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Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983

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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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