Baseball on this Date - Wednesday July 4,1979

Games on 1979-07-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	4	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Mike Torrez	Al Hrabosky	(none)
Oakland Athletics	6	California Angels	17	Box	Mark Clear	Dave Heaverlo	(none)
Chicago White Sox	16	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Ross Baumgarten	Rick Waits	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	7	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Tom Buskey	Dave Tobik	(none)
Seattle Mariners	2	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Jerry Koosman	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	New York Yankees	4	Box	Luis Tiant	Bill Travers	Ron Davis
Baltimore Orioles	5	Texas Rangers	9	Box	Danny Darwin	Mike Flanagan	Jim Kern
San Francisco Giants	6	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Joey McLaughlin	Gary Lavelle	Gene Garber
Montreal Expos	2	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Bill Lee	Bill Caudill	Elias Sosa
Houston Astros	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Joaquin Andujar	Bill Bonham	Joe Sambito
New York Mets	0	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Steve Carlton	Andy Hassler	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	San Diego Padres	6	Box	Bob Shirley	Don Sutton	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Bert Blyleven	Pete Vuckovich	Grant Jackson

Standings as of 1979-07-04

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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	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	81	54	27	.667	--	390	309	81	23-18	31-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	78	48	30	.615
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	78	49	29	.628	3.5	422	314	108	18-19	31-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	82	42	40	.512
3	5	7	Milwaukee Brewers	80	46	34	.575	7.5	403	346	57	21-22	25-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	81	49	32	.605
4	7	9	New York Yankees	81	44	37	.543	10.0	358	327	31	18-21	26-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	79	45	34	.570
5	9	17	Detroit Tigers	76	36	40	.474	15.5	381	378	3	16-23	20-17	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	85	49	36	.576
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	79	36	43	.456	17.0	343	388	-45	17-25	19-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	82	45	37	.549
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	83	26	57	.313	29.0	298	446	-148	14-29	12-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	79	27	52	.342
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	Texas Rangers	81	47	34	.580	--	376	337	39	19-18	28-16	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	81	36	45	.444
2	4	6	California Angels	83	48	35	.578	--	472	384	88	24-19	24-16	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	79	40	39	.506
3	6	8	Minnesota Twins	78	43	35	.551	2.5	410	361	49	22-15	21-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	84	39	45	.464
4	8	12	Kansas City Royals	80	42	38	.525	4.5	432	433	-1	20-21	22-17	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	82	43	39	.524
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	79	34	45	.430	12.0	369	385	-16	19-21	15-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	81	39	42	.481
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	84	35	49	.417	13.5	372	431	-59	14-25	21-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	78	32	46	.410
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	83	23	60	.277	25.0	298	485	-187	8-34	15-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	79	31	48	.392
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	2	4	Montreal Expos	73	45	28	.616	--	325	256	69	19-22	26-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	87	50	37	.575
2	3	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	75	40	35	.533	6.0	346	309	37	21-16	19-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	87	58	29	.667
3	4	11	Chicago Cubs	74	39	35	.527	6.5	336	353	-17	17-17	22-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	88	41	47	.466
4	5	13	Philadelphia Phillies	81	42	39	.519	7.0	353	352	1	21-25	21-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	81	42	39	.519
5	6	14	St. Louis Cardinals	76	39	37	.513	7.5	360	333	27	12-19	26-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	86	47	39	.547
6	10	21	New York Mets	76	32	44	.421	14.5	292	334	-42	15-28	16-17	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	86	31	55	.360
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	1	3	Houston Astros	83	52	31	.627	--	310	285	25	22-20	30-11	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	79	37	42	.468
2	7	15	Cincinnati Reds	82	41	41	.500	10.5	357	350	7	20-24	21-17	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	79	49	30	.620
3	8	16	San Francisco Giants	81	40	41	.494	11.0	391	379	12	17-21	23-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	81	31	50	.383
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	85	37	48	.435	16.0	315	361	-46	12-26	25-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	76	31	45	.408
5	11	22	Atlanta Braves	81	34	47	.420	17.0	359	403	-44	15-27	19-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	79	32	47	.405
6	12	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	83	34	49	.410	18.0	364	393	-29	12-27	22-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	79	45	34	.570

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Miguel Dilone	OF	24.245	Purchased by Cubs from Athletics.
Sam Mejias	OF	27.056	Purchased by Reds from Cubs.

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