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Tuesday, July 31,1979

Tuesday, July 31,1979

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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 1979-07-31 Seattle Mariners  1 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave Frost Rob Dressler -- 25,198 2:37
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 New York Yankees  7 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ron Guidry Randy Scarbery Rich Gossage 24,972 2:33
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Boston Red Sox  10 Cleveland Indians  11 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sid Monge Bill Campbell -- 0 3:30
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Boston Red Sox  0 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Len Barker Joel Finch Sid Monge 39,384 2:38
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Marty Pattin Jesse Jefferson Al Hrabosky 22,156 3:03
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Baltimore Orioles  9 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Sammy Stewart Paul Mitchell -- 36,105 2:51
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Minnesota Twins  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Steve McCatty Geoff Zahn -- 1,763 2:07
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Detroit Tigers  3 Texas Rangers  11 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Doc Medich Dan Petry -- 12,218 2:45
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 San Diego Padres  10 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium John D'Acquisto Phil Niekro Mark Lee 9,501 2:48
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Don Sutton Paul Moskau Dave Patterson 32,649 3:02
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 San Francisco Giants  4 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Niekro Ed Whitson Bert Roberge 18,047 2:49
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Rudy May Silvio Martinez -- 21,486 2:03
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 Chicago Cubs  1 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Nino Espinosa Mike Krukow -- 37,412 2:21
1979 reg season 1979-07-31 New York Mets  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Wayne Twitchell Bert Blyleven Ed Glynn 10,739 2:48
14 record(s)
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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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 105 71 34 .676 0.0 518 389 129 W3 32-23 39-11 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 102 62 40 .608 7.5 543 439 104 L3 26-26 36-14 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 106 63 43 .594 8.5 525 446 79 L2 28-26 35-17 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 105 57 48 .543 14.0 473 430 43 W2 25-29 32-19 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 102 52 50 .510 17.5 501 495 6 L1 26-29 26-21 5 8 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 105 53 52 .505 18.0 478 520 -42 W10 24-29 29-23 6 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 106 32 74 .302 39.5 378 547 -169 L3 15-40 17-34 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 California Angels franchise | log 107 61 46 .570 0.0 581 472 109 W1 27-25 34-21 1 4 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 103 55 48 .534 4.0 520 466 54 L1 29-23 26-25 2 6 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 104 55 49 .529 4.5 478 434 44 W1 22-24 33-25 3 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 104 52 52 .500 7.5 537 550 -13 W2 24-27 28-25 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 104 46 58 .442 13.5 480 509 -29 L6 26-24 20-34 5 11 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 108 45 63 .417 16.5 476 554 -78 L1 20-34 25-29 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 107 30 77 .280 31.0 368 605 -237 W1 11-40 19-37 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 100 57 43 .570 0.0 451 378 73 W2 23-27 34-16 1 1 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 103 57 46 .553 1.5 474 419 55 L1 30-22 27-24 2 3 7 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 100 54 46 .540 3.0 452 454 -2 L4 24-25 30-21 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 104 54 50 .519 5.0 458 465 -7 W2 23-30 31-20 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 101 52 49 .515 5.5 463 446 17 L2 21-26 30-24 5 7 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 101 45 56 .446 12.5 383 432 -49 W1 20-33 24-24 6 10 20 -- 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 108 61 47 .565 0.0 396 411 -15 W1 25-28 36-19 1 2 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 109 58 51 .532 3.5 503 458 45 L1 29-28 29-23 2 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 107 52 55 .486 8.5 499 492 7 L1 26-30 26-25 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 108 49 59 .454 12.0 416 452 -36 W1 19-31 30-28 4 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 106 45 61 .425 15.0 490 519 -29 W1 17-38 28-23 5 11 22 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 107 43 64 .402 17.5 485 544 -59 L2 18-34 25-30 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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*Reload page to restore grid
Glossary
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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
Terry Humphrey -- Hist Released by Angels
Steve Henderson New York Mets Injury DL - Severe left ankle sprain *During an aborted slide*
Terry Humphrey California Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)
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