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Thursday, August 23,1979

Thursday, August 23,1979

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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 1979-08-23 Texas Rangers  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Scott McGregor Fergie Jenkins Don Stanhouse 28,099 2:47
1979 reg season 1979-08-23 Oakland Athletics  8 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Langford Sid Monge -- 7,495 2:29
2 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 124 81 43 .653 0.0 588 466 122 W1 35-25 46-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 76 48 .613 5.0 690 540 150 W1 32-29 44-19 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 128 76 52 .594 7.0 628 558 70 L1 31-28 45-24 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 124 68 56 .548 13.0 559 503 56 L1 28-31 40-25 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 125 65 60 .520 16.5 614 602 12 W1 33-36 32-24 5 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 127 63 64 .496 19.5 596 632 -36 L1 32-37 31-27 6 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 126 39 87 .310 43.0 462 656 -194 L5 20-49 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 127 70 57 .551 0.0 682 582 100 L2 31-28 39-29 1 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 3.0 618 573 45 L1 33-30 33-29 2 6 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 126 65 61 .516 4.5 658 659 -1 W1 31-34 34-27 3 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 127 62 65 .488 8.0 577 547 30 L1 27-38 35-27 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 126 56 70 .444 13.5 568 598 -30 W1 34-33 22-37 5 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 127 54 73 .425 16.0 559 650 -91 W4 22-36 32-37 6 12 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 128 41 87 .320 29.5 455 688 -233 W1 15-44 26-43 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 126 73 53 .579 0.0 594 522 72 W1 34-25 39-28 1 1 4 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 121 68 53 .562 2.5 528 451 77 L2 27-35 41-18 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 123 67 56 .545 4.5 576 557 19 L2 26-30 41-26 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 125 66 59 .528 6.5 571 539 32 W1 27-30 38-30 4 6 11 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 127 64 63 .504 9.5 543 569 -26 L3 29-37 35-26 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 124 53 71 .427 19.0 480 541 -61 L1 25-38 27-34 6 10 21 -- 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 127 72 55 .567 0.0 458 463 -5 W1 29-32 43-23 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 128 71 57 .555 1.5 591 512 79 W2 30-30 41-27 2 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 126 59 67 .468 12.5 594 588 6 W2 26-42 33-25 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 127 58 69 .457 14.0 576 600 -24 L1 29-41 29-28 4 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 128 54 74 .422 18.5 479 560 -81 L1 22-45 32-29 5 11 23 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 128 50 78 .391 22.5 543 631 -88 W3 22-44 28-34 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Freddie Patek Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Unknown
1 record(s)