.0	79	118	-39	2-10	4-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	140	59	81	.421

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Eric Plunk	Tony Castillo	Michael Jackson
Tampa Bay Rays	12	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Jason Johnson	Darren Oliver	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	1	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Tom Glavine	Willie Blair	Mark Wohlers
San Diego Padres	4	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Andy Ashby	Mark Clark	Trevor Hoffman
Colorado Rockies	4	Florida Marlins	3	Box	Jerry DiPoto	Rob Stanifer	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Jose Mercedes	Hideo Nomo	Doug Jones
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Dustin Hermanson	Cliff Politte	Ugueth Urbina
Cincinnati Reds	3	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Jerry Spradlin	Scott Sullivan	Mark Leiter
San Francisco Giants	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Francisco Cordova	Shawn Estes	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Shane Heams	P	22.207	Signed by Tigers
Phil Hiatt	3B-RF	28.357	Released by Yankees.
Pete Incaviglia	LF	34.021	Released by Tigers.
Richie Lewis	P	32.088	Signed as Free Agent by Orioles.
Steve Ontiveros	P	37.049	Released by Cardinals.
Roberto Ramirez	P	26.250	Signed as Free Agent by Padres.

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