Baseball on this Date - Monday September 17,1979

Games on 1979-09-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	10	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Mike Bacsik	Rich Wortham	(none)
New York Yankees	1	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Rick Waits	Jim Beattie	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Sid Monge	Don Hood	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Scott McGregor	Milt Wilcox	(none)
California Angels	4	Kansas City Royals	16	Box	Dennis Leonard	Chris Knapp	(none)
Texas Rangers	6	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Steve Comer	Mike Morgan	Jim Kern
Milwaukee Brewers	7	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Bill Travers	Rich Hinton	Bob McClure
Boston Red Sox	4	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Jesse Jefferson	Dick Drago	(none)
Boston Red Sox	5	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Chuck Rainey	Dave Freisleben	Bill Campbell
Atlanta Braves	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	9	Box	Charlie Hough	Phil Niekro	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Don Robinson	Steve Rogers	(none)
Houston Astros	1	San Diego Padres	0	Box	Joe Niekro	Bob Owchinko	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Vida Blue	Mike LaCoss	Gary Lavelle
Philadelphia Phillies	7	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Steve Carlton	Darold Knowles	Tug McGraw

Standings as of 1979-09-17

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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	148	98	50	.662	--	704	535	169	45-29	53-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	11	4	7	.364
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	150	88	62	.587	11.0	739	665	74	39-36	49-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	11	7	4	.636
3	3	7	Boston Red Sox	148	82	66	.554	16.0	784	669	115	36-38	47-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	12	9	3	.750
4	4	8	New York Yankees	148	80	68	.541	18.0	669	622	47	35-38	45-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	12	9	3	.750
5	6	11	Detroit Tigers	149	79	70	.530	19.5	732	690	42	36-39	43-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	12	6	6	.500
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	150	76	74	.507	23.0	706	753	-47	32-42	44-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	11	5	6	.455
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	150	50	100	.333	49.0	569	788	-219	20-55	30-45	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	12	3	9	.250
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	150	81	69	.540	--	813	723	90	36-39	45-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	12	7	5	.583
2	7	12	Kansas City Royals	150	79	71	.527	2.0	786	770	16	36-39	43-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	12	6	6	.500
3	8	13	Minnesota Twins	150	78	72	.520	3.0	721	664	57	41-35	37-37	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	12	4	8	.333
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	151	75	76	.497	6.5	697	657	40	36-40	39-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	11	8	3	.727
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	148	66	82	.446	14.0	679	709	-30	36-39	29-44	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	12	7	5	.583
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	151	63	88	.417	18.5	655	761	-106	29-46	34-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	11	4	7	.364
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	151	52	99	.344	29.5	539	787	-248	22-53	30-46	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	11	2	9	.182
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	Pittsburgh Pirates	148	89	59	.601	--	692	589	103	46-29	43-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	14	9	5	.643
2	2	3	Montreal Expos	145	87	58	.600	0.5	641	518	123	32-36	55-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	15	8	7	.533
3	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	148	79	69	.534	10.0	660	628	32	38-36	40-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	14	7	7	.500
4	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	150	77	73	.513	13.0	628	656	-28	38-40	39-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	12	7	5	.583
5	7	16	Chicago Cubs	147	74	73	.503	14.5	663	651	12	31-42	43-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	15	6	9	.400
6	12	24	New York Mets	146	57	89	.390	31.0	535	636	-101	28-45	28-45	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	16	6	10	.375
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	150	85	65	.567	--	698	606	92	39-36	46-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	11	5	6	.455
2	4	6	Houston Astros	149	83	66	.557	1.5	535	531	4	34-39	49-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	13	6	7	.462
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	150	72	78	.480	13.0	679	677	2	30-45	42-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	12	7	5	.583
4	9	20	San Francisco Giants	151	67	84	.444	18.5	643	695	-52	32-45	35-39	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	11	4	7	.364
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	150	62	88	.413	23.0	554	641	-87	26-49	36-39	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	11	6	5	.545
6	11	23	Atlanta Braves	148	59	89	.399	25.0	619	719	-100	29-46	30-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	12	7	5	.583

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