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Friday, September 7,1979

Friday, September 7,1979

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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 1979-09-07 Baltimore Orioles  2 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Sammy Stewart Chuck Rainey Don Stanhouse 33,222 2:33
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Milwaukee Brewers  3 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Nolan Ryan Bill Travers -- 30,685 2:14
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Toronto Blue Jays  8 Cleveland Indians  9 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Paul Reuschel Tom Buskey -- 4,222 2:48
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 New York Yankees  0 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Billingham Ken Clay -- 28,943 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Texas Rangers  5 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Sparky Lyle Mike Marshall Jim Kern 10,793 2:59
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Chicago White Sox  3 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Rick Langford Mike Proly -- 4,136 2:42
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Kansas City Royals  6 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Craig Chamberlain Rick Honeycutt -- 6,843 2:26
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 San Diego Padres  8 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Eric Rasmussen Eddie Solomon -- 2,976 2:35
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dennis Lamp Tug McGraw -- 10,359 2:15
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bobby Castillo Tom Hume Gerry Hannahs 33,937 3:01
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 San Francisco Giants  9 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Vida Blue Joaquin Andujar -- 23,723 2:47
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Grant Jackson Neil Allen -- 8,290 3:45
1979 reg season 1979-09-07 Montreal Expos  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Forsch Steve Rogers Mark Littell 19,782 2:43
13 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 138 92 46 .667 0.0 648 499 149 W5 41-26 51-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 141 83 58 .589 10.5 701 632 69 L2 38-34 45-24 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 137 78 59 .569 13.5 735 600 135 L1 34-35 45-23 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 138 76 62 .551 16.0 623 576 47 L1 32-34 44-28 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 141 74 67 .525 19.5 693 666 27 W1 34-38 40-29 5 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 141 72 69 .511 21.5 667 698 -31 W1 32-37 40-32 6 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 140 44 96 .314 49.0 520 740 -220 L4 20-53 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 142 78 64 .549 0.0 778 672 106 W3 35-34 43-30 1 5 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 140 74 66 .529 3.0 739 731 8 W1 35-38 39-28 2 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 139 72 67 .518 4.5 664 621 43 L1 35-32 37-35 3 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 141 69 72 .489 8.5 644 610 34 W1 33-40 36-32 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 139 61 78 .439 15.5 638 672 -34 L3 35-37 25-42 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 142 59 83 .415 19.0 617 716 -99 L1 26-43 33-40 6 12 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 141 48 93 .340 29.5 513 747 -234 W2 20-49 28-44 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 141 84 57 .596 0.0 668 570 98 W1 44-28 40-29 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 134 79 55 .590 1.5 597 489 108 L1 30-36 49-19 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 139 77 62 .554 6.0 639 590 49 W2 36-32 40-31 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 138 72 66 .522 10.5 620 607 13 W1 30-36 42-30 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 141 70 71 .496 14.0 587 619 -32 L1 33-39 37-32 5 7 16 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 139 55 84 .396 28.0 517 612 -95 L2 27-44 27-41 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 141 80 61 .567 0.0 506 505 1 L1 32-35 48-26 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 142 80 62 .563 0.5 669 580 89 L1 37-34 43-28 2 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 141 67 74 .475 13.0 649 653 -4 W1 29-44 38-30 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 142 62 80 .437 18.5 620 666 -46 W1 31-44 31-36 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 142 59 83 .415 21.5 522 607 -85 W1 23-47 36-36 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 140 55 85 .393 24.5 587 683 -96 L1 25-44 30-41 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
Bruce Boisclair New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
Freddie Patek Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)