Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 2,1979

Standings as of 1979-08-02

Record in remaining games at far right

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	106	72	34	.679	--	523	391	132	33-23	39-11	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	53	30	23	.566
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	104	64	40	.615	7.0	560	444	116	28-26	36-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	56	27	29	.482
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	108	63	45	.583	10.0	528	461	67	28-26	35-19	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	53	32	21	.604
4	5	8	New York Yankees	106	58	48	.547	14.0	482	431	51	26-29	32-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	54	31	23	.574
5	8	15	Detroit Tigers	103	52	51	.505	18.5	504	499	5	26-30	26-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	58	33	25	.569
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	106	53	53	.500	19.0	482	527	-45	24-29	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	55	28	27	.509
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	107	32	75	.299	40.5	381	551	-170	15-41	17-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	55	21	34	.382
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	4	6	California Angels	108	61	47	.565	--	587	479	108	27-25	34-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	54	27	27	.500
2	6	10	Texas Rangers	105	56	49	.533	3.5	482	437	45	22-24	34-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	57	27	30	.474
3	7	12	Minnesota Twins	104	55	49	.529	4.0	521	473	48	29-24	26-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	58	27	31	.466
4	9	16	Kansas City Royals	105	53	52	.505	6.5	541	553	-12	24-27	29-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	57	32	25	.561
5	11	21	Chicago White Sox	105	46	59	.438	13.5	481	518	-37	26-24	20-35	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	55	27	28	.491
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	109	46	63	.422	15.5	483	560	-77	21-34	25-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	53	21	32	.396
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	108	31	77	.287	30.0	375	606	-231	11-40	20-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54	23	31	.426
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	4	Montreal Expos	102	59	43	.578	--	464	387	77	23-27	36-16	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	58	36	22	.621
2	3	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	105	58	47	.552	2.5	482	427	55	30-22	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	57	40	17	.702
3	5	11	Chicago Cubs	102	54	48	.529	5.0	461	467	-6	24-27	30-21	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	60	26	34	.433
4	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	107	56	51	.523	5.5	475	477	-2	25-31	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	55	28	27	.509
5	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	103	53	50	.515	6.5	471	454	17	22-27	30-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	59	33	26	.559
6	10	20	New York Mets	104	46	58	.442	14.0	395	449	-54	20-33	25-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	58	17	41	.293
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	5	Houston Astros	109	62	47	.569	--	401	415	-14	25-28	37-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	53	27	26	.509
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	110	59	51	.536	3.5	513	463	50	29-28	30-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	51	31	20	.608
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	108	52	56	.481	9.5	503	497	6	26-31	26-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	54	19	35	.352
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	110	49	61	.445	13.5	422	464	-42	19-33	30-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	51	19	32	.373
5	11	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	107	45	62	.421	16.0	495	529	-34	17-39	28-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	55	34	21	.618
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	109	45	64	.413	17.0	497	550	-53	18-34	27-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	51	21	30	.412

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	10	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Mike Torrez	Bill Travers	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Tony Brizzolara	Gaylord Perry	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Dan Schatzeder	Bill Caudill	Elias Sosa
Philadelphia Phillies	7	New York Mets	4	Box	Ron Reed	Andy Hassler	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	New York Mets	2	Box	Pete Falcone	Kevin Saucier	Neil Allen
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	George Frazier	Grant Jackson	Darold Knowles

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jose Cardenal	OF	35.300	Purchased by Mets from Phillies.

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