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Sunday, September 9,1979

Sunday, September 9,1979

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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 1979-09-09 Baltimore Orioles  16 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Steve Stone Mike Torrez -- 34,419 2:55
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Milwaukee Brewers  2 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Frank Tanana Moose Haas John Montague 27,341 2:39
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Toronto Blue Jays  10 Cleveland Indians  14 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sid Monge Tom Buskey -- 9,166 3:08
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 New York Yankees  1 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mike Chris Tommy John Aurelio Lopez 30,836 2:06
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Texas Rangers  6 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Steve Comer Paul Hartzell Jim Kern 9,261 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Chicago White Sox  0 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Brian Kingman Steve Trout -- 0 2:14
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Chicago White Sox  7 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Richard Dotson Mike Norris -- 2,382 2:38
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Kansas City Royals  3 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Larry Gura Mike Parrott -- 7,236 2:17
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 San Diego Padres  4 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Randy Jones Phil Niekro Steve Mura 2,782 2:10
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Chicago Cubs  15 box | pbp Wrigley Field Rick Reuschel Kevin Saucier -- 20,922 2:29
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Rick Sutcliffe Fred Norman Lerrin LaGrow 39,066 2:42
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 San Francisco Giants  1 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Forsch Greg Minton Joe Sambito 11,570 2:24
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Kent Tekulve Ed Glynn -- 9,093 3:07
1979 reg season 1979-09-09 Montreal Expos  4 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rudy May Pete Vuckovich Woodie Fryman 46,351 2:38
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 140 94 46 .671 0.0 667 505 162 W7 43-26 51-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 143 83 60 .580 12.5 705 640 65 L4 38-36 45-24 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 139 78 61 .561 15.5 741 619 122 L3 34-35 45-25 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 140 77 63 .550 17.0 629 583 46 L1 33-35 44-28 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 143 75 68 .524 20.5 700 672 28 W1 34-38 41-30 5 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 143 74 69 .517 21.5 686 712 -26 W3 32-37 42-32 6 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 142 44 98 .310 51.0 534 759 -225 L6 20-55 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 144 80 64 .556 0.0 786 676 110 W5 35-34 45-30 1 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 142 75 67 .528 4.0 744 736 8 W1 36-39 39-28 2 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 141 72 69 .511 6.5 671 633 38 L3 35-32 37-37 3 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 143 71 72 .497 8.5 656 617 39 W3 35-40 36-32 4 10 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 142 62 80 .437 17.0 646 677 -31 W1 36-39 25-42 5 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 144 60 84 .417 20.0 622 721 -99 L1 26-43 34-41 6 12 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 144 50 94 .347 30.0 518 755 -237 L1 20-49 30-45 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 136 81 55 .596 0.0 608 492 116 W2 32-36 49-19 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 143 85 58 .594 0.5 676 578 98 W1 45-29 40-29 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 141 77 64 .546 6.5 642 601 41 L2 36-32 40-33 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 140 73 67 .521 10.0 643 618 25 W1 30-36 43-31 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 143 71 72 .497 13.5 598 642 -44 L1 34-40 37-32 5 7 17 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 141 56 85 .397 27.5 525 620 -95 L1 27-44 28-42 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 143 81 62 .566 0.0 511 508 3 W1 32-35 49-27 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 144 81 63 .563 0.5 674 584 90 L1 37-34 44-29 2 4 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 143 68 75 .476 13.0 653 658 -5 W1 30-45 38-30 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 144 63 81 .438 18.5 623 671 -48 L1 32-45 31-36 4 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 144 61 83 .424 20.5 535 610 -75 W3 25-47 36-36 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 142 55 87 .387 25.5 590 696 -106 L3 25-44 30-43 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
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  • 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
Buddy Schultz St. Louis Cardinals Hist Activated from Disabled List
Mike Tyson St. Louis Cardinals Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)