Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 24,1979

Standings as of 1979-05-24

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	42	28	14	.667	--	220	156	64	13-8	15-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	117	74	43	.632
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	41	25	16	.610	2.5	208	166	42	8-8	17-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	119	66	53	.555
3	6	10	New York Yankees	42	23	19	.548	5.0	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	44	24	20	.545	5.0	212	178	34	11-16	13-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	117	71	46	.607
5	10	19	Detroit Tigers	36	16	20	.444	9.0	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	9.5	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	18.0	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	4	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	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
3	5	7	California Angels	43	25	18	.581	1.5	236	195	41	11-11	14-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	119	63	56	.529
4	8	13	Kansas City Royals	43	23	20	.535	3.5	247	229	18	10-12	13-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	119	62	57	.521
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	41	21	20	.512	4.5	207	196	11	13-12	8-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	119	52	67	.437
7	13	24	Seattle Mariners	44	15	29	.341	12.0	199	240	-41	4-13	11-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	118	52	66	.441
6	12	25	Oakland Athletics	44	15	29	.341	12.0	150	241	-91	5-15	10-14	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	118	39	79	.331
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	18	Chicago Cubs	38	17	21	.447	7.5	174	202	-28	6-10	11-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	124	63	61	.508
6	11	22	New York Mets	38	14	24	.368	10.5	146	177	-31	6-15	8-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	124	49	75	.395
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	8	Cincinnati Reds	42	24	18	.571	--	209	191	18	11-8	13-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	119	66	53	.555
2	5	11	San Francisco Giants	44	24	20	.545	1.0	203	191	12	11-10	13-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	118	47	71	.398
3	6	14	Houston Astros	45	24	21	.533	1.5	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	4.5	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	7.5	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	12	23	Atlanta Braves	41	15	26	.366	8.5	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

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	3	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Dennis Martinez	Mike Torrez	(none)
Oakland Athletics	1	Chicago White Sox	10	Box	Rich Wortham	Matt Keough	(none)
Seattle Mariners	4	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Dennis Leonard	Odell Jones	(none)
California Angels	6	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Jerry Augustine	Chris Knapp	(none)
Chicago Cubs	9	New York Mets	7	Box	Ken Holtzman	Pete Falcone	Bruce Sutter
Chicago Cubs	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Pat Zachry	Mike Krukow	Skip Lockwood
Cincinnati Reds	1	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Phil Nastu	Paul Moskau	Randy Moffitt

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