Baseball on Thursday, August 02, 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
Boston Red Sox	10	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Mike Torrez (12-6)	Bill Travers (9-5)	BOS D Evans 2 (17), B Hobson (16), B Watson 2 (13)	Gorman Thomas (24.2)
San Diego Padres	2	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Tony Brizzolara (6-6)	Gaylord Perry (10-7)	None	Pepe Frias (23.7)
Chicago Cubs	4	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Dan Schatzeder (6-4)	Bill Caudill (0-3)	None	Larry Parrish (35.7)
Philadelphia Phillies	7	New York Mets	4	Box G1	Ron Reed (8-6)	Andy Hassler (4-5)	NYN J Youngblood (14) PHI G Luzinski (14)	Greg Luzinski (25.8)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	New York Mets	2	Box G2	Pete Falcone (3-7)	Kevin Saucier (1-1)	PHI M Schmidt (37)	Lee Mazzilli (17.0)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	George Frazier (2-2)	Grant Jackson (6-3)	PIT B Robinson (22)	Keith Hernandez (30.5)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	72	34	.679	--	523	391	33-23	39-11	W4	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	64	40	.615	7.0	560	444	28-26	36-14	W2	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	63	45	.583	10.0	528	461	28-26	35-19	L4	Game Log
New York Yankees	58	48	.547	14.0	482	431	26-29	32-19	W3	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	52	51	.505	18.5	504	499	26-30	26-21	L2	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	53	53	.500	19.0	482	527	24-29	29-24	L1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	32	75	.299	40.5	381	551	15-41	17-34	L4	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
California Angels	61	47	.565	--	587	479	27-25	34-22	L1	Game Log
Texas Rangers	56	49	.533	3.5	482	437	22-24	34-25	W2	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	55	49	.529	4.0	521	473	29-24	26-25	L2	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	53	52	.505	6.5	541	553	24-27	29-25	W3	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	46	59	.438	13.5	481	518	26-24	20-35	L7	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	46	63	.422	15.5	483	560	21-34	25-29	W1	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	31	77	.287	30.0	375	606	11-40	20-37	W2	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Montreal Expos	59	43	.578	--	464	387	23-27	36-16	W4	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	58	47	.552	2.5	482	427	30-22	28-25	L1	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	54	48	.529	5.0	461	467	24-27	30-21	L6	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	56	51	.523	5.5	475	477	25-31	31-20	L1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	53	50	.515	6.5	471	454	22-27	30-24	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	46	58	.442	14.0	395	449	20-33	25-26	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Houston Astros	62	47	.569	--	401	415	25-28	37-19	W2	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	59	51	.536	3.5	513	463	29-28	30-23	W1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	52	56	.481	9.5	503	497	26-31	26-25	L2	Game Log
San Diego Padres	49	61	.445	13.5	422	464	19-33	30-28	L2	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	45	62	.421	16.0	495	529	17-39	28-23	L1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	45	64	.413	17.0	497	550	18-34	27-30	W2	Game Log

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