Baseball on this Date - Wednesday September 12,1979

Games on 1979-09-12

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	2	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Chuck Rainey	Catfish Hunter	(none)
California Angels	5	Chicago White Sox	11	Box	Ken Kravec	Chris Knapp	Mike Proly
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Milt Wilcox	Rick Waits	Aurelio Lopez
Minnesota Twins	0	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Dennis Leonard	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Oakland Athletics	0	Milwaukee Brewers	7	Box	Mike Caldwell	Mike Morgan	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Texas Rangers	13	Box	Doc Medich	Rick Honeycutt	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Butch Edge	Jim Palmer	(none)
Houston Astros	4	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Frank Pastore	Joe Niekro	Tom Hume
San Diego Padres	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Charlie Hough	Eric Rasmussen	Bobby Castillo
Chicago Cubs	3	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Steve Rogers	Bruce Sutter	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	New York Mets	0	Box	Randy Lerch	Craig Swan	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	John Candelaria	Bob Forsch	Kent Tekulve
Atlanta Braves	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Vida Blue	Eddie Solomon	Gary Lavelle

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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	143	94	49	.657	--	672	514	158	43-29	51-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	16	8	8	.500
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	145	85	60	.586	10.0	717	640	77	38-36	47-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	16	10	6	.625
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	142	80	62	.563	13.5	756	631	125	34-35	47-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	18	11	7	.611
4	4	8	New York Yankees	142	78	64	.549	15.5	639	595	44	34-36	44-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	18	11	7	.611
5	6	11	Detroit Tigers	145	77	68	.531	18.0	718	674	44	34-38	43-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	16	8	8	.500
6	8	15	Cleveland Indians	145	74	71	.510	21.0	688	730	-42	32-39	42-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	16	7	9	.438
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	144	46	98	.319	48.5	540	762	-222	20-55	26-43	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	18	7	11	.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	5	9	California Angels	146	80	66	.548	--	798	695	103	35-36	45-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	16	8	8	.500
2	7	12	Kansas City Royals	146	77	69	.527	3.0	757	749	8	36-39	41-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	16	8	8	.500
3	9	14	Minnesota Twins	145	74	71	.510	5.5	684	646	38	37-34	37-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	17	8	9	.471
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	146	73	73	.500	7.0	676	627	49	35-40	38-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	16	10	6	.625
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	144	64	80	.444	15.0	665	689	-24	36-39	27-42	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	16	9	7	.563
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	147	61	86	.415	19.5	632	741	-109	27-45	34-41	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	15	6	9	.400
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	146	50	96	.342	30.0	518	767	-249	20-51	30-45	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	16	4	12	.250
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	2	Montreal Expos	139	84	55	.604	--	625	503	122	32-36	52-19	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	21	11	10	.524
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	145	87	58	.600	--	685	581	104	45-29	42-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	17	11	6	.647
3	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	143	77	66	.538	9.0	645	610	35	36-34	40-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	19	9	10	.474
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	143	73	70	.510	13.0	654	635	19	30-39	43-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	19	7	12	.368
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	145	73	72	.503	14.0	607	644	-37	36-40	37-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	17	11	6	.647
6	11	23	New York Mets	143	56	87	.392	30.0	527	629	-102	27-44	28-44	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	19	7	12	.368
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	3	5	Cincinnati Reds	146	83	63	.568	--	690	596	94	37-34	46-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	15	7	8	.467
2	4	7	Houston Astros	145	81	64	.559	1.5	523	524	-1	32-37	49-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	17	8	9	.471
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	145	69	76	.476	13.5	659	663	-4	30-45	39-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	17	10	7	.588
4	9	20	San Francisco Giants	146	64	82	.438	19.0	628	676	-48	32-45	32-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	16	7	9	.438
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	146	62	84	.425	21.0	540	616	-76	26-48	36-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	15	6	9	.400
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	144	56	88	.389	26.0	595	701	-106	26-45	30-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	16	10	6	.625

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