Baseball on this Date - Friday August 29,1980

Games on 1980-08-29

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	5	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Alfredo Martinez	Steve Stone	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Mike Torrez	Brian Kingman	Tom Burgmeier
Chicago White Sox	5	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Sid Monge	Ed Farmer	Victor Cruz
Milwaukee Brewers	2	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Milt Wilcox	Bill Travers	(none)
Texas Rangers	3	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Dennis Leonard	Ed Figueroa	(none)
Seattle Mariners	1	New York Yankees	5	Box	Tommy John	Rob Dressler	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Geoff Zahn	Dave Stieb	(none)
Houston Astros	6	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Dave Smith	Dick Tidrow	Frank LaCorte
Montreal Expos	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Bobby Castillo	John D'Acquisto	Steve Howe
Cincinnati Reds	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Mario Soto	Kent Tekulve	Tom Hume
Philadelphia Phillies	3	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Larry Christenson	Steve Mura	Tug McGraw
New York Mets	0	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Vida Blue	Pat Zachry	(none)
Atlanta Braves	4	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Tommy Boggs	Silvio Martinez	Rick Camp

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	New York Yankees	127	77	50	.606	--	639	532	107	42-27	35-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	35	26	9	.743
2	3	3	Baltimore Orioles	126	75	51	.595	1.5	596	485	111	39-27	36-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	36	25	11	.694
3	4	6	Boston Red Sox	124	68	56	.548	7.5	589	592	-3	40-27	28-29	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	36	15	21	.417
4	5	11	Detroit Tigers	127	68	59	.535	9.0	647	583	64	34-33	33-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	35	16	19	.457
5	6	12	Cleveland Indians	126	66	60	.524	10.5	582	610	-28	30-35	36-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	34	13	21	.382
6	7	13	Milwaukee Brewers	131	67	64	.511	12.0	659	554	105	34-30	33-34	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	31	19	12	.613
7	12	23	Toronto Blue Jays	127	52	75	.409	25.0	484	594	-110	25-40	27-35	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	35	15	20	.429
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Kansas City Royals	129	84	45	.651	--	664	535	129	44-21	40-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	33	13	20	.394
2	8	15	Oakland Athletics	129	65	64	.504	19.0	525	498	27	27-33	38-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Billy Martin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	18	15	.545
3	9	17	Texas Rangers	130	63	67	.485	21.5	625	598	27	31-34	32-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	31	13	18	.419
4	10	20	Minnesota Twins	130	57	73	.438	27.5	537	607	-70	24-40	33-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	31	20	11	.645
5	11	21	Chicago White Sox	126	55	71	.437	27.5	442	553	-111	23-34	30-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	34	15	19	.441
6	13	25	California Angels	126	50	76	.397	32.5	551	645	-94	27-31	23-45	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	34	15	19	.441
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	128	46	82	.359	37.5	477	631	-154	17-44	29-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	34	13	21	.382
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Montreal Expos	127	69	58	.543	--	545	523	22	27-32	42-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	35	21	14	.600
2	5	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	129	70	59	.543	--	539	499	40	32-33	38-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	33	13	20	.394
3	6	10	Philadelphia Phillies	125	67	58	.536	1.0	580	514	66	29-30	38-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	37	24	13	.649
4	9	18	New York Mets	127	58	69	.457	11.0	485	534	-49	26-33	32-36	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	35	9	26	.257
5	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	126	56	70	.444	12.5	584	551	33	24-38	32-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II	36	18	18	.500
6	12	24	Chicago Cubs	126	50	76	.397	18.5	476	548	-72	24-43	26-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	36	14	22	.389
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Houston Astros	128	73	55	.570	--	486	456	30	30-34	43-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	35	20	15	.571
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	70	57	.551	2.5	528	462	66	31-37	39-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	36	22	14	.611
3	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	129	70	59	.543	3.5	566	552	14	30-29	39-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	33	19	14	.576
4	7	14	San Francisco Giants	127	64	63	.504	8.5	461	476	-15	28-41	36-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	34	11	23	.324
5	8	16	Atlanta Braves	128	64	64	.500	9.0	515	554	-39	24-39	40-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	33	17	16	.515
6	11	22	San Diego Padres	129	53	76	.411	20.5	437	533	-96	23-47	30-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	33	20	13	.606

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Steve Busby	P	30.334	Released by Royals.
Manny Mota	OF	42.192	Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers.
Rusty Torres	OF	31.333	Released by Royals.

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