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Tuesday, May 1,1979

Tuesday, May 1,1979

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 New York Yankees  12 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Tommy John Dave LaRoche -- 38,858 3:46
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Detroit Tigers  5 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Baker Ken Kravec Jack Billingham 16,470 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Paxton Lary Sorensen Sid Monge 3,583 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Texas Rangers  3 Kansas City Royals  9 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Jon Matlack Marty Pattin 20,767 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Boston Red Sox  5 Oakland Athletics  7 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Steve McCatty Bob Stanley Bob Lacey 5,689 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Baltimore Orioles  3 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Dennis Martinez Byron McLaughlin -- 4,015 2:30
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Minnesota Twins  3 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jerry Koosman Jesse Jefferson Mike Marshall 10,155 3:02
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Chicago Cubs  5 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Ken Holtzman Fred Norman -- 15,378 2:22
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Montreal Expos  7 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bill Lee Bob Welch Elias Sosa 11,621 2:18
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 San Diego Padres  10 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Gaylord Perry Dale Murray Rollie Fingers 5,614 3:09
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 San Francisco Giants  7 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Bob Knepper Nino Espinosa -- 29,048 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Atlanta Braves  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Phil Niekro Kent Tekulve -- 5,122 2:37
1979 reg season 1979-05-01 Houston Astros  6 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Darold Knowles Joe Sambito -- 6,349 3:09
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 122 97 25 W3 8-6 7-3 1 2 6 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 21 13 8 .619 0.5 107 78 29 L2 6-6 7-2 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.5 115 95 20 L1 7-9 6-1 3 6 9 -- dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 3.0 88 88 0 W1 6-7 5-4 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 17 8 9 .471 3.5 85 81 4 W1 3-5 5-4 5 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 21 7 14 .333 6.5 74 116 -42 W1 2-8 5-6 6 13 25 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 23 7 16 .304 7.5 96 138 -42 L2 4-7 3-9 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 21 14 7 .667 0.0 101 91 10 W3 12-4 2-3 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.5 146 103 43 L1 8-2 7-7 2 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 20 12 8 .600 1.5 91 78 13 L1 5-6 7-2 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 22 12 10 .545 2.5 134 120 14 W1 1-7 11-3 4 7 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 5.0 108 105 3 L2 6-6 3-6 5 10 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 6.0 81 130 -49 W2 2-5 7-9 6 11 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 7.5 103 131 -28 L2 0-5 8-11 7 12 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 20 15 5 .750 0.0 101 78 23 W7 4-4 11-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 21 14 7 .667 1.5 83 65 18 L1 4-4 10-3 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 4.5 93 82 11 W1 5-7 5-4 3 4 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 5.0 62 70 -8 W2 3-5 6-4 4 5 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 19 8 11 .421 6.5 75 81 -6 L1 3-4 5-7 5 7 17 -- dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 7.5 87 98 -11 L1 2-5 5-7 6 12 23 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 22 15 7 .682 0.0 103 77 26 L1 7-6 8-1 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 4.0 95 104 -9 L1 6-4 5-7 2 6 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 6.0 109 118 -9 W1 6-11 4-3 3 8 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 6.0 108 123 -15 W1 5-9 5-5 4 9 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 6.5 100 114 -14 L3 5-9 5-6 5 10 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 21 8 13 .381 6.5 92 98 -6 W1 4-6 4-7 6 11 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Mark Fidrych Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jon Matlack Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)