Baseball on this Date - Friday May 4,1979

Games on 1979-05-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	3	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Steve Renko	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Al Hrabosky	Sid Monge	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Jim Clancy	Mike Caldwell	Dave Freisleben
Detroit Tigers	6	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Mike Marshall	Aurelio Lopez	(none)
Oakland Athletics	11	New York Yankees	5	Box	Mike Norris	Jim Beattie	Bob Lacey
Chicago White Sox	7	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Francisco Barrios	Sparky Lyle	Mike Proly
Chicago White Sox	6	Texas Rangers	7	Box	Ed Farmer	Lerrin LaGrow	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Mike Krukow	Rick Matula	Lynn McGlothen
Houston Astros	5	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Doug Bair	Frank Riccelli	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Randy Lerch	Don Sutton	(none)
Montreal Expos	12	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Ross Grimsley	John D'Acquisto	(none)
New York Mets	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Vida Blue	Skip Lockwood	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Bob Sykes	Don Robinson	Buddy Schultz

Standings as of 1979-05-04

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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	2	4	Boston Red Sox	23	15	8	.652	--	114	82	32	7-6	8-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	137	76	61	.555
2	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	25	16	9	.640	--	131	100	31	9-6	7-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	134	86	48	.642
3	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	26	15	11	.577	1.5	130	105	25	8-9	7-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	135	80	55	.593
4	8	15	New York Yankees	24	11	13	.458	4.5	93	100	-7	6-8	5-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	136	78	58	.574
5	10	18	Detroit Tigers	19	8	11	.421	5.0	97	95	2	3-7	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	142	77	65	.542
6	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	26	8	18	.308	8.5	110	154	-44	5-8	3-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	136	45	91	.331
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	23	7	16	.304	8.0	79	127	-48	2-8	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	138	74	64	.536
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	Minnesota Twins	24	17	7	.708	--	122	108	14	13-4	4-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	138	65	73	.471
2	4	5	California Angels	25	16	9	.640	1.5	147	103	44	8-2	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	137	72	65	.526
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	23	14	9	.609	2.5	106	93	13	6-6	8-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	139	69	70	.496
4	7	12	Kansas City Royals	24	13	11	.542	4.0	141	127	14	2-7	11-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	138	72	66	.522
5	9	16	Chicago White Sox	23	10	13	.435	6.5	121	117	4	7-7	3-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	137	63	74	.460
6	11	20	Oakland Athletics	25	10	15	.400	7.5	93	137	-44	3-5	7-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	137	44	93	.321
7	12	24	Seattle Mariners	26	8	18	.308	10.0	109	145	-36	0-6	8-12	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	136	59	77	.434
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	22	16	6	.727	--	115	89	26	5-5	11-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	138	79	59	.572
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	23	15	8	.652	1.5	90	72	18	5-5	10-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	139	69	70	.496
3	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	24	13	11	.542	4.0	103	91	12	5-7	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	138	73	65	.529
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	20	10	10	.500	5.0	69	76	-7	3-6	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	142	70	72	.493
5	11	22	New York Mets	21	8	13	.381	7.5	83	92	-9	3-6	5-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	141	55	86	.390
6	10	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	21	8	13	.381	7.5	100	104	-4	2-6	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	141	90	51	.638
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	3	6	Houston Astros	25	16	9	.640	--	114	89	25	8-8	8-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	137	73	64	.533
2	5	11	Cincinnati Reds	24	13	11	.542	2.5	105	110	-5	6-4	7-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	137	77	60	.562
3	7	14	San Francisco Giants	26	12	14	.462	4.5	119	131	-12	5-9	7-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	136	59	77	.434
4	8	17	San Diego Padres	26	11	15	.423	5.5	120	132	-12	6-11	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	135	57	78	.422
5	9	19	Los Angeles Dodgers	27	11	16	.407	6.0	107	121	-14	5-9	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	135	68	67	.504
6	12	23	Atlanta Braves	23	8	15	.348	7.0	96	114	-18	4-8	4-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	137	58	79	.423

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bert Campaneris	SS	37.056	Traded by Rangers to Angels for Dave Chalk.
Dave Chalk	3B-SS	28.247	Traded by Angels to Rangers for Bert Campaneris.

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