Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 26,1979

Standings as of 1979-04-26

Record in remaining games at far right

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	1	1	Boston Red Sox	16	12	4	.750	--	90	53	37	5-2	7-2	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	144	79	65	.549
2	5	8	New York Yankees	17	10	7	.588	2.5	63	63	0	5-3	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	143	79	64	.552
3	6	9	Baltimore Orioles	19	11	8	.579	2.5	86	79	7	4-5	7-3	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	140	91	49	.650
4	8	12	Milwaukee Brewers	17	9	8	.529	3.5	81	74	7	3-7	6-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	144	86	58	.597
5	9	16	Detroit Tigers	13	6	7	.462	4.5	69	66	3	2-5	4-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	148	79	69	.534
6	11	22	Toronto Blue Jays	17	6	11	.353	6.5	73	104	-31	4-7	2-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	145	47	98	.324
7	13	24	Cleveland Indians	16	5	11	.313	7.0	57	81	-24	1-6	4-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	145	76	69	.524
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	2	5	Texas Rangers	15	10	5	.667	--	68	48	20	3-3	7-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	147	73	74	.497
2	3	6	California Angels	19	12	7	.632	--	123	82	41	8-2	4-5	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	143	76	67	.531
3	4	7	Minnesota Twins	16	10	6	.625	0.5	79	75	4	8-3	2-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	146	72	74	.493
4	7	11	Kansas City Royals	17	9	8	.529	2.0	92	95	-3	1-7	8-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	145	76	69	.524
5	10	19	Chicago White Sox	17	7	10	.412	4.0	92	88	4	6-6	1-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	143	66	77	.462
6	12	23	Oakland Athletics	18	6	12	.333	5.5	59	96	-37	2-5	4-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	144	48	96	.333
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	19	5	14	.263	7.0	80	108	-28	0-5	5-9	L11	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	143	62	81	.434
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	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	16	11	5	.688	--	73	49	24	4-4	7-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	146	73	73	.500
2	3	4	Montreal Expos	15	10	5	.667	0.5	59	54	5	4-4	6-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	145	85	60	.586
3	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	16	9	7	.563	2.0	65	60	5	4-5	4-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	146	77	69	.527
4	5	14	Chicago Cubs	14	7	7	.500	3.0	47	54	-7	1-3	6-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	148	73	75	.493
5	8	17	New York Mets	14	6	8	.429	4.0	56	54	2	3-4	3-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	148	57	91	.385
6	11	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	16	6	10	.375	5.0	67	79	-12	2-5	4-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	146	92	54	.630
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	1	2	Houston Astros	18	13	5	.722	--	77	47	30	5-4	8-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	144	76	68	.528
2	6	13	Cincinnati Reds	18	9	9	.500	4.0	84	83	1	6-4	3-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	143	81	62	.566
3	7	15	San Francisco Giants	19	9	10	.474	4.5	83	92	-9	4-5	5-5	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	143	62	81	.434
4	9	18	San Diego Padres	19	8	11	.421	5.5	88	103	-15	4-8	4-3	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	142	60	82	.423
5	10	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	20	8	12	.400	6.0	79	89	-10	3-6	5-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	142	71	71	.500
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	17	5	12	.294	7.5	72	86	-14	3-6	2-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	143	61	82	.427

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	4	California Angels	2	Box	Tim Stoddard	Dave LaRoche	(none)
Cleveland Indians	4	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Al Hrabosky	Dan Spillner	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Jim Slaton	Jack Billingham	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Milwaukee Brewers	7	Box	Reggie Cleveland	Steve Baker	Bill Castro
Boston Red Sox	2	Seattle Mariners	0	Box	Bob Stanley	Paul Mitchell	(none)
Houston Astros	6	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	J.R. Richard	Lynn McGlothen	Joe Sambito

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