Baseball on this Date - Sunday September 23,1979

Games on 1979-09-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	4	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Sid Monge	Dennis Martinez	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Mike Flanagan	Dan Spillner	Don Stanhouse
Detroit Tigers	1	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Milt Wilcox	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Aurelio Lopez	Mike Torrez	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	California Angels	6	Box	Dave Frost	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
Minnesota Twins	7	Milwaukee Brewers	8	Box	Jerry Augustine	Pete Redfern	(none)
Kansas City Royals	4	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Marty Pattin	Steve McCatty	Dan Quisenberry
Chicago White Sox	3	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Rich Wortham	(none)
New York Yankees	7	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Tommy John	Phil Huffman	Rich Gossage
San Francisco Giants	2	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Greg Minton	Rick Matula	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Chicago Cubs	0	Box	Jim Bibby	Rick Reuschel	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	Houston Astros	1	Box	Frank Pastore	Vern Ruhle	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	7	New York Mets	4	Box	Mark Littell	Andy Hassler	(none)
Montreal Expos	7	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Bill Lee	Nino Espinosa	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Lerrin LaGrow	Steve Mura	Don Sutton

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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	154	100	54	.649	--	722	561	161	46-31	54-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	5	2	3	.400
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	155	91	64	.587	9.5	771	688	83	41-36	50-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	6	4	2	.667
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	154	86	68	.558	14.0	810	683	127	38-39	49-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	6	5	1	.833
4	5	10	New York Yankees	154	83	71	.539	17.0	691	653	38	38-41	45-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	6	6	0	1.000
5	6	11	Detroit Tigers	155	82	73	.529	18.5	751	707	44	37-41	45-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	6	3	3	.500
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	155	79	76	.510	21.5	734	767	-33	34-43	45-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	6	2	4	.333
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	156	52	104	.333	49.0	590	822	-232	20-55	32-49	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	6	1	5	.167
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	4	8	California Angels	156	85	71	.545	--	844	744	100	38-40	47-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	6	3	3	.500
2	7	12	Kansas City Royals	156	82	74	.526	3.0	819	799	20	38-40	44-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	6	3	3	.500
3	8	13	Minnesota Twins	156	81	75	.519	4.0	740	685	55	43-38	38-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	6	1	5	.167
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	156	78	78	.500	7.0	720	676	44	39-42	39-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	6	5	1	.833
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	153	69	84	.451	14.5	700	727	-27	37-41	31-44	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	7	4	3	.571
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	156	65	91	.417	20.0	680	794	-114	29-46	36-45	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	6	2	4	.333
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	156	53	103	.340	32.0	556	822	-266	22-53	31-50	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	6	1	5	.167
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	Montreal Expos	153	93	60	.608	--	682	543	139	38-37	55-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	7	2	5	.286
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	93	62	.600	1.0	722	609	113	50-32	43-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	7	5	2	.714
3	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	155	84	71	.542	10.0	689	649	40	41-36	42-36	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	7	2	5	.286
4	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	157	81	76	.516	14.0	662	697	-35	39-40	42-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	5	3	2	.600
5	7	16	Chicago Cubs	155	78	77	.503	16.0	677	672	5	34-44	44-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	7	2	5	.286
6	12	24	New York Mets	155	57	98	.368	37.0	550	671	-121	28-45	28-54	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	7	6	1	.857
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	5	Cincinnati Reds	156	88	68	.564	--	720	624	96	42-39	46-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	5	2	3	.400
2	4	7	Houston Astros	155	86	69	.555	1.5	555	552	3	34-40	52-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	7	3	4	.429
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	156	76	80	.487	12.0	709	695	14	31-47	45-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	6	3	3	.500
4	9	20	San Francisco Giants	156	69	87	.442	19.0	652	717	-65	33-48	36-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	6	2	4	.333
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	156	65	91	.417	23.0	580	666	-86	26-49	39-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	5	3	2	.600
6	11	23	Atlanta Braves	153	61	92	.399	25.5	638	741	-103	30-48	31-44	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	7	5	2	.714

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