Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 9,1979

Games on 1979-05-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	4	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Mike Norris	Jim Palmer	(none)
California Angels	8	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Bill Campbell	Dave LaRoche	(none)
Chicago White Sox	5	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Ross Baumgarten	Milt Wilcox	Ken Kravec
Cleveland Indians	8	Milwaukee Brewers	7	Box	Rick Waits	Mike Caldwell	Sid Monge
Seattle Mariners	0	New York Yankees	5	Box	Ed Figueroa	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Kansas City Royals	4	Texas Rangers	3	Box	Rich Gale	Fergie Jenkins	Renie Martin
Pittsburgh Pirates	17	Atlanta Braves	9	Box	Jim Bibby	Gene Garber	Kent Tekulve
Cincinnati Reds	7	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Paul Moskau	Lynn McGlothen	Doug Bair
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Houston Astros	5	Box	Bo McLaughlin	Tom Bruno	(none)
New York Mets	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Don Sutton	Neil Allen	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	San Diego Padres	0	Box	Dick Ruthven	Eric Rasmussen	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	San Francisco Giants	9	Box	Vida Blue	Ross Grimsley	(none)

Standings as of 1979-05-09

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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	28	18	10	.643	--	147	111	36	7-6	11-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	132	73	59	.553
2	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	30	19	11	.633	--	159	112	47	9-6	10-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	129	83	46	.643
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	30	18	12	.600	1.0	156	119	37	8-9	10-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	131	77	54	.588
4	8	13	New York Yankees	29	15	14	.517	3.5	118	124	-6	6-8	9-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	131	74	57	.565
5	10	17	Detroit Tigers	24	11	13	.458	5.0	130	125	5	4-8	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	137	74	63	.540
6	12	23	Cleveland Indians	27	9	18	.333	8.5	99	150	-51	3-9	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	134	72	62	.537
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	30	8	22	.267	11.0	118	186	-68	5-12	3-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	132	45	87	.341
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	28	20	8	.714	--	157	129	28	13-4	7-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	134	62	72	.463
2	5	9	California Angels	30	17	13	.567	4.0	170	138	32	9-6	8-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	132	71	61	.538
3	6	10	Kansas City Royals	29	16	13	.552	4.5	169	151	18	5-9	11-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	133	69	64	.519
4	7	11	Texas Rangers	28	15	13	.536	5.0	129	124	5	6-6	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	134	68	66	.507
5	9	16	Chicago White Sox	28	13	15	.464	7.0	148	142	6	10-9	3-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	132	60	72	.455
6	11	20	Oakland Athletics	30	12	18	.400	9.0	113	161	-48	5-8	7-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	132	42	90	.318
7	13	24	Seattle Mariners	31	10	21	.323	11.5	131	172	-41	2-9	8-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	131	57	74	.435
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	Philadelphia Phillies	28	20	8	.714	--	127	86	41	10-5	10-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	134	64	70	.478
2	2	3	Montreal Expos	26	18	8	.692	1.0	131	109	22	7-7	11-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	134	77	57	.575
3	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	28	15	13	.536	5.0	120	105	15	6-8	8-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	134	71	63	.530
4	6	14	Chicago Cubs	24	12	12	.500	6.0	103	107	-4	3-6	9-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	138	68	70	.493
5	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	26	11	15	.423	8.0	130	128	2	5-8	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	136	87	49	.640
6	11	22	New York Mets	26	9	17	.346	10.0	98	117	-19	4-10	5-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	136	54	82	.397
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	7	Houston Astros	30	18	12	.600	--	135	122	13	9-10	9-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	132	71	61	.538
2	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	29	17	12	.586	0.5	145	136	9	8-4	9-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	132	73	59	.553
3	7	15	San Francisco Giants	30	14	16	.467	4.0	138	146	-8	5-9	9-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	132	57	75	.432
4	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	32	14	18	.438	5.0	122	142	-20	5-9	9-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	130	65	65	.500
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	31	12	19	.387	6.5	145	164	-19	6-11	6-8	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	130	56	74	.431
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	28	9	19	.321	8.0	127	159	-32	4-10	5-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	132	57	75	.432

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tom Grieve	OF	31.066	Released by Cardinals.

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