Baseball on this Date - Friday June 15,1979

Games on 1979-06-15

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	5	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Rich Wortham	Mike Torrez	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Cleveland Indians	13	Box	Rick Waits	Odell Jones	(none)
California Angels	8	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Mark Clear	Dave Tobik	(none)
Kansas City Royals	14	Milwaukee Brewers	11	Box	Steve Mingori	Reggie Cleveland	Marty Pattin
Baltimore Orioles	6	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Don Stanhouse	Mike Marshall	Tim Stoddard
New York Yankees	5	Texas Rangers	9	Box	Jon Matlack	Ed Figueroa	(none)
Oakland Athletics	0	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Tom Underwood	Dave Hamilton	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Bert Blyleven	Don Sutton	Kent Tekulve
Houston Astros	2	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Joaquin Andujar	Elias Sosa	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	New York Mets	2	Box	Craig Swan	Joey McLaughlin	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Tom Seaver	Larry Christenson	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Guillermo Hernandez	John D'Acquisto	Dick Tidrow
St. Louis Cardinals	6	San Francisco Giants	9	Box	Gary Lavelle	Darold Knowles	(none)

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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	62	40	22	.645	--	299	233	66	19-15	21-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	97	62	35	.639
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	60	37	23	.617	2.0	318	238	80	14-14	23-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	100	54	46	.540
3	7	11	Milwaukee Brewers	64	34	30	.531	7.0	297	273	24	16-19	18-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	97	61	36	.629
4	8	12	New York Yankees	63	33	30	.524	7.5	284	269	15	15-19	18-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	97	56	41	.577
5	9	14	Detroit Tigers	57	29	28	.509	8.5	282	271	11	14-17	15-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	104	56	48	.538
6	10	15	Cleveland Indians	61	31	30	.508	8.5	268	287	-19	14-17	17-13	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	100	50	50	.500
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	65	19	46	.292	22.5	235	354	-119	10-20	9-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	97	34	63	.351
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	3	3	California Angels	65	39	26	.600	--	377	297	80	20-15	19-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	97	49	48	.505
2	4	8	Kansas City Royals	63	34	29	.540	4.0	336	335	1	15-15	19-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	99	51	48	.515
3	5	9	Minnesota Twins	60	32	28	.533	4.5	297	281	16	18-12	14-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	102	50	52	.490
4	6	10	Texas Rangers	62	33	29	.532	4.5	278	273	5	14-15	19-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	100	50	50	.500
5	11	18	Chicago White Sox	61	30	31	.492	7.0	302	287	15	17-15	13-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	99	43	56	.434
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	65	26	39	.400	13.0	292	327	-35	8-18	18-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	97	41	56	.423
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	64	19	45	.297	19.5	210	350	-140	7-24	12-21	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	98	35	63	.357
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	4	Montreal Expos	57	34	23	.596	--	249	209	40	14-19	20-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	103	61	42	.592
2	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	58	33	25	.569	1.5	287	253	34	11-15	21-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	104	53	51	.510
3	5	13	Philadelphia Phillies	62	32	30	.516	4.5	266	252	14	16-16	16-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	100	52	48	.520
4	6	16	Chicago Cubs	58	29	29	.500	5.5	255	290	-35	12-15	17-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	104	51	53	.490
5	7	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	58	29	29	.500	5.5	263	245	18	12-15	17-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	104	69	35	.663
6	11	22	New York Mets	58	25	33	.431	9.5	233	263	-30	11-19	13-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	104	38	66	.365
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	2	5	Houston Astros	65	38	27	.585	--	248	227	21	16-17	22-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	97	51	46	.526
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	63	35	28	.556	2.0	298	278	20	15-15	20-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	98	55	43	.561
3	8	19	San Francisco Giants	64	31	33	.484	6.5	313	303	10	15-18	16-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	98	40	58	.408
4	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	65	30	35	.462	8.0	314	309	5	10-22	20-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	97	49	48	.505
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	66	30	36	.455	8.5	264	294	-30	11-22	19-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	95	38	57	.400
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	62	22	40	.355	14.5	268	335	-67	10-22	12-18	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	98	44	54	.449

Transactions

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mike Bruhert	P	27.357	Traded by Mets with Bob Myrick to Rangers for Dock Ellis.
Dave Chalk	3B-SS	28.289	Traded by Rangers with Mike Heath and Cash to Athletics for John Henry Johnson.
Dock Ellis	P	34.096	Traded by Rangers to Mets for Mike Bruhert and Bob Myrick.
Ed Farmer	P	29.240	Traded by Rangers with Gary Holle to White Sox for Eric Soderholm.
Andy Hassler	P	27.241	Purchased by Mets from Red Sox.
Mike Heath	C	24.130	Traded by Rangers with Dave Chalk and Cash to Athletics for John Henry Johnson.
Gary Holle	1B	24.308	Traded by Rangers with Ed Farmer to White Sox for Eric Soderholm.
Don Hood	P	29.242	Traded by Indians to Yankees for Cliff Johnson.
Cliff Johnson	1B-C	31.329	Traded by Yankees to Indians for Don Hood.
John Henry Johnson	P	22.298	Traded by Athletics to Rangers for Mike Heath, Dave Chalk and Cash.
Jay Johnstone	OF	33.207	Traded by Yankees to Padres for Dave Wehrmeister.
Bob Myrick	P	26.257	Traded by Mets with Mike Bruhert to Rangers for Dock Ellis.
Rich Rodas	P	19.221	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers.
Eric Soderholm	3B	30.264	Traded by White Sox to Rangers for Gary Holle and Ed Farmer.
Mark Souza	P	24.134	Signed as Free Agent by Athletics.
Dave Wehrmeister	P	26.218	Traded by Padres to Yankees for Jay Johnstone.

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