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Tuesday, May 8,1979

Tuesday, May 8,1979

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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 1979-05-08 Oakland Athletics  2 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Jim Todd -- 7,126 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 California Angels  10 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Chris Knapp Chuck Rainey -- 21,160 2:29
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Chicago White Sox  8 Detroit Tigers  10 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Billingham Randy Scarbery -- 13,769 2:57
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Cleveland Indians  5 Milwaukee Brewers  9 box | pbp County Stadium Moose Haas Wayne Garland -- 12,959 2:55
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Minnesota Twins  16 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Bacsik Mike Willis -- 3,126 3:14
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Seattle Mariners  3 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Jim Beattie Floyd Bannister Ron Guidry 15,981 2:21
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Kansas City Royals  7 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jim Kern Larry Gura -- 14,400 2:33
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Eddie Solomon Rick Rhoden -- 5,741 2:57
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Cincinnati Reds  8 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Mike LaCoss Ken Holtzman Frank Pastore 12,254 3:11
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Pete Vuckovich Ken Forsch Darold Knowles 15,645 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 New York Mets  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Sutcliffe Dale Murray Bob Welch 27,092 2:09
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Philadelphia Phillies  9 San Diego Padres  8 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jim Kaat John D'Acquisto -- 12,288 3:10
1979 reg season 1979-05-08 Montreal Expos  4 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Scott Sanderson Ed Halicki -- 7,513 2:11
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 29 19 10 .655 0.0 157 108 49 W1 9-6 10-4 1 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 1.0 138 103 35 L1 7-6 10-4 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 29 18 11 .621 1.0 149 111 38 W3 8-9 10-2 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 4.5 113 124 -11 W1 6-8 8-6 4 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 5.0 126 120 6 W2 4-8 7-4 5 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 9.5 91 143 -52 L1 2-9 6-9 6 13 25 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 30 8 22 .267 11.5 118 186 -68 L4 5-12 3-10 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 28 20 8 .714 0.0 157 129 28 W3 13-4 7-4 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 3.5 162 129 33 W1 9-5 8-7 2 5 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 4.5 126 120 6 W1 6-6 9-6 3 6 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 5.0 165 148 17 L1 4-9 11-4 4 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 7.5 143 138 5 L2 9-9 3-6 5 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 11 18 .379 9.5 109 159 -50 L1 4-8 7-10 6 11 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 30 10 20 .333 11.0 131 167 -36 L1 2-8 8-12 7 12 23 -- 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 25 18 7 .720 0.0 129 100 29 W2 7-6 11-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 27 19 8 .704 0.0 125 86 39 W5 9-5 10-3 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 4.0 116 100 16 W2 6-7 8-6 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 5.0 99 100 -1 L1 3-6 9-5 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 8.0 113 119 -6 L1 4-8 6-7 5 9 19 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 25 9 16 .360 9.0 96 110 -14 L2 4-9 5-7 6 11 22 -- 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 West Houston Astros franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 0.0 130 118 12 L1 9-10 8-2 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 0.5 138 132 6 W1 7-4 9-8 2 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 4.0 129 144 -15 L2 5-9 8-7 3 7 16 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 31 13 18 .419 5.0 115 140 -25 W2 5-9 8-9 4 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 5.5 145 162 -17 L3 6-11 6-7 5 10 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 7.0 118 142 -24 W1 4-10 5-8 6 12 24 -- 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
Paul Blair Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1979-1979 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Joe Coleman Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1979-1979 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Rick Monday Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Achilles tendon
3 record(s)