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Wednesday, August 8,1979

Wednesday, August 8,1979

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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 1979-08-08 Milwaukee Brewers  8 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bill Travers Don Stanhouse -- 25,260 3:04
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Cleveland Indians  6 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Rick Wise Bob Stanley Sid Monge 31,756 3:04
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Cleveland Indians  8 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Dan Spillner Steve Renko -- 30,141 2:18
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Texas Rangers  16 Detroit Tigers  9 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Fergie Jenkins Pat Underwood -- 0 3:00
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Texas Rangers  4 Detroit Tigers  10 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bruce Robbins John Henry Johnson -- 28,619 2:44
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Chicago White Sox  3 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Luis Tiant Steve Trout Ron Davis 20,048 2:12
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 California Angels  8 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dave Frost Matt Keough -- 3,463 2:42
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Minnesota Twins  3 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Dave Goltz Floyd Bannister Mike Marshall 8,222 2:32
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Kent Tekulve Dick Tidrow -- 34,255 2:30
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Atlanta Braves  1 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bill Bonham Phil Niekro -- 24,022 1:50
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Houston Astros  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium J.R. Richard Burt Hooton -- 41,584 2:16
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 St. Louis Cardinals  8 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pete Vuckovich Andy Hassler -- 10,024 2:15
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 Montreal Expos  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Ron Reed Elias Sosa -- 36,476 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-08-08 San Diego Padres  7 San Francisco Giants  10 box | pbp Candlestick Park John Curtis Bob Shirley Gary Lavelle 8,894 2:53
14 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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 112 74 38 .661 0.0 544 418 126 L4 35-25 39-13 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 111 68 43 .613 5.5 615 479 136 L2 31-27 37-16 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 114 66 48 .579 9.0 561 507 54 W2 30-26 36-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 112 61 51 .545 13.0 503 455 48 W1 26-29 35-22 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 111 57 54 .514 16.5 548 535 13 W1 26-30 31-24 5 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 113 57 56 .504 17.5 523 577 -54 W2 26-30 31-26 6 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 112 34 78 .304 40.0 410 584 -174 W1 15-41 19-37 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 115 65 50 .565 0.0 625 510 115 W1 31-28 34-22 1 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 111 59 52 .532 4.0 552 503 49 W2 31-25 28-27 2 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 113 59 54 .522 5.0 537 491 46 L1 25-29 34-25 3 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 111 56 55 .505 7.0 572 582 -10 L1 27-30 29-25 4 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 13.5 508 541 -33 L1 29-26 20-35 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 115 48 67 .417 17.0 505 586 -81 L2 21-34 27-33 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 114 34 80 .298 30.5 401 636 -235 L1 13-41 21-39 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 112 64 48 .571 0.0 521 458 63 W1 31-23 33-25 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 108 61 47 .565 1.0 490 411 79 L2 23-29 38-18 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 108 58 50 .537 4.0 497 489 8 L1 24-27 34-23 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 110 57 53 .518 6.0 505 480 25 W4 26-30 30-24 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 58 56 .509 7.0 497 514 -17 W2 25-36 33-20 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 111 48 63 .432 15.5 418 489 -71 L4 22-35 25-29 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 115 67 48 .583 0.0 430 434 -4 W1 26-29 41-19 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 116 63 53 .543 4.5 541 476 65 W1 29-28 34-25 2 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 11.5 530 530 0 W3 27-34 28-25 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 115 50 65 .435 17.0 439 497 -58 L4 20-37 30-28 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 113 49 64 .434 17.0 530 555 -25 L1 17-39 32-25 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 116 46 70 .397 21.5 510 575 -65 L1 19-40 27-30 6 12 24 -- 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.
  • 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
Jerry Remy Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)
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