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Baseball on Tuesday, April 17, 1979


This research section allows you to see a list of events that occured on a particular date in baseball history. Games, standings and feats are available since 1957 while other data is available since 1903.

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
Games and Standings
Births, Deaths and Debuts
Feats and Milestones
Transactions
VisHomeBoxWinning PitcherLosing pitcherHome RunsBest Hitter Impact
Milwaukee Brewers5Boston Red Sox6BoxTom Burgmeier (1-0)Reggie Cleveland (0-2)BOS  F Lynn (6), C Yastrzemski (2)  MIL  S Lezcano (2)Sixto Lezcano (63.9)
Texas Rangers6Cleveland Indians2BoxFergie Jenkins (3-0)Rick Waits (1-2)CLE  A Thornton (1)Andre Thornton (20.1)
Kansas City Royals3Detroit Tigers6BoxJohn Hiller (1-0)Paul Splittorff (1-2)DET  J Thompson (1)Al Cowens (37.8)
California Angels6Minnesota Twins0BoxNolan Ryan (2-1)Dave Goltz (1-2)CAL  W Aikens (3)Rance Mulliniks (14.0)
Baltimore Orioles1New York Yankees5BoxRon Guidry (1-1)Mike Flanagan (1-2)NYA  R Jackson (2)Roy White (22.7)
Seattle Mariners5Oakland Athletics6BoxDave Heaverlo (1-0)Odell Jones (0-1)NoneJoe Wallis (32.2)
Chicago White Sox6Toronto Blue Jays1BoxFrancisco Barrios (1-0)Tom Underwood (0-2)NoneGreg Pryor (18.6)
St. Louis Cardinals3Chicago Cubs5BoxKen Holtzman (1-1)John Denny (1-2)CHN  D Kingman (3)  SLN  T Simmons (2)Dave Kingman (21.4)
Atlanta Braves4Cincinnati Reds7BoxTom Hume (2-1)Larry McWilliams (1-2)ATL  G Matthews (2), D Murphy 2 (5)Dan Driessen (17.0)
Houston Astros6Los Angeles Dodgers10BoxJerry Reuss (1-0)Tom Dixon (0-1)HOU  C Cedeno (2)  LAN  D Baker (1), S Garvey 2 (3), S Yeager (1)Steve Garvey (30.7)
New York Mets4Montreal Expos5BoxWoodie Fryman (1-0)Skip Lockwood (0-2)MON  A Dawson (3)  NYN  W Montanez (1)Andre Dawson (42.4)
Philadelphia Phillies13Pittsburgh Pirates2BoxSteve Carlton (2-1)Bert Blyleven (0-2)PHI  G Maddox (3), B McBride 2 (2), M Schmidt (4)  PIT  B Robinson (2)Bake McBride (23.5)
San Francisco Giants3San Diego Padres4BoxRollie Fingers (1-0)Bob Knepper (1-1)SDN  G Tenace (1)  SFN  B Madlock (1)Billy North (30.5)
Standings as of this date
American League
EastWLPctGBLRFRAHomeAwayStrkGame Log
Milwaukee Brewers63.667--52392-24-1L1Game Log
Boston Red Sox53.6250.549362-23-1W1Game Log
New York Yankees64.6000.544454-22-2W3Game Log
Detroit Tigers44.5001.548462-32-1W3Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays46.4002.555682-32-3L3Game Log
Baltimore Orioles37.3003.540570-43-3L5Game Log
Cleveland Indians27.2224.023511-51-2L1Game Log
WestWLPctGBLRFRAHomeAwayStrkGame Log
Texas Rangers71.875--46272-05-1W1Game Log
California Angels83.7271.574446-22-1W6Game Log
Minnesota Twins73.7001.054437-20-1L1Game Log
Kansas City Royals55.5003.065571-44-1L2Game Log
Chicago White Sox46.4004.056523-21-4W2Game Log
Seattle Mariners58.3854.568840-25-6L5Game Log
Oakland Athletics39.2506.040651-32-6W2Game Log
National League
EastWLPctGBLRFRAHomeAwayStrkGame Log
Montreal Expos72.778--30264-13-1W2Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies54.5562.041303-42-0W3Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals54.5562.043311-43-1L1Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates46.4003.543590-24-4L2Game Log
New York Mets35.3753.535322-11-4L3Game Log
Chicago Cubs25.2864.020341-31-2W1Game Log
WestWLPctGBLRFRAHomeAwayStrkGame Log
Houston Astros84.667--54313-35-1L1Game Log
San Francisco Giants75.5831.054503-24-3L3Game Log
Cincinnati Reds66.5002.061634-32-3W2Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers67.4622.553631-25-5W1Game Log
San Diego Padres57.4173.041522-53-2W1Game Log
Atlanta Braves47.3643.548523-51-2L1Game Log


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