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Wednesday, May 9,1979

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Wednesday, May 9,1979

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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 1979-05-09 Oakland Athletics  4 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Norris Jim Palmer -- 11,147 2:28
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 California Angels  8 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Campbell Dave LaRoche -- 24,815 3:19
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Chicago White Sox  5 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ross Baumgarten Milt Wilcox Ken Kravec 13,167 2:52
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Cleveland Indians  8 Milwaukee Brewers  7 box | pbp County Stadium Rick Waits Mike Caldwell Sid Monge 10,829 2:51
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Seattle Mariners  0 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ed Figueroa Glenn Abbott -- 14,738 2:01
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Kansas City Royals  4 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Rich Gale Fergie Jenkins Renie Martin 18,324 2:54
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  17 Atlanta Braves  9 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jim Bibby Gene Garber Kent Tekulve 6,855 3:42
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Cincinnati Reds  7 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Paul Moskau Lynn McGlothen Doug Bair 10,922 2:46
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Bo McLaughlin Tom Bruno -- 11,566 4:52
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 New York Mets  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Sutton Neil Allen -- 23,313 2:37
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Philadelphia Phillies  2 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dick Ruthven Eric Rasmussen -- 15,606 2:03
1979 reg season 1979-05-09 Montreal Expos  2 San Francisco Giants  9 box | pbp Candlestick Park Vida Blue Ross Grimsley -- 6,811 2:35
12 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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 0.0 147 111 36 W1 7-6 11-4 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 0.0 159 112 47 L1 9-6 10-5 2 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 1.0 156 119 37 L1 8-9 10-3 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 3.5 118 124 -6 W2 6-8 9-6 4 8 13 -- dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.0 130 125 5 L1 4-8 7-5 5 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 8.5 99 150 -51 W1 3-9 6-9 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 30 8 22 .267 11.0 118 186 -68 L4 5-12 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 28 20 8 .714 0.0 157 129 28 W3 13-4 7-4 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL West California Angels franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 4.0 170 138 32 L1 9-6 8-7 2 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 4.5 169 151 18 W1 5-9 11-4 3 6 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 5.0 129 124 5 L1 6-6 9-7 4 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 7.0 148 142 6 W1 10-9 3-6 5 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 9.0 113 161 -48 W1 5-8 7-10 6 11 20 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 31 10 21 .323 11.5 131 172 -41 L2 2-9 8-12 7 13 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 28 20 8 .714 0.0 127 86 41 W6 10-5 10-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 26 18 8 .692 1.0 131 109 22 L1 7-7 11-1 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 5.0 120 105 15 L1 6-8 8-6 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 24 12 12 .500 6.0 103 107 -4 L2 3-6 9-6 4 6 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 8.0 130 128 2 W1 5-8 6-7 5 9 19 -- Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 10.0 98 117 -19 L3 4-10 5-7 6 11 22 -- 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 30 18 12 .600 0.0 135 122 13 W1 9-10 9-2 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 29 17 12 .586 0.5 145 136 9 W2 8-4 9-8 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 30 14 16 .467 4.0 138 146 -8 W1 5-9 9-7 3 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 32 14 18 .438 5.0 122 142 -20 W3 5-9 9-9 4 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 6.5 145 164 -19 L4 6-11 6-8 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 28 9 19 .321 8.0 127 159 -32 L1 4-10 5-9 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Tom Grieve -- Hist Released by Cardinals
Frank White Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Broken right thumb *Hit by Ed Farmer pitch*
Al Cowens Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Fractured jaw
Jerry Terrell Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)