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Saturday, April 21,1979

Saturday, April 21,1979

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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 1979-04-21 Milwaukee Brewers  2 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Sammy Stewart Bill Travers Don Stanhouse 10,021 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Kansas City Royals  4 Boston Red Sox  10 box | pbp Fenway Park Bob Stanley Larry Gura Tom Burgmeier 34,332 2:54
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Oakland Athletics  1 California Angels  13 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Nolan Ryan Matt Keough -- 34,728 3:03
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Chicago White Sox  6 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Ross Baumgarten Wayne Garland Mike Proly 7,474 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Phil Huffman Jack Billingham Dave Freisleben 10,904 2:32
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Seattle Mariners  5 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jerry Koosman Floyd Bannister Mike Marshall 6,678 2:22
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Texas Rangers  5 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Fergie Jenkins Catfish Hunter -- 25,530 2:04
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 San Diego Padres  9 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium John D'Acquisto Gene Garber -- 28,950 3:01
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Montreal Expos  3 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Donnie Moore David Palmer Bruce Sutter 19,911 3:02
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Joaquin Andujar Kent Tekulve -- 48,977 3:23
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 New York Mets  0 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Nino Espinosa Neil Allen Tug McGraw 31,851 2:14
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Burt Hooton Tom Griffin -- 37,775 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-04-21 Cincinnati Reds  4 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mike LaCoss Silvio Martinez Doug Bair 16,776 2:35
13 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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 12 8 4 .667 0.0 74 49 25 W3 2-2 6-2 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 14 8 6 .571 1.0 55 60 -5 L1 4-2 4-4 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 13 7 6 .538 1.5 64 55 9 L3 3-5 4-1 3 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 2.0 59 53 6 L1 2-3 3-2 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 3.0 57 68 -11 W3 1-5 5-3 5 9 18 -- Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 3.5 67 91 -24 W1 3-4 2-4 6 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 12 3 9 .250 5.0 36 65 -29 L2 1-5 2-4 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 15 12 3 .800 0.0 111 59 52 W10 8-2 4-1 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 11 8 3 .727 2.0 58 38 20 W1 3-2 5-1 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 13 8 5 .615 3.0 70 65 5 W1 7-2 1-3 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 13 7 6 .538 4.0 78 64 14 W5 6-2 1-4 4 6 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 12 5 7 .417 5.5 71 76 -5 L4 1-6 4-1 5 10 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 7.0 75 95 -20 L7 0-4 5-6 6 12 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 15 4 11 .267 8.0 50 87 -37 L2 1-5 3-6 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 Montreal Expos franchise | log 12 8 4 .667 0.0 44 43 1 L2 4-3 4-1 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 12 8 4 .667 0.0 55 32 23 W6 4-4 4-0 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 2.5 52 50 2 L3 2-5 3-3 3 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 2.5 37 47 -10 W3 1-3 4-3 4 8 16 -- dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 13 4 9 .308 4.5 53 72 -19 L5 0-4 4-5 5 10 22 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 11 3 8 .273 4.5 40 49 -9 L6 2-4 1-4 6 12 24 -- 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 15 11 4 .733 0.0 68 39 29 W3 4-3 7-1 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 2.0 77 67 10 W5 6-3 3-3 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 2.5 78 71 7 L1 4-3 5-4 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 3.5 74 81 -7 W2 4-5 4-3 4 6 14 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 4.5 57 71 -14 W1 2-3 5-6 5 9 17 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 14 4 10 .286 6.5 57 70 -13 L4 3-6 1-4 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Joe Coleman -- Hist Released by Giants
Tom Dixon Houston Astros Injury DL - Right shoulder tendinitis
2 record(s)