The Baseball Cube

Search Results

Detroit Tigers 3 Texas Rangers 11

July 31,1979

Visiting Team

Detroit Tigers (52-50)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (55-49)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

12,218

Time of Game

2:45

Umpires

[HP]: Greg Kosc [1B]: George Maloney [2B]: Dan Morrison [3B]: Bill Deegan

Detroit Tigers 3 Texas Rangers 11

Jump to...

Major League Baseball Linescore Boxscore Play by Play Pitches Report Season Stats 1979 Boxscores 1979 MLB Summary MLB Boxscores Minor League Boxscores

**19 minute rain delay before start of game**
4th inning: **Debut game for Mike Chris**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Detroit Tigers	DET	52-50		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	3	0			3	9	0		5	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	55-49		0	0	1		3	5	2		0	0	x			11	16	1		3	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	31.045	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.297		95	734
	Al Greene	rf	24.264	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.167		9	9
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	22.080	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.283		81	231
	Tom Brookens	2b	25.355	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.288		17	17
3	Steve Kemp	lf	24.358	L	4	1	3	0		0	0	.336		95	405
4	Jason Thompson	1b	25.025	L	3	0	2	0		1	0	.258		93	527
5	Champ Summers	dh	33.046	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.286		74	325
6	Lance Parrish	c	23.046	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.278		95	192
	Ed Putman	c	25.309	R	1	1	1	2		0	0	.364		8	30
7	Jerry Morales	rf-cf	30.163	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.225		79	1084
8	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	31.215	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.258		75	1632
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.160	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.273		89	247
	Mark Wagner	ss	25.149	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.311		51	151
Totals

2B: Steve Kemp (21)

3B: Champ Summers (2)

HR: Ed Putman (1)

RBI: Champ Summers (37), Ed Putman 2 (2)

HBP: Jerry Morales (2)

GDP: Lou Whitaker (5), Steve Kemp (10)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.274	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.290		76	949
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.338	R	3	2	2	1		0	0	.293		104	1090
	Eric Soderholm	3b	30.310	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.241		87	767
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.290	L	4	2	3	1		0	0	.312		85	1520
	Bill Sample	ph-lf	24.120	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.264		92	100
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.175	R	5	2	2	1		0	1	.256		91	950
5	Pat Putnam	1b	25.240	L	2	1	1	2		1	0	.294		90	121
	Mike Jorgensen	pr-1b	30.349	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.262		65	1025
6	Johnny Grubb	dh	30.361	L	2	1	1	0		0	1	.287		89	770
	John Ellis	ph	30.344	R	3	1	2	2		0	1	.264		75	751
7	Jim Sundberg	c	28.074	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.255		98	821
8	Dave Roberts	2b	28.164	R	3	0	1	2		1	0	.250		38	544
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.099	B	4	1	2	2		0	0	.199		100	123
Totals

Errors: Pat Putnam

2B: Buddy Bell (24), Al Oliver (16), Richie Zisk 2 (11), Johnny Grubb (12), Dave Roberts (1), Nelson Norman (6)

RBI: Buddy Bell (61), Al Oliver (47), Richie Zisk (41), Pat Putnam 2 (48), John Ellis 2 (47), Dave Roberts 2 (8), Nelson Norman 2 (14)

SF: Buddy Bell (9), Pat Putnam (4)

GDP: Buddy Bell (10)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dan Petry	R	L 3-2	3.1	8	4	4	1	1	0		2.95	1.15		5	5
2	Mike Chris	L		1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0		27.00	3.00		1	1
3	Steve Baker	R		1.2	5	4	4	3	1	0		6.53	1.74		20	35
4	Jack Billingham	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.62	1.44		24	447
Totals				0.0

WP: Steve Baker 2 (7)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dan Petry (0-0-0), Mike Chris (0-0-0), Steve Baker (0-0-0), Jack Billingham (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Doc Medich	R	W 5-4	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	1		4.56	1.35		16	214
Totals				0.0

HB: Doc Medich (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Doc Medich (0-0-0)