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Friday, August 29,1980

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Friday, August 29,1980

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 California Angels  5 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Alfredo Martinez Steve Stone -- 33,542 2:39
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Oakland Athletics  3 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Mike Torrez Brian Kingman Tom Burgmeier 28,666 3:05
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Chicago White Sox  5 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Sid Monge Ed Farmer Victor Cruz 9,044 2:45
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Milwaukee Brewers  2 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Milt Wilcox Bill Travers -- 24,400 2:43
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Texas Rangers  3 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Ed Figueroa -- 32,781 2:29
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Seattle Mariners  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Tommy John Rob Dressler -- 30,005 1:56
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Minnesota Twins  5 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Geoff Zahn Dave Stieb -- 14,358 2:15
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Houston Astros  6 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dave Smith Dick Tidrow Frank LaCorte 9,994 2:49
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Montreal Expos  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bobby Castillo John D'Acquisto Steve Howe 50,810 2:41
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Cincinnati Reds  8 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mario Soto Kent Tekulve Tom Hume 41,494 2:57
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Philadelphia Phillies  3 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Larry Christenson Steve Mura Tug McGraw 10,742 2:35
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 New York Mets  0 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Vida Blue Pat Zachry -- 9,269 2:03
1980 reg season 1980-08-29 Atlanta Braves  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Tommy Boggs Silvio Martinez Rick Camp 11,551 2:09
13 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
1980 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 127 77 50 .606 0.0 639 532 107 W2 42-27 35-23 1 2 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Royals)
1980 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 126 75 51 .595 1.5 596 485 111 L1 39-27 36-24 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 68 56 .548 7.5 589 592 -3 W5 40-27 28-29 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 127 68 59 .535 9.0 647 583 64 W2 34-33 33-27 4 5 11 Yes dnq
1980 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 126 66 60 .524 10.5 582 610 -28 W2 30-35 36-25 5 6 12 -- dnq
1980 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 131 67 64 .511 12.0 659 554 105 L7 34-30 33-34 6 7 13 -- dnq
1980 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 127 52 75 .409 25.0 484 594 -110 L2 25-40 27-35 7 12 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
1980 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 129 84 45 .651 0.0 664 535 129 W1 44-21 40-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Phillies)
1980 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 129 65 64 .504 19.0 525 498 27 L2 27-33 38-31 2 8 15 -- dnq
1980 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 130 63 67 .485 21.5 625 598 27 L1 31-34 32-33 3 9 17 -- dnq
1980 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 130 57 73 .438 27.5 537 607 -70 W2 24-40 33-33 4 10 20 -- dnq
1980 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 126 55 71 .437 27.5 442 553 -111 L1 23-34 30-39 5 11 21 -- dnq
1980 AL West California Angels franchise | log 126 50 76 .397 32.5 551 645 -94 W1 27-31 23-45 6 13 25 -- dnq
1980 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 128 46 82 .359 37.5 477 631 -154 L2 17-44 29-38 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
1980 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 127 69 58 .543 0.0 545 523 22 L2 27-32 42-26 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1980 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 129 70 59 .543 0.0 539 499 40 L5 32-33 38-26 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1980 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 125 67 58 .536 1.0 580 514 66 W2 29-30 38-28 3 6 10 -- Won World Series (Royals)
1980 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 127 58 69 .457 11.0 485 534 -49 L5 26-33 32-36 4 9 18 -- dnq
1980 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 126 56 70 .444 12.5 584 551 33 L1 24-38 32-32 5 10 19 -- dnq
1980 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 126 50 76 .397 18.5 476 548 -72 L2 24-43 26-33 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
1980 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 128 73 55 .570 0.0 486 456 30 W2 30-34 43-21 1 1 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1980 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 127 70 57 .551 2.5 528 462 66 W1 31-37 39-20 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1980 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 129 70 59 .543 3.5 566 552 14 W2 30-29 39-31 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1980 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 127 64 63 .504 8.5 461 476 -15 W2 28-41 36-22 4 7 14 -- dnq
1980 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 128 64 64 .500 9.0 515 554 -39 W1 24-39 40-25 5 8 16 -- dnq
1980 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 129 53 76 .411 20.5 437 533 -96 L1 23-47 30-29 6 11 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Steve Busby -- Hist Released by Royals
Manny Mota Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1980-1980 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Rusty Torres -- Hist Released by Royals
Craig Swan New York Mets Injury DL - Partial rotator cuff tear in right shoulder
Otto Velez Toronto Blue Jays Injury DL - Fractured cheekbone
5 record(s)