Baseball on this Date - Monday August 27,1979

Standings as of 1979-08-27.

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	128	84	44	.656	--	612	481	131	38-26	46-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	31	18	13	.581
2	2	2	Milwaukee Brewers	132	79	53	.598	7.0	657	578	79	34-29	45-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	29	16	13	.552
3	3	3	Boston Red Sox	128	76	52	.594	8.0	699	554	145	33-32	44-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	32	15	17	.469
4	4	8	New York Yankees	127	70	57	.551	13.5	574	516	58	30-32	40-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	33	19	14	.576
5	7	13	Detroit Tigers	130	69	61	.531	16.0	639	625	14	33-36	36-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	31	16	15	.516
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	131	66	65	.504	19.5	618	648	-30	32-37	34-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	30	15	15	.500
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	130	42	88	.323	43.0	486	687	-201	20-49	22-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	32	11	21	.344
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	131	71	60	.542	--	715	602	113	32-31	39-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	31	17	14	.548
2	6	12	Kansas City Royals	130	69	61	.531	1.5	679	673	6	31-34	38-27	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	32	16	16	.500
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	129	68	61	.527	2.0	632	589	43	33-30	35-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	33	14	19	.424
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	131	62	69	.473	9.0	591	574	17	27-38	35-31	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	31	21	10	.677
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	129	57	72	.442	13.0	581	618	-37	34-33	22-40	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	31	16	15	.516
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	132	56	76	.424	15.5	586	677	-91	24-39	32-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	30	11	19	.367
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	132	41	91	.311	30.5	465	712	-247	15-48	26-43	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30	13	17	.433
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	130	75	55	.577	--	611	534	77	36-27	39-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	32	23	9	.719
2	4	7	Montreal Expos	123	69	54	.561	2.5	530	454	76	28-35	41-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	37	26	11	.703
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	127	69	58	.543	4.5	590	569	21	28-32	41-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	35	11	24	.314
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	128	68	60	.531	6.0	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	131	65	66	.496	10.5	552	583	-31	29-37	36-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	31	19	12	.613
6	11	23	New York Mets	128	53	75	.414	21.0	485	563	-78	25-38	27-38	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	34	10	24	.294
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	131	75	56	.573	--	471	470	1	32-33	43-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	31	14	17	.452
2	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	132	75	57	.568	0.5	612	518	94	34-30	41-27	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	29	15	14	.517
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	130	61	69	.469	13.5	611	608	3	26-42	35-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	32	18	14	.563
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	130	59	71	.454	15.5	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	132	56	76	.424	19.5	492	579	-87	22-45	34-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	29	12	17	.414
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	130	51	79	.392	23.5	548	634	-86	23-44	28-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	30	15	15	.500

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mike Kingery	CF-RF	18.151	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Royals.

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