Baseball on this Date - Sunday May 20,1979

Games on 1979-05-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	2	Boston Red Sox	0	Box	Tommy John	Dennis Eckersley	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	California Angels	4	Box	Nolan Ryan	Ross Baumgarten	(none)
Detroit Tigers	7	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Dan Spillner	John Hiller	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Paul Splittorff	Roger Erickson	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Oakland Athletics	7	Box	Dave Hamilton	Jerry Augustine	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	1	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Steve McCatty	Jim Slaton	Dave Heaverlo
Texas Rangers	6	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Doyle Alexander	Shane Rawley	Jim Kern
Baltimore Orioles	6	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Dennis Martinez	Jesse Jefferson	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Bob Knepper	Eddie Solomon	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Don Robinson	Lynn McGlothen	Kent Tekulve
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Don Sutton	Tom Hume	Bob Welch
San Diego Padres	0	Houston Astros	1	Box	Rick Williams	Gaylord Perry	(none)
San Diego Padres	3	Houston Astros	6	Box	Joaquin Andujar	John D'Acquisto	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	7	New York Mets	8	Box	Neil Allen	Darold Knowles	(none)
Montreal Expos	10	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Nino Espinosa	Elias Sosa

Standings as of 1979-05-20

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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	1	Baltimore Orioles	39	26	13	.667	--	205	144	61	13-8	13-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	120	76	44	.633
2	3	4	Boston Red Sox	38	24	14	.632	1.5	196	151	45	7-6	17-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	122	67	55	.549
3	6	10	New York Yankees	39	22	17	.564	4.0	178	156	22	8-9	14-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	121	67	54	.554
4	8	14	Milwaukee Brewers	41	21	20	.512	6.0	195	171	24	11-16	10-4	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	120	74	46	.617
5	10	19	Detroit Tigers	33	14	19	.424	9.0	159	171	-12	6-12	8-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	128	71	57	.555
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	38	16	22	.421	9.5	148	183	-35	5-11	11-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	123	65	58	.528
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	41	10	31	.244	17.0	149	234	-85	6-15	4-16	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	121	43	78	.355
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	2	Minnesota Twins	37	24	13	.649	--	202	176	26	15-5	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	125	58	67	.464
2	4	6	California Angels	40	25	15	.625	0.5	229	178	51	11-8	14-7	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	122	63	59	.516
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	38	22	16	.579	2.5	178	172	6	13-9	9-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	124	61	63	.492
4	7	11	Kansas City Royals	40	22	18	.550	3.5	224	201	23	10-12	12-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	122	63	59	.516
5	9	17	Chicago White Sox	38	18	20	.474	6.5	186	190	-4	13-12	5-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	122	55	67	.451
6	12	22	Oakland Athletics	41	15	26	.366	11.0	144	220	-76	5-12	10-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	121	39	82	.322
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	41	13	28	.317	13.0	171	217	-46	2-12	11-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	121	54	67	.446
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	3	Montreal Expos	36	23	13	.639	--	167	147	20	12-12	11-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	124	72	52	.581
2	2	5	Philadelphia Phillies	38	24	14	.632	--	195	151	44	14-8	10-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	124	60	64	.484
3	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	37	21	16	.568	2.5	158	133	25	8-9	12-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	125	65	60	.520
4	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	17	18	.486	5.5	168	166	2	8-8	9-10	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	127	81	46	.638
5	9	18	Chicago Cubs	35	16	19	.457	6.5	161	187	-26	5-8	11-11	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	127	64	63	.504
6	11	23	New York Mets	35	12	23	.343	10.5	131	164	-33	6-15	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	127	51	76	.402
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	3	7	Cincinnati Reds	39	23	16	.590	--	201	177	24	10-6	13-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	122	67	55	.549
2	5	12	Houston Astros	42	23	19	.548	1.5	170	163	7	9-10	14-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	120	66	54	.550
3	6	13	San Francisco Giants	41	22	19	.537	2.0	189	183	6	11-10	11-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	121	49	72	.405
4	8	16	Los Angeles Dodgers	42	20	22	.476	4.5	181	177	4	7-13	13-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	120	59	61	.492
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	42	16	26	.381	8.5	169	203	-34	8-16	8-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	119	52	67	.437
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	38	13	25	.342	9.5	167	206	-39	5-12	8-13	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	122	53	69	.434

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mike Ramsey	CF	18.316	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Reds.

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