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Saturday, August 11,1979

Saturday, August 11,1979

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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 1979-08-11 Milwaukee Brewers  9 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Bob Galasso Mike Torrez -- 33,343 3:14
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Seattle Mariners  1 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Barr Rick Honeycutt -- 41,940 2:17
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ken Kravec Jackson Todd Ed Farmer 0 2:19
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dave Stieb Randy Scarbery -- 19,420 2:24
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Detroit Tigers  5 Kansas City Royals  11 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Jack Billingham -- 40,255 2:34
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Oakland Athletics  7 Minnesota Twins  9 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Bacsik Steve McCatty Mike Marshall 9,535 2:48
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Cleveland Indians  2 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Brian Allard Mike Paxton Jim Kern 21,902 2:15
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Montreal Expos  5 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dan Schatzeder Pete Falcone -- 9,764 2:21
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Pittsburgh Pirates  14 Philadelphia Phillies  11 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Enrique Romo Rawly Eastwick Kent Tekulve 51,118 3:23
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Charlie Hough Ed Whitson Dave Patterson 42,477 2:43
1979 reg season 1979-08-11 Chicago Cubs  7 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rick Reuschel Roy Thomas Bruce Sutter 47,354 2:41
11 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 114 76 38 .667 0.0 555 426 129 W2 35-25 41-13 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Pirates)
1979 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 114 70 44 .614 6.0 629 494 135 L1 31-27 39-17 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 117 67 50 .573 10.5 576 521 55 W1 31-28 36-22 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1979 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 15.0 510 468 42 L2 26-30 35-23 4 6 10 Yes dnq
1979 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 115 58 57 .504 18.5 565 562 3 L3 26-33 32-24 5 9 16 -- dnq
1979 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 116 58 58 .500 19.0 533 586 -53 L1 27-32 31-26 6 10 17 -- dnq
1979 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 115 35 80 .304 41.5 420 600 -180 W1 16-42 19-38 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 117 66 51 .564 0.0 639 519 120 W1 31-28 35-23 1 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Orioles)
1979 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 3.5 569 518 51 W2 31-25 30-28 2 5 11 -- dnq
1979 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 115 60 55 .522 5.0 607 599 8 W4 28-30 32-25 3 7 13 -- dnq
1979 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 5.5 545 502 43 W1 25-30 35-26 4 8 14 -- dnq
1979 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 51 62 .451 13.0 519 549 -30 L1 30-26 21-36 5 11 19 -- dnq
1979 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 117 49 68 .419 17.0 514 600 -86 L1 22-35 27-33 6 12 23 -- dnq
1979 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 117 35 82 .299 31.0 416 653 -237 L2 14-43 21-39 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 0.0 544 486 58 W2 33-25 33-25 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Orioles)
1979 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 112 63 49 .563 1.0 506 431 75 W2 25-31 38-18 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1979 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 60 52 .536 4.0 526 513 13 W1 25-29 35-23 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1979 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 114 60 54 .526 5.0 530 498 32 L1 27-30 32-25 4 6 12 -- dnq
1979 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 7.0 520 538 -18 L2 25-36 35-22 5 7 15 -- dnq
1979 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 115 49 66 .426 16.5 432 505 -73 L2 22-35 26-32 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 117 68 49 .581 0.0 435 439 -4 W1 27-30 41-19 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1979 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 64 54 .542 4.5 548 481 67 L1 29-29 35-25 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Pirates)
1979 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 117 55 62 .470 13.0 534 550 -16 L3 27-34 28-28 3 8 18 -- dnq
1979 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 15.5 550 562 -12 W3 19-39 33-25 4 9 20 -- dnq
1979 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 16.0 446 499 -53 W2 21-37 31-28 5 10 21 -- dnq
1979 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 118 46 72 .390 22.5 513 582 -69 L3 19-41 27-31 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
David Clyde Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Back soreness
Dave Roberts Texas Rangers Injury DL - Twisted knee
Bump Wills Texas Rangers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jim Palmer Baltimore Orioles Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)