Baseball on this Date - Friday April 27,1979

Games on 1979-04-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	6	California Angels	8	Box	Mark Clear	Andy Hassler	(none)
Texas Rangers	0	Chicago White Sox	11	Box	Ross Baumgarten	Doyle Alexander	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Jerry Koosman	Dave Rozema	Mike Marshall
Cleveland Indians	7	Kansas City Royals	15	Box	Paul Splittorff	Wayne Garland	Eduardo Rodriguez
Baltimore Orioles	7	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Mike Flanagan	Matt Keough	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Mike Parrott	Dick Tidrow	Shane Rawley
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Lary Sorensen	Phil Huffman	Bob McClure
Chicago Cubs	2	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Phil Niekro	Donnie Moore	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Frank Pastore	Mark Littell	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Montreal Expos	14	Box	Bill Lee	Bob Knepper	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Nino Espinosa	Gaylord Perry	(none)
Houston Astros	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Frank Riccelli	Ed Whitson	(none)

Standings as of 1979-04-27

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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	1	3	Boston Red Sox	17	12	5	.706	--	96	61	35	5-3	7-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	143	79	64	.552
2	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	20	12	8	.600	1.5	93	80	13	5-5	7-3	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	139	90	49	.647
4	6	9	New York Yankees	18	10	8	.556	2.5	68	69	-1	5-4	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	142	79	63	.556
3	7	11	Milwaukee Brewers	18	10	8	.556	2.5	89	79	10	4-7	6-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	143	85	58	.594
5	10	18	Detroit Tigers	14	6	8	.429	4.5	72	71	1	2-5	4-3	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	147	79	68	.537
6	11	22	Toronto Blue Jays	18	6	12	.333	6.5	78	112	-34	4-7	2-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	144	47	97	.326
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	17	5	12	.294	7.0	64	96	-32	1-7	4-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	144	76	68	.528
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	California Angels	20	13	7	.650	--	131	88	43	8-2	5-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	142	75	67	.528
2	3	6	Minnesota Twins	17	11	6	.647	0.5	84	78	6	9-3	2-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	145	71	74	.490
3	4	7	Texas Rangers	16	10	6	.625	1.0	68	59	9	3-4	7-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	146	73	73	.500
4	8	10	Kansas City Royals	18	10	8	.556	2.0	107	102	5	1-7	9-1	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	144	75	69	.521
5	9	16	Chicago White Sox	18	8	10	.444	4.0	103	88	15	6-6	2-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	142	65	77	.458
6	12	24	Oakland Athletics	19	6	13	.316	6.5	60	103	-43	2-5	4-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	143	48	95	.336
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	20	6	14	.300	7.0	86	113	-27	0-5	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	142	61	81	.430
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	2	Philadelphia Phillies	17	12	5	.706	--	75	49	26	4-4	8-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	145	72	73	.497
2	3	4	Montreal Expos	16	11	5	.688	0.5	73	62	11	4-4	7-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	144	84	60	.583
3	4	12	St. Louis Cardinals	17	9	8	.529	3.0	68	64	4	4-6	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	145	77	68	.531
4	6	14	Chicago Cubs	15	7	8	.467	4.0	49	57	-8	1-4	6-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	147	73	74	.497
5	8	17	New York Mets	14	6	8	.429	4.5	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	17	6	11	.353	6.0	75	88	-13	2-5	4-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	145	92	53	.634
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	1	Houston Astros	19	14	5	.737	--	86	55	31	6-4	8-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	143	75	68	.524
2	5	13	Cincinnati Reds	19	10	9	.526	4.0	88	86	2	6-4	4-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	142	80	62	.563
3	7	15	San Francisco Giants	20	9	11	.450	5.5	91	106	-15	4-6	5-5	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	142	62	80	.437
5	9	19	San Diego Padres	20	8	12	.400	6.5	88	105	-17	4-9	4-3	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	141	60	81	.426
4	10	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	20	8	12	.400	6.5	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	23	Atlanta Braves	18	6	12	.333	7.5	75	88	-13	3-6	3-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	142	60	82	.423

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
George Throop	P	28.154	Traded by Royals to Astros for Keith Drumright.

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