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Sunday, July 1,1979

Sunday, July 1,1979

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Games on this date
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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 1979-07-01 Toronto Blue Jays  7 Baltimore Orioles  10 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Sammy Stewart Jesse Jefferson Don Stanhouse 33,592 3:05
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Cleveland Indians  2 Detroit Tigers  10 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Morris Len Barker -- 20,121 2:38
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 California Angels  14 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Nolan Ryan Paul Splittorff -- 32,636 2:47
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Seattle Mariners  3 Milwaukee Brewers  10 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Slaton Floyd Bannister -- 27,925 2:07
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Chicago White Sox  1 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Paul Hartzell Fred Howard -- 24,904 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Boston Red Sox  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Davis Dennis Eckersley Jim Kaat 51,246 2:30
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Oakland Athletics  13 Texas Rangers  12 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Rick Langford Doc Medich Jim Todd 16,819 5:09
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 New York Mets  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dick Tidrow Wayne Twitchell -- 0 2:48
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 New York Mets  2 Chicago Cubs  8 box | pbp Wrigley Field Lynn McGlothen Pete Falcone -- 36,609 2:10
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Atlanta Braves  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Phil Niekro Ken Brett Joey McLaughlin 32,196 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Houston Astros  4 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Joe Niekro Randy Jones Joe Sambito 11,615 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Cincinnati Reds  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park John Curtis Mike LaCoss Pedro Borbon 0 2:15
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Cincinnati Reds  3 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Gary Lavelle Mario Soto -- 50,924 3:10
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Philadelphia Phillies  7 St. Louis Cardinals  13 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mark Littell Tug McGraw -- 0 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-07-01 Philadelphia Phillies  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mark Littell Randy Lerch -- 41,903 2:39
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 78 54 24 .692 0.0 385 294 91 W4 23-15 31-9 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 75 47 28 .627 5.5 404 303 101 L1 18-18 29-10 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 78 45 33 .577 9.0 393 340 53 W2 20-21 25-12 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 78 42 36 .538 12.0 345 315 30 W1 18-21 24-15 4 8 9 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 73 36 37 .493 15.5 370 354 16 W1 16-23 20-14 5 9 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 76 34 42 .447 19.0 324 365 -41 L1 16-25 18-17 6 10 18 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 81 24 57 .296 31.5 282 439 -157 L6 12-29 12-28 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 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 78 44 34 .564 0.0 361 332 29 L1 19-18 25-16 1 4 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 80 45 35 .563 0.0 444 375 69 W3 24-19 21-16 2 5 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 74 40 34 .541 2.0 382 347 35 W3 22-15 18-19 3 6 8 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 78 42 36 .538 2.0 428 417 11 L3 20-19 22-17 4 7 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 77 33 44 .429 10.5 350 374 -24 L3 18-20 15-24 5 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 80 34 46 .425 11.0 358 403 -45 L2 13-22 21-24 6 12 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 80 23 57 .288 22.0 289 457 -168 W1 8-31 15-26 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 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 70 43 27 .614 0.0 316 252 64 W1 17-21 26-6 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 71 38 33 .535 5.5 332 344 -12 W2 17-17 21-16 2 3 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 73 39 34 .534 5.5 351 318 33 W2 12-19 26-16 3 4 12 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 72 37 35 .514 7.0 331 300 31 L1 18-16 19-19 4 5 13 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 78 39 39 .500 8.0 342 348 -6 L2 21-25 18-14 5 8 16 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 73 32 41 .438 12.5 288 323 -35 L2 15-25 16-17 6 9 19 -- 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 81 50 31 .617 0.0 304 281 23 W4 20-20 30-11 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 80 41 39 .513 8.5 353 344 9 L2 20-24 21-15 2 6 14 -- Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 79 40 39 .506 9.0 383 367 16 W2 17-19 23-20 3 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 82 35 47 .427 15.5 303 353 -50 L3 12-26 23-21 4 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 80 33 47 .413 16.5 356 381 -25 L6 11-25 22-22 5 11 23 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 79 32 47 .405 17.0 347 395 -48 W3 15-27 17-20 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Larry Anderson Atlanta Braves Hist Loaned from Houston Astros to Atlanta Braves
Mike Jorgensen Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)