Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 3,1979

Standings as of 1979-05-03

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	2	5	Baltimore Orioles	25	16	9	.640	--	131	100	31	9-6	7-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	134	86	48	.642
2	4	7	Boston Red Sox	22	14	8	.636	0.5	109	79	30	7-6	7-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	138	77	61	.558
3	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	25	15	10	.600	1.0	126	100	26	8-9	7-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	136	80	56	.588
4	8	13	New York Yankees	23	11	12	.478	4.0	88	89	-1	6-8	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	137	78	59	.569
5	9	15	Detroit Tigers	18	8	10	.444	4.5	91	88	3	3-6	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	143	77	66	.538
6	13	25	Cleveland Indians	22	7	15	.318	7.5	75	122	-47	2-8	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	139	74	65	.532
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	25	7	18	.280	9.0	105	150	-45	4-8	3-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	137	46	91	.336
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	2	Minnesota Twins	23	16	7	.696	--	115	102	13	13-4	3-3	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	139	66	73	.475
2	3	4	California Angels	25	16	9	.640	1.0	147	103	44	8-2	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	137	72	65	.526
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	21	13	8	.619	2.0	94	80	14	6-6	7-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	141	70	71	.496
4	7	11	Kansas City Royals	23	12	11	.522	4.0	136	123	13	1-7	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	139	73	66	.525
5	10	18	Chicago White Sox	21	9	12	.429	6.0	108	105	3	6-6	3-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	139	64	75	.460
6	11	22	Oakland Athletics	24	9	15	.375	7.5	82	132	-50	2-5	7-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	138	45	93	.326
7	12	24	Seattle Mariners	25	8	17	.320	9.0	106	140	-34	0-5	8-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	137	59	78	.431
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	1	Montreal Expos	21	15	6	.714	--	103	88	15	4-5	11-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	139	80	59	.576
2	3	6	Philadelphia Phillies	22	14	8	.636	1.5	85	70	15	4-5	10-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	140	70	70	.500
3	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	23	12	11	.522	4.0	99	88	11	5-7	6-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	139	74	65	.532
4	6	14	Chicago Cubs	19	9	10	.474	5.0	63	74	-11	3-6	6-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	143	71	72	.497
5	11	21	New York Mets	20	8	12	.400	6.5	80	88	-8	3-5	5-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	142	55	87	.387
6	10	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	20	8	12	.400	6.5	97	100	-3	2-5	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	142	90	52	.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	2	3	Houston Astros	24	16	8	.667	--	109	83	26	8-7	8-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	138	73	65	.529
2	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	23	12	11	.522	3.5	99	105	-6	6-4	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	138	78	60	.565
4	7	16	San Francisco Giants	25	11	14	.440	5.5	115	128	-13	5-9	6-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	137	60	77	.438
3	8	17	San Diego Padres	25	11	14	.440	5.5	119	120	-1	6-11	5-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	136	57	79	.419
5	9	19	Los Angeles Dodgers	26	11	15	.423	6.0	105	116	-11	5-9	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	136	68	68	.500
6	12	23	Atlanta Braves	22	8	14	.364	7.0	94	108	-14	4-7	4-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	138	58	80	.420

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Bill Travers	Tom Underwood	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Mike Marshall	Jack Billingham	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Rick Sutcliffe	Steve Carlton	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	San Diego Padres	10	Box	Randy Jones	Scott Sanderson	Rollie Fingers
New York Mets	5	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Ed Halicki	Pete Falcone	Gary Lavelle
Houston Astros	4	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Box	Joe Niekro	Pete Vuckovich	Joaquin Andujar

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Doug Capilla	P	27.117	Traded by Reds to Cubs for Mark Gilbert.

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