Baseball on this Date - Friday August 3,1979

Games on 1979-08-03

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	8	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Rick Wise	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Steve Busby	Pat Underwood	Al Hrabosky
Kansas City Royals	3	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Aurelio Lopez	Steve Mingori	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Jim Slaton	Steve Renko	Bill Castro
California Angels	1	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Jerry Koosman	Jim Barr	Mike Marshall
Baltimore Orioles	1	New York Yankees	0	Box	Scott McGregor	Luis Tiant	Tippy Martinez
Oakland Athletics	0	Seattle Mariners	1	Box	Floyd Bannister	Matt Keough	(none)
Chicago White Sox	8	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Steve Trout	Balor Moore	Ed Farmer
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Rick Reuschel	Pete Vuckovich	Bruce Sutter
San Diego Padres	6	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Bob Shirley	Bill Bonham	Mark Lee
Atlanta Braves	1	Houston Astros	4	Box	J.R. Richard	Rick Matula	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	Box	Burt Hooton	John Curtis	(none)
New York Mets	6	Montreal Expos	10	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Dale Murray	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Enrique Romo	Tug McGraw	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Jim Bibby	Larry Christenson	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-03

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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	107	73	34	.682	--	524	391	133	34-23	39-11	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	52	29	23	.558
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	105	64	41	.610	8.0	563	449	114	28-27	36-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	55	27	28	.491
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	109	64	45	.587	10.0	533	464	69	28-26	36-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	52	31	21	.596
4	5	8	New York Yankees	107	58	49	.542	15.0	482	432	50	26-29	32-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	53	31	22	.585
5	8	15	Detroit Tigers	105	53	52	.505	19.0	511	507	4	26-30	27-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	56	32	24	.571
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	107	53	54	.495	20.0	485	535	-50	24-29	29-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	54	28	26	.519
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	108	32	76	.296	41.5	386	559	-173	15-41	17-35	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	54	21	33	.389
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	7	California Angels	109	61	48	.560	--	588	483	105	27-26	34-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	53	27	26	.509
2	6	9	Texas Rangers	106	57	49	.538	2.5	490	440	50	23-24	34-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	56	26	30	.464
3	7	11	Minnesota Twins	105	56	49	.533	3.0	525	474	51	29-24	27-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	57	26	31	.456
4	9	16	Kansas City Royals	107	54	53	.505	6.0	549	560	-11	25-28	29-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	55	31	24	.564
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	106	47	59	.443	12.5	489	523	-34	27-24	20-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	54	26	28	.481
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	110	47	63	.427	14.5	484	560	-76	21-34	26-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	52	20	32	.385
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	109	31	78	.284	30.0	375	607	-232	11-41	20-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53	23	30	.434
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	103	60	43	.583	--	474	393	81	23-27	37-16	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	57	35	22	.614
2	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	107	60	47	.561	2.0	493	431	62	30-22	30-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	55	38	17	.691
3	4	10	Chicago Cubs	103	55	48	.534	5.0	465	469	-4	24-27	31-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	59	25	34	.424
4	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	109	56	53	.514	7.0	479	488	-9	25-33	31-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	53	28	25	.528
5	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	104	53	51	.510	7.5	473	458	15	22-28	30-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	58	33	25	.569
6	10	21	New York Mets	105	46	59	.438	15.0	401	459	-58	20-34	25-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	57	17	40	.298
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	110	63	47	.573	--	405	416	-11	25-28	38-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	52	26	26	.500
2	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	111	59	52	.532	4.5	517	469	48	29-28	30-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	50	31	19	.620
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	109	52	57	.477	10.5	506	508	-2	26-32	26-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	53	19	34	.358
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	111	50	61	.450	13.5	428	468	-40	20-33	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	50	18	32	.360
5	11	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	108	46	62	.426	16.0	506	532	-26	17-39	29-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	54	33	21	.611
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	110	45	65	.409	18.0	498	554	-56	18-35	27-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	50	21	29	.420

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Len Randle	3B-2B	30.172	Purchased by Yankees from Pirates.

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