Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 5,1979

Games on 1979-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	2	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Len Barker	Doc Medich	(none)
Texas Rangers	14	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Danny Darwin	Mike Paxton	(none)
Kansas City Royals	3	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Dennis Leonard	Dan Petry	Dan Quisenberry
Boston Red Sox	7	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Lary Sorensen	(none)
Boston Red Sox	19	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Win Remmerswaal	Jerry Augustine	(none)
California Angels	11	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Dave LaRoche	Roger Erickson	Mark Clear
California Angels	1	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Pete Redfern	Steve Eddy	Mike Marshall
Baltimore Orioles	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Tommy John	Mike Flanagan	(none)
Oakland Athletics	9	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	Brian Kingman	John Montague	Dave Hamilton
Chicago White Sox	5	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Ken Kravec	Dave Lemanczyk	Ed Farmer
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Guillermo Hernandez	Silvio Martinez	Bruce Sutter
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Bob Forsch	Ken Holtzman	Mark Littell
San Diego Padres	1	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Frank Pastore	Randy Jones	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Houston Astros	3	Box	Bert Roberge	Gene Garber	Joe Sambito
San Francisco Giants	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Box	Don Sutton	Bob Knepper	(none)
New York Mets	4	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Dock Ellis	Ross Grimsley	Ed Glynn
New York Mets	3	Montreal Expos	7	Box	Rudy May	Wayne Twitchell	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	12	Box	Kent Tekulve	Rawly Eastwick	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Enrique Romo	Dickie Noles	Kent Tekulve

Standings as of 1979-08-05

Top

PREV � NEXT

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	109	74	35	.679	--	531	398	133	35-24	39-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	50	28	22	.560
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	108	67	41	.620	6.5	597	462	135	31-27	36-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	52	24	28	.462
3	3	6	Milwaukee Brewers	112	64	48	.571	11.5	546	498	48	28-26	36-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	49	31	18	.633
4	5	8	New York Yankees	109	59	50	.541	15.0	489	439	50	26-29	33-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	51	30	21	.588
5	8	13	Detroit Tigers	107	54	53	.505	19.0	518	512	6	26-30	28-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	54	31	23	.574
6	10	16	Cleveland Indians	110	55	55	.500	19.5	506	559	-53	24-29	31-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	51	26	25	.510
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	110	33	77	.300	41.5	395	566	-171	15-41	18-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	52	20	32	.385
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	7	California Angels	112	63	49	.563	--	607	498	109	29-27	34-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	50	25	25	.500
2	6	11	Texas Rangers	109	58	51	.532	3.5	514	461	53	24-26	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	53	25	28	.472
3	7	12	Minnesota Twins	108	57	51	.528	4.0	540	493	47	29-24	28-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	54	25	29	.463
4	9	15	Kansas City Royals	109	55	54	.505	6.5	554	567	-13	26-29	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	53	30	23	.566
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	108	48	60	.444	13.0	496	532	-36	28-25	20-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	52	25	27	.481
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	112	47	65	.420	16.0	495	574	-79	21-34	26-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	50	20	30	.400
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	111	33	78	.297	29.5	389	618	-229	13-41	20-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51	21	30	.412
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	2	4	Montreal Expos	106	61	45	.575	--	485	403	82	23-27	38-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	54	34	20	.630
2	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	63	47	.573	--	514	441	73	30-22	33-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	52	35	17	.673
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	106	57	49	.538	4.0	480	482	-2	24-27	33-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	56	23	33	.411
4	6	14	St. Louis Cardinals	107	54	53	.505	7.5	486	473	13	23-30	30-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	55	32	23	.582
5	7	17	Philadelphia Phillies	112	56	56	.500	8.0	489	509	-20	25-36	31-20	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	50	28	22	.560
6	9	19	New York Mets	108	48	60	.444	14.0	411	470	-59	22-35	25-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	54	15	39	.278
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	1	3	Houston Astros	113	66	47	.584	--	418	423	-5	25-28	41-19	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	49	23	26	.469
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	113	61	52	.540	5.0	533	471	62	29-28	32-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	48	29	19	.604
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	111	52	59	.468	13.0	510	520	-10	26-34	26-25	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	51	19	32	.373
4	10	21	San Diego Padres	113	50	63	.442	16.0	430	484	-54	20-35	30-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	48	18	30	.375
5	11	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	48	62	.436	16.5	518	536	-18	17-39	31-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	52	31	21	.596
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	113	45	68	.398	21.0	505	567	-62	18-38	27-30	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	47	21	26	.447

Sunday August 5,1979This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

Select a Date

Games on 1979-08-05

Standings as of 1979-08-05

Transactions

Month	Day	Year

Sunday August 5,1979This date in baseballFollow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

Select a Date

Games on 1979-08-05

Standings as of 1979-08-05

Transactions

Sunday August 5,1979This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook