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Thursday, September 6,1979

Thursday, September 6,1979

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Games on this date
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  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Butch Edge -- 7,053 2:18
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 Chicago White Sox  9 California Angels  10 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Montague Ed Farmer -- 20,930 3:37
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 New York Yankees  3 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Rich Gossage Milt Wilcox -- 19,196 2:54
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Preston Hanna Don Sutton Joey McLaughlin 2,583 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 Montreal Expos  1 Chicago Cubs  0 box | pbp Wrigley Field David Palmer Lynn McGlothen Woodie Fryman 14,767 2:21
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 San Francisco Giants  3 Cincinnati Reds  12 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Seaver Bob Knepper -- 20,935 2:47
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 San Diego Padres  0 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Bob Owchinko -- 12,416 2:39
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 New York Mets  5 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Ed Glynn Nino Espinosa Andy Hassler 0 2:35
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 New York Mets  1 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Randy Lerch Pete Falcone Rawly Eastwick 21,091 2:13
1979 reg season 1979-09-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Silvio Martinez Jim Bibby Will McEnaney 14,767 2:47
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 137 91 46 .664 0.0 646 498 148 W4 40-26 51-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 140 83 57 .593 9.5 698 626 72 L1 38-33 45-24 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 136 78 58 .574 12.5 734 598 136 W1 34-35 45-22 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 137 76 61 .555 15.0 623 570 53 W1 32-33 44-28 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 140 73 67 .521 19.5 687 666 21 L1 34-38 39-29 5 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 140 71 69 .507 21.5 658 690 -32 L1 32-37 39-32 6 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 139 44 95 .317 48.0 512 731 -219 L3 20-52 24-43 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 141 77 64 .546 0.0 772 669 103 W2 35-34 42-30 1 5 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 139 73 66 .525 3.0 733 729 4 L2 34-38 39-28 2 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 138 72 66 .522 3.5 660 616 44 W2 35-32 37-34 3 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 140 68 72 .486 8.5 639 606 33 L1 32-40 36-32 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 138 61 77 .442 14.5 635 668 -33 L2 35-36 25-42 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 141 59 82 .418 18.0 615 710 -95 W1 26-43 33-39 6 12 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 140 47 93 .336 29.5 509 744 -235 W1 20-49 27-44 7 13 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 133 79 54 .594 0.0 593 484 109 W10 30-35 49-19 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 140 83 57 .593 0.5 662 566 96 L1 43-28 40-29 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 138 76 62 .551 5.5 634 586 48 W1 36-32 39-31 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 137 71 66 .518 10.0 616 604 12 L7 30-36 41-30 4 6 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 140 70 70 .500 12.5 584 615 -31 W1 33-38 37-32 5 7 16 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 138 55 83 .399 26.5 513 606 -93 L1 27-44 27-40 6 11 23 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 140 80 60 .571 0.0 504 496 8 W3 32-35 48-25 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 141 80 61 .567 0.5 664 574 90 W2 37-34 43-27 2 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 140 66 74 .471 14.0 643 648 -5 L1 28-44 38-30 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 141 61 80 .433 19.5 611 664 -53 L2 30-44 31-36 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 141 58 83 .411 22.5 514 607 -93 L3 22-47 36-36 5 10 22 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 139 55 84 .396 24.5 587 675 -88 W1 25-44 30-40 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ken Holtzman Chicago Cubs Hist Activated from Disabled List
Bert Roberge Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)