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Friday, July 6,1979

Friday, July 6,1979

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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 1979-07-06 Baltimore Orioles  3 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Barr Steve Stone -- 24,679 2:54
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Minnesota Twins  5 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dan Spillner Paul Hartzell Sid Monge 13,348 2:51
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Chicago White Sox  4 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Steve Trout Paul Splittorff -- 22,509 2:12
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Detroit Tigers  7 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Jack Morris Moose Haas Aurelio Lopez 0 2:55
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Detroit Tigers  5 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Milt Wilcox Jim Slaton Dave Tobik 54,630 2:45
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 New York Yankees  4 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ron Davis Steve McCatty -- 0 2:45
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 New York Yankees  3 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Tommy John Dave Hamilton -- 19,538 2:04
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Boston Red Sox  3 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Floyd Bannister Dennis Eckersley Byron McLaughlin 16,612 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Tom Underwood John Henry Johnson Tom Buskey 19,539 2:11
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 St. Louis Cardinals  9 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium John Denny Eddie Solomon -- 0 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium George Frazier Craig Skok -- 24,701 2:58
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Houston Astros  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Niekro Lynn McGlothen Joe Sambito 25,612 2:50
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Doug Bair Grant Jackson -- 32,264 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Stade Olympique Dan Schatzeder Jerry Reuss Elias Sosa 37,460 2:30
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 San Diego Padres  6 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mark Lee Tom Hausman -- 10,021 2:49
1979 reg season 1979-07-06 San Francisco Giants  1 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Nino Espinosa John Curtis -- 36,097 2:27
16 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 82 54 28 .659 0.0 393 316 77 L4 23-19 31-9 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 80 50 30 .625 3.0 430 323 107 L1 18-20 32-10 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 83 47 36 .566 7.5 414 358 56 L2 22-22 25-14 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 84 46 38 .548 9.0 365 333 32 W2 20-21 26-17 4 6 8 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 79 39 40 .494 13.5 396 388 8 W3 18-23 21-17 5 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 81 37 44 .457 16.5 353 398 -45 W1 17-25 20-19 6 10 18 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 85 27 58 .318 28.5 305 450 -145 W1 15-30 12-28 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 AL West California Angels franchise | log 85 49 36 .576 0.0 479 390 89 W1 24-19 25-17 1 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 82 47 35 .573 0.5 377 342 35 L1 19-18 28-17 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 80 43 37 .538 3.5 415 371 44 L2 22-16 21-21 3 7 9 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 82 42 40 .512 5.5 437 442 -5 L7 20-22 22-18 4 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 81 36 45 .444 11.0 378 390 -12 W3 21-21 15-24 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 86 37 49 .430 12.5 381 434 -53 W2 15-25 22-24 6 12 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 86 24 62 .279 25.5 304 492 -188 L2 9-34 15-28 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 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 75 46 29 .613 0.0 332 263 69 W1 19-23 27-6 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 79 42 37 .532 6.0 376 342 34 W3 14-19 27-19 2 3 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 76 40 36 .526 6.5 341 358 -17 L1 17-17 23-19 3 4 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 77 40 37 .519 7.0 347 313 34 L2 21-18 19-19 4 5 12 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 83 43 40 .518 7.0 361 356 5 W1 21-25 22-15 5 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 78 33 45 .423 14.5 300 342 -42 L1 16-28 16-18 6 10 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 85 53 32 .624 0.0 318 292 26 W1 23-21 30-11 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 84 43 41 .512 9.5 364 355 9 W2 20-24 23-17 2 7 15 -- Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 83 40 43 .482 12.0 396 390 6 L4 17-23 23-20 3 8 17 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 86 38 48 .442 15.5 321 366 -45 W3 13-26 25-22 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 84 35 49 .417 17.5 373 421 -48 L2 15-27 20-22 5 11 23 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 84 34 50 .405 18.5 368 399 -31 L3 12-28 22-22 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
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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
Keith Comstock -- Hist Released by Angels
Fernando Valenzuela Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Sold by Yucatan (Mexican) to Los Angeles Dodgers
Juan Bernhardt Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from Seattle Mariners to Chicago White Sox for Rich Hinton
Rich Hinton Seattle Mariners Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to Seattle Mariners for Juan Bernhardt
Jerry Terrell Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Broken finger
5 record(s)