Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 26,1979

Standings as of 1979-08-26.

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	126	83	43	.659	--	604	476	128	37-25	46-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	33	19	14	.576
2	2	2	Milwaukee Brewers	131	79	52	.603	6.5	648	568	80	34-28	45-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	30	16	14	.533
3	3	3	Boston Red Sox	127	76	51	.598	7.5	695	551	144	32-32	44-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	33	15	18	.455
4	4	8	New York Yankees	126	69	57	.548	14.0	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	129	68	61	.527	16.5	636	623	13	33-36	35-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	32	17	15	.531
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	130	66	64	.508	19.0	613	642	-29	32-37	34-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	31	15	16	.484
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	129	41	88	.318	43.5	479	687	-208	20-49	21-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	33	12	21	.364
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	5	10	California Angels	130	71	59	.546	--	713	599	114	32-30	39-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	32	17	15	.531
2	6	12	Minnesota Twins	127	67	60	.528	2.5	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	129	68	61	.527	2.5	669	664	5	31-34	37-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	33	17	16	.515
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	130	62	68	.477	9.0	587	567	20	27-38	35-30	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	32	21	11	.656
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	128	56	72	.438	14.0	578	614	-36	34-33	22-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	32	17	15	.531
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	131	55	76	.420	16.5	580	672	-92	23-39	32-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	31	12	19	.387
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	131	41	90	.313	30.5	465	705	-240	15-47	26-43	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	31	13	18	.419
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	129	75	54	.581	--	609	530	79	36-26	39-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	33	23	10	.697
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	122	69	53	.566	2.5	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	9	Chicago Cubs	126	69	57	.548	4.5	586	564	22	28-31	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	36	11	25	.306
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	128	68	60	.531	6.5	589	552	37	29-31	38-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	34	18	16	.529
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	130	65	65	.500	10.5	550	579	-29	29-37	36-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	32	19	13	.594
6	11	23	New York Mets	127	53	74	.417	21.0	484	558	-74	25-38	27-37	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	35	10	25	.286
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	130	74	56	.569	--	468	470	-2	31-33	43-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	32	15	17	.469
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	131	74	57	.565	0.5	608	516	92	33-30	41-27	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	30	16	14	.533
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	129	60	69	.465	13.5	607	606	1	26-42	34-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	33	19	14	.576
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	130	59	71	.454	15.0	583	610	-27	29-41	30-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	32	12	20	.375
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	131	55	76	.420	19.5	487	575	-88	22-45	33-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	30	13	17	.433
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	129	50	79	.388	23.5	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

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
George Scott	1B	35.156	Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.
Jeff Stone	OF	18.243	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.

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