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1979 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Bltmore BAL 102 57 .642 -- Milwkee MIL 95 66 .590 8.0 BostonRS BOS 91 69 .569 11.5 NewYorkY NYY 89 71 .556 13.5 Detroit DET 85 76 .528 18.0 Clvlnd CLE 81 80 .503 22.0 Toronto TOR 53 109 .327 50.5 West Division Team W L WL% GB Califrna CAL 88 74 .543 -- KansasCy KCR 85 77 .525 3.0 Texas TEX 83 79 .512 5.0 Minnesta MIN 82 80 .506 6.0 ChicagoW CHW 73 87 .456 14.0 Seattle SEA 67 95 .414 21.0 Oakland OAK 54 108 .333 34.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-3):   Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles AL Championship Series (3-1):   Baltimore Orioles over California Angels BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1979 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 CAL  5.35   866  162  5550  1563  242  43  164  589   843  .282  .351  .429  100   53 114  5.04  5.65
 BOS  5.26   841  160  5538  1567  310  34  194  512   708  .283  .344  .456   60   43 109  5.88  4.64
 KCR  5.25   851  162  5653  1596  286  79  116  528   675  .282  .344  .422  207   76 104  5.70  4.80
 MIL  5.01   807  161  5536  1552  291  41  185  549   745  .280  .345  .448  100   53 113  4.95  5.08
 DET  4.78   770  161  5375  1446  221  35  164  575   814  .269  .340  .415  176   86 100  4.93  4.64
 BAL  4.76   757  159  5371  1401  258  24  181  608   847  .261  .336  .419   99   49 106  4.67  4.85
 CLE  4.72   760  161  5376  1388  206  29  138  657   786  .258  .339  .384  143   90  95  5.28  4.15
 MIN  4.72   764  162  5544  1544  256  46  112  526   693  .278  .341  .402   66   45  97  5.12  4.31
 TEX  4.63   750  162  5562  1549  252  26  140  461   607  .278  .334  .409   79   51 101  4.72  4.54
 NYY  4.59   734  160  5421  1443  226  40  150  509   590  .266  .329  .406   65   46  99  4.44  4.73
 CHW  4.56   730  160  5463  1505  290  33  127  454   668  .275  .331  .410   97   62 100  4.42  4.70
 SEA  4.39   711  162  5544  1490  250  52  132  515   725  .269  .331  .404  126   52  96  4.58  4.20
 TOR  3.78   613  162  5423  1362  253  34   95  448   663  .251  .308  .363   75   56  82  4.26  3.31
 OAK  3.54   573  162  5348  1276  188  32  108  482   751  .239  .302  .346  104   69  80  3.23  3.84
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.67 10527 2256 76704 20682 3529 548 2006 7413 10115  .270  .334  .408 1497  831

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  3.66   582  159  3.26  1434  1279   8.0   467  2.9  133   786   52    10    12  30 123  3.28  4.04
 NYY  4.20   672  160  3.83  1432  1446   9.0   455  2.8  123   731   43     8    10  37 105  3.80  4.61
 TEX  4.31   698  162  3.86  1437  1371   8.5   532  3.3  135   773   26     5    10  42 107  4.14  4.48
 BOS  4.44   711  160  4.03  1431  1487   9.3   463  2.9  133   731   47     9    11  29 111  4.46  4.43
 MIL  4.48   722  161  4.03  1439  1563   9.7   381  2.4  162   580   61    12    12  23 104  4.47  4.50
 CHW  4.68   748  160  4.10  1409  1365   8.5   618  3.9  114   675   28     9     9  37 103  5.08  4.28
 MIN  4.48   725  162  4.13  1444  1590   9.8   452  2.8  128   721   31     3     6  33 106  4.81  4.14
 DET  4.58   738  161  4.27  1423  1429   8.9   547  3.4  167   802   25     2     5  37 102  4.04  5.12
 CAL  4.74   768  162  4.34  1436  1463   9.0   573  3.5  131   820   46     9     9  33  94  4.19  5.30
 KCR  5.04   816  162  4.45  1448  1477   9.1   536  3.3  165   640   42     7     7  27  96  5.20  4.88
 CLE  5.00   805  161  4.57  1431  1502   9.3   570  3.5  138   781   28     5     7  32  93  5.05  4.95
 SEA  5.06   820  162  4.58  1438  1567   9.7   571  3.5  165   736   37     5     7  26  96  4.99  5.14
 OAK  5.31   860  162  4.75  1429  1606   9.9   654  4.0  147   726   41     3     4  20  85  4.58  6.04
 TOR  5.32   862  162  4.82  1417  1537   9.5   594  3.7  165   613   44     6     7  11  89  5.33  5.31
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.67 10527 2256  4.21 20048 20682   9.3  7413  3.3 2006 10115  551         116 417

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BAL  125  161  .980   .726  1,681,009  21,279   98-61  55-24 47-33  97  95 28.8 27.3   2   2  24 Weaver
 MIL  127  153  .980   .701  1,918,343  23,683   89-72  52-29 43-37 100  99 27.5 26.6   2   1  33 Bamberger
 BOS  142  166  .977   .695  2,353,114  29,414   92-68  51-29 40-40 106 106 29.0 28.4   3   5  28 Zimmer
 NYY  122  183  .981   .700  2,537,765  31,330   86-74  51-30 38-41  98  96 30.3 31.0   3   4  44 Lemon and Martin
 CAL  135  172  .978   .694  2,523,575  31,155   90-72  49-32 39-42  96  96 28.3 27.5   2   6  32 Fregosi
 DET  120  184  .980   .704  1,630,929  20,387   84-77  46-34 39-42 103 103 26.6 26.3   0   1  25 Moss, Tracewski, and Anderson
 KCR  146  160  .977   .710  2,261,845  27,924   84-78  46-35 39-42 102 101 27.9 28.9   1   3  23 Herzog
 TEX  130  151  .979   .713  1,519,671  18,761   86-76  44-37 39-42  99  98 27.9 29.3   1   1  30 Corrales
 MIN  134  203  .979   .680  1,070,521  13,216   85-77  39-42 43-38 104 104 26.3 29.5   0   1  14 Mauch
 CLE  126  149  .979   .693  1,011,644  12,489   76-85  47-34 34-46 101 101 28.0 26.7   0   1  16 Torborg and Garcia
 CHW  173  142  .972   .707  1,280,702  16,211   78-82  33-46 40-41 100 101 27.1 25.5   0   1  19 Kessinger and LaRussa
 SEA  141  170  .978   .689    844,447  10,425   70-92  36-45 31-50 102 104 28.5 25.5   0   1  13 Johnson
 OAK  174  137  .972   .677    306,763   3,787   52-110 31-50 23-58  94  96 26.2 25.3   0   1  23 Marshall
 TOR  158  187  .975   .692  1,431,651  17,675   57-105 32-49 21-60 100 102 26.7 25.5   0   1   8 Hartsfield
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Don Baylor CAL .296/.371/.530 Cy Young Award Mike Flanagan BAL 23-9  3.08 190 SO Rookie of the Year John Castino MIN .285/.331/.397 Alfredo Griffin TOR .287/.333/.364 Rolaids Relief Jim Kern TEX 13-5 (29 sv) 1.57 136 SO

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Jim Palmer Catcher Jim Sundberg First Base Cecil Cooper Second Base Frank White Third Base Buddy Bell Shortstop Rick Burleson Outfield Dwight Evans, Sixto Lezcano, and Fred Lynn

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Lynn-BOS .333 Brett-KCR .329 Downing-CAL .326 Rice-BOS .325 Oliver-TEX .323	On-base % Lynn-BOS .423 Porter-KCR .421 Downing-CAL .418 Lezcano-MIL .414 Carew-CAL **.419	Slugging % Lynn-BOS .637 Rice-BOS .596 Lezcano-MIL .573 Brett-KCR .563 Jackson-NYY .544	OPS Lynn-BOS 1.059 Lezcano-MIL .987 Rice-BOS .977 Kemp-DET .941 Brett-KCR .939
Games Baylor-CAL 162 Bell-TEX 162 Bosetti-TOR 162 Horton-SEA 162 Jones-SEA 162 Smalley-MIN 162	At Bats Bell-TEX 670 Lansford-CAL 654 Horton-SEA 646 Brett-KCR 645 Baylor-CAL 628	Plate Appearances (approx.) Smalley-MIN 729 Baylor-CAL 722 Bell-TEX 720 Jones-SEA 716 Lansford-CAL 712	Runs Baylor-CAL 120 Brett-KCR 119 Rice-BOS 117 Lynn-BOS 116 Lansford-CAL 114
Hits Brett-KCR 212 Rice-BOS 201 Bell-TEX 200 Lansford-CAL 188 Molitor-MIL 188	Total Bases Rice-BOS 369 Brett-KCR 363 Lynn-BOS 338 Baylor-CAL 333 Singleton-BAL 304	Doubles Cooper-MIL 44 Lemon-CHW 44 Bell-TEX 42 Brett-KCR 42 Lynn-BOS 42	Triples Brett-KCR 20 Molitor-MIL 16 Randolph-NYY 13 Wilson-KCR 13 Griffin-TOR 10 LeFlore-DET 10 Porter-KCR 10
Home Runs Thomas-MIL 45 Lynn-BOS 39 Rice-BOS 39 Baylor-CAL 36 Singleton-BAL 35	RBI Baylor-CAL 139 Rice-BOS 130 Thomas-MIL 123 Lynn-BOS 122 Porter-KCR 112	Bases on Balls Porter-KCR 121 Singleton-BAL 109 Thomas-MIL 98 Randolph-NYY 95 Thornton-CLE 90	Strikeouts Thomas-MIL 175 Bonds-CLE 135 Singleton-BAL 118 Lansford-CAL 115 Horton-SEA 112
Stolen Bases Wilson-KCR 83 LeFlore-DET 78 Cruz-SEA 49 Bumbry-BAL 37 Wills-TEX 35	Singles Wilson-KCR 148 Griffin-TOR 145 LeFlore-DET 139 Bell-TEX 137 Molitor-MIL 136	Adjusted OPS+ Lynn-BOS 176 Lezcano-MIL 164 Singleton-BAL 155 Rice-BOS 154 Jackson-NYY 150	Runs Created Lynn-BOS 147 Rice-BOS 138 Brett-KCR 134 Singleton-BAL 127 Baylor-CAL 126
Adjusted Batting Runs Lynn-BOS 60 Singleton-BAL 49 Rice-BOS 46 Lezcano-MIL 46 Baylor-CAL 41	Batting Wins Lynn-BOS 5.7 Singleton-BAL 4.6 Lezcano-MIL 4.4 Rice-BOS 4.4 Baylor-CAL 3.9 Brett-KCR 3.9	Extra-Base Hits Brett-KCR 85 Rice-BOS 84 Lynn-BOS 82 Thomas-MIL 74 Baylor-CAL 72	Times on Base Porter-KCR 284 Singleton-BAL 278 Baylor-CAL 268 Brett-KCR 263 Lynn-BOS 263
Offensive Win% Lynn-BOS .815 Lezcano-MIL .759 Rice-BOS .736 Singleton-BAL .722 Brett-KCR .717	Hit By Pitch Lemon-CHW 13 Roenicke-BAL 12 Baylor-CAL 11 Jackson-MIN 9 Bonds-CLE 8 Harrah-CLE 8 Porter-KCR 8	Sac. Hits Wilfong-MIN 25 Castino-MIN 22 Norman-TEX 18 Griffin-TOR 16 Smalley-MIN 15	Sac. Flies Ford-CAL 13 Porter-KCR 13 Baylor-CAL 12 Bell-TEX 10 Bochte-SEA 10 Wilfong-MIN 10
Intentional Walks Singleton-BAL 16 Brett-KCR 14 Gamble-TOT 12 Oglivie-MIL 12 Spencer-NYY 11	Grounded into Double Plays Bochte-SEA 27 Scott-TOT 24 Hobson-BOS 23 Johnson-CHW 23 Randolph-NYY 23	Caught Stealing Bonds-CLE 23 Griffin-TOR 16 Page-OAK 16 LeFlore-DET 14 Trammell-DET 14	Power/Speed Number Bonds-CLE 28.8 Baylor-CAL 27.3 Jones-SEA 25.7 Otis-KCR 22.5 Harrah-CLE 20.0
At Bats per Strikeout Brett-KCR 17.9 Kuiper-CLE 17.7 Meyer-SEA 15.0 Bell-TEX 14.9 Randolph-NYY 14.7	At Bats per Home Run Thomas-MIL 12.4 Lynn-BOS 13.6 Rice-BOS 15.9 Jackson-NYY 16.0 Singleton-BAL 16.3	Outs Bell-TEX 507 Lansford-CAL 506 Bosetti-TOR 500 Jones-SEA 493 Griffin-TOR 491 Horton-SEA 491	ERA Guidry-NYY 2.78 John-NYY 2.96 Eckersley-BOS 2.99 Flanagan-BAL 3.08 Morris-DET 3.28
Wins Flanagan-BAL 23 John-NYY 21 Koosman-MIN 20 Guidry-NYY 18 Comer-TEX 17 Eckersley-BOS 17 Morris-DET 17	Won-Loss % Davis-NYY .875 Caldwell-MIL .727 Kern-TEX .722 Flanagan-BAL .719 Morris-DET .708	BB + H per IP (WHIP) McGregor-BAL 1.076 Guidry-NYY 1.159 Flanagan-BAL 1.186 Eckersley-BOS 1.188 Leonard-KCR 1.195	Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan-CAL 6.83 Kravec-CHW 7.49 Guidry-NYY 7.73 Morris-DET 8.15 Baumgarten-CHW 8.26
Bases on Balls/9IP McGregor-BAL 1.19 Caldwell-MIL 1.49 Sorensen-MIL 1.61 Stanley-BOS 1.83 John-NYY 2.12	Strikeouts/9IP Ryan-CAL 9.01 Guidry-NYY 7.65 Flanagan-BAL 6.44 Jenkins-TEX 5.70 Bannister-SEA 5.68	Games Marshall-MIN 90 Monge-CLE 76 Kern-TEX 71 Lyle-TEX 67 Heaverlo-OAK 62	Saves Marshall-MIN 32 Kern-TEX 29 Lopez-DET 21 Stanhouse-BAL 21 Monge-CLE 19
Innings Martinez-BAL 292.3 John-NYY 276.3 Flanagan-BAL 265.7 Koosman-MIN 263.7 Jenkins-TEX 259.0	Strikeouts Ryan-CAL 223 Guidry-NYY 201 Flanagan-BAL 190 Jenkins-TEX 164 Koosman-MIN 157	Games Started Martinez-BAL 39 Flanagan-BAL 38 Jenkins-TEX 37 Comer-TEX 36 John-NYY 36 Koosman-MIN 36 Torrez-BOS 36	Comp. Games Martinez-BAL 18 Eckersley-BOS 17 John-NYY 17 Ryan-CAL 17 Caldwell-MIL 16 Flanagan-BAL 16 Sorensen-MIL 16
Shutouts Flanagan-BAL 5 Leonard-KCR 5 Ryan-CAL 5 Caldwell-MIL 4 Stanley-BOS 4	Home Runs Allow. Jenkins-TEX 40 Leonard-KCR 33 Travers-MIL 33 Stone-BAL 31 Sorensen-MIL 30	Bases On Balls Allow. Torrez-BOS 121 Ryan-CAL 114 Kravec-CHW 111 Wortham-CHW 100 Gale-KCR 99	Hits Allowed Goltz-MIN 282 Martinez-BAL 279 John-NYY 268 Koosman-MIN 268 Torrez-BOS 254
SO to Walk McGregor-BAL 3.52 Guidry-NYY 2.83 Flanagan-BAL 2.71 Eckersley-BOS 2.54 Caldwell-MIL 2.28	Losses Huffman-TOR 18 Keough-OAK 17 Splittorff-KCR 17 Langford-OAK 16 Martinez-BAL 16 Underwood-TOR 16	Earned Runs Allow. Torrez-BOS 126 Martinez-BAL 119 Jenkins-TEX 117 Goltz-MIN 116 Gura-KCR 116	Wild Pitches Langford-OAK 16 Wortham-CHW 14 Keough-OAK 13 John-NYY 11 Lemanczyk-TOR 11 Underwood-TOR 11
Hit Batsmen Kravec-CHW 14 Wilcox-DET 11 McCatty-OAK 10 Norris-OAK 9 Underwood-TOR 9	Batters Faced Martinez-BAL 1206 John-NYY 1116 Torrez-BOS 1109 Koosman-MIN 1101 Jenkins-TEX 1089	Games Finished Marshall-MIN 84 Kern-TEX 57 Lyle-TEX 53 Monge-CLE 53 Lopez-DET 49	Adjusted ERA+ Eckersley-BOS 150 Guidry-NYY 146 John-NYY 137 Morris-DET 133 Flanagan-BAL 130
Oldest Player Kaat-NYY 1938-11-07 (40) Yastrzemski-BOS 1939-08-22 (39) Carty-TOR 1939-09-01 (39) Davis-CAL 1940-04-15 (39) Tiant-NYY 1940-11-23 (38)	Youngest Player Harper-CAL 1959-10-16 (19) Morgan-OAK 1959-10-08 (19) Robbins-DET 1959-09-10 (19) Burns-CHW 1959-06-08 (20) Hernandez- 1959-04-04 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Nolan Ryan (CAL) C. Darrell Porter (KCR) 1B. Carl Yastrzemski (BOS) 2B. Frank White (KCR) 3B. George Brett (KCR) SS. Roy Smalley (MIN) LF. Don Baylor (CAL) CF. Fred Lynn (BOS) RF. Jim Rice (BOS)		Bruce Bochte* (SEA) Rick Burleson* (BOS) Rod Carew (CAL) Mark Clear* (CAL) Cecil Cooper* (MIL) Brian Downing* (CAL) Bobby Grich* (CAL) Ron Guidry* (NYY) Reggie Jackson* (NYY)		Tommy John (NYY) Steve Kemp* (DET) Jim Kern* (TEX) Dave Lemanczyk (TOR) Chet Lemon* (CHW) Sid Monge (CLE) Graig Nettles* (NYY) Jeff Newman (OAK) Ken Singleton* (BAL)		Don Stanhouse (BAL) Bob Stanley* (BOS)

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