Baseball on this Date - Saturday June 16,1979

Games on 1979-06-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	11	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Randy Scarbery	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Sid Monge	John Montague	(none)
California Angels	4	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Dave Frost	Jack Morris	Dave LaRoche
Kansas City Royals	2	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Jim Slaton	Steve Busby	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Ron Davis	Sparky Lyle	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Dave Lemanczyk	Steve McCatty	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Don Robinson	Bob Welch	(none)
Houston Astros	2	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Ross Grimsley	J.R. Richard	Elias Sosa
Atlanta Braves	0	New York Mets	2	Box	Kevin Kobel	Mickey Mahler	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Tug McGraw	Doug Bair	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Ken Holtzman	Gaylord Perry	Bruce Sutter
St. Louis Cardinals	1	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	John Curtis	Silvio Martinez	(none)

Standings as of 1979-06-16

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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	61	38	23	.623	1.5	329	243	86	15-14	23-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	99	53	46	.535
3	4	8	Milwaukee Brewers	65	35	30	.538	6.5	300	275	25	16-19	19-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	96	60	36	.625
4	6	10	New York Yankees	64	34	30	.531	7.0	287	271	16	16-19	18-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	96	55	41	.573
5	9	14	Cleveland Indians	62	32	30	.516	8.0	272	290	-18	14-17	18-13	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	99	49	50	.495
6	10	17	Detroit Tigers	58	29	29	.500	9.0	284	275	9	14-17	15-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	103	56	47	.544
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	66	20	46	.303	22.0	238	356	-118	10-20	10-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	96	33	63	.344
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	66	40	26	.606	--	381	299	82	21-15	19-11	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	96	48	48	.500
2	5	9	Minnesota Twins	60	32	28	.533	5.0	297	281	16	18-12	14-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	102	50	52	.490
3	7	11	Kansas City Royals	64	34	30	.531	5.0	338	338	0	15-16	19-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	98	51	47	.520
4	8	12	Texas Rangers	63	33	30	.524	5.5	280	276	4	14-15	19-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	99	50	49	.505
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	62	30	32	.484	8.0	307	298	9	17-15	13-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	98	43	55	.439
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	66	26	40	.394	14.0	295	331	-36	8-19	18-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	96	41	55	.427
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	65	19	46	.292	20.5	212	353	-141	7-25	12-21	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	97	35	62	.361
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	58	35	23	.603	--	253	211	42	14-19	21-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	102	60	42	.588
2	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	59	33	26	.559	2.5	288	259	29	11-16	21-11	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	103	53	50	.515
3	5	13	Philadelphia Phillies	63	33	30	.524	4.5	270	255	15	16-16	17-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	99	51	48	.515
4	6	15	Chicago Cubs	59	30	29	.508	5.5	260	292	-32	13-15	17-14	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	103	50	53	.485
5	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	59	30	29	.508	5.5	269	248	21	13-15	17-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	103	68	35	.660
6	11	22	New York Mets	59	26	33	.441	9.5	235	263	-28	11-19	14-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	103	37	66	.359
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	66	38	28	.576	--	250	231	19	16-18	22-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	96	51	45	.531
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	64	35	29	.547	2.0	301	282	19	15-16	20-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	97	55	42	.567
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	65	32	33	.492	5.5	319	304	15	15-18	17-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	97	39	58	.402
4	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	66	30	36	.455	8.0	317	315	2	10-22	20-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	96	49	47	.510
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	67	30	37	.448	8.5	266	299	-33	11-22	19-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	94	38	56	.404
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	63	22	41	.349	14.5	268	337	-69	10-23	12-18	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	97	44	53	.454

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jim Lonborg	P	37.061	Released by Phillies.

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