Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 1,1979

Games on 1979-08-01

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	7	California Angels	6	Box	Randy Stein	Dave LaRoche	(none)
New York Yankees	9	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Don Hood	Ken Kravec	(none)
Boston Red Sox	7	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Dennis Eckersley	David Clyde	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Rich Gale	Phil Huffman	Al Hrabosky
Baltimore Orioles	5	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Dennis Martinez	Lary Sorensen	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	Oakland Athletics	7	Box	Rick Langford	Paul Hartzell	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Steve Comer	Milt Wilcox	Jim Kern
San Diego Padres	4	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Joey McLaughlin	Rollie Fingers	Gene Garber
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Cincinnati Reds	10	Box	Mike LaCoss	Charlie Hough	Tom Hume
San Francisco Giants	4	Houston Astros	5	Box	Ken Forsch	Vida Blue	Bert Roberge
Chicago Cubs	5	Montreal Expos	7	Box	Scott Sanderson	Guillermo Hernandez	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	9	New York Mets	6	Box	Dickie Noles	Dock Ellis	Rawly Eastwick
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Enrique Romo	Bob Forsch	Kent Tekulve

Standings as of 1979-08-01

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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	106	72	34	.679	--	523	391	132	33-23	39-11	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	53	30	23	.566
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	103	63	40	.612	7.5	550	443	107	27-26	36-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	57	28	29	.491
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	107	63	44	.589	9.5	527	451	76	28-26	35-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	54	32	22	.593
4	5	8	New York Yankees	106	58	48	.547	14.0	482	431	51	26-29	32-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	54	31	23	.574
5	8	15	Detroit Tigers	103	52	51	.505	18.5	504	499	5	26-30	26-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	58	33	25	.569
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	106	53	53	.500	19.0	482	527	-45	24-29	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	55	28	27	.509
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	107	32	75	.299	40.5	381	551	-170	15-41	17-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	55	21	34	.382
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	4	6	California Angels	108	61	47	.565	--	587	479	108	27-25	34-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	54	27	27	.500
2	6	11	Texas Rangers	105	56	49	.533	3.5	482	437	45	22-24	34-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	57	27	30	.474
3	7	12	Minnesota Twins	104	55	49	.529	4.0	521	473	48	29-24	26-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	58	27	31	.466
4	9	16	Kansas City Royals	105	53	52	.505	6.5	541	553	-12	24-27	29-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	57	32	25	.561
5	11	21	Chicago White Sox	105	46	59	.438	13.5	481	518	-37	26-24	20-35	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	55	27	28	.491
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	109	46	63	.422	15.5	483	560	-77	21-34	25-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	53	21	32	.396
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	108	31	77	.287	30.0	375	606	-231	11-40	20-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54	23	31	.426
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	101	58	43	.574	--	458	383	75	23-27	35-16	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	59	37	22	.627
2	3	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	104	58	46	.558	1.5	478	422	56	30-22	28-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	58	40	18	.690
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	101	54	47	.535	4.0	457	461	-4	24-26	30-21	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	61	26	35	.426
4	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	105	55	50	.524	5.0	467	471	-4	24-30	31-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	57	29	28	.509
5	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	102	52	50	.510	6.5	466	450	16	21-27	30-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	60	34	26	.567
6	10	20	New York Mets	102	45	57	.441	13.5	389	441	-52	20-33	24-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	60	18	42	.300
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	109	62	47	.569	--	401	415	-14	25-28	37-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	53	27	26	.509
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	110	59	51	.536	3.5	513	463	50	29-28	30-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	51	31	20	.608
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	108	52	56	.481	9.5	503	497	6	26-31	26-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	54	19	35	.352
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	109	49	60	.450	13.0	420	457	-37	19-32	30-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	52	19	33	.365
5	11	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	107	45	62	.421	16.0	495	529	-34	17-39	28-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	55	34	21	.618
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	108	44	64	.407	17.5	490	548	-58	18-34	26-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52	22	30	.423

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Oscar Gamble	OF	29.224	Traded by Rangers with Gene Nelson, Ray Fontenot and Amos Lewis to Yankees for Mark Softy, Neal Mersch, Bob Polinsky and Mickey Rivers.
Mickey Rivers	OF	30.274	Traded by Yankees with Mark Softy, Neal Mersch and Bob Polinsky to Rangers for Gene Nelson, Ray Fontenot, Amos Lewis and Oscar Gamble.
Gilberto Rondon	P	25.256	Purchased by White Sox from Yucatan (Mexican).

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