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Friday, June 29,1979

Friday, June 29,1979

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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 1979-06-29 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Scott McGregor Dave Stieb -- 0 1:56
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Steve Stone Phil Huffman Don Stanhouse 20,872 2:24
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Cleveland Indians  6 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Milt Wilcox Victor Cruz Dave Tobik 20,289 2:44
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 California Angels  6 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Mark Clear Marty Pattin Dave LaRoche 36,705 3:26
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Seattle Mariners  3 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Glenn Abbott Lary Sorensen Shane Rawley 16,843 2:10
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Chicago White Sox  2 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jerry Koosman Rich Wortham -- 12,763 2:14
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Boston Red Sox  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dick Drago Jim Kaat -- 53,306 3:50
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Oakland Athletics  3 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Danny Darwin Matt Keough Sparky Lyle 30,210 2:36
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Atlanta Braves  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Matula Rick Sutcliffe Gene Garber 35,359 2:13
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Montreal Expos  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bruce Kison Bill Lee Kent Tekulve 35,677 2:45
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Houston Astros  4 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Joaquin Andujar Gaylord Perry -- 41,822 2:41
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Cincinnati Reds  4 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Pedro Borbon Manny Sarmiento Gary Lavelle 18,870 3:04
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Philadelphia Phillies  8 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Kevin Saucier Bob Forsch Tug McGraw 0 2:51
1979 reg season 1979-06-29 Philadelphia Phillies  1 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Pete Vuckovich Larry Christenson -- 29,300 2:06
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 76 52 24 .684 0.0 373 287 86 W2 23-15 29-9 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 73 46 27 .630 4.5 396 295 101 W1 17-17 29-10 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 76 43 33 .566 9.0 375 336 39 L1 20-21 23-12 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 76 41 35 .539 11.0 337 307 30 L1 18-21 23-14 4 7 9 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 71 35 36 .493 14.5 358 348 10 W2 16-23 19-13 5 9 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 74 33 41 .446 18.0 318 353 -35 L1 15-24 18-17 6 10 18 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 79 24 55 .304 29.5 275 427 -152 L4 12-27 12-28 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 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 76 43 33 .566 0.0 345 316 29 W7 19-18 24-15 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 76 42 34 .553 1.0 421 395 26 L1 20-19 22-15 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 78 43 35 .551 1.0 422 368 54 W1 22-19 21-16 3 6 8 -- Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 72 38 34 .528 3.0 364 342 22 W1 22-15 16-19 4 8 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 75 33 42 .440 9.5 345 356 -11 L1 18-18 15-24 5 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 78 34 44 .436 10.0 354 385 -31 W1 13-20 21-24 6 12 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 78 22 56 .282 22.0 273 441 -168 L7 7-30 15-26 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 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 69 42 27 .609 0.0 311 249 62 L2 16-21 26-6 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 68 36 32 .529 5.5 311 329 -18 W1 17-17 19-15 2 3 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 70 37 33 .529 5.5 332 304 28 W1 12-19 24-15 3 4 11 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 71 37 34 .521 6.0 328 295 33 W1 18-16 19-18 4 5 13 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 75 38 37 .507 7.0 328 329 -1 L1 20-23 18-14 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 70 31 39 .443 11.5 273 302 -29 W2 14-23 16-17 6 9 19 -- 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 79 48 31 .608 0.0 297 280 17 W2 18-20 30-11 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 77 40 37 .519 7.0 347 335 12 L1 19-22 21-15 2 6 14 -- Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 76 38 38 .500 8.5 374 361 13 W1 17-19 21-19 3 8 16 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 80 35 45 .438 13.5 302 346 -44 L1 12-26 23-19 4 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 78 33 45 .423 14.5 351 372 -21 L4 11-25 22-20 5 11 23 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 77 30 47 .390 17.0 338 390 -52 W1 13-27 17-20 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Rudy Meoli Minnesota Twins Hist Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Minnesota Twins
Bob Montgomery Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)