Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 25,1979

Games on 1979-08-25

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	3	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Len Barker	Mike Morgan	Victor Cruz
Seattle Mariners	8	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Mike Parrott	Dan Petry	(none)
Boston Red Sox	0	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	Dennis Leonard	Mike Torrez	(none)
New York Yankees	1	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Jerry Koosman	Luis Tiant	Mike Marshall
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Mike Caldwell	Brian Allard	(none)
California Angels	24	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Dave Frost	Balor Moore	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Roy Thomas	Ken Brett	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	8	New York Mets	4	Box	Doug Bair	Jeff Reardon	(none)
Houston Astros	3	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Joe Niekro	Nino Espinosa	Joe Sambito
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Dave Roberts	John D'Acquisto	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	John Curtis	Lynn McGlothen	Greg Minton

Standings as of 1979-08-25

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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	124	81	43	.653	--	588	466	122	35-25	46-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	35	21	14	.600
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	126	76	50	.603	6.0	692	545	147	32-31	44-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	34	15	19	.441
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	130	78	52	.600	6.0	642	566	76	33-28	45-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	31	17	14	.548
4	5	9	New York Yankees	126	69	57	.548	13.0	567	512	55	29-32	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	34	20	14	.588
5	8	14	Detroit Tigers	127	66	61	.520	16.5	623	612	11	33-36	33-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	34	19	15	.559
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	129	65	64	.504	18.5	606	637	-31	32-37	33-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	32	16	16	.500
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	128	40	88	.313	43.0	470	684	-214	20-49	20-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	34	13	21	.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	8	California Angels	129	71	58	.550	--	710	590	120	32-29	39-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	33	17	16	.515
2	6	12	Minnesota Twins	127	67	60	.528	3.0	627	581	46	33-30	34-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	35	15	20	.429
3	7	13	Kansas City Royals	128	67	61	.523	3.5	663	661	2	31-34	36-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	34	18	16	.529
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	129	62	67	.481	9.0	585	561	24	27-38	35-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	33	21	12	.636
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	126	56	70	.444	13.5	568	598	-30	34-33	22-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	34	17	17	.500
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	129	55	74	.426	16.0	569	659	-90	23-37	32-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	33	12	21	.364
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	130	41	89	.315	30.5	460	698	-238	15-46	26-43	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	32	13	19	.406
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	Pittsburgh Pirates	128	74	54	.578	--	600	528	72	35-26	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	34	24	10	.706
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	122	69	53	.566	2.0	530	451	79	28-35	41-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	38	26	12	.684
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	125	68	57	.544	4.5	582	563	19	27-31	41-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	37	12	25	.324
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	127	68	59	.535	5.5	588	548	40	29-30	38-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	35	18	17	.514
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	129	65	64	.504	9.5	549	575	-26	29-37	36-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	33	19	14	.576
6	11	23	New York Mets	126	53	73	.421	20.0	484	550	-66	25-38	27-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	36	10	26	.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	2	5	Houston Astros	129	73	56	.566	--	464	469	-5	30-33	43-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	33	16	17	.485
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	130	73	57	.562	0.5	600	516	84	32-30	41-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	31	17	14	.548
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	128	59	69	.461	13.5	603	605	-2	26-42	33-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	34	20	14	.588
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	129	59	70	.457	14.0	582	606	-24	29-41	30-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	33	12	21	.364
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	130	55	75	.423	18.5	485	566	-81	22-45	33-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	31	13	18	.419
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	129	50	79	.388	23.0	543	633	-90	22-44	28-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	31	16	15	.516

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