Baseball on this Date - Thursday September 20,1979

Games on 1979-09-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	8	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Tippy Martinez	Jack Billingham	Don Stanhouse
California Angels	11	Kansas City Royals	6	Box	Jim Barr	Craig Chamberlain	Don Aase
New York Yankees	1	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Geoff Zahn	Dave Righetti	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Balor Moore	Steve Renko	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	Houston Astros	7	Box	Ken Forsch	Tommy Boggs	(none)
San Francisco Giants	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Bob Welch	Bob Knepper	Joe Beckwith
Montreal Expos	6	New York Mets	3	Box	Dale Murray	Jeff Reardon	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	New York Mets	0	Box	Scott Sanderson	Mike Scott	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Randy Lerch	Kent Tekulve	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	8	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Doug Bair	Steve Mura	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Silvio Martinez	Dennis Lamp	(none)

Standings as of 1979-09-20

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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	151	99	52	.656	--	713	549	164	46-31	53-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	8	3	5	.375
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	152	90	62	.592	9.5	758	672	86	41-36	49-26	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	9	5	4	.556
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	151	84	67	.556	15.0	802	678	124	38-39	47-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	9	7	2	.778
4	5	9	New York Yankees	151	81	70	.536	18.0	675	641	34	36-40	45-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	9	8	1	.889
5	6	10	Detroit Tigers	152	81	71	.533	18.5	746	699	47	36-39	45-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	9	4	5	.444
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	152	77	75	.507	22.5	722	758	-36	32-42	45-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	9	4	5	.444
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	153	51	102	.333	49.0	578	806	-228	20-55	31-47	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	9	2	7	.222
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	8	California Angels	153	83	70	.542	--	834	739	95	38-40	45-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	9	5	4	.556
2	7	12	Kansas City Royals	153	80	73	.523	3.0	802	791	11	36-39	44-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	9	5	4	.556
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	153	79	74	.516	4.0	724	672	52	41-37	38-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	9	3	6	.333
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	153	77	76	.503	6.0	715	666	49	38-40	39-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	9	6	3	.667
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	150	68	82	.453	13.5	686	709	-23	36-39	31-44	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	10	5	5	.500
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	153	63	90	.412	20.0	662	780	-118	29-46	34-44	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	9	4	5	.444
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	153	52	101	.340	31.0	548	805	-257	22-53	30-48	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	9	2	7	.222
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	150	91	59	.607	--	659	528	131	36-36	55-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	10	4	6	.400
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	91	61	.599	1.0	712	606	106	48-31	43-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	10	7	3	.700
3	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	152	81	71	.533	11.0	673	640	33	38-36	42-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	10	5	5	.500
4	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	154	80	74	.519	13.0	647	674	-27	39-40	41-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	8	4	4	.500
5	7	16	Chicago Cubs	152	77	75	.507	15.0	674	662	12	34-44	43-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	10	3	7	.300
6	12	24	New York Mets	152	57	95	.375	35.0	541	655	-114	28-45	28-51	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	10	6	4	.600
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	153	87	66	.569	--	710	616	94	41-37	46-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	8	3	5	.375
2	4	7	Houston Astros	152	84	68	.553	2.5	547	542	5	34-40	50-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	10	5	5	.500
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	153	75	78	.490	12.0	695	680	15	30-45	45-33	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	9	4	5	.444
4	9	20	San Francisco Giants	154	68	86	.442	19.5	648	706	-58	32-47	36-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	8	3	5	.375
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	153	63	90	.412	24.0	565	652	-87	26-49	37-41	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	8	5	3	.625
6	11	23	Atlanta Braves	151	60	91	.397	26.0	627	737	-110	30-48	30-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	9	6	3	.667

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ralph Garr	OF	33.282	Purchased by Angels from White Sox.

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