Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 22,1979

Games on 1979-05-22

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	7	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Steve Renko	Mike Flanagan	Bill Campbell
Oakland Athletics	4	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Rich Hinton	Dave Heaverlo	(none)
New York Yankees	12	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Luis Tiant	Mark Fidrych	(none)
Seattle Mariners	12	Kansas City Royals	11	Box	Shane Rawley	Al Hrabosky	(none)
California Angels	1	Milwaukee Brewers	7	Box	Lary Sorensen	Dave Frost	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Jim Kern	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Cleveland Indians	8	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Eric Wilkins	Mark Lemongello	Sid Monge
Houston Astros	4	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Joe Niekro	Mickey Mahler	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Ross Grimsley	Ed Whitson	Woodie Fryman
Chicago Cubs	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Kevin Kobel	Dennis Lamp	Dale Murray
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Tug McGraw	Bob Forsch	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	San Diego Padres	7	Box	Rollie Fingers	Jerry Reuss	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Francisco Giants	12	Box	Ed Halicki	Bill Bonham	(none)

Standings as of 1979-05-22

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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	40	26	14	.650	--	210	151	59	13-8	13-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	119	76	43	.639
2	3	3	Boston Red Sox	39	25	14	.641	0.5	203	156	47	8-6	17-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	121	66	55	.545
3	6	9	New York Yankees	41	23	18	.561	3.5	191	167	24	9-10	14-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	119	66	53	.555
4	7	13	Milwaukee Brewers	42	22	20	.524	5.0	202	172	30	11-16	11-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	119	73	46	.613
5	10	19	Detroit Tigers	35	15	20	.429	8.5	170	184	-14	6-12	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	126	70	56	.556
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	40	17	23	.425	9.0	157	197	-40	6-12	11-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	121	64	57	.529
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	43	11	32	.256	16.5	163	243	-80	6-15	5-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	119	42	77	.353
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	4	Minnesota Twins	39	25	14	.641	--	212	186	26	16-6	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	123	57	66	.463
2	4	6	California Angels	41	25	16	.610	1.0	230	185	45	11-9	14-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	121	63	58	.521
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	40	23	17	.575	2.5	188	182	6	13-9	10-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	122	60	62	.492
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	42	22	20	.524	4.5	242	225	17	10-12	12-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	120	63	57	.525
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	39	19	20	.487	6.0	191	194	-3	13-12	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	121	54	67	.446
6	12	23	Oakland Athletics	42	15	27	.357	11.5	148	225	-77	5-13	10-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	120	39	81	.325
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	43	15	28	.349	12.0	195	235	-40	4-12	11-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	119	52	67	.437
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	2	Philadelphia Phillies	40	26	14	.650	--	203	155	48	14-8	12-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	122	58	64	.475
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	38	24	14	.632	1.0	175	154	21	12-12	12-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	122	71	51	.582
3	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	39	21	18	.538	4.5	162	141	21	8-11	12-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	123	65	58	.528
4	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	37	18	19	.486	6.5	175	174	1	9-9	9-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	125	80	45	.640
5	9	18	Chicago Cubs	36	16	20	.444	8.0	163	191	-28	5-9	11-11	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	126	64	62	.508
6	11	22	New York Mets	36	13	23	.361	11.0	135	166	-31	6-15	7-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	126	50	76	.397
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	40	23	17	.575	--	203	189	14	10-7	13-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	121	67	54	.554
2	4	10	San Francisco Giants	42	23	19	.548	1.0	201	185	16	11-10	12-9	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	120	48	72	.400
3	5	11	Houston Astros	44	24	20	.545	1.0	179	171	8	10-11	14-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	118	65	53	.551
4	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	44	20	24	.455	5.0	189	187	2	7-15	13-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	118	59	59	.500
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	44	18	26	.409	7.0	179	211	-32	8-16	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	117	50	67	.427
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	40	14	26	.350	9.0	175	215	-40	5-12	9-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	120	52	68	.433

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Frank Duffy	SS	32.220	Released by Red Sox.

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