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Friday, April 27,1979

Friday, April 27,1979

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Games on this date
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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 1979-04-27 Boston Red Sox  6 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mark Clear Andy Hassler -- 29,408 3:10
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Texas Rangers  0 Chicago White Sox  11 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ross Baumgarten Doyle Alexander -- 12,056 2:49
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Minnesota Twins  5 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jerry Koosman Dave Rozema Mike Marshall 11,262 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Cleveland Indians  7 Kansas City Royals  15 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Wayne Garland Eduardo Rodriguez 17,411 2:49
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Baltimore Orioles  7 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Flanagan Matt Keough -- 2,115 2:10
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 New York Yankees  5 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Mike Parrott Dick Tidrow Shane Rawley 24,658 2:26
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Milwaukee Brewers  8 Toronto Blue Jays  5 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Lary Sorensen Phil Huffman Bob McClure 10,306 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Chicago Cubs  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Donnie Moore -- 12,930 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Frank Pastore Mark Littell -- 23,285 2:10
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 San Francisco Giants  8 Montreal Expos  14 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bill Lee Bob Knepper -- 7,210 2:34
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 San Diego Padres  0 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Nino Espinosa Gaylord Perry -- 28,522 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-04-27 Houston Astros  9 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Frank Riccelli Ed Whitson -- 5,767 3:30
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • 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.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.0 96 61 35 L1 5-3 7-2 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 20 12 8 .600 1.5 93 80 13 W9 5-5 7-3 2 5 8 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 2.5 89 79 10 W3 4-7 6-1 3 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 2.5 68 69 -1 L2 5-4 5-4 4 6 9 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 72 71 1 L3 2-5 4-3 5 10 18 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 6.5 78 112 -34 L2 4-7 2-5 6 11 22 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 17 5 12 .294 7.0 64 96 -32 L3 1-7 4-5 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 California Angels franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 0.0 131 88 43 W1 8-2 5-5 1 2 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 0.5 84 78 6 W2 9-3 2-3 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 1.0 68 59 9 L1 3-4 7-2 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 18 10 8 .556 2.0 107 102 5 W5 1-7 9-1 4 8 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 18 8 10 .444 4.0 103 88 15 W1 6-6 2-4 5 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 19 6 13 .316 6.5 60 103 -43 L1 2-5 4-8 6 12 24 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 7.0 86 113 -27 W1 0-5 6-9 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.0 75 49 26 W4 4-4 8-1 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 16 11 5 .688 0.5 73 62 11 W3 4-4 7-1 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 3.0 68 64 4 L1 4-6 4-3 3 4 12 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 4.0 49 57 -8 L2 1-4 6-4 4 6 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 56 54 2 W3 3-4 3-4 5 8 17 -- dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 17 6 11 .353 6.0 75 88 -13 L1 2-5 4-6 6 11 21 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
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 19 14 5 .737 0.0 86 55 31 W2 6-4 8-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 4.0 88 86 2 W1 6-4 4-5 2 5 13 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 5.5 91 106 -15 L5 4-6 5-5 3 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.5 79 89 -10 L3 3-6 5-6 4 10 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.5 88 105 -17 L4 4-9 4-3 5 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 7.5 75 88 -13 W1 3-6 3-6 6 12 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • 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.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
George Throop Houston Astros Hist Traded from Kansas City Royals to Houston Astros for Keith Drumright (10/26/1979)
Doug DeCinces Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Nerve in lower back
2 record(s)
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