Baseball on this Date - Sunday April 15,1979

Games on 1979-04-15

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	4	Boston Red Sox	14	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Mike Paxton	Dick Drago
New York Yankees	6	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Ed Figueroa	Mike Proly	Rich Gossage
Baltimore Orioles	2	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Mike Caldwell	Jim Palmer	(none)
California Angels	8	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Frank Tanana	Matt Keough	(none)
Minnesota Twins	18	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Jerry Koosman	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Detroit Tigers	11	Texas Rangers	6	Box	Sheldon Burnside	Sparky Lyle	(none)
Kansas City Royals	12	Toronto Blue Jays	10	Box	Eduardo Rodriguez	Tom Murphy	Al Hrabosky
Atlanta Braves	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Eddie Solomon	Burt Hooton	Gene Garber
Chicago Cubs	5	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Lynn McGlothen	Steve Rogers	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	New York Mets	2	Box	Dick Ruthven	Craig Swan	Tug McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	6	New York Mets	3	Box	Nino Espinosa	Neil Allen	Ron Reed
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Mark Littell	Kent Tekulve	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	San Diego Padres	6	Box	Randy Jones	Fred Norman	John D'Acquisto
Cincinnati Reds	7	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Doug Capilla	Mark Lee	Doug Bair
Houston Astros	4	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	J.R. Richard	John Montefusco	Joe Sambito
Houston Astros	9	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Joaquin Andujar	Tom Griffin	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	8	6	2	.750	--	47	33	14	2-1	4-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	153	89	64	.582
2	5	7	Boston Red Sox	6	4	2	.667	1.0	40	27	13	2-2	2-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	154	87	67	.565
3	7	11	New York Yankees	9	5	4	.556	1.5	39	44	-5	4-2	1-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	151	84	67	.556
4	8	12	Toronto Blue Jays	8	4	4	.500	2.0	50	54	-4	2-3	2-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	154	49	105	.318
6	10	21	Detroit Tigers	6	2	4	.333	3.0	32	39	-7	2-3	0-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	155	83	72	.535
5	11	22	Baltimore Orioles	9	3	6	.333	3.5	39	52	-13	0-3	3-3	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	150	99	51	.660
7	13	25	Cleveland Indians	7	1	6	.143	4.5	17	42	-25	0-5	1-1	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	154	80	74	.519
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Texas Rangers	7	6	1	.857	--	40	25	15	1-0	5-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	155	77	78	.497
2	2	2	Minnesota Twins	9	7	2	.778	--	54	37	17	7-2	0-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	153	75	78	.490
3	4	5	California Angels	10	7	3	.700	0.5	68	44	24	5-2	2-1	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	152	81	71	.533
4	6	10	Kansas City Royals	8	5	3	.625	1.5	58	41	17	1-2	4-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	154	80	74	.519
5	9	14	Seattle Mariners	11	5	6	.455	3.0	61	74	-13	0-0	5-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	151	62	89	.411
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	8	2	6	.250	4.5	42	47	-5	1-2	1-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	152	71	81	.467
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	10	1	9	.100	6.5	30	58	-28	1-3	0-6	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	152	53	99	.349
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Montreal Expos	7	5	2	.714	--	23	22	1	4-1	1-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	153	90	63	.588
2	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	8	5	3	.625	0.5	40	26	14	1-3	3-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	154	81	73	.526
3	5	13	Philadelphia Phillies	8	4	4	.500	1.5	28	28	0	2-4	2-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	154	80	74	.519
4	8	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	4	5	.444	2.0	41	46	-5	0-2	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	153	94	59	.614
5	9	18	New York Mets	7	3	4	.429	2.0	31	27	4	2-0	1-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	155	60	95	.387
6	12	24	Chicago Cubs	5	1	4	.200	3.0	15	29	-14	1-2	0-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	157	79	78	.503
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	6	Houston Astros	10	7	3	.700	--	44	21	23	2-2	5-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	152	82	70	.539
2	3	8	San Francisco Giants	11	7	4	.636	0.5	51	46	5	3-1	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	151	64	87	.424
3	6	16	Cincinnati Reds	11	5	6	.455	2.5	54	59	-5	4-3	1-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	150	85	65	.567
4	7	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	5	6	.455	2.5	43	53	-10	1-2	4-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	151	74	77	.490
5	10	19	Atlanta Braves	10	4	6	.400	3.0	44	45	-1	3-4	1-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	150	62	88	.413
6	11	20	San Diego Padres	11	4	7	.364	3.5	37	49	-12	2-5	2-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	150	64	86	.427

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Clay Carroll	P	37.348	Signed as Free Agent by Brewers.
Jose Oquendo	SS	15.286	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Mets.

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