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Friday, June 22,1979

Friday, June 22,1979

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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 1979-06-22 Detroit Tigers  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Tippy Martinez Dave Tobik -- 35,456 2:46
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Boston Red Sox  12 box | pbp Fenway Park Chuck Rainey Jesse Jefferson Tom Burgmeier 31,089 2:31
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Kansas City Royals  9 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rich Gale Nolan Ryan -- 30,737 3:02
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Minnesota Twins  5 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Geoff Zahn Ken Kravec Mike Marshall 28,029 2:32
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Cleveland Indians  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Catfish Hunter Eric Wilkins Ken Clay 33,776 2:34
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Texas Rangers  5 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Rick Langford Steve Comer Dave Heaverlo 1,865 2:27
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Milwaukee Brewers  15 Seattle Mariners  8 box | pbp Kingdome Jim Slaton Glenn Abbott -- 10,355 2:35
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Tony Brizzolara Bob Welch Gene Garber 15,528 2:20
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 San Francisco Giants  3 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Phil Nastu Paul Moskau Tom Griffin 36,184 2:21
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 San Diego Padres  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Niekro Bob Shirley Joe Sambito 30,954 2:21
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Stade Olympique Ross Grimsley Randy Lerch Elias Sosa 40,729 2:39
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 Chicago Cubs  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bert Blyleven Ken Holtzman -- 21,006 2:33
1979 reg season 1979-06-22 New York Mets  2 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Silvio Martinez Kevin Kobel -- 18,852 2:12
13 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 67 45 22 .672 0.0 332 257 75 W7 23-15 22-7 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 67 42 25 .627 3.0 371 273 98 W3 15-15 27-10 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 70 40 30 .571 6.5 341 300 41 W6 17-19 23-11 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 70 37 33 .529 9.5 304 289 15 W2 16-20 21-13 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 64 31 33 .484 12.5 320 314 6 L3 15-21 16-12 5 9 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 67 32 35 .478 13.0 293 318 -25 L5 14-18 18-17 6 10 18 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 72 23 49 .319 24.5 259 388 -129 L2 12-23 11-26 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 AL West California Angels franchise | log 72 42 30 .583 0.0 403 325 78 L2 21-16 21-14 1 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 70 37 33 .529 4.0 374 368 6 W1 18-19 19-14 2 6 10 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 69 36 33 .522 4.5 300 298 2 L1 16-18 20-15 3 7 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 65 33 32 .508 5.5 321 313 8 W1 19-15 14-17 4 8 15 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 68 32 36 .471 8.0 331 326 5 L1 17-15 15-21 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 72 30 42 .417 12.0 331 366 -35 L2 12-20 18-22 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 71 22 49 .310 19.5 247 392 -145 W2 7-26 15-23 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 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 63 39 24 .619 0.0 288 228 60 W3 14-19 25-5 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 64 35 29 .547 4.5 306 276 30 W1 12-19 22-11 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 63 34 29 .540 5.0 298 260 38 W6 16-15 18-14 3 4 8 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 68 35 33 .515 6.5 303 288 15 L1 17-19 18-14 4 6 13 -- dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 63 32 31 .508 7.0 280 315 -35 L1 15-17 17-14 5 7 14 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 64 27 37 .422 12.5 246 279 -33 L4 11-23 15-15 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 71 42 29 .592 0.0 266 258 8 W4 16-19 26-10 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 69 36 33 .522 5.0 315 304 11 L3 16-19 20-14 2 5 12 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 69 34 35 .493 7.0 338 327 11 W1 16-18 18-17 3 8 16 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 71 32 39 .451 10.0 337 337 0 L1 11-23 21-16 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 72 32 40 .444 10.5 280 319 -39 L1 11-23 21-17 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 69 25 44 .362 16.0 300 366 -66 W1 10-24 15-20 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Steve Senteney Toronto Blue Jays Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Randy Moffitt San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Right shoulder inflammation
2 record(s)