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Thursday, May 3,1979

Thursday, May 3,1979

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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 1979-05-03 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Bill Travers Tom Underwood -- 7,801 2:26
1979 reg season 1979-05-03 Detroit Tigers  6 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Marshall Jack Billingham -- 4,581 2:56
1979 reg season 1979-05-03 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Sutcliffe Steve Carlton -- 41,215 2:16
1979 reg season 1979-05-03 Montreal Expos  2 San Diego Padres  10 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Scott Sanderson Rollie Fingers 10,467 2:32
1979 reg season 1979-05-03 New York Mets  5 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Ed Halicki Pete Falcone Gary Lavelle 5,123 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-05-03 Houston Astros  4 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Joe Niekro Pete Vuckovich Joaquin Andujar 7,530 2:28
6 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 25 16 9 .640 0.0 131 100 31 W4 9-6 7-3 1 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.5 109 79 30 W1 7-6 7-2 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 1.0 126 100 26 W2 8-9 7-1 3 6 9 -- dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 4.0 88 89 -1 L1 6-8 5-4 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 18 8 10 .444 4.5 91 88 3 L1 3-6 5-4 5 9 15 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 22 7 15 .318 7.5 75 122 -47 L1 2-8 5-7 6 13 25 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 25 7 18 .280 9.0 105 150 -45 L4 4-8 3-10 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 Minnesota Twins franchise | log 23 16 7 .696 0.0 115 102 13 W5 13-4 3-3 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 25 16 9 .640 1.0 147 103 44 W1 8-2 8-7 2 3 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 21 13 8 .619 2.0 94 80 14 W1 6-6 7-2 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 4.0 136 123 13 L1 1-7 11-4 4 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 6.0 108 105 3 L2 6-6 3-6 5 10 18 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 7.5 82 132 -50 L1 2-5 7-10 6 11 22 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 9.0 106 140 -34 L3 0-5 8-12 7 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 East Montreal Expos franchise | log 21 15 6 .714 0.0 103 88 15 L1 4-5 11-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 1.5 85 70 15 L2 4-5 10-3 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 4.0 99 88 11 L1 5-7 6-5 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 5.0 63 74 -11 L1 3-6 6-4 4 6 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.5 80 88 -8 L2 3-5 5-7 5 11 21 -- dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.5 97 100 -3 W1 2-5 6-7 6 10 20 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
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 24 16 8 .667 0.0 109 83 26 W1 8-7 8-1 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 3.5 99 105 -6 W1 6-4 6-7 2 5 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 5.5 119 120 -1 W2 6-11 5-3 3 8 17 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 5.5 115 128 -13 W2 5-9 6-5 4 7 16 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 6.0 105 116 -11 W1 5-9 6-6 5 9 19 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 22 8 14 .364 7.0 94 108 -14 L1 4-7 4-7 6 12 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Doug Capilla Chicago Cubs Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs for Mark Gilbert (10/12/1979)
1 record(s)