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Friday, August 10,1979

Friday, August 10,1979

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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 1979-08-10 New York Yankees  6 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Tippy Martinez Ron Davis -- 44,646 2:58
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Dick Drago Bob McClure -- 32,914 2:35
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Seattle Mariners  8 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Randy Stein Dave LaRoche -- 28,969 4:23
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Detroit Tigers  6 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dan Quisenberry Aurelio Lopez -- 0 3:06
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Detroit Tigers  3 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Pat Underwood Dan Quisenberry 37,012 2:17
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Oakland Athletics  6 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Heaverlo Mike Marshall -- 0 3:14
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Oakland Athletics  2 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Jackson Dave Heaverlo -- 13,742 3:56
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Cleveland Indians  6 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Len Barker Danny Darwin -- 17,832 2:49
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Houston Astros  2 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Joe Niekro Eddie Solomon Joe Sambito 10,394 2:45
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Montreal Expos  1 New York Mets  7 box | pbp Shea Stadium Craig Swan Ross Grimsley -- 0 2:07
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Montreal Expos  6 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium David Palmer Dwight Bernard Elias Sosa 9,161 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Rawly Eastwick Grant Jackson -- 0 3:14
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Bruce Kison Randy Lerch Kent Tekulve 63,346 3:03
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Frank Pastore -- 25,261 1:55
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Don Sutton Bob Knepper -- 31,530 2:48
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Chicago Cubs  8 St. Louis Cardinals  13 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Silvio Martinez Mike Krukow -- 0 2:51
1979 reg season 1979-08-10 Chicago Cubs  3 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Forsch Bill Caudill Mark Littell 49,467 2:33
17 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 114 76 38 .667 0.0 555 426 129 W2 35-25 41-13 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 113 70 43 .619 5.5 623 485 138 W2 31-27 39-16 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 11.0 567 515 52 L2 30-28 36-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 15.0 510 468 42 L2 26-30 35-23 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 114 58 56 .509 18.0 560 551 9 L2 26-32 32-24 5 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 115 58 57 .504 18.5 531 581 -50 W1 27-31 31-26 6 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 113 34 79 .301 41.5 413 594 -181 L1 15-41 19-38 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 AL West California Angels franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 0.0 631 518 113 L1 31-28 34-23 1 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 113 60 53 .531 3.5 560 511 49 W1 31-25 29-28 2 6 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 114 59 55 .518 5.0 596 594 2 W3 28-30 31-25 3 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 115 59 56 .513 5.5 540 500 40 L3 25-30 34-26 4 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 111 50 61 .450 12.5 513 542 -29 W1 30-26 20-35 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 116 49 67 .422 16.0 513 592 -79 W1 22-34 27-33 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 116 35 81 .302 30.0 409 644 -235 L1 14-42 21-39 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 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 115 65 50 .565 0.0 530 475 55 W1 32-25 33-25 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 111 62 49 .559 1.0 501 429 72 W1 24-31 38-18 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 111 59 52 .532 4.0 519 510 9 L2 24-29 35-23 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 113 60 53 .531 4.0 527 491 36 W7 27-30 32-24 4 6 11 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 6.0 509 524 -15 L1 25-36 35-21 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 114 49 65 .430 15.5 430 500 -70 L1 22-35 26-31 6 11 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 117 68 49 .581 0.0 435 439 -4 W1 27-30 41-19 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 4.5 548 481 67 L1 29-29 35-25 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 12.5 530 543 -13 L2 27-34 28-27 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 16.0 446 499 -53 W2 21-37 31-28 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 115 51 64 .443 16.0 543 558 -15 W2 18-39 33-25 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 118 46 72 .390 22.5 513 582 -69 L3 19-41 27-31 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
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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
Eduardo Rodriguez Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Unknown
Chris Knapp California Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)