Baseball on this Date - Monday April 30,1979

Games on 1979-04-30

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	1	California Angels	2	Box	Dave LaRoche	Ed Figueroa	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Cleveland Indians	0	Box	Jim Slaton	Eric Wilkins	(none)
Texas Rangers	8	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Jim Kern	Steve Busby	Sparky Lyle
Boston Red Sox	4	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Bob Lacey	Dick Drago	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	8	Seattle Mariners	7	Box	Don Stanhouse	Rick Honeycutt	(none)
Minnesota Twins	6	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Paul Hartzell	Mark Lemongello	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Montreal Expos	8	Box	Steve Rogers	Doug Rau	(none)
San Diego Padres	3	New York Mets	4	Box	Craig Swan	Bob Shirley	Skip Lockwood
San Francisco Giants	1	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Dick Ruthven	Phil Nastu	Tug McGraw
Houston Astros	6	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Joe Sambito	Tom Bruno	Joaquin Andujar

Standings as of 1979-04-30

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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	Boston Red Sox	20	13	7	.650	--	102	71	31	6-5	7-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	140	78	62	.557
2	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	23	14	9	.609	0.5	119	96	23	7-6	7-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	136	88	48	.647
3	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	22	13	9	.591	1.0	114	92	22	7-8	6-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	139	82	57	.590
4	8	13	New York Yankees	21	10	11	.476	3.5	76	80	-4	5-7	5-4	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	139	79	60	.568
5	10	17	Detroit Tigers	16	7	9	.438	4.0	80	79	1	2-5	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	145	78	67	.538
6	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	22	7	15	.318	7.0	94	135	-41	4-7	3-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	140	46	94	.329
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	20	6	14	.300	7.0	71	115	-44	2-8	4-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	141	75	66	.532
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	4	California Angels	23	15	8	.652	--	138	91	47	8-2	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	139	73	66	.525
2	2	6	Minnesota Twins	20	13	7	.650	0.5	98	89	9	11-4	2-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	142	69	73	.486
3	4	7	Texas Rangers	19	12	7	.632	1.0	88	69	19	5-5	7-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	143	71	72	.497
4	7	10	Kansas City Royals	21	11	10	.524	3.0	125	117	8	1-7	10-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	141	74	67	.525
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	20	9	11	.450	4.5	106	100	6	6-6	3-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	140	64	76	.457
6	11	22	Oakland Athletics	22	8	14	.364	6.5	74	125	-51	2-5	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	140	46	94	.329
7	12	24	Seattle Mariners	23	8	15	.348	7.0	102	128	-26	0-5	8-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	139	59	80	.424
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	19	14	5	.737	--	94	75	19	4-4	10-1	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	141	81	60	.574
2	3	3	Philadelphia Phillies	20	14	6	.700	0.5	83	58	25	4-4	10-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	142	70	72	.493
3	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	20	10	10	.500	4.5	86	76	10	5-7	4-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	142	76	66	.535
4	6	14	Chicago Cubs	17	8	9	.471	5.0	57	69	-12	2-5	6-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	145	72	73	.497
5	7	16	New York Mets	18	8	10	.444	5.5	70	71	-1	3-4	5-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	144	55	89	.382
6	11	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	18	7	11	.389	6.5	85	93	-8	2-5	5-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	144	91	53	.632
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	2	Houston Astros	21	15	6	.714	--	97	70	27	7-5	8-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	141	74	67	.525
2	4	11	Cincinnati Reds	21	11	10	.524	4.0	94	99	-5	6-4	5-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	140	79	61	.564
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	24	10	14	.417	6.5	97	107	-10	5-8	5-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	138	69	69	.500
5	10	19	San Francisco Giants	23	9	14	.391	7.0	101	123	-22	4-9	5-5	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	139	62	77	.446
4	9	20	San Diego Padres	23	9	14	.391	7.0	99	113	-14	5-11	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	138	59	79	.428
6	12	23	Atlanta Braves	20	7	13	.350	7.5	87	96	-9	3-6	4-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	140	59	81	.421

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ken Brett	P	30.224	Signed as Free Agent by Twins.

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