Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 23,1979

Games on 1979-05-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	2	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Tippy Martinez	Bob Stanley	(none)
Oakland Athletics	1	Chicago White Sox	6	Box	Ken Kravec	John Henry Johnson	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	John Hiller	Ken Clay	(none)
California Angels	0	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Bill Travers	Don Aase	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	Texas Rangers	7	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Dave Goltz	(none)
Cleveland Indians	4	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Wayne Garland	Dave Freisleben	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Tony Brizzolara	Joaquin Andujar	Gene Garber
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Steve Rogers	John Candelaria	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Silvio Martinez	Dick Ruthven	Mark Littell
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Burt Hooton	Randy Jones	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	San Francisco Giants	0	Box	Mike LaCoss	Vida Blue	(none)

Standings as of 1979-05-23

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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	41	27	14	.659	--	215	153	62	13-8	14-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	118	75	43	.636
2	3	4	Boston Red Sox	40	25	15	.625	1.5	205	161	44	8-7	17-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	120	66	54	.550
3	6	10	New York Yankees	42	23	19	.548	4.5	194	171	23	9-11	14-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	118	66	52	.559
4	7	12	Milwaukee Brewers	43	23	20	.535	5.0	203	172	31	11-16	12-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	118	72	46	.610
5	10	18	Detroit Tigers	36	16	20	.444	8.5	174	187	-13	6-12	10-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	125	69	56	.552
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	41	18	23	.439	9.0	161	200	-39	7-12	11-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	120	63	57	.525
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	44	11	33	.250	17.5	166	247	-81	6-15	5-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	118	42	76	.356
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	5	Minnesota Twins	40	25	15	.625	--	214	193	21	16-7	9-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	122	57	65	.467
2	4	6	California Angels	42	25	17	.595	1.0	230	186	44	11-10	14-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	120	63	57	.525
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	41	24	17	.585	1.5	195	184	11	13-9	11-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	121	59	62	.488
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	42	22	20	.524	4.0	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	40	20	20	.500	5.0	197	195	2	13-12	7-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	120	53	67	.442
7	13	24	Seattle Mariners	43	15	28	.349	11.5	195	235	-40	4-12	11-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	119	52	67	.437
6	12	25	Oakland Athletics	43	15	28	.349	11.5	149	231	-82	5-14	10-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	119	39	80	.328
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	Montreal Expos	39	25	14	.641	--	178	154	24	12-12	13-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	121	70	51	.579
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	41	26	15	.634	--	204	158	46	14-8	12-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	121	58	63	.479
3	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	40	22	18	.550	3.5	165	142	23	9-11	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	122	64	58	.525
4	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	38	18	20	.474	6.5	175	177	-2	9-10	9-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	124	80	44	.645
5	9	19	Chicago Cubs	36	16	20	.444	7.5	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	12	23	New York Mets	36	13	23	.361	10.5	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	41	24	17	.585	--	208	189	19	11-7	13-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	120	66	54	.550
2	5	11	San Francisco Giants	43	23	20	.535	2.0	201	190	11	11-10	12-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	119	48	71	.403
3	6	13	Houston Astros	45	24	21	.533	2.0	184	177	7	10-12	14-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	117	65	52	.556
4	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	45	21	24	.467	5.0	193	189	4	8-15	13-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	117	58	59	.496
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	45	18	27	.400	8.0	181	215	-34	8-16	10-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	116	50	66	.431
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	41	15	26	.366	9.0	181	220	-39	5-12	10-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	119	51	68	.429

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ray Burris	P	28.274	Traded by Cubs to Yankees for Dick Tidrow.
Dick Tidrow	P	32.009	Traded by Yankees to Cubs for Ray Burris.

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