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Tuesday, April 17,1979

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Tuesday, April 17,1979

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Burgmeier Reggie Cleveland -- 16,053 3:21
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Texas Rangers  6 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Fergie Jenkins Rick Waits Jim Kern 6,910 2:34
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Kansas City Royals  3 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Hiller Paul Splittorff -- 15,275 2:35
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 California Angels  6 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Nolan Ryan Dave Goltz -- 37,529 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Baltimore Orioles  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Guidry Mike Flanagan -- 20,135 2:00
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Seattle Mariners  5 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dave Heaverlo Odell Jones -- 653 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Chicago White Sox  6 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Francisco Barrios Tom Underwood Mike Proly 10,074 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ken Holtzman John Denny Bruce Sutter 11,010 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Atlanta Braves  4 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Hume Larry McWilliams Doug Bair 16,211 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Houston Astros  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jerry Reuss Tom Dixon -- 27,635 2:55
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 New York Mets  4 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Woodie Fryman Skip Lockwood -- 7,912 3:16
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 Philadelphia Phillies  13 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Steve Carlton Bert Blyleven -- 7,739 2:49
1979 reg season 1979-04-17 San Francisco Giants  3 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Rollie Fingers Bob Knepper -- 16,734 2:23
13 record(s)
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 0.0 52 39 13 L1 2-2 4-1 1 4 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.5 49 36 13 W1 2-2 3-1 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 0.5 44 45 -1 W3 4-2 2-2 3 6 8 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 1.5 48 46 2 W3 2-3 2-1 4 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 10 4 6 .400 2.5 55 68 -13 L3 2-3 2-3 5 10 19 -- dnq
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 3.5 40 57 -17 L5 0-4 3-3 6 12 23 -- Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 9 2 7 .222 4.0 23 51 -28 L1 1-5 1-2 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 8 7 1 .875 0.0 46 27 19 W1 2-0 5-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 11 8 3 .727 0.5 74 44 30 W6 6-2 2-1 2 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 10 7 3 .700 1.0 54 43 11 L1 7-2 0-1 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 3.0 65 57 8 L2 1-4 4-1 4 8 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 10 4 6 .400 4.0 56 52 4 W2 3-2 1-4 5 9 18 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 4.5 68 84 -16 L5 0-2 5-6 6 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 12 3 9 .250 6.0 40 65 -25 W2 1-3 2-6 7 13 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 9 7 2 .778 0.0 30 26 4 W2 4-1 3-1 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 2.0 41 30 11 W3 3-4 2-0 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 9 5 4 .556 2.0 43 31 12 L1 1-4 3-1 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 10 4 6 .400 3.5 43 59 -16 L2 0-2 4-4 4 9 17 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 8 3 5 .375 3.5 35 32 3 L3 2-1 1-4 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 7 2 5 .286 4.0 20 34 -14 W1 1-3 1-2 6 12 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1979 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 12 8 4 .667 0.0 54 31 23 L1 3-3 5-1 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 12 7 5 .583 1.0 54 50 4 L3 3-2 4-3 2 3 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 2.0 61 63 -2 W2 4-3 2-3 3 6 14 -- Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 2.5 53 63 -10 W1 1-2 5-5 4 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 12 5 7 .417 3.0 41 52 -11 W1 2-5 3-2 5 8 16 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 3.5 48 52 -4 L1 3-5 1-2 6 11 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
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  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Bo Diaz Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)