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Baltimore Orioles
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Don Mossi (6-4)
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Mike Fornieles (3-7)
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Bob Lemon (3)
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inal
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inal
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inal
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inal
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inal
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Bob Wiesler (3-10)
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Ellis Kinder (9)
Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
82
46
.641
--
720
530
.637
CLE
72
52
.581
8.0
614
483
.608
CHW
69
55
.556
11.0
639
522
.591
BOS
68
57
.544
12.5
622
605
.513
DET
61
65
.484
20.0
621
602
.514
BAL
56
69
.448
24.5
463
576
.401
WSH
52
73
.416
28.5
562
744
.374
KCA
41
84
.328
39.5
511
690
.366
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
MLN
76
49
.608
--
594
445
.629
BRO
74
50
.597
1.5
585
507
.565
CIN
74
53
.583
3.0
643
556
.566
STL
63
63
.500
13.5
585
573
.509
PHI
59
64
.480
16.0
553
608
.457
PIT
54
73
.425
23.0
485
541
.450
NYG
50
73
.407
25.0
421
545
.384
CHC
50
75
.400
26.0
503
594
.425
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
DET
21
7
.750
--
168
97
.732
NYY
15
11
.577
5.0
137
101
.636
BOS
16
13
.552
5.5
158
146
.536
CHW
16
14
.533
6.0
137
112
.591
CLE
16
14
.533
6.0
98
98
.500
BAL
13
16
.448
8.5
108
129
.419
KCA
11
18
.379
10.5
108
141
.380
WSH
7
22
.241
14.5
90
180
.220
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
19
11
.633
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135
94
.660
CIN
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10
.630
0.5
132
102
.616
MLN
16
13
.552
2.5
115
124
.466
NYG
17
14
.548
2.5
119
105
.557
STL
13
15
.464
5.0
93
125
.368
PIT
12
15
.444
5.5
103
112
.462
PHI
12
19
.387
7.5
115
130
.444
CHC
10
19
.345
8.5
94
114
.413
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