Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 19,1979

Standings as of 1979-04-19

Record in remaining games at far right

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	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	11	7	4	.636	--	59	45	14	3-3	4-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	150	88	62	.587
2	4	7	Boston Red Sox	10	6	4	.600	0.5	55	43	12	2-2	4-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	150	85	65	.567
3	5	8	New York Yankees	12	7	5	.583	0.5	50	52	-2	4-2	3-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	148	82	66	.554
4	8	14	Detroit Tigers	8	4	4	.500	1.5	48	46	2	2-3	2-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	153	81	72	.529
5	10	18	Toronto Blue Jays	11	4	7	.364	3.0	60	80	-20	2-3	2-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	151	49	102	.325
6	12	21	Baltimore Orioles	12	4	8	.333	3.5	47	63	-16	1-5	3-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	147	98	49	.667
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	10	3	7	.300	3.5	29	55	-26	1-5	2-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	151	78	73	.517
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	1	2	Texas Rangers	9	7	2	.778	--	50	33	17	2-1	5-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	153	76	77	.497
2	2	3	California Angels	13	10	3	.769	1.0	91	54	37	8-2	2-1	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	149	78	71	.523
3	6	9	Minnesota Twins	12	7	5	.583	1.5	64	60	4	7-2	0-3	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	150	75	75	.500
4	7	13	Kansas City Royals	10	5	5	.500	2.5	65	57	8	1-4	4-1	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	152	80	72	.526
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	11	5	6	.455	3.0	68	57	11	4-2	1-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	149	68	81	.456
6	11	20	Seattle Mariners	14	5	9	.357	4.5	70	89	-19	0-3	5-6	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	148	62	86	.419
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	13	4	9	.308	5.0	45	67	-22	1-3	3-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	149	50	99	.336
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	1	Montreal Expos	10	8	2	.800	--	36	31	5	4-1	4-1	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	150	87	63	.580
2	3	6	Philadelphia Phillies	10	6	4	.600	2.0	44	32	12	4-4	2-0	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	152	78	74	.513
3	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	11	6	5	.545	2.5	48	36	12	2-5	3-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	151	80	71	.530
4	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	4	7	.364	4.5	45	62	-17	0-2	4-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	151	94	57	.623
6	10	23	New York Mets	9	3	6	.333	4.5	40	38	2	2-2	1-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	153	60	93	.392
5	11	22	Chicago Cubs	9	3	6	.333	4.5	25	39	-14	1-3	2-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	153	77	76	.503
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	2	4	Houston Astros	13	9	4	.692	--	58	31	27	4-3	5-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	149	80	69	.537
2	4	10	San Francisco Giants	14	8	6	.571	1.5	74	67	7	4-3	4-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	148	63	85	.426
3	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	13	7	6	.538	2.0	63	63	0	4-3	3-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	148	83	65	.561
5	8	16	San Diego Padres	14	6	8	.429	3.5	58	72	-14	2-5	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	147	62	85	.422
4	7	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	14	6	8	.429	3.5	53	67	-14	1-2	5-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	148	73	75	.493
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	12	4	8	.333	4.5	48	54	-6	3-6	1-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	148	62	86	.419

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Chuck Rainey	Jim Slaton	Dick Drago
California Angels	6	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Don Aase	Mike Marshall	Dave LaRoche
Baltimore Orioles	6	New York Yankees	3	Box	Jim Palmer	Paul Mirabella	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Dennis Lamp	Bob Forsch	Bruce Sutter
Atlanta Braves	0	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Tom Seaver	Phil Niekro	(none)
San Francisco Giants	14	San Diego Padres	10	Box	Vida Blue	Mickey Lolich	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bobby Brown	3B	54.176	Purchased by Yankees from Blue Jays.
Curt Brown	P	19.095	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Angels.
Tim Foli	SS	28.132	Traded by Mets with Greg Field to Pirates for Frank Taveras.
Frank Taveras	SS	29.116	Traded by Pirates to Mets for Greg Field and Tim Foli.

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