Baseball on this Date - Friday August 17,1979

Games on 1979-08-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	7	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Craig Chamberlain	Jim Palmer	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Ross Baumgarten	Bob Stanley	Ed Farmer
Toronto Blue Jays	6	California Angels	5	Box	Dave Stieb	Mark Clear	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Moose Haas	Steve Comer	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	New York Yankees	2	Box	Jerry Koosman	Jim Beattie	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Steve McCatty	Dan Spillner	(none)
Detroit Tigers	9	Seattle Mariners	2	Box	Milt Wilcox	Rick Honeycutt	John Hiller
San Diego Padres	6	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Dick Tidrow	John D'Acquisto	Bruce Sutter
New York Mets	3	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Tom Hume	Dale Murray	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Houston Astros	2	Box	Randy Lerch	Frank LaCorte	(none)
Atlanta Braves	0	Montreal Expos	1	Box	David Palmer	Eddie Solomon	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Dave Patterson	Jim Bibby	Bobby Castillo
San Francisco Giants	0	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	John Fulgham	Ed Whitson	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-17

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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	119	78	41	.655	--	562	446	116	35-25	43-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	40	24	16	.600
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	119	74	45	.622	4.0	664	514	150	31-27	43-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	41	17	24	.415
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	122	72	50	.590	7.5	601	534	67	31-28	41-22	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	39	23	16	.590
4	5	10	New York Yankees	119	64	55	.538	14.0	526	488	38	26-30	38-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	41	25	16	.610
5	8	13	Detroit Tigers	120	62	58	.517	16.5	592	578	14	30-34	32-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	41	23	18	.561
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	121	61	60	.504	18.0	557	601	-44	30-34	31-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	40	20	20	.500
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	121	39	82	.322	40.0	444	624	-180	20-44	19-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	41	14	27	.341
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	122	67	55	.549	--	655	545	110	31-28	36-27	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	40	21	19	.525
2	6	11	Minnesota Twins	120	64	56	.533	2.0	591	548	43	33-28	31-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	42	18	24	.429
3	7	12	Kansas City Royals	121	63	58	.521	3.5	636	619	17	30-33	33-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	41	22	19	.537
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	122	60	62	.492	7.0	560	530	30	25-35	35-27	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	40	23	17	.575
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	120	54	66	.450	12.0	549	568	-19	32-29	22-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	40	19	21	.475
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	122	50	72	.410	17.0	526	628	-102	22-36	28-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	40	17	23	.425
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	122	37	85	.303	30.0	428	668	-240	14-44	23-41	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	40	17	23	.425
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	Pittsburgh Pirates	121	70	51	.579	--	576	500	76	34-25	36-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	41	28	13	.683
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	116	65	51	.560	2.5	512	437	75	26-33	39-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	44	30	14	.682
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	118	64	54	.542	4.5	564	542	22	26-30	38-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	44	16	28	.364
4	6	14	St. Louis Cardinals	120	62	58	.517	7.5	546	524	22	27-30	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	42	24	18	.571
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	122	62	60	.508	8.5	530	553	-23	27-37	35-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	40	22	18	.550
6	10	21	New York Mets	119	52	67	.437	17.0	465	520	-55	25-36	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	43	11	32	.256
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	122	70	52	.574	--	445	452	-7	27-31	43-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	40	19	21	.475
2	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	123	67	56	.545	3.5	569	495	74	30-30	37-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	38	23	15	.605
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	122	57	65	.467	13.0	555	576	-21	28-37	29-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	40	14	26	.350
4	9	19	Los Angeles Dodgers	121	56	65	.463	13.5	577	579	-2	23-40	33-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	41	23	18	.561
5	11	22	San Diego Padres	123	53	70	.431	17.5	465	538	-73	21-41	32-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	38	15	23	.395
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	123	47	76	.382	23.5	527	615	-88	19-42	28-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	37	19	18	.514

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
George Scott	1B	35.147	Released by Royals.
Ted Sizemore	2B	34.124	Traded by Cubs to Red Sox for Mike O'Berry and Cash.

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