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Tuesday, June 12,1979

Tuesday, June 12,1979

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Baltimore Orioles  4 Chicago White Sox  12 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ken Kravec Mike Flanagan -- 17,137 2:52
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 California Angels  10 Cleveland Indians  11 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Don Hood Mark Clear -- 9,945 3:40
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Oakland Athletics  2 Detroit Tigers  9 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Pat Underwood Craig Minetto -- 16,278 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Boston Red Sox  6 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Al Hrabosky Dick Drago -- 26,943 2:47
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 New York Yankees  4 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Ron Davis Jerry Koosman -- 27,733 2:26
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jim Kern Lary Sorensen -- 15,743 2:34
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Seattle Mariners  5 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Glenn Abbott Jesse Jefferson -- 12,056 2:15
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Burt Hooton John Denny -- 35,651 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Cincinnati Reds  6 New York Mets  12 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dale Murray Manny Sarmiento -- 9,805 2:46
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Houston Astros  0 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Nino Espinosa Rick Williams -- 34,177 1:57
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Gaylord Perry John Candelaria -- 23,759 2:59
1979 reg season 1979-06-12 Chicago Cubs  2 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bob Knepper Ken Holtzman -- 28,210 2:54
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 60 38 22 .633 0.0 285 221 64 L1 17-15 21-7 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 58 36 22 .621 1.0 302 227 75 L1 13-13 23-9 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 60 33 27 .550 5.0 270 248 22 W2 15-16 18-11 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 61 32 29 .525 6.5 275 253 22 L4 14-19 18-10 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 54 28 26 .519 7.0 266 257 9 W3 14-17 14-9 5 9 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 58 28 30 .483 9.0 247 279 -32 W1 14-17 14-13 6 11 18 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 61 17 44 .279 21.5 216 326 -110 L1 10-20 7-24 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 61 36 25 .590 0.0 341 277 64 L1 17-14 19-11 1 3 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 59 32 27 .542 3.0 263 257 6 W1 14-15 18-12 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 61 33 28 .541 3.0 319 313 6 W1 14-15 19-13 3 6 9 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 57 30 27 .526 4.0 280 266 14 L4 18-12 12-15 4 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 59 29 30 .492 6.0 287 274 13 W1 17-15 12-15 5 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 62 25 37 .403 11.5 283 305 -22 W1 7-16 18-21 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 61 19 42 .311 17.0 205 336 -131 L2 7-21 12-21 7 13 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 54 32 22 .593 0.0 240 203 37 W1 14-19 18-3 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 56 33 23 .589 0.0 273 235 38 L1 11-13 21-11 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 60 32 28 .533 3.0 260 242 18 W2 16-16 16-12 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 55 28 27 .509 4.5 254 238 16 L3 11-13 17-14 4 6 15 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 55 26 29 .473 6.5 241 280 -39 L1 9-15 17-14 5 8 19 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 56 24 32 .429 9.0 230 258 -28 W2 11-19 12-14 6 11 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 63 36 27 .571 0.0 242 223 19 L2 14-17 22-10 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 61 33 28 .541 2.0 288 274 14 L2 13-15 20-13 2 4 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 61 30 31 .492 5.0 296 286 10 W3 15-18 15-13 3 7 16 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 63 29 34 .460 7.0 303 295 8 W1 10-22 19-12 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 63 28 35 .444 8.0 257 288 -31 W1 11-22 17-13 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 59 22 37 .373 12.0 263 325 -62 L1 10-19 12-18 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Terry Clark St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed out of draft (Mount San Antonio College)
Tony Fossas Texas Rangers Hist Signed out of draft (South Florida)
Steve Stroughter Seattle Mariners Hist Signed contract with Mariners
Terry Humphrey California Angels Injury DL - Sore throwing arm
4 record(s)