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Saturday, June 2,1979

Saturday, June 2,1979

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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 1979-06-02 Cleveland Indians  2 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mark Clear Wayne Garland -- 41,969 2:16
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Reggie Cleveland -- 32,795 2:17
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Boston Red Sox  2 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Goltz Chuck Rainey -- 14,701 2:08
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Chicago White Sox  7 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ken Kravec Jim Beattie -- 53,539 2:06
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Detroit Tigers  9 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jack Morris Craig Minetto Dave Tobik 3,420 2:41
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Dave Lemanczyk Odell Jones -- 8,011 2:26
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Baltimore Orioles  5 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Tippy Martinez Sparky Lyle Don Stanhouse 26,362 2:42
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 New York Mets  6 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Ed Glynn Gene Garber 25,240 3:00
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 San Francisco Giants  8 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Randy Moffitt Dick Tidrow Gary Lavelle 32,721 2:44
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mike LaCoss Randy Lerch Doug Bair 37,907 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Montreal Expos  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Joaquin Andujar Elias Sosa -- 43,893 2:33
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 San Diego Padres  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Gaylord Perry John Candelaria -- 20,977 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-06-02 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 St. Louis Cardinals  12 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Forsch Doug Rau -- 33,452 2:24
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 50 31 19 .620 0.0 251 192 59 W1 16-13 15-6 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 48 28 20 .583 2.0 229 193 36 L1 11-12 17-8 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 53 29 24 .547 3.5 247 208 39 L1 12-17 17-7 3 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 51 27 24 .529 4.5 221 210 11 L1 12-15 15-9 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 5.5 229 216 13 W1 11-13 12-9 5 9 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 49 22 27 .449 8.5 196 232 -36 L1 9-15 13-12 6 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 52 13 39 .250 19.0 193 287 -94 W1 7-16 6-23 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 52 31 21 .596 0.0 286 235 51 W1 16-13 15-8 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 48 28 20 .583 1.0 259 227 32 W1 16-7 12-13 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 50 29 21 .580 1.0 227 210 17 L1 13-9 16-12 3 5 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 51 29 22 .569 1.5 276 258 18 W1 13-12 16-10 4 6 9 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 50 25 25 .500 5.0 241 231 10 W1 14-13 11-12 5 10 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 53 19 34 .358 12.5 238 281 -43 L1 6-15 13-19 6 12 24 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 52 18 34 .346 13.0 178 291 -113 L1 7-19 11-15 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 46 29 17 .630 0.0 204 173 31 L2 12-14 17-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 47 27 20 .574 2.5 217 180 37 W4 10-12 16-9 2 2 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 50 27 23 .540 4.0 216 193 23 L6 14-13 13-10 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 47 24 23 .511 5.5 225 208 17 L1 11-12 13-11 4 6 15 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 47 21 26 .447 8.5 208 241 -33 L1 9-14 12-12 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 47 18 29 .383 11.5 187 225 -38 L1 8-18 9-12 6 11 22 -- 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 54 31 23 .574 0.0 218 193 25 W5 12-14 19-9 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 51 28 23 .549 1.5 240 234 6 W2 13-13 15-10 2 4 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 53 26 27 .491 4.5 252 252 0 W1 12-14 14-13 3 7 17 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 54 26 28 .481 5.0 257 248 9 L2 8-17 18-11 4 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 55 25 30 .455 6.5 223 251 -28 W1 9-17 16-13 5 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 51 19 32 .373 10.5 223 272 -49 W1 8-17 11-15 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
Rick Miller California Angels Injury DL - Fractured 5th metacarpal in left hand
Oscar Gamble San Diego Padres Hist Activated from Disabled List
Geoff Zahn Minnesota Twins Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)