Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 30,1979

Standings as of 1979-08-30

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	131	87	44	.664	--	628	489	139	40-26	47-18	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	28	15	13	.536
2	2	2	Milwaukee Brewers	135	81	54	.600	8.0	680	605	75	36-30	45-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	26	14	12	.538
3	3	3	Boston Red Sox	130	76	54	.585	10.5	702	567	135	33-33	44-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	30	15	15	.500
4	4	8	New York Yankees	130	71	59	.546	15.5	586	539	47	31-33	40-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	30	18	12	.600
5	5	10	Detroit Tigers	133	72	61	.541	16.0	661	635	26	33-36	39-25	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	28	13	15	.464
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	134	69	65	.515	19.5	632	654	-22	32-37	37-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	27	12	15	.444
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	133	42	91	.316	46.0	495	707	-212	20-49	22-42	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	29	11	18	.379
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	6	12	Kansas City Royals	133	71	62	.534	--	711	695	16	32-34	39-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	29	14	15	.483
2	7	13	California Angels	134	71	63	.530	0.5	719	623	96	32-34	39-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	28	17	11	.607
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	132	68	64	.515	2.5	640	605	35	33-31	35-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	30	14	16	.467
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	134	64	70	.478	7.5	612	583	29	28-38	36-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	28	19	9	.679
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	131	58	73	.443	12.0	591	625	-34	34-33	23-41	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	29	15	14	.517
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	135	57	78	.422	15.0	599	686	-87	25-41	32-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	27	10	17	.370
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	135	43	92	.319	29.0	484	727	-243	17-49	26-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	27	11	16	.407
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	132	77	55	.583	--	619	536	83	38-27	39-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	30	21	9	.700
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	125	71	54	.568	2.5	542	463	79	28-35	43-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	35	24	11	.686
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	130	71	59	.546	5.0	598	574	24	30-33	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	32	9	23	.281
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	131	70	61	.534	6.5	598	557	41	31-32	38-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	31	16	15	.516
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	133	65	68	.489	12.5	560	595	-35	29-37	36-31	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	29	19	10	.655
6	11	23	New York Mets	130	53	77	.408	23.0	493	574	-81	25-38	27-40	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	32	10	22	.313
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	Cincinnati Reds	134	77	57	.575	--	624	526	98	36-30	41-27	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	27	13	14	.481
2	4	7	Houston Astros	133	75	58	.564	1.5	480	482	-2	32-35	43-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	29	14	15	.483
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	133	61	72	.459	15.5	614	620	-6	26-42	35-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	29	18	11	.621
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	133	60	73	.451	16.5	588	619	-31	29-41	31-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	29	11	18	.379
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	134	57	77	.425	20.0	496	583	-87	22-45	35-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	27	11	16	.407
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	132	53	79	.402	23.0	559	642	-83	25-44	28-35	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28	13	15	.464

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	4	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Mike Flanagan	Jerry Koosman	Don Stanhouse
Texas Rangers	6	Boston Red Sox	0	Box	Doc Medich	Dennis Eckersley	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Jerry Augustine	Guy Hoffman	(none)
California Angels	1	Cleveland Indians	7	Box	Len Barker	Nolan Ryan	(none)
Oakland Athletics	7	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Dave Tobik	Craig Minetto	(none)
Kansas City Royals	8	New York Yankees	3	Box	Larry Gura	Luis Tiant	(none)
Seattle Mariners	8	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Mike Parrott	Balor Moore	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Dennis Lamp	Burt Hooton	Bruce Sutter
St. Louis Cardinals	2	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Ed Whitson	Pete Vuckovich	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bruce Kimm	C	28.062	Purchased by Cubs from Tigers.
Bob Molinaro	OF	29.101	Claimed on waivers by Orioles from White Sox.
Dale Murray	P	29.209	Purchased by Expos from Mets.

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