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Thursday, May 31,1979

Thursday, May 31,1979

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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 1979-05-31 New York Yankees  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Augustine Ray Burris -- 24,707 2:53
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Oakland Athletics  2 Minnesota Twins  13 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Paul Hartzell Rick Langford -- 4,345 2:11
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 California Angels  10 Seattle Mariners  12 box | pbp Kingdome Byron McLaughlin Mark Clear Shane Rawley 5,266 3:12
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Boston Red Sox  3 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dick Drago Sparky Lyle -- 13,600 3:05
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Detroit Tigers  1 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Pat Underwood Tom Underwood John Hiller 12,423 1:52
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Cincinnati Reds  0 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Rick Williams Fred Norman -- 25,453 2:07
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 San Francisco Giants  10 Los Angeles Dodgers  12 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Sutton Vida Blue Bob Welch 36,288 3:00
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Scott Sanderson Larry Christenson -- 22,388 1:52
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Chicago Cubs  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bruce Kison Bruce Sutter -- 6,438 3:27
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 Atlanta Braves  1 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Eric Rasmussen Rick Matula Rollie Fingers 11,143 1:57
1979 reg season 1979-05-31 New York Mets  6 St. Louis Cardinals  9 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Sykes Mike Scott Darold Knowles 15,110 2:41
11 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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 48 30 18 .625 0.0 244 184 60 L1 15-12 15-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 46 27 19 .587 2.0 222 183 39 W1 10-11 17-8 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 51 28 23 .549 3.5 239 200 39 W1 11-16 17-7 3 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 49 26 23 .531 4.5 217 203 14 L1 12-15 14-8 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 43 22 21 .512 5.5 218 210 8 W6 10-12 12-9 5 9 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 47 21 26 .447 8.5 187 223 -36 W1 8-14 13-12 6 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 50 12 38 .240 19.0 185 278 -93 L5 6-15 6-23 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 50 30 20 .600 0.0 277 226 51 L1 16-13 14-7 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 46 27 19 .587 1.0 249 220 29 W1 16-7 11-12 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 48 28 20 .583 1.0 219 203 16 L1 13-9 15-11 3 5 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 49 28 21 .571 1.5 268 250 18 W1 13-12 15-9 4 6 7 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 48 24 24 .500 5.0 234 227 7 L1 13-12 11-12 5 10 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 51 18 33 .353 12.5 229 273 -44 W1 6-15 12-18 6 12 24 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 50 17 33 .340 13.0 172 280 -108 L1 7-19 10-14 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 44 29 15 .659 0.0 201 168 33 W3 12-12 17-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 48 27 21 .563 4.0 212 185 27 L4 14-11 13-10 2 2 8 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 45 25 20 .556 4.5 197 168 29 W2 10-12 14-9 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 6.5 215 197 18 W5 11-12 12-10 4 6 15 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 45 20 25 .444 9.5 194 231 -37 L3 9-14 11-11 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 45 17 28 .378 12.5 176 214 -38 L2 7-17 9-12 6 11 22 -- 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 52 29 23 .558 0.0 213 190 23 W3 12-14 17-9 1 3 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 49 26 23 .531 1.5 232 230 2 L3 13-13 13-10 2 5 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 52 26 26 .500 3.0 245 228 17 W3 8-15 18-11 3 7 17 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 51 25 26 .490 3.5 242 238 4 L6 11-13 14-13 4 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 53 24 29 .453 5.5 212 241 -29 W5 8-16 16-13 5 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 49 18 31 .367 9.5 212 261 -49 L4 8-17 10-14 6 12 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
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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
Greg Minton San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)