Baseball on this Date - Monday May 21,1979

Standings as of 1979-05-21

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	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	40	22	18	.550	4.5	179	159	20	8-10	14-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	120	67	53	.558
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	34	15	19	.441	8.5	162	172	-10	6-12	9-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	127	70	57	.551
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	39	16	23	.410	10.0	149	191	-42	5-12	11-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	122	65	57	.533
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	42	11	31	.262	16.5	157	235	-78	6-15	5-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	120	42	78	.350
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	38	25	13	.658	--	209	182	27	16-5	9-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	124	57	67	.460
2	4	5	California Angels	40	25	15	.625	1.0	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	39	22	17	.564	3.5	184	179	5	13-9	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	123	61	62	.496
4	7	12	Kansas City Royals	41	22	19	.537	4.5	231	213	18	10-12	12-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	121	63	58	.521
5	9	16	Chicago White Sox	38	18	20	.474	7.0	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	11.5	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	42	14	28	.333	13.0	183	224	-41	3-12	11-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	120	53	67	.442
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	Philadelphia Phillies	39	25	14	.641	--	200	154	46	14-8	11-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	123	59	64	.480
2	2	6	Montreal Expos	37	23	14	.622	1.0	169	151	18	12-12	11-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	123	72	51	.585
3	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	38	21	17	.553	3.5	161	138	23	8-10	12-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	124	65	59	.524
4	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	36	18	18	.500	5.5	172	168	4	9-8	9-10	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	126	80	46	.635
5	9	18	Chicago Cubs	35	16	19	.457	7.0	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	12	24	New York Mets	35	12	23	.343	11.0	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	11	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
3	6	13	Houston Astros	43	23	20	.535	2.0	175	170	5	9-11	14-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	119	66	53	.555
4	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	43	20	23	.465	5.0	183	180	3	7-14	13-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	119	59	60	.496
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	43	17	26	.395	8.0	172	205	-33	8-16	9-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	118	51	67	.432
6	11	23	Atlanta Braves	39	14	25	.359	9.0	174	211	-37	5-12	9-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	121	52	69	.430

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	1	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Jack Billingham	Ron Guidry	(none)
Seattle Mariners	12	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Glenn Abbott	Rich Gale	Shane Rawley
Minnesota Twins	7	Texas Rangers	6	Box	Pete Redfern	Sparky Lyle	Mike Marshall
Cleveland Indians	1	Toronto Blue Jays	8	Box	Dave Lemanczyk	Rick Wise	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Phil Niekro	Bo McLaughlin	Gene Garber
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Bert Blyleven	Scott Sanderson	Kent Tekulve
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Steve Carlton	John Denny	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Eric Rasmussen	Andy Messersmith	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tom Grieve	OF	31.078	Signed as Free Agent by Rangers.

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