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Monday, August 13,1979

Monday, August 13,1979

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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 1979-08-13 Chicago White Sox  7 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Steve Trout Scott McGregor -- 15,252 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Minnesota Twins  5 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Burgmeier Mike Marshall Dick Drago 32,359 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Detroit Tigers  5 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jack Morris Nolan Ryan Aurelio Lopez 34,032 2:37
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Kansas City Royals  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Slaton Dan Quisenberry -- 12,578 2:40
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Texas Rangers  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Guidry Fergie Jenkins -- 24,977 2:01
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Butch Edge Mike Norris Tom Buskey 3,183 2:45
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Cleveland Indians  6 Seattle Mariners  0 box | pbp Kingdome Rick Wise Floyd Bannister -- 6,226 2:23
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Montreal Expos  1 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Steve Rogers -- 21,011 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jim Bibby Larry Christenson -- 43,111 3:05
1979 reg season 1979-08-13 Chicago Cubs  2 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mark Littell Guillermo Hernandez -- 44,457 2:44
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 115 76 39 .661 0.0 555 433 122 L1 35-25 41-14 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 115 71 44 .617 5.0 635 499 136 W1 31-27 40-17 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 118 68 50 .576 9.5 581 525 56 W2 31-28 37-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 115 62 53 .539 14.0 513 470 43 W1 26-30 36-23 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 17.5 545 589 -44 W2 29-32 31-26 5 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 117 59 58 .504 18.0 571 572 -1 W1 27-34 32-24 6 10 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 118 37 81 .314 40.5 431 614 -183 W2 18-43 19-38 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 119 67 52 .563 0.0 646 527 119 L1 31-28 36-24 1 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 116 62 54 .534 3.5 575 524 51 L1 31-26 31-28 2 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 5.0 618 605 13 L1 28-31 33-25 3 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 6.5 550 511 39 L2 25-31 35-27 4 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 116 53 63 .457 12.5 538 556 -18 W1 31-26 22-37 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 119 49 70 .412 18.0 517 610 -93 L3 22-36 27-34 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 35 84 .294 32.0 418 658 -240 L4 14-44 21-40 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 117 67 50 .573 0.0 553 487 66 W3 34-25 33-25 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 113 63 50 .558 2.0 507 435 72 L1 25-32 38-18 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 4.5 533 519 14 L1 26-30 35-23 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 116 61 55 .526 5.5 536 505 31 W1 27-30 33-26 4 6 12 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 119 60 59 .504 8.0 521 547 -26 L3 25-36 35-23 5 7 17 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 115 49 66 .426 17.0 432 505 -73 L2 22-35 26-32 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 119 69 50 .580 0.0 441 443 -2 W1 27-31 42-19 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 4.5 561 488 73 L1 30-30 35-25 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 118 56 62 .475 12.5 538 551 -13 W1 27-34 29-28 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 119 53 66 .445 16.0 453 512 -59 W1 21-37 32-29 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 16.0 551 566 -15 L1 19-40 33-25 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 119 47 72 .395 22.0 516 584 -68 W1 19-41 28-31 6 12 24 -- 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
Terry Forster Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Bone spur and inflamed ligament in left elbow
1 record(s)