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Tuesday, August 14,1979

Tuesday, August 14,1979

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Games on this date
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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 1979-08-14 Chicago White Sox  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Tippy Martinez Ed Farmer -- 15,518 3:14
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Minnesota Twins  1 Boston Red Sox  12 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Eckersley Pete Redfern -- 32,962 2:31
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Detroit Tigers  6 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Bruce Robbins Don Aase Jack Billingham 29,465 2:24
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Kansas City Royals  2 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Dennis Leonard Bill Castro 21,657 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Texas Rangers  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Tiant Jim Kern Rich Gossage 24,125 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Phil Huffman Craig Minetto -- 1,289 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Cleveland Indians  7 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Rick Waits Odell Jones Sid Monge 7,302 3:11
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 New York Mets  18 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Andy Hassler Tony Brizzolara -- 5,770 3:10
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 San Francisco Giants  8 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field John Curtis Mike Krukow -- 21,742 2:32
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Hume Steve Carlton -- 38,442 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Montreal Expos  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Joaquin Andujar Bill Lee -- 21,871 2:05
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 San Diego Padres  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Candelaria John D'Acquisto -- 23,210 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-08-14 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Burt Hooton John Denny -- 21,126 2:10
13 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 116 77 39 .664 0.0 557 434 123 W1 35-25 42-14 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 116 72 44 .621 5.0 647 500 147 W2 31-27 41-17 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 119 69 50 .580 9.5 586 527 59 W3 31-28 38-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 116 63 53 .543 14.0 519 475 44 W2 26-30 37-23 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 61 58 .513 17.5 552 593 -41 W3 30-32 31-26 5 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 18.0 577 575 2 W2 28-34 32-24 6 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 119 38 81 .319 40.5 437 616 -179 W3 19-43 19-38 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 120 67 53 .558 0.0 649 533 116 L2 31-28 36-25 1 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 117 62 55 .530 3.5 576 536 40 L2 31-27 31-28 2 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 5.0 620 610 10 L2 28-32 33-25 3 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 119 60 59 .504 6.5 555 517 38 L3 25-32 35-27 4 10 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 12.5 539 558 -19 L1 31-27 22-37 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 120 49 71 .408 18.0 521 617 -96 L4 22-36 27-35 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 35 85 .292 32.0 420 664 -244 L5 14-44 21-41 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 68 50 .576 0.0 560 488 72 W4 34-25 34-25 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 114 63 51 .553 3.0 508 437 71 L2 25-33 38-18 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 115 61 54 .530 5.5 535 527 8 L2 26-30 35-24 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 6.5 536 514 22 L1 27-30 33-27 4 6 12 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 9.0 522 549 -27 L4 25-37 35-23 5 7 17 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 116 50 66 .431 17.0 450 510 -60 W1 23-35 26-32 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 120 70 50 .583 0.0 443 444 -1 W2 27-31 43-19 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 66 55 .545 4.5 563 489 74 W1 30-30 36-25 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 57 62 .479 12.5 546 553 -7 W2 28-34 29-28 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 16.0 560 566 -6 W1 20-40 33-25 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 53 67 .442 17.0 454 519 -65 L1 21-38 32-29 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 120 47 73 .392 23.0 521 602 -81 L1 19-41 28-32 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Wayne Garland Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)