Baseball on this Date - Saturday June 23,1979

Games on 1979-06-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	6	Baltimore Orioles	8	Box	Tippy Martinez	John Hiller	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Sammy Stewart	Jack Billingham	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Dick Drago	Tom Buskey	(none)
Kansas City Royals	13	California Angels	4	Box	Larry Gura	Jim Barr	Eduardo Rodriguez
Minnesota Twins	6	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Dave Goltz	Ross Baumgarten	(none)
Cleveland Indians	5	New York Yankees	6	Box	Tommy John	Victor Cruz	(none)
Texas Rangers	8	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Jim Kern	Bob Lacey	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	Mike Parrott	Lary Sorensen	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Phil Niekro	Jerry Reuss	(none)
San Francisco Giants	5	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	John Curtis	Fred Norman	Gary Lavelle
San Diego Padres	2	Houston Astros	3	Box	Tom Dixon	Rollie Fingers	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Steve Rogers	Nino Espinosa	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Mike Krukow	Don Robinson	Bruce Sutter

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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	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	69	47	22	.681	--	346	268	78	23-15	24-7	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	90	55	35	.611
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	68	43	25	.632	3.5	375	276	99	15-15	28-10	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	92	48	44	.522
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	71	40	31	.563	8.0	344	308	36	17-20	23-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	90	55	35	.611
4	5	8	New York Yankees	71	38	33	.535	10.0	310	294	16	16-20	22-13	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	89	51	38	.573
5	9	17	Cleveland Indians	68	32	36	.471	14.5	298	324	-26	14-19	18-17	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	93	49	44	.527
6	10	18	Detroit Tigers	66	31	35	.470	14.5	331	328	3	15-23	16-12	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	95	54	41	.568
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	73	23	50	.315	26.0	262	392	-130	12-24	11-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	89	30	59	.337
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	3	5	California Angels	73	42	31	.575	--	407	338	69	21-16	21-15	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	89	46	43	.517
2	6	9	Kansas City Royals	71	38	33	.535	3.0	387	372	15	19-19	19-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	91	47	44	.516
3	7	11	Texas Rangers	70	37	33	.529	3.5	308	303	5	17-18	20-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	92	46	46	.500
4	8	13	Minnesota Twins	66	34	32	.515	4.5	327	314	13	20-15	14-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	96	48	48	.500
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	69	32	37	.464	8.0	332	332	0	17-15	15-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	91	41	50	.451
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	73	31	42	.425	11.0	339	369	-30	12-20	19-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	89	36	53	.404
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	72	22	50	.306	19.5	252	400	-148	7-26	15-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	90	32	58	.356
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	3	Montreal Expos	64	40	24	.625	--	291	228	63	14-19	26-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	96	55	41	.573
2	3	7	St. Louis Cardinals	64	35	29	.547	5.0	306	276	30	12-19	22-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	98	51	47	.520
3	4	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	64	34	30	.531	6.0	301	264	37	16-15	18-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	98	64	34	.653
4	5	12	Chicago Cubs	64	33	31	.516	7.0	284	318	-34	16-17	17-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	98	47	51	.480
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	69	35	34	.507	7.5	303	291	12	17-20	18-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	93	49	44	.527
6	11	23	New York Mets	64	27	37	.422	13.0	246	279	-33	11-23	15-15	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	98	36	62	.367
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	4	Houston Astros	72	43	29	.597	--	269	260	9	16-19	27-10	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	90	46	44	.511
2	6	14	Cincinnati Reds	70	36	34	.514	6.0	317	309	8	16-19	20-15	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	91	54	37	.593
3	8	16	San Francisco Giants	70	35	35	.500	7.0	343	329	14	17-18	18-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	92	36	56	.391
4	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	72	32	40	.444	11.0	340	344	-4	11-24	21-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	90	47	43	.522
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	73	32	41	.438	11.5	282	322	-40	11-24	21-17	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	88	36	52	.409
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	70	26	44	.371	16.0	307	369	-62	10-24	16-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	90	40	50	.444

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