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Friday, September 21,1979

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Friday, September 21,1979

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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 1979-09-21 Detroit Tigers  1 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park John Tudor Dave Rozema -- 24,802 1:45
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Texas Rangers  3 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Doc Medich Mark Clear Jim Kern 37,450 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Minnesota Twins  3 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Koosman Moose Haas Mike Marshall 10,791 2:16
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Kansas City Royals  13 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Paul Splittorff Rick Langford -- 2,340 2:41
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Chicago White Sox  7 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Steve Trout Mike Parrott Ed Farmer 6,011 2:08
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 New York Yankees  2 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Tom Underwood Ron Guidry Tom Buskey 22,331 2:18
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Lynn McGlothen Don Robinson -- 9,552 2:11
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Cincinnati Reds  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Sambito Tom Hume -- 44,975 3:30
1979 reg season 1979-09-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Juan Eichelberger Gerry Hannahs -- 16,514 2:12
9 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 151 99 52 .656 0.0 713 549 164 W1 46-31 53-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 153 90 63 .588 10.0 760 675 85 L1 41-36 49-27 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 152 85 67 .559 14.5 806 679 127 W1 38-39 48-27 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 152 81 71 .533 18.5 677 644 33 L2 36-41 45-30 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 153 81 72 .529 19.0 747 703 44 L2 36-40 45-32 5 6 11 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 152 77 75 .507 22.5 722 758 -36 L1 32-42 45-33 6 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 154 52 102 .338 48.5 581 808 -227 W2 20-55 32-47 7 13 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 154 83 71 .539 0.0 835 742 93 L1 38-40 45-31 1 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 154 81 73 .526 2.0 815 795 20 W1 37-39 44-34 2 7 12 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 154 80 74 .519 3.0 727 674 53 W2 42-37 38-37 3 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 154 78 76 .506 5.0 718 667 51 W4 39-40 39-36 4 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 151 69 82 .457 12.5 693 713 -20 W3 37-39 31-44 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 154 63 91 .409 20.0 666 787 -121 L4 29-46 34-45 6 12 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 154 52 102 .338 31.0 552 818 -266 L6 22-53 30-49 7 14 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 Montreal Expos franchise | log 150 91 59 .607 0.0 659 528 131 W4 36-36 55-23 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 153 91 62 .595 1.5 712 608 104 L3 48-32 43-30 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 152 81 71 .533 11.0 673 640 33 W1 38-36 42-36 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 154 80 74 .519 13.0 647 674 -27 W2 39-40 41-34 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 153 78 75 .510 14.5 676 662 14 W1 34-44 44-31 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 152 57 95 .375 35.0 541 655 -114 L6 28-45 28-51 6 12 24 -- 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 154 87 67 .565 0.0 712 619 93 L1 41-38 46-29 1 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 153 85 68 .556 1.5 550 544 6 W2 34-40 51-28 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 154 75 79 .487 12.0 696 683 13 L1 30-46 45-33 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 154 68 86 .442 19.0 648 706 -58 L2 32-47 36-39 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 154 64 90 .416 23.0 568 653 -85 W1 26-49 38-41 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 151 60 91 .397 25.5 627 737 -110 L1 30-48 30-43 6 11 23 -- dnq
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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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Dock Ellis Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Sold by New York Mets to Pittsburgh Pirates
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