Baseball on this Date - Friday June 22,1979

Games on 1979-06-22

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	5	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Tippy Martinez	Dave Tobik	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	1	Boston Red Sox	12	Box	Chuck Rainey	Jesse Jefferson	Tom Burgmeier
Kansas City Royals	9	California Angels	5	Box	Rich Gale	Nolan Ryan	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Geoff Zahn	Ken Kravec	Mike Marshall
Cleveland Indians	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Catfish Hunter	Eric Wilkins	Ken Clay
Texas Rangers	5	Oakland Athletics	6	Box	Rick Langford	Steve Comer	Dave Heaverlo
Milwaukee Brewers	15	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	Jim Slaton	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Tony Brizzolara	Bob Welch	Gene Garber
San Francisco Giants	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Phil Nastu	Paul Moskau	Tom Griffin
San Diego Padres	1	Houston Astros	2	Box	Joe Niekro	Bob Shirley	Joe Sambito
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Ross Grimsley	Randy Lerch	Elias Sosa
Chicago Cubs	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Bert Blyleven	Ken Holtzman	(none)
New York Mets	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Silvio Martinez	Kevin Kobel	(none)

Standings as of 1979-06-22

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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	67	45	22	.672	--	332	257	75	23-15	22-7	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	92	57	35	.620
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	67	42	25	.627	3.0	371	273	98	15-15	27-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	93	49	44	.527
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	70	40	30	.571	6.5	341	300	41	17-19	23-11	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	91	55	36	.604
4	5	9	New York Yankees	70	37	33	.529	9.5	304	289	15	16-20	21-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	90	52	38	.578
5	9	17	Detroit Tigers	64	31	33	.484	12.5	320	314	6	15-21	16-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	97	54	43	.557
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	67	32	35	.478	13.0	293	318	-25	14-18	18-17	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	94	49	45	.521
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	72	23	49	.319	24.5	259	388	-129	12-23	11-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	90	30	60	.333
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	5	California Angels	72	42	30	.583	--	403	325	78	21-16	21-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	90	46	44	.511
2	6	10	Kansas City Royals	70	37	33	.529	4.0	374	368	6	18-19	19-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	92	48	44	.522
3	7	11	Texas Rangers	69	36	33	.522	4.5	300	298	2	16-18	20-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	93	47	46	.505
4	8	15	Minnesota Twins	65	33	32	.508	5.5	321	313	8	19-15	14-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	97	49	48	.505
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	68	32	36	.471	8.0	331	326	5	17-15	15-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	92	41	51	.446
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	72	30	42	.417	12.0	331	366	-35	12-20	18-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	90	37	53	.411
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	71	22	49	.310	19.5	247	392	-145	7-26	15-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	91	32	59	.352
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	3	Montreal Expos	63	39	24	.619	--	288	228	60	14-19	25-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	97	56	41	.577
2	3	7	St. Louis Cardinals	64	35	29	.547	4.5	306	276	30	12-19	22-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	98	51	47	.520
3	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	63	34	29	.540	5.0	298	260	38	16-15	18-14	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	99	64	35	.646
4	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	68	35	33	.515	6.5	303	288	15	17-19	18-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	94	49	45	.521
5	7	14	Chicago Cubs	63	32	31	.508	7.0	280	315	-35	15-17	17-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	99	48	51	.485
6	11	22	New York Mets	64	27	37	.422	12.5	246	279	-33	11-23	15-15	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	98	36	62	.367
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	4	Houston Astros	71	42	29	.592	--	266	258	8	16-19	26-10	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	91	47	44	.516
2	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	69	36	33	.522	5.0	315	304	11	16-19	20-14	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	92	54	38	.587
3	8	16	San Francisco Giants	69	34	35	.493	7.0	338	327	11	16-18	18-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	93	37	56	.398
4	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	71	32	39	.451	10.0	337	337	0	11-23	21-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	91	47	44	.516
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	72	32	40	.444	10.5	280	319	-39	11-23	21-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	89	36	53	.404
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	69	25	44	.362	16.0	300	366	-66	10-24	15-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	91	41	50	.451

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Steve Senteney	P	23.320	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Blue Jays.

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