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Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983

Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983
8-30-1983 9-1-1983 8-31-1982 8-31-1984
CLE A 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 - 7 14 0
CAL A 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Sutcliffe (15-9)
LP: Sanchez (8-7)
SV: Easterly (4)
HR: Harrah (7), Thomas (18), DeCinces (16)
KC A 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 0
CHI A 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 x - 7 11 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bannister (13-10)
LP: Gura (10-16)
HR: Washington (5), Kittle (27)
TEX A 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 5 8 0
DET A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Butcher (5-5)
LP: Abbott (5-4)
SV: Cruz (4)
HR: G. Wright (15), Hostetler (10)
NY A 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 1
OAK A 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 9 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Rawley (14-10)
LP: Conroy (6-7)
SV: Gossage (15)
HR: Hill (1)
MIL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 1
SEA A 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Stoddard (7-14)
LP: Vuckovich (0-1)
SV: Stanton (6)
HR: Simmons (9)
BAL A 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 10 13 1
TOR A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Boddicker (12-6)
LP: Gott (7-12)
HR: Cruz (10), Barfield (17)
STL N 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 6 14 4
ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Andujar (6-13)
LP: Barker (0-1)
SV: Sutter (16)
HR: O. Smith (3), Johnson (1)
CHI N 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 8 0
CIN N 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 x - 6 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Gale (4-5)
LP: Bordi (0-2)
SV: Hayes (7)
HR: Hall 2 (14), Gale (1)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 2
HOU N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Niekro (12-11)
LP: Scurry (4-8)
SF N 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
MON N 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Gullickson (13-11)
LP: Breining (8-11)
SV: Reardon (19)
LA N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
NY N 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 x - 7 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Torrez (9-14)
LP: Valenzuela (13-8)
HR: Wilson (5), Bradley (3)
SD N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 1
PHI N 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 - 4 10 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Holland (8-2)
LP: Sosa (1-3)
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Standings At Close of Play of August 31, 1983
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Pittsburgh Pirates 131 68 63 0 .519 - 519 545
Philadelphia Phillies 132 67 64 1 .511 1.0 545 524
Montreal Expos 131 66 64 1 .508 1.5 548 520
St. Louis Cardinals 130 65 65 0 .500 2.5 558 564
Chicago Cubs 132 59 73 0 .447 9.5 556 551
New York Mets 133 55 78 0 .414 14.0 464 549
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Los Angeles Dodgers 132 77 55 0 .583 - 534 480
Atlanta Braves 133 76 57 0 .571 1.5 633 517
Houston Astros 132 70 62 0 .530 7.0 520 520
San Diego Padres 135 66 69 0 .489 12.5 533 541
San Francisco Giants 133 63 70 0 .474 14.5 564 580
Cincinnati Reds 134 61 73 0 .455 17.0 501 584
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Baltimore Orioles 129 77 52 0 .597 - 637 520
Milwaukee Brewers 132 75 57 0 .568 3.5 630 569
Detroit Tigers 131 74 57 0 .565 4.0 641 556
New York Yankees 130 73 57 0 .562 4.5 635 579
Toronto Blue Jays 134 72 62 0 .537 7.5 638 590
Boston Red Sox 132 63 69 0 .477 15.5 611 654
Cleveland Indians 134 58 76 0 .433 21.5 569 633
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Chicago White Sox 132 75 57 0 .568 - 626 559
Kansas City Royals 132 64 67 1 .489 10.5 571 625
Oakland Athletics 135 65 70 0 .481 11.5 602 629
California Angels 133 61 72 0 .459 14.5 611 642
Texas Rangers 134 61 72 1 .459 14.5 537 520
Minnesota Twins 133 57 76 0 .429 18.5 598 689
Seattle Mariners 133 51 82 0 .383 24.5 461 602
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Ramon De Jesus
Armando Gabino
Deaths on This Date
Frank Mills (88)
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Transactions
Chicago White Sox signed Aurelio Rodriguez as a free agent.
St. Louis Cardinals traded Tito Landrum to Baltimore Orioles completing trade in
which Baltimore Orioles traded Floyd Rayford to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for
a player to be named later (June 14, 1983).
San Diego Padres traded Sixto Lezcano and a player to be named later to Philadelphia
Phillies in exchange for 4 players to be named later; San Diego Padres received
Marty Decker, Ed Wojna, Darren Burroughs and Lance McCullers (September 20, 1983)
and Philadelphia Phillies received Steve Fireovid (October 11, 1983).
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