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1979 BOSTON RED SOX
The 1978 playoff loss to the Yankees led to another round
of finger pointing.
Don Zimmer was blamed for the team’s
collapse by Red Sox Nation and the vilification was
relentless, especially on talk radio. Mike Torrez was also
the victim of finger pointing and would hear constant
booing from the stands every time he would take the mound
in 1979.
The first victim of the collapse, however, was free agent
Luis Tiant. He wanted to re-sign with the Sox but general
manager Haywood Sullivan would only offer him a one year
contract because of his age. The New York Yankees jumped
on the opportunity to stick it to the Sox and signed
Tiant, as a way to get his positive influence out
of the Boston clubhouse. They gave him for $840,000 for
two years. Sox fans were stunned, not only by losing a
beloved Sox icon, but the prospect of seeing him in
pinstripes would be unbearable.
Sullivan then helped
Don Zimmer and shipped his nemesis,
Bill Lee, off to the Montreal Expos for infielder Stan Papi
on December 7th. The problems with
Lee were all personal,
and not business.
Zimmer didn’t like
Lee, and
Lee didn't
like Zimmer, but the Red Sox now lost a
second valuable arm, for a player who never made an kind
of contribution. In the end the pitching staff was damaged
badly by losing both
Lee and
Tiant, while getting nothing
in return.
But the 1979 Red Sox came back off the canvas and still
played good baseball. They didn’t collapse, they
just showed a slow but steady fade, like a slow leak in a
tire.
The Sox were defined by a potent offense and they led the
league in runs scored. They simply hit the heck out of the
ball and led the league in batting average, doubles and
home runs, while being in the bottom half of the American
League in walks.
Jim Rice came off his MVP season of 1978 and delivered 39
home runs and 130 RBI.
Fred Lynn had an amazing year in
centerfield, 39 home runs of his own and a .333 batting
average, with 122 RBI and scored 116 runs. He finished
fourth in the AL MVP voting in 1979. The outstanding
outfield was rounded out by rightfielder
Dwight Evans, who
finished with a .364 on-base percentage/.456 slugging
percentage, while being another terrific defensive player.
Evans hit 21 home runs of his own.
But the assault didn’t stop there.
Carl Yastrzemski was
39-years old, but still hit 21 home runs and finished with
a .346 OBP in his DH duties. Third baseman
Butch Hobson
popped 28 home runs. The Red Sox acquired first baseman
Bob Watson in mid-June and hit .337. One only wonders how
much offense this team would have produced, had
Carlton
Fisk not been limited to 91 games.
The pitching was fifth in the American League in ERA, but
they lacked depth and a clear stopper. Mike Torrez was
reliable in taking his turn, logging 252 innings, but his
work was often mediocre, with a 4.49 ERA.
Bob Stanley, a
starter/reliever hybrid, did most of his work out of the
rotation and had a nice 16-win season with a 3.99 ERA.
Dennis Eckersley was the best of the starters, going 17-10
with a 2.99 ERA. Relief pitching was similarly thin. Dick
Drago won 10 games and saved 13, while Tom Burgmeier
finished with a 2.74 ERA. But there weren’t good options
after that.
Spring training ended with
Butch Hobson and
Carlton
Fisk both starting the season on the DL with bad arms.
The season
opener was at Fenway Park on April 5th.
Jim Rice belted a
three-run homer while
Dwight Evans and
Fred Lynn belted solo
shots, in support of
Dennis Eckersley, who allowed only two
hits in a 7 to 1 victory.
In Cleveland
after losing to the Indians in their home opener,
Rice
scored on Jack Brohamer's infield out in the 12th inning,
to give the Sox a 7-6 win on April 8th. Then in Milwaukee
on April 12th,
Yaz slammed out four hits,
including a grandslam homer, in a 12-10 battle that was
put in the Sox win column.
After a
rainout, the Sox played the Indians again at Fenway on
April 15th. Jerry Remy,
Rick Burleson and
Lynn
combined to drive in seven runs and powered the Sox to a
14 to 4 victory. On
April 17th,
Lynn blasted a ninth inning home run
into the right field stands, giving the Red Sox a 6 to 5
walk-off win over the Brewers. It was his sixth homer of the young
season.
RICE, LYNN & EVANS
After losing the next game, the Sox won six of eight in
the mid-April homestand, capping
it off by sweeping the three-time defending AL West
champion Kansas City Royals and scoring 25 runs in the
three games. In the first game of the series, on April
20th,
Yaz
drove in three runs with his 386th career
homers, a single and a double, leading the Sox to a 9 to 2
win.
The next day,
Lynn hit his seventh homer along with homers from
Rice and
Evans in a 10 to 4 romp over the Royals.
In the finale on April 22nd, Torrez walked five of
the first nine batters he faced, but thanks to three
doubleplays in the first three innings, he escaped
unscathed and went on to shutout the Royals, 6 to 0.
The Sox then
started a west coast trip by sweeping the Mariners in
Seattle. On April 24th, Larry Wolfe's sacrifice fly scored
Butch Hobson with the winning run in the 12th inning,
giving the Sox a 4 to 3 victory. In the second game, Jim
Wright retired the first 17 batters he faced and cruised
to a 4 to 1 win. And in the last game,
Bob Stanley
dominated and shutout the Mariners, 2-0.
The Sox then
headed down the coast to Anaheim enjoying a 2 1/2 game
lead in the AL East. But the Angels weren't an easy
pushover like Seattle. The stopped the Sox seven game
winning streak by taking the first two games. But in the
last game, newcomer veteran pitcher, Steve Renko, took a
2-0 no-hitter into the seventh inning, before Don Baylor
broke it up with a double.
Then, after
losing two in Oakland, the Sox finished the road trip with
a skin-of-their-chin, 2 to 1 win. Mike Torrez got out of
two late inning, bases-loaded jams, while
Dwight Evans
homered in the top of the eight. They ended the west coast
trip going 5 and 4 and fell to second place, 1/2 game
behind the Orioles.
They then started the month of May with 10 wins in 16
games, including splitting six with the Yankees and the
Baltimore Orioles.
On May 4th,
Carl Yastrzemski drilled a sixth inning homer into the
right field stands, powering the Sox to a 5 to 3 win over
the Mariners at Fenway. In the next game,
Jim Rice had a
homer and a pair of singles, while
Fred Lynn banged out
his 10th home run, as the Sox blew out the Mariners, 11 to
4.
A six run
first inning, keyed by
Butch Hobson's three-run double off
Nolan Ryan, and a
Rice homer, lifted the Sox to a 9 to
4 victory over the Angels on May 7th. Two days later, on
May 9th,
Yastrzemski's homer in the ninth inning gave the Sox a 9
to 8 walk-off win. The Sox split their series with the
Angels.
Oakland was
next to visit Fenway and were swept in three straight. The
first game, on May 11th,
Yaz and
Hobson had two hits
apiece in an eight-run fourth inning, leading to an 11 to
2 rout of the A's. In the second game,
Jerry Remy had five
hits while
George Scott and
Evans added three
apiece, leading to an 8-2 win. The Sox won the third game
on homers by
Scott and
Hobson that bolstered the three hit
pitching of Chuck Rainey, in another 8 to 2 victory.
The Sox
trailed the Orioles by 1/2 game and then welcomed them in
a four game series. The May 14th game was rained out.
Evans stole second and raced home with the winning
run on Jerry Remy's 10th inning single to give the Sox a 3
to 2 win on May 15th.
Homers by
Rice and
Hobson led the Sox to a 6-2 victory in
the finale, after losing the day before.
The Sox were
1/2 game ahead of Baltimore in the AL East. But next, the
Sox lost 2 of 3 to the Yankees at Fenway.
Then in
Baltimore the Sox could only pull out one win in three
games. They split a two game series in Toronto, lost
2-of-3 in Texas, but one 2-of-3 in Minnesota to start the
month of June. With
a 5-6 road trip, but they were still just one game out of
first place.
What the Sox were up against in 1979 was made crystal
clear in the month of June.
On June 4th,
Rice and
Yastrzemski triggered an eight-run fifth
inning including a grandslam by
Rick Burleson, to crush
the Rangers 13-5. Homers by
Lynn,
Yaz and
Rice led the Sox
to a 9-3 win over the Rangers, the next night.
Then after
losing the first game in the series with the White Sox,
the Sox reeled off five straight wins.
Rice
slugged two homers against the White Sox on June 7th, in a
9 to 2 victory. Singles by
Rice,
Yaz and
Carlton
Fisk in
the eighth inning led the Sox to a 2-1 win over the Twins
on June 8th.
Yaz,
Fisk,
Rice and
Lynn, all slugged homers
in a 17-hit barrage, as the Sox trounced the Twins, 12-6,
on June 9th. On June 10th,
Hobson and
Evans
homered back-to-back and
Dennis Eckersley blanked the
Twins, 5 to 0 on four hits.
The Sox
finished their brief homestand, winning six of their seven
games, but gained no ground in the AL East standings. They
finished just as they started, one game behind the
Orioles.
In Kansas
City, to start a six game road trip,
Bob Stanley pitched
ten shutout inning, beating the Royals, 4 to 0. On June
13th,
George Scott was traded to the Royals for Tom Poquette. They then acquired Bob Watson from the Astros.
They then clobbered the Royals on the field, 11 to 3.
After taking 2-of-3 from the Royals, they lost 2-of-3 in
Chicago and returned to Fenway 2 1/2 games behind
Baltimore.
At Fenway, on
June 18th,
Jim Rice's bases loaded single in the 8th
inning, led the Sox to a 9 to 8 win over the Tigers. Two
days later, on June 20th,
the Sox slugged six homers to crush the Tigers, 13 to 3.
The six home runs were hit by six different players:
Lynn,
Yastrzemski,
Evans,
Hobson, Jim Dwyer and the newly
acquired, Bob Watson.
Against
Toronto, on June 22nd,
Rice's two homers led the Sox to a
12-1 rout. The next night, Watson's 11th inning homer gave
the Sox a 4 to 3 walk-off. The Sox concluded their 6-1
homestand by sweeping the Jays, but couldn't gain any
ground on the Orioles, remaining, as they started, 2 1/2
games behind.
They lost 2
of 3 in Detroit and then went on to face the Yankees at
Yankee Stadium. In the first game on June 29th,
Jerry Remy's single in the 13th inning scored
Burleson with
the go-ahead run in a 3-2 victory. In the next game
Carl Yastrzemski's 399th career homer put the Sox ahead of the
Yankees by another 3-to-2 score and beat
Luis Tiant. But
the Sox then lost the next two games and left New York, 4
1/2 games out of first place.
The Red Sox played terrific baseball and went 20-8, yet
they managed to lose ground to Baltimore at month’s end.
Back in
Boston on July 3rd, the Sox blasted the Royals 10-0,
behind a pair of home runs by Bob Watson.
Evans
supplied the fireworks as he slammed his 100th career
homer, a 2-run shot off Al Hrabosky, with two outs in the
ninth inning, to give the Sox a 6 to 4 walk off win on
July 4th. The Sox swept
the Royals thanks again to Bob Watson, who knocked out
four singles, drove in a run and scored one, in a 5 to 4
win.
The Sox then
took off to play Seattle and after losing the first game,
Lynn clubbed two homers to beat the Mariners, 10 to 8
on July 7th, to pull the Sox to within two games of the
Orioles. The next night it was
Fisk's two homers
that won for the Sox, 8 to 2.
But in
Anaheim, Nolan Ryan shutout the Sox and the Angels pushed
the Sox back to three games behind Baltimore. Then on July
11th,
Lynn went 4-for-4 in a 17-hit assault that gave
the Sox a 9 to 3 win.
The Sox moved
up to Oakland and swept three straight from the A's.
In the first game on July 13th, Steve Renko took a
no-hitter into the ninth inning, but Ricky Henderson broke
up his dream with one out. Renko and the Sox won the game
2-0. In the second game
Hobson hit his 12th
homer and drove in three runs for a 8 to 7 victory. In the
finale, A's miscues gave the Sox a 3 to 2 win. The Sox
stayed two games out going into the All Star break.
Fred Lynn,
Jim Rice,
Bob Stanley,
Rick Burleson and
Carl Yastrzemski
were American League All Stars for the game in Seattle.
Lynn belted a two-run homer off Steve Carlton to put the
AL out front 3-2 in the first inning.
Yaz had two hits and
an RBI, but the NL won the game 7 to 6.
It was clear the Orioles, and not the Yankees, were going
to be the team to beat.
The Sox
opened the second half by hosting the Mariners at Fenway.
In the first game, on July 19th, the Sox coasted to a 7 to
1 win.
Eckersley scattered six hits, while Larry
Wolfe broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning. The win pushed
the Sox to within 1 1/2 games of Baltimore. But that was a
close a the Sox would get, as they
quickly then slipped into mediocrity.
10On the
positive side, Bob Watson's single scored
Lynn with
the winning run in the 10th inning against the Angels for
a 6-5 victory on July 22nd.
Carl Yastrzemski cracked his
400th career homer against the A's on July 24th in a 7-6
win. Then on July 25th the Sox unloaded on the Athletics
for 16 runs.
Rice slugged two home runs and
Fisk added a three run shot in the 16-4 victory. But the
Sox split the homestand, falling 5 games behind the
Orioles.
Then in
Texas, the Sox pulled off a triple play in helping
Eckersley secure a 1-0 win on July 28th. But they lost
3-of-4 games in Cleveland, falling 7 games out. A
terrible tragedy on August 2nd finalized the season for
the Yankees, when catcher and team captain Thurman Munson
died in a plane crash, flying his private plane to his
Ohio home on an off-day. The
Red Sox took three of four in Milwaukee, who would
ultimately win 95 games. On August 5th the Sox took
a doubleheader, as
Fisk knocked out four hits and
knocked in four runs in a 27-hit Sox assault. They blasted
the Brewers 19-5 to sweep a doubleheader.
Lynn's
three-run homer earned
Eckersley (14-5) his sixth
consecutive complete-game victory in the first game. On August 7th, at Fenway Park,
Carlton
Fisk drove in three runs and hot a solo homer in a
12-3 victory over the Indians.
Lynn
also knocked out a homer, his 27th. The Sox lost both
games in a doubleheader the next day, but bounced back
behind
Eckersley's 15th win, for a series split, 3-2.
Yaz tied
the game in the fourth with a base hit and the drove in
the winning run with a sac fly in the sixth inning. On August 10th,
Lynn
cracked his AL leading 31st homer, as the Sox beat the
Brewers, 5 to 4 at Fenway. The Sox next swept three games
from the Minnesota Twins at Fenway. In the first game, on
August 13th,
Hobson belted his 20th homer with two outs in the eighth
inning, to bring the Sox from behind to win 6 to 5. In the second game,
Lynn
slugged two homers and solo shots by
Fisk and
Yastrzemski powered the Sox to a 12-1 win.
Eckersley became the AL's first 16-game winner. In the
third game,
Yaz's two-run eight inning homer snapped a tie
and led the Sox to a 9-5 decision. The Sox remained five
games behind the Orioles.
The Sox closed to within 4 games of the Orioles on August
16th, when Bob Watson knocked out his 150th career homer
and Lynn slammed his league-leading 35th blast in a
7-5 win over the White Sox at Fenway. But that was as
close as the Sox would get.
They split with Chicago and then lost 2-of-3 in Minnesota
and three straight in Kansas City to fall 7 1/2 games
behind.
The Red Sox faced rookie Craig Chamberlain in the Friday
opener at Royals Stadium on August 24th. Chamberlain had made two great
starts to begin his career, and he made another tonight,
beating the Sox, 4-2.
The next day,
Mike Torrez gave up a leadoff home run to Kansas City’s
Willie Wilson. Torrez pitched brilliantly the rest of the
way, but lost a duel to KC’s Dennis Leonard. Wilson kept
it going in the third game, with four hits and a 6-3 loss
completed the sweep.
Those three straight losses in Kansas City were the
beginning of a 3-9 stretch that preceded Baltimore’s
September arrival in Fenway Park. By this time, the Sox
were eleven games out and the fact they dropped three of
four to the Birds barely registered. But on September 12th,
Carl Yastrzemski knocked out his 3000th hit against the
Yankees.
Yaz walked, flied out and grounded out twice
before lining his historic hit to right off Jim Beattie.
He thus became the first player in American League history
to slam 400 homers as well as 3000 hits, joining Hank
Aaron, Willie Mays and Stan Musial in the record book. On
September 15th, after hitting a single in the second, a double in the
fourth, and a triple in the eighth, Bob Watson completed a
natural cycle with a home run in the ninth inning of the
Red Sox' 10-2 victory over Baltimore at Memorial Stadium.
The Sox first baseman became the first modern major
leaguer to hit for the cycle in both leagues, having
accomplished the feat with Houston in 1977.
Baltimore would go on to win 102
games and coasted home to the AL East crown.
The Red Sox still won 91 games, and finished with a better
record than the AL West champion California Angels. By the
standards of today, the Red Sox were a playoff team with
room to spare, but in the tougher world of the 1979 MLB,
they were getting further from October, not closer.
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| GAME LOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DATE | RECORD | PLACE | GB/GF | OPPONENT | SCORE | PITCHER | W/L | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/05/1979 | 0-1 | 1st | - | Cleveland Indians | W | 7-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/06/1979 | 0-1 | 1st | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/07/1979 | 1-1 | 3rd | -1 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 3-0 | Mike Torrez | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/08/1979 | 2-1 | 1st | - | at Cleveland Indians | W | 7-6 | Dick Drago | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/09/1979 | 2-1 | 1st | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/10/1979 | 2-2 | 2nd | -1 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 3-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/11/1979 | 2-2 | 3rd | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/12/1979 | 3-2 | 1st | - | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 12-10 | Dick Drago | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/13/1979 | 3-2 | 2nd | -1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/14/1979 | 3-2 | 2nd | -1 | Cleveland Indians | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/15/1979 | 4-2 | 2nd | -1 | Cleveland Indians | W | 14-4 | Dennis Eckersley | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/16/1979 | 4-3 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 4-3 | Bob Stanley | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/17/1979 | 5-3 | 2nd | -1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 6-5 | Tom Burgmeier | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/18/1979 | 5-4 | 3rd | -1 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | L | 4-1 | Steve Renko | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/19/1979 | 6-4 | 2nd | -1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 5-3 | Chuck Rainey | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/20/1979 | 7-4 | 1st | - | Kansas City Royals | W | 9-2 | Andy Hassler | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/21/1979 | 8-4 | 1st | +1 | Kansas City Royals | W | 10-4 | Bob Stanley | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/22/1979 | 9-4 | 1st | +1 | Kansas City Royals | W | 6-0 | Mike Torrez | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/23/1979 | 9-4 | 1st | +1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/24/1979 | 10-4 | 1st | +1 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 4-3 | Dick Drago | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/25/1979 | 11-4 | 1st | +2 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 4-1 | Jim Wright | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/26/1979 | 12-4 | 1st | +2 1/2 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 2-0 | Bob Stanley | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/27/1979 | 12-5 | 1st | +1 1/2 | at California Angels | L | 8-6 | Andy Hassler | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/28/1979 | 12-6 | 1st | +1 1/2 | at California Angels | L | 5-0 | Chuck Rainey | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/29/1979 | 13-6 | 1st | +1 1/2 | at California Angels | W | 2-0 | Steve Renko | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/30/1979 | 13-7 | 1st | + 1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | L | 5-4 | Dick Drago | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/01/1979 | 13-8 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | L | 7-5 | Bob Stanley | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/02/1979 | 14-8 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 2-1 | Mike Torrez | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/03/1979 | 14-8 | 2nd | -1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/04/1979 | 15-8 | 1st | - | Seattle Mariners | W | 5-3 | Steve Renko | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/05/1979 | 16-8 | 1st | - | Seattle Mariners | W | 11-4 | Dennis Eckersley | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/06/1979 | 16-9 | 2nd | -1 | Seattle Mariners | L | 3-2 | Bill Campbell | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/07/1979 | 17-9 | 1st | - | California Angels | W | 9-4 | Mike Torrez | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/08/1979 | 17-10 | 2nd | -1 | California Angels | L | 10-2 | Chuck Rainey | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/09/1979 | 18-10 | 1st | - | California Angels | W | 9-8 | Bill Campbell | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/10/1979 | 18-11 | 2nd | -1 | California Angels | L | 5-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/11/1979 | 19-11 | 2nd | -1 | Oakland Athletics | W | 11-2 | Bob Stanley | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/12/1979 | 20-11 | 2nd | -1 | Oakland Athletics | W | 8-2 | Mike Torrez | 4-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/13/1979 | 21-11 | 2nd | -1/2 | Oakland Athletics | W | 8-2 | Chuck Rainey | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/14/1979 | 21-11 | 2nd | -1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/15/1979 | 22-11 | 1st | +1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 3-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/16/1979 | 22-12 | 2nd | -1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 10-6 | Andy Hassler | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/17/1979 | 23-12 | 1st | +1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 6-2 | Bob Stanley | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/18/1979 | 23-13 | 2nd | -1/2 | New York Yankees | L | 10-0 | Mike Torrez | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/19/1979 | 24-13 | 2nd | -1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 4-3 | Bill Campbell | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/20/1979 | 24-14 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | New York Yankees | L | 2-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/21/1979 | 24-14 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/22/1979 | 25-14 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 7-5 | Steve Renko | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/1979 | 25-15 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 5-2 | Bob Stanley | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/24/1979 | 25-16 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 5-3 | Mike Torrez | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/25/1979 | 25-16 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/26/1979 | 25-17 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | L | 7-6 | Bill Campbell | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/27/1979 | 26-17 | 2nd | -2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 1-0 | Chuck Rainey | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/28/1979 | 26-18 | 2nd | -2 | at Texas Rangers | L | 5-2 | Steve Renko | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/29/1979 | 26-18 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at Texas Rangers | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/30/1979 | 26-19 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at Texas Rangers | L | 3-2 | Dick Drago | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/31/1979 | 27-19 | 2nd | -2 | at Texas Rangers | W | 3-2 | Dick Drago | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/01/1979 | 28-19 | 2nd | -1 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 5-2 | Bob Stanley | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/02/1979 | 28-20 | 2nd | -2 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 8-2 | Chuck Rainey | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/03/1979 | 29-20 | 2nd | -1 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 8-2 | Steve Renko | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/04/1979 | 30-20 | 2nd | -1 | Texas Rangers | W | 13-5 | Mike Torrez | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/05/1979 | 31-20 | 1st | - | Texas Rangers | W | 9-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 5-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/06/1979 | 31-21 | 2nd | -1 | Chicago White Sox | L | 8-5 | Bob Stanley | 5-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/07/1979 | 32-21 | 2nd | -1 | Chicago White Sox | W | 9-2 | Chuck Rainey | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/08/1979 | 33-21 | 2nd | -1 | Minnesota Twins | W | 2-1 | Bob Stanley | 6-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/09/1979 | 34-21 | 2nd | -1 | Minnesota Twins | W | 12-6 | Mike Torrez | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/10/1979 | 35-21 | 2nd | -1 | Minnesota Twins | W | 5-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 6-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/11/1979 | 36-21 | 2nd | -1 | at Kansas City Royals | W | 4-0 | Bob Stanley | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/12/1979 | 36-22 | 2nd | -1 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 7-6 | Dick Drago | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/13/1979 | 37-22 | 2nd | -1 | at Kansas City Royals | W | 11-3 | Steve Renko | 5-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/1979 | 37-22 | 2nd | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/1979 | 37-23 | 2nd | -2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 8-5 | Mike Torrez | 6-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/1979 | 38-23 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 11-5 | Dennis Eckersley | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/1979 | 38-24 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 6-1 | Chuck Rainey | 4-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/18/1979 | 39-24 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 9-8 | Dick Drago | 5-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/19/1979 | 39-25 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | L | 10-4 | Bob Stanley | 7-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/20/1979 | 40-25 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 13-3 | Mike Torrez | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/21/1979 | 41-25 | 2nd | -3 | Detroit Tigers | W | 3-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 8-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/22/1979 | 42-25 | 2nd | -3 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 12-1 | Chuck Rainey | 5-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/23/1979 | 43-25 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 4-3 | Dick Drago | 6-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/24/1979 | 44-25 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 8-4 | Mike Torrez | 8-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/25/1979 | 44-25 | 2nd | -3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/26/1979 | 44-26 | 2nd | -4 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 8-4 | Bill Campbell | 2-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/27/1979 | 45-26 | 2nd | -4 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 3-1 | Bob Stanley | 8-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/28/1979 | 45-27 | 2nd | -4 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 6-3 | Steve Renko | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/29/1979 | 46-27 | 2nd | -4 1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 3-2 | Dick Drago | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/30/1979 | 47-27 | 2nd | -4 1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 3-2 | Bob Stanley | 9-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/01/1979 | 47-28 | 2nd | -5 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 6-5 | Dennis Eckersley | 8-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/02/1979 | 47-29 | 2nd | -5 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 7-2 | Joel Finch | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/03/1979 | 48-29 | 2nd | -4 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 10-0 | Steve Renko | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/04/1979 | 49-29 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 6-4 | Mike Torrez | 9-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/05/1979 | 50-29 | 2nd | -3 | Kansas City Royals | W | 5-4 | Bob Stanley | 10-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/06/1979 | 50-30 | 2nd | -3 | at Seattle Mariners | L | 5-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 8-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/07/1979 | 51-30 | 2nd | -2 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 10-8 | Tom Burgmeier | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/08/1979 | 52-30 | 2nd | -2 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 8-2 | Steve Renko | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/09/1979 | 52-31 | 2nd | -3 | at California Angels | L | 6-0 | Mike Torrez | 9-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/10/1979 | 52-32 | 2nd | -3 | at California Angels | L | 4-3 | Bob Stanley | 10-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/11/1979 | 53-32 | 2nd | -3 | at California Angels | W | 9-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 9-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/12/1979 | 53-32 | 2nd | -3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/13/1979 | 54-32 | 2nd | -2 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 2-0 | Steve Renko | 8-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/14/1979 | 55-32 | 2nd | -2 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 8-7 | Allen Ripley | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/15/1979 | 56-32 | 2nd | -2 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 3-2 | Bob Stanley | 11-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/16/1979 | All Star Game Break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/17/1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/18/1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/19/1979 | 57-32 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | Seattle Mariners | W | 7-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 10-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/20/1979 | 57-33 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | Seattle Mariners | L | 8-0 | Mike Torrez | 9-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/21/1979 | 57-34 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | Seattle Mariners | L | 13-5 | Steve Renko | 8-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/1979 | 58-34 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | California Angels | W | 6-5 | Bill Campbell | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/23/1979 | 58-35 | 2nd | -4 1/2 | California Angels | L | 9-2 | Joel Finch | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/24/1979 | 59-35 | 2nd | -5 | Oakland Athletics | W | 7-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 11-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/25/1979 | 60-35 | 2nd | -4 | Oakland Athletics | W | 16-4 | Mike Torrez | 10-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/26/1979 | 60-36 | 2nd | -5 | Oakland Athletics | L | 8-6 | Steve Renko | 8-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/27/1979 | 60-37 | 2nd | -6 | at Texas Rangers | L | 11-2 | Bob Stanley | 11-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/28/1979 | 61-37 | 2nd | -5 | at Texas Rangers | W | 1-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 12-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/29/1979 | 62-37 | 2nd | -5 | at Texas Rangers | W | 3-2 | Mike Torrez | 11-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/30/1979 | 62-38 | 2nd | -6 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 6-5 | Tom Burgmeier | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/31/1979 | 62-39 | 2nd | -7 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 11-10 | Bill Campbell | 3-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 62-40 | 2nd | -7 1/2 | L | 3-0 | Joel Finch | 0-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/01/1979 | 63-40 | 2nd | -7 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 7-4 | Dennis Eckersley | 13-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/02/1979 | 64-40 | 2nd | -7 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 10-1 | Mike Torrez | 12-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/03/1979 | 64-41 | 2nd | -8 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 5-3 | Steve Renko | 8-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/04/1979 | 65-41 | 2nd | -8 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 8-6 | Allen Ripley | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/05/1979 | 66-41 | 2nd | -7 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 7-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 14-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67-41 | 2nd | -6 1/2 | W | 19-5 | Win Rimmerswaal | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/06/1979 | 67-41 | 2nd | -6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/07/1979 | 68-41 | 2nd | -5 | Cleveland Indians | W | 12-3 | Mike Torrez | 13-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/08/1979 | 68-42 | 2nd | -5 | Cleveland Indians | L | 6-4 | Bob Stanley | 11-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 68-43 | 2nd | -5 1/2 | L | 8-2 | Steve Renko | 8-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/09/1979 | 69-43 | 2nd | -5 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 3-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 15-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/10/1979 | 70-43 | 2nd | -5 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 5-4 | Dick Drago | 8-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/11/1979 | 70-44 | 2nd | -6 | Milwaukee Brewers | L | 9-6 | Mike Torrez | 13-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/12/1979 | 70-44 | 2nd | -6 | Milwaukee Brewers | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/13/1979 | 71-44 | 2nd | -5 | Minnesota Twins | W | 6-5 | Tom Burgmeier | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/14/1979 | 72-44 | 2nd | -5 | Minnesota Twins | W | 12-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/15/1979 | 73-44 | 2nd | -5 | Minnesota Twins | W | 9-5 | Dick Drago | 9-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/16/1979 | 74-44 | 2nd | -4 | Chicago White Sox | W | 7-5 | Allen Ripley | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/17/1979 | 74-45 | 2nd | -4 | Chicago White Sox | L | 4-1 | Bob Stanley | 11-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/18/1979 | 75-45 | 2nd | -4 | Chicago White Sox | W | 8-2 | Steve Renko | 9-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/19/1979 | 75-46 | 2nd | -4 | Chicago White Sox | L | 3-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/20/1979 | 75-47 | 2nd | -5 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 10-5 | Mike Torrez | 13-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/21/1979 | 75-48 | 2nd | -5 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 7-2 | John Tudor | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/22/1979 | 76-48 | 2nd | -4 1/2 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 9-4 | Bob Stanley | 12-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/23/1979 | 76-48 | 2nd | -5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/24/1979 | 76-49 | 2nd | -5 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 4-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/25/1979 | 76-50 | 2nd | -6 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 1-0 | Mike Torrez | 13-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/26/1979 | 76-51 | 3rd | -7 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 6-3 | Steve Renko | 9-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/27/1979 | 77-51 | 2nd | -7 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 4-3 | Bob Stanley | 13-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/28/1979 | 77-52 | 3rd | -7 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 7-3 | Allen Ripley | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/29/1979 | 77-52 | 2nd | -8 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/30/1979 | 77-53 | 3rd | -9 1/2 | Texas Rangers | L | 6-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/31/1979 | 78-53 | 3rd | -8 1/2 | Texas Rangers | W | 9-6 | Mike Torrez | 14-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/01/1979 | 78-54 | 3rd | -8 1/2 | Texas Rangers | L | 5-4 | Dick Drago | 9-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/02/1979 | 78-55 | 3rd | -9 1/2 | Texas Rangers | L | 7-6 | Dick Drago | 9-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/03/1979 | 78-56 | 3rd | -11 | at New York Yankees | L | 10-6 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/04/1979 | 78-57 | 3rd | -11 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 3-2 | Mike Torrez | 14-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/05/1979 | 79-57 | 3rd | -11 | at New York Yankees | W | 5-0 | Bob Stanley | 14-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/06/1979 | 79-57 | 3rd | -11 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/07/1979 | 79-58 | 3rd | -12 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 2-1 | Chuck Rainey | 5-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/08/1979 | 79-59 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/09/1979 | 79-60 | 3rd | -14 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 16-4 | Mike Torrez | 14-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/10/1979 | 80-60 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 3-2 | Bob Stanley | 15-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/11/1979 | 80-61 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | New York Yankees | L | 8-3 | Tom Burgmeier | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/12/1979 | 81-61 | 3rd | -12 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 9-2 | Chuck Rainey | 6-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/13/1979 | 81-62 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | New York Yankees | L | 10-3 | Mike Torrez | 14-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/14/1979 | 81-63 | 3rd | -14 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 5-3 | Bob Stanley | 15-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/15/1979 | 82-63 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 10-2 | Steve Renko | 10-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/16/1979 | 82-64 | 3rd | -14 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 13-3 | John Tudor | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/17/1979 | 82-65 | 3rd | -15 1/2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | L | 5-4 | Dick Drago | 9-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 83-65 | 3rd | -15 | W | 5-3 | Chuck Rainey | 7-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/18/1979 | 84-65 | 3rd | -14 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 8-3 | Mike Torrez | 15-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/19/1979 | 85-65 | 3rd | -13 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 8-0 | Bob Stanley | 16-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/20/1979 | 85-66 | 3rd | -14 | at Toronto Blue Jays | L | 6-2 | Steve Renko | 10-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/21/1979 | 86-66 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 4-1 | John Tudor | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/22/1979 | 86-66 | 3rd | -13 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/23/1979 | 87-66 | 3rd | -12 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 2-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 17-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 87-67 | 3rd | -13 | L | 3-2 | Mike Torrez | 15-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/24/1979 | 87-67 | 3rd | -13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/25/1979 | 87-68 | 3rd | -13 | Toronto Blue Jays | L | 5-3 | Bob Stanley | 16-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/26/1979 | 88-68 | 3rd | -13 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 6-4 | Chuck Rainey | 8-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/27/1979 | 89-68 | 3rd | -12 1/2 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 6-5 | Dick Drago | 10-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/28/1979 | 90-68 | 3rd | -12 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 7-4 | Mike Torrez | 16-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/29/1979 | 91-68 | 3rd | -11 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 8-5 | Steve Renko | 11-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/30/1979 | 91-69 | 3rd | -11 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 5-1 | Bob Stanley | 16-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 RED SOX BATTING & PITCHING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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