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Saturday, August 25,1979

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Saturday, August 25,1979

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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 1979-08-25 Oakland Athletics  3 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Len Barker Mike Morgan Victor Cruz 8,815 2:34
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Seattle Mariners  8 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mike Parrott Dan Petry -- 28,770 2:12
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Boston Red Sox  0 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Mike Torrez -- 37,851 2:10
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 New York Yankees  1 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jerry Koosman Luis Tiant Mike Marshall 36,363 2:38
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Mike Caldwell Brian Allard -- 16,181 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 California Angels  24 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Dave Frost Balor Moore -- 25,207 2:41
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Roy Thomas Ken Brett -- 47,244 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Cincinnati Reds  8 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Doug Bair Jeff Reardon -- 16,635 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Houston Astros  3 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Joe Niekro Nino Espinosa Joe Sambito 43,109 2:07
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dave Roberts John D'Acquisto -- 14,607 6:12
1979 reg season 1979-08-25 Chicago Cubs  2 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park John Curtis Lynn McGlothen Greg Minton 17,584 2:29
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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 124 81 43 .653 0.0 588 466 122 W1 35-25 46-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 126 76 50 .603 6.0 692 545 147 L2 32-31 44-19 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 130 78 52 .600 6.0 642 566 76 W2 33-28 45-24 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 126 69 57 .548 13.0 567 512 55 L1 29-32 40-25 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 127 66 61 .520 16.5 623 612 11 L1 33-36 33-25 5 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 129 65 64 .504 18.5 606 637 -31 W2 32-37 33-27 6 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 128 40 88 .313 43.0 470 684 -214 L1 20-49 20-39 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 129 71 58 .550 0.0 710 590 120 W1 32-29 39-29 1 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 127 67 60 .528 3.0 627 581 46 W1 33-30 34-30 2 6 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 128 67 61 .523 3.5 663 661 2 W3 31-34 36-27 3 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 129 62 67 .481 9.0 585 561 24 L3 27-38 35-29 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 126 56 70 .444 13.5 568 598 -30 W1 34-33 22-37 5 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 129 55 74 .426 16.0 569 659 -90 W1 23-37 32-37 6 12 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 130 41 89 .315 30.5 460 698 -238 L2 15-46 26-43 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 128 74 54 .578 0.0 600 528 72 W1 35-26 39-28 1 1 4 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 122 69 53 .566 2.0 530 451 79 W1 28-35 41-18 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 125 68 57 .544 4.5 582 563 19 L1 27-31 41-26 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 127 68 59 .535 5.5 588 548 40 W3 29-30 38-30 4 6 11 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 129 65 64 .504 9.5 549 575 -26 L1 29-37 36-27 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 126 53 73 .421 20.0 484 550 -66 L3 25-38 27-36 6 11 23 -- 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 129 73 56 .566 0.0 464 469 -5 W1 30-33 43-23 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 130 73 57 .562 0.5 600 516 84 W4 32-30 41-27 2 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 128 59 69 .461 13.5 603 605 -2 L2 26-42 33-27 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 129 59 70 .457 14.0 582 606 -24 W1 29-41 30-29 4 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 130 55 75 .423 18.5 485 566 -81 L1 22-45 33-30 5 10 22 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 129 50 79 .388 23.0 543 633 -90 L1 22-44 28-35 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)