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Sunday, September 16,1979

Sunday, September 16,1979

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Boston Red Sox  3 Baltimore Orioles  13 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Palmer John Tudor -- 42,869 2:36
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Oakland Athletics  2 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Richard Dotson Matt Keough Mike Proly 11,849 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Seattle Mariners  6 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rob Dressler Paul Splittorff -- 27,828 2:42
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 California Angels  1 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Slaton Frank Tanana -- 19,906 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Detroit Tigers  8 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Aurelio Lopez Rich Gossage -- 40,192 3:31
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Minnesota Twins  6 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Roger Erickson Doc Medich -- 6,853 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Cleveland Indians  2 Toronto Blue Jays  8 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Tom Underwood Wayne Garland -- 17,078 1:59
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Cincinnati Reds  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tom Seaver Don Sutton -- 28,322 2:06
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Silvio Martinez Ross Grimsley Mark Littell 0 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Scott Sanderson Roy Thomas -- 59,282 2:38
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Chicago Cubs  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Ron Reed Dick Tidrow -- 30,261 2:09
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 New York Mets  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Pete Falcone John Candelaria Neil Allen 25,364 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-09-16 Houston Astros  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Greg Minton J.R. Richard -- 12,077 2:52
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 147 97 50 .660 0.0 702 534 168 W1 44-29 53-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 149 87 62 .584 11.0 732 659 73 W2 38-36 49-26 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 146 81 65 .555 15.5 775 661 114 L1 35-37 47-27 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 146 80 66 .548 16.5 663 611 52 L1 35-36 45-30 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 148 79 69 .534 18.5 731 688 43 W1 36-39 43-30 5 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 148 74 74 .500 23.5 695 747 -52 L5 32-42 42-32 6 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 148 49 99 .331 48.5 561 779 -218 W3 20-55 29-44 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 149 81 68 .544 0.0 809 707 102 L2 36-38 45-30 1 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 149 78 71 .523 3.0 770 766 4 L1 36-39 42-32 2 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 149 77 72 .517 4.0 711 661 50 W2 40-35 37-37 3 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 150 74 76 .493 7.5 691 654 37 L2 35-40 39-36 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 147 66 81 .449 14.0 676 699 -23 W2 36-39 29-43 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 150 63 87 .420 18.5 649 754 -105 W1 29-46 34-41 6 12 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 150 52 98 .347 29.5 536 781 -245 L2 22-53 30-45 7 13 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 144 87 57 .604 0.0 640 516 124 W1 32-36 55-21 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 147 88 59 .599 0.5 690 588 102 L1 45-29 43-30 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 147 79 68 .537 9.5 655 621 34 L1 38-36 40-33 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 149 76 73 .510 13.5 621 651 -30 W2 37-40 39-33 4 6 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 147 74 73 .503 14.5 663 651 12 L2 31-42 43-31 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 146 57 89 .390 31.0 535 636 -101 W1 28-45 28-45 6 12 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 149 85 64 .570 0.0 694 599 95 W2 39-35 46-29 1 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 148 82 66 .554 2.5 534 531 3 L2 33-39 49-27 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 149 71 78 .477 14.0 670 673 -3 L2 30-45 41-33 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 150 66 84 .440 19.5 636 691 -55 W2 32-45 34-39 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 149 62 87 .416 23.0 554 640 -86 L4 26-49 36-38 5 10 22 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 147 59 88 .401 25.0 615 710 -95 W3 29-45 30-43 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)