Baseball on this Date - Saturday September 1,1979

Games on 1979-09-01

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Paul Hartzell	Jim Palmer	Mike Marshall
Texas Rangers	5	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Danny Darwin	Dick Drago	Jim Kern
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Rich Wortham	Lary Sorensen	(none)
California Angels	7	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Dave LaRoche	Wayne Garland	John Montague
Oakland Athletics	6	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Steve McCatty	Aurelio Lopez	Dave Hamilton
Kansas City Royals	9	New York Yankees	8	Box	Al Hrabosky	Jim Kaat	Renie Martin
Seattle Mariners	3	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Tom Buskey	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Larry Christenson	Phil Niekro	Ron Reed
New York Mets	1	Houston Astros	3	Box	J.R. Richard	Pete Falcone	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Don Sutton	Rick Reuschel	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Montreal Expos	7	Box	David Palmer	Tom Seaver	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Silvio Martinez	Randy Jones	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Bruce Kison	John Montefusco	Grant Jackson
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Jim Bibby	Bob Knepper	(none)

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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	133	87	46	.654	--	631	495	136	40-26	47-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	26	15	11	.577
2	2	3	Milwaukee Brewers	137	81	56	.591	8.0	684	615	69	36-32	45-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	24	14	10	.583
3	3	4	Boston Red Sox	132	77	55	.583	9.5	715	578	137	33-33	45-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	28	14	14	.500
4	4	8	New York Yankees	132	72	60	.545	14.5	601	551	50	31-33	41-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	28	17	11	.607
5	7	13	Detroit Tigers	135	72	63	.533	16.0	667	646	21	33-36	39-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	26	13	13	.500
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	136	69	67	.507	19.5	644	670	-26	32-37	37-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	25	12	13	.480
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	135	43	92	.319	45.0	502	714	-212	20-49	23-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	27	10	17	.370
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	11	California Angels	136	73	63	.537	--	735	635	100	34-34	39-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	26	15	11	.577
2	6	12	Kansas City Royals	135	72	63	.533	0.5	723	710	13	33-35	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	27	13	14	.481
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	134	70	64	.522	2.0	646	608	38	35-31	35-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	28	12	16	.429
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	136	65	71	.478	8.0	623	596	27	29-39	36-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	26	18	8	.692
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	133	60	73	.451	11.5	601	629	-28	34-33	25-41	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	27	13	14	.481
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	137	58	79	.423	15.5	606	693	-87	26-42	32-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	25	9	16	.360
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	137	45	92	.328	28.5	495	733	-238	19-49	26-43	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	25	9	16	.360
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	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	135	80	55	.593	--	637	545	92	41-27	39-28	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	27	18	9	.667
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	127	73	54	.575	3.0	557	472	85	28-35	45-19	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	33	22	11	.667
3	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	133	72	61	.541	7.0	611	567	44	33-32	38-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	29	14	15	.483
4	6	10	Chicago Cubs	132	71	61	.538	7.5	606	585	21	30-35	41-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	30	9	21	.300
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	135	67	68	.496	13.0	572	601	-29	31-37	36-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	27	17	10	.630
6	11	23	New York Mets	132	53	79	.402	25.5	494	579	-85	25-40	27-40	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	30	10	20	.333
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	3	6	Houston Astros	135	77	58	.570	--	485	483	2	32-35	45-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	27	12	15	.444
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	136	77	59	.566	0.5	633	541	92	36-32	41-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	25	13	12	.520
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	135	63	72	.467	14.0	625	628	-3	26-42	37-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	27	16	11	.593
4	9	20	San Francisco Giants	136	60	76	.441	17.5	597	637	-40	29-41	31-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	26	11	15	.423
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	136	57	79	.419	20.5	506	596	-90	22-45	35-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	25	11	14	.440
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	134	53	81	.396	23.5	565	654	-89	25-44	28-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	26	13	13	.500

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ellie Hendricks	C	38.253	Signed as Free Agent by Orioles.

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