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Events of Tuesday, September 18, 1979

Events of Tuesday, September 18, 1979
9-17-1979 9-19-1979 9-18-1978 9-18-1980
ATL N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
LA N 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 x - 6 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Reuss (7-13)
LP: Solomon (6-13)
HR: Horner (28)
PIT N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 10 2
MON N 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Jackson (8-4)
LP: Murray (4-9)
SV: Roberts (4)
HR: Stargell (29)
CHI N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 (1)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Reuschel (18-10)
LP: Pacella (0-1)
SV: Sutter (36)
CHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 2 (2)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Tidrow (11-4)
LP: Allen (4-10)
SV: Sutter (37)
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
SD N 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 x - 4 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Rasmussen (5-9)
LP: Williams (4-6)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0
SF N 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 x - 3 8 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Whitson (7-10)
LP: Pastore (4-7)
SV: Minton (3)
HR: Bench (21)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 0
STL N 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: McGraw (4-3)
LP: O'Brien (1-1)
MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Kravec (13-13)
LP: Goltz (14-12)
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 6 2
CLE A 3 0 1 8 3 0 0 1 x - 16 16 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Paxton (8-7)
LP: Mirabella (0-4)
HR: Gamble (14), Harrah 2 (19), Johnson 2 (15), Cox (4)
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1
DET A 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 2 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Petry (6-5)
LP: Flanagan (22-8)
SV: Lopez (20)
HR: DeCinces (15), LeFlore (6)
CAL A 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 8 1
KC A 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 13 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Frost (15-9)
LP: Gale (9-10)
SV: Montague (7)
TEX A 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 - 9 13 0
OAK A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 10 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Jenkins (15-13)
LP: McCatty (11-10)
HR: Revering (18)
MIL A 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 - 7 9 1
SEA A 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Augustine (7-6)
LP: Rawley (5-8)
SV: Castro (6)
HR: Gantner (2), Bochte (15)
BOS A 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 - 8 10 2
TOR A 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Torrez (15-12)
LP: Huffman (6-16)
HR: Evans (20)
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Standings At Close of Play of September 18, 1979
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Pittsburgh Pirates 149 90 58 1 .608 - 697 592
Montreal Expos 146 87 59 0 .596 2.0 644 523
St. Louis Cardinals 149 78 70 1 .527 12.0 663 633
Philadelphia Phillies 151 78 72 1 .520 13.0 633 659
Chicago Cubs 149 76 73 0 .510 14.5 667 652
New York Mets 148 56 91 1 .381 33.5 536 640
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cincinnati Reds 151 85 66 0 .563 - 699 609
Houston Astros 150 83 67 0 .553 1.5 535 535
Los Angeles Dodgers 151 73 78 0 .483 12.0 685 678
San Francisco Giants 152 68 84 0 .447 17.5 646 696
San Diego Padres 151 63 88 0 .417 22.0 558 641
Atlanta Braves 149 59 90 0 .396 25.0 620 725
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Baltimore Orioles 149 98 51 0 .658 - 705 537
Milwaukee Brewers 151 89 62 0 .589 10.0 746 671
Boston Red Sox 149 84 65 0 .564 14.0 792 672
New York Yankees 149 80 69 0 .537 18.0 672 638
Detroit Tigers 151 81 70 0 .536 18.0 734 691
Cleveland Indians 151 77 74 0 .510 22.0 722 756
Toronto Blue Jays 151 50 101 0 .331 49.0 572 796
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
California Angels 151 82 69 0 .543 - 819 727
Kansas City Royals 151 79 72 0 .523 3.0 790 776
Minnesota Twins 151 78 73 0 .517 4.0 721 665
Texas Rangers 152 76 76 0 .500 6.5 706 662
Chicago White Sox 150 66 84 0 .440 15.5 680 709
Seattle Mariners 152 63 89 0 .414 19.5 661 768
Oakland Athletics 152 52 100 0 .342 30.5 544 796
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Kevin Thompson
Billy Traber
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
NY A Rick Anderson (25)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
SEA A Roy Branch (26)
NY A Bob Kammeyer (28)
Deaths on This Date
Isaac Lane (90)
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Transactions
Texas Rangers traded Ed Lynch to New York Mets as part of trade in which New York
Mets traded Willie Montanez to Texas Rangers in exchange for 2 players to be named
later (August 12, 1979); New York Mets received Mike Jorgensen (October 23, 1979).
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