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Sunday, September 2,1979

Sunday, September 2,1979

Baseball on this Date

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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 1979-09-02 Minnesota Twins  1 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Scott McGregor Roger Erickson -- 18,074 2:14
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Texas Rangers  7 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Jim Kern Dick Drago -- 30,133 2:59
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Milwaukee Brewers  7 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Moose Haas Ken Kravec -- 19,435 2:37
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 California Angels  5 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dave Frost Rick Waits Mark Clear 6,359 2:46
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Oakland Athletics  5 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Rick Langford Bruce Robbins -- 14,379 2:25
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Kansas City Royals  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Rich Gossage Steve Mingori -- 34,008 3:03
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Seattle Mariners  5 Toronto Blue Jays  8 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Dave Stieb Wayne Twitchell Jesse Jefferson 14,776 2:26
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ron Reed Joey McLaughlin -- 10,040 2:30
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 New York Mets  5 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Kevin Kobel Randy Niemann Neil Allen 14,215 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Chicago Cubs  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Lerrin LaGrow Bruce Sutter -- 27,092 2:51
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Cincinnati Reds  1 Montreal Expos  13 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Mike LaCoss -- 41,096 2:17
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 St. Louis Cardinals  2 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Bob Forsch Mark Lee -- 8,987 2:07
1979 reg season 1979-09-02 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park John Candelaria Vida Blue -- 15,663 2:26
13 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 134 88 46 .657 0.0 634 496 138 W1 40-26 48-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 138 82 56 .594 8.0 691 617 74 W1 37-32 45-24 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 133 77 56 .579 10.5 721 585 136 L2 33-33 45-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 133 73 60 .549 14.5 607 556 51 W1 31-33 42-27 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 136 72 64 .529 17.0 671 651 20 L3 33-36 39-28 5 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 137 69 68 .504 20.5 646 675 -29 L3 32-37 37-31 6 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 136 44 92 .324 45.0 510 719 -209 W1 20-49 24-43 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 137 74 63 .540 0.0 740 637 103 W3 35-34 39-29 1 5 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 136 72 64 .529 1.5 728 716 12 L1 33-36 39-28 2 6 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 135 70 65 .519 3.0 647 611 36 L1 35-32 35-33 3 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 137 66 71 .482 8.0 630 602 28 W2 30-39 36-32 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 134 60 74 .448 12.5 603 636 -33 L1 34-33 25-42 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 138 58 80 .420 16.5 611 701 -90 L1 26-43 32-37 6 12 21 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 138 46 92 .333 28.5 500 737 -237 W3 20-49 26-43 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 136 81 55 .596 0.0 642 548 94 W6 42-27 39-28 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 128 74 54 .578 3.0 570 473 97 W5 28-35 46-19 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 7.0 613 568 45 W3 34-32 38-30 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 133 71 62 .534 8.5 608 591 17 L3 30-36 41-26 4 6 11 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 136 68 68 .500 13.0 574 602 -28 W3 32-37 36-31 5 7 16 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 133 54 79 .406 25.5 499 583 -84 W1 26-40 27-40 6 11 23 -- 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 136 77 59 .566 0.0 489 488 1 L1 32-35 45-24 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 137 77 60 .562 0.5 634 554 80 L3 36-33 41-27 2 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 136 64 72 .471 13.0 631 630 1 W3 26-42 38-30 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 137 60 77 .438 17.5 600 642 -42 L4 29-41 31-36 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 137 57 80 .416 20.5 507 598 -91 L3 22-45 35-35 5 10 22 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 135 53 82 .393 23.5 566 656 -90 L3 25-44 28-38 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jim Rooker Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)