Baseball on this Date - Monday August 6,1979

Standings as of 1979-08-06

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	110	74	36	.673	--	535	403	132	35-25	39-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	49	28	21	.571
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	108	67	41	.620	6.0	597	462	135	31-27	36-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	52	24	28	.462
3	3	6	Milwaukee Brewers	112	64	48	.571	11.0	546	498	48	28-26	36-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	49	31	18	.633
4	5	8	New York Yankees	110	60	50	.545	14.0	494	443	51	26-29	34-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	50	29	21	.580
5	9	14	Detroit Tigers	107	54	53	.505	18.5	518	512	6	26-30	28-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	54	31	23	.574
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	110	55	55	.500	19.0	506	559	-53	24-29	31-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	51	26	25	.510
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	111	33	78	.297	41.5	407	582	-175	15-41	18-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	51	20	31	.392
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	113	64	49	.566	--	612	500	112	30-27	34-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	49	24	25	.490
2	6	11	Texas Rangers	109	58	51	.532	4.0	514	461	53	24-26	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	53	25	28	.472
3	7	12	Minnesota Twins	109	57	52	.523	5.0	544	500	44	29-25	28-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	53	25	28	.472
4	8	13	Kansas City Royals	110	56	54	.509	6.5	570	579	-9	27-29	29-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	52	29	23	.558
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	108	48	60	.444	13.5	496	532	-36	28-25	20-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	52	25	27	.481
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	113	48	65	.425	16.0	502	578	-76	21-34	27-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	49	19	30	.388
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	112	33	79	.295	30.5	391	623	-232	13-41	20-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50	21	29	.420
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	106	61	45	.575	--	485	403	82	23-27	38-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	54	34	20	.630
2	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	63	47	.573	--	514	441	73	30-22	33-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	52	35	17	.673
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	106	57	49	.538	4.0	480	482	-2	24-27	33-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	56	23	33	.411
4	6	15	St. Louis Cardinals	107	54	53	.505	7.5	486	473	13	23-30	30-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	55	32	23	.582
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	112	56	56	.500	8.0	489	509	-20	25-36	31-20	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	50	28	22	.560
6	9	19	New York Mets	108	48	60	.444	14.0	411	470	-59	22-35	25-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	54	15	39	.278
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	113	66	47	.584	--	418	423	-5	25-28	41-19	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	49	23	26	.469
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	114	62	52	.544	4.5	536	472	64	29-28	33-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	47	28	19	.596
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	112	53	59	.473	12.5	517	521	-4	27-34	26-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	50	18	32	.360
4	10	21	San Diego Padres	113	50	63	.442	16.0	430	484	-54	20-35	30-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	48	18	30	.375
5	11	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	111	48	63	.432	17.0	519	543	-24	17-39	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	51	31	20	.608
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	114	45	69	.395	21.5	506	570	-64	18-39	27-30	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46	21	25	.457

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	4	New York Yankees	5	Box	Ron Guidry	Tippy Martinez	(none)
California Angels	5	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Ralph Botting	Steve McCatty	Mark Clear
Minnesota Twins	4	Seattle Mariners	7	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Darrell Jackson	Byron McLaughlin
Kansas City Royals	16	Toronto Blue Jays	12	Box	Steve Mingori	Dave Stieb	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Mike LaCoss	Mickey Mahler	(none)
San Francisco Giants	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Ed Whitson	Charlie Hough	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
John Hale	OF	26.001	Released by Mariners.

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