Kansas City Royals (9) New York Yankees (8)
| 1979
Date of Game: Saturday, June 09, 1979
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
| New York Yankees (AL) | Kansas City Royals (AL) |
| Record: 31-27 | Record: 32-26 |
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Attendance: 38,025
Time of Game: 4:08
Game Notes:
George Brett - 4 hits
Best at-bats
George Brett 2B in 7th inning (47.88)
John Wathan 3B in 6th inning (45.84)
Lou Piniella 1B in 7th inning (44.26)
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GAME INFORMATION
| Team Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E | |||||
| New York Yankees | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
New York Yankees Batting Stats |
| New York Yankees | Pos | Age | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | S-G# | C-G# | S-HR | S-RBI | S-SB |
| Mickey Rivers | cf | 30.221 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | 49 | 922 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Willie Randolph | 2b | 24.338 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .260 | 57 | 493 | 0 | 19 | 16 |
| Thurman Munson | c | 32.002 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .302 | 56 | 1382 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Lou Piniella | rf | 35.286 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .309 | 44 | 1300 | 6 | 27 | 1 |
| Graig Nettles | 3b | 34.293 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .294 | 58 | 1591 | 10 | 40 | 0 |
| Darryl Jones | dh | 28.004 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Spencer | ph | 31.315 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | 41 | 1278 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Cliff Johnson | ph | 31.323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 | 27 | 535 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jay Johnstone | ph | 33.201 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 | 21 | 1228 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Chris Chambliss | 1b | 30.165 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .266 | 55 | 1194 | 8 | 20 | 1 |
| Roy White | lf | 35.165 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .183 | 24 | 1823 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Bucky Dent | ss | 27.197 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 | 55 | 845 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Narron | ph | 23.146 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Stanley | ss | 31.301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 11 | 554 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Burris | p | 28.291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 20 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kaat | p | 40.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 12 | 658 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Davis | p | 23.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Clay | p | 25.064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals: | 50 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | .240 | 566 | 14125 | |||||
Kansas City Royals Batting Stats |
| Kansas City Royals | Pos | Age | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | S-G# | C-G# | S-HR | S-RBI | S-SB |
| Willie Wilson | lf | 23.336 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .353 | 50 | 202 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| U.L. Washington | 2b-ss | 25.225 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | 40 | 119 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Amos Otis | cf | 32.044 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | 54 | 1431 | 5 | 33 | 20 |
| George Brett | 1b-3b | 26.025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .332 | 58 | 789 | 7 | 33 | 9 |
| Al Cowens | rf | 27.228 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .309 | 38 | 714 | 5 | 29 | 6 |
| Darrell Porter | dh | 27.144 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .296 | 56 | 872 | 7 | 44 | 1 |
| John Wathan | c | 29.248 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .244 | 37 | 185 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Freddie Patek | ss | 34.243 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .236 | 53 | 1471 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Pete LaCock | 1b | 27.144 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 | 51 | 520 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Todd Cruz | 3b-ss | 23.199 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Braun | ph | 31.032 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | 22 | 1008 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Terrell | pr-2b | 32.331 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | 10 | 613 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renie Martin | p | 23.284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hrabosky | p | 29.323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 25 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Pattin | p | 36.064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals: | 49 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .347 | 529 | 8705 | |||||
Game Stats |
2B: George Brett (15), Chris Chambliss (11), Darryl Jones (2), Graig Nettles (4), Willie Randolph (4), Mickey Rivers (9), John Wathan (4)
3B: George Brett (9), John Wathan (2)
HR: Chris Chambliss (8), Darrell Porter (7), Willie Wilson (2)
RBIs: George Brett 2 (33), Chris Chambliss 2 (20), Al Cowens (29), Graig Nettles (40), Freddie Patek (12), Lou Piniella 4 (27), Darrell Porter 2 (44), John Wathan 2 (14), Willie Wilson (10)
SB: Chris Chambliss (1)
SH: Thurman Munson (1), U.L. Washington (2), Roy White (3)
GDP: Darrell Porter 2 (7)
3B: George Brett (9), John Wathan (2)
HR: Chris Chambliss (8), Darrell Porter (7), Willie Wilson (2)
RBIs: George Brett 2 (33), Chris Chambliss 2 (20), Al Cowens (29), Graig Nettles (40), Freddie Patek (12), Lou Piniella 4 (27), Darrell Porter 2 (44), John Wathan 2 (14), Willie Wilson (10)
SB: Chris Chambliss (1)
SH: Thurman Munson (1), U.L. Washington (2), Roy White (3)
GDP: Darrell Porter 2 (7)
New York Yankees Pitching Stats |
| New York Yankees | Age | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | Pit | Str | Bal | S-G# | C-G# |
| Tommy John | 36.018 | 5.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.23 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 464 |
| Ray Burris | 28.291 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.73 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 243 |
| Jim Kaat | 40.214 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 687 |
| Ron Davis | 23.308 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.77 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| Ken Clay (L 1-2) | 25.064 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 65 |
| Pitching Totals: | 12 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1470 | |||
Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats |
| Kansas City Royals | Age | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | Pit | Str | Bal | S-G# | C-G# |
| Larry Gura | 31.196 | 6.2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5.46 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 212 |
| Renie Martin | 23.284 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Al Hrabosky | 29.323 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 412 |
| Marty Pattin (W 3-0) | 36.064 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.31 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 417 |
| Pitching Totals: | 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1053 | |||
Other Game Information |
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy John 0-0-0; Ray Burris 0-0-0; Jim Kaat 0-0-0; Ron Davis 0-0-0; Ken Clay 0-0-0; Larry Gura 0-0-0; Renie Martin 0-0-0; Al Hrabosky 0-0-0; Marty Pattin 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Tommy John 24; Ray Burris 6; Jim Kaat 8; Ron Davis 12; Ken Clay 5; Larry Gura 30; Renie Martin 4; Al Hrabosky 12; Marty Pattin 13;
Time of Game: 4:08 Attendance: 38,025
Umpires: Home: Ted Hendry 1B Fred Spenn 2B Larry Barnett 3B Jim Evans
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