[Lord Byron]

Trades before the trading deadline:
-The New York Mets traded 30-year-old RHP Bill Kelso and 20-year-old minor league SP Bill Greif to the Boston Red Sox, getting 24-year-old minor league DH Robert Walter in return.
-The Chicago Cubs traded 17-year-old minor league LF Omar Moreno to the Baltimore Orioles, getting 32-year-old RP Bob Sadowski in return.
-The San Francisco Giants traded 19-year-old minor league CF Charlie Spikes and 22-year-old minor league RP Lowell Palmer to the Kansas City Royals, getting 34-year-old LF Ted Savage and $733,400 in cash in return.
-The Chicago Cubs traded 21-year-old minor league C Steve Yeager and 24-year-old minor league SP Tom Murphy to the Kansas City Royals, getting 34-year-old RP Al Jackson in return.
-The Oakland Athletics traded 34-year-old RP Jim Golden and 21-year-old minor league SP Ray Bare to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 20-year-old minor league DH Brad Gratz and 20-year-old minor league 1B James Spilman in return.
-The California Angels traded 30-year-old RP Bill Hands and 22-year-old minor league C Bob Boone to the Los Angeles Dodgers, getting 27-year-old LF Willie Horton in return.
-The Minnesota Twins traded 26-year-old CF Jose Cardenal to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 18-year-old minor league LF Gary Thomasson, 24-year-old minor league 1B John Schroeppel, and 21-year-old minor league SP Ray Bare in return.
-The Houston Astros traded 23-year-old minor league RP Bill Butler and 18-year-old minor league RP Larry President to the San Diego Padres, getting 30-year-old 2B Larry Brown in return.
-The New York Yankees traded 25-year-old RF Tony Conigliaro to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 27-year-old SP Grant Jackson and 23-year-old minor league SP Dick Tidrow in return.
-The Boston Red Sox traded 20-year-old minor league SP Bill Greif to the Washington Senators, getting 27-year-old minor league RF Ron Stone and 24-year-old SSP Hector Torres in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 20-year-old minor league 2B Pedro Garcia and 24-year-old minor league RP Al Fitzmorris to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 27-year-old minor league RF Dick Billings in return.

Awards
CF Bobby Bonds of the California Angels wins the AL Batter of the Month Award.
LF Dick Allen of the Atlanta Braves wins the NL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Joe Coleman of the New York Yankees wins the AL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Wally Bunker of the New York Mets wins the NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
1B Earl Williams of the Kansas City Royals wins the AL Rookie of the Month Award.
SP Vida Blue of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins the NL Rookie of the Month Award.

First-place teams
AL East: New York Yankees (61-44—3 games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers)
AL West: California Angels (66-38—5 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox)
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies (63-41—3 and a half games ahead of the Chicago Cubs)
NL West: Houston Astros (61-43—6 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds)