Baseball on Thursday, May 03, 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.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Bill Travers (1-2)	Tom Underwood (0-4)	MIL G Thomas (8) TOR O Velez (2)	Gorman Thomas (71.8)
Detroit Tigers	6	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Mike Marshall (3-1)	Jack Billingham (1-3)	DET J Thompson (2) MIN R Smalley (5), R Wilfong (2)	Jason Thompson (36.4)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Rick Sutcliffe (2-2)	Steve Carlton (2-4)	PHI M Schmidt (5)	Pete Rose (21.5)
Montreal Expos	2	San Diego Padres	10	Box	Randy Jones (4-2)	Scott Sanderson (1-2)	SDN D Briggs (1), J Turner (2), D Winfield (4)	Dave Winfield (25.1)
New York Mets	5	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Ed Halicki (2-2)	Pete Falcone (0-2)	SFN D Evans (3), J LeMaster (1), B North (1)	Ed Kranepool (37.9)
Houston Astros	4	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Box	Joe Niekro (2-2)	Pete Vuckovich (2-1)	HOU E Cabell (2)	Alan Ashby (25.0)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	16	9	.640	--	131	100	9-6	7-3	W4	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	14	8	.636	1.5	109	79	7-6	7-2	W1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	15	10	.600	1.0	126	100	8-9	7-1	W2	Game Log
New York Yankees	11	12	.478	4.0	88	89	6-8	5-4	L1	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	8	10	.444	4.5	91	88	3-6	5-4	L1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	7	15	.318	7.5	75	122	2-8	5-7	L1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	7	18	.280	9.0	105	150	4-8	3-10	L4	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	16	7	.696	--	115	102	13-4	3-3	W5	Game Log
California Angels	16	9	.640	1.0	147	103	8-2	8-7	W1	Game Log
Texas Rangers	13	8	.619	2.0	94	80	6-6	7-2	W1	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	12	11	.522	4.0	136	123	1-7	11-4	L1	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	9	12	.429	6.0	108	105	6-6	3-6	L2	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	9	15	.375	7.5	82	132	2-5	7-10	L1	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	8	17	.320	9.0	106	140	0-5	8-12	L3	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Montreal Expos	15	6	.714	--	103	88	4-5	11-1	L1	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	14	8	.636	1.5	85	70	4-5	10-3	L2	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	12	11	.522	4.0	99	88	5-7	6-5	L1	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	9	10	.474	5.0	63	74	3-6	6-4	L1	Game Log
New York Mets	8	12	.400	6.5	80	88	3-5	5-7	L2	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	12	.400	6.5	97	100	2-5	6-7	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Houston Astros	16	8	.667	--	109	83	8-7	8-1	W1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	12	11	.522	3.5	99	105	6-4	6-7	W1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	11	14	.440	5.5	115	128	5-9	6-5	W2	Game Log
San Diego Padres	11	14	.440	5.5	119	120	6-11	5-3	W2	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	15	.423	6.0	105	116	5-9	6-6	W1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	8	14	.364	7.0	94	108	4-7	4-7	L1	Game Log

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