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26 teams in AL, NL · 2099 regular-season games · 1979-04-04 to 1979-09-30 · attendance 43,550,398

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World Series champion

Pittsburgh Pirates

MVP

Don Baylor AL
Keith Hernandez NL
Willie Stargell NL

Cy Young

Mike Flanagan AL
Bruce Sutter NL

Rookie of the Year

John Castino AL
Alfredo Griffin AL
Rick Sutcliffe NL

All-Star Game

1979-07-17 at Kingdome

Hall of Fame class of 1979

Hack Wilson, Warren Giles, Willie Mays

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0 Cincinnati Reds	3
League Championship	Baltimore Orioles 3–1 California Angels	4
World Series	Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 Baltimore Orioles	7

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	102	57	.642	—	582	1,681,009	Earl Weaver	Pennant Division
2	Milwaukee Brewers	95	66	.590	8	722	1,918,343	George Bamberger
3	Boston Red Sox	91	69	.569	11.5	711	2,353,114	Don Zimmer
4	New York Yankees	89	71	.556	13.5	672	2,537,765	Bob Lemon, Billy Martin
5	Detroit Tigers	85	76	.528	18	738	1,630,929	Les Moss, Dick Tracewski, Sparky Anderson
6	Cleveland Indians	81	80	.503	22	805	1,011,644	Jeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
7	Toronto Blue Jays	53	109	.327	50.5	862	1,431,651	Roy Hartsfield

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	California Angels	88	74	.543	—	768	2,523,575	Jim Fregosi	Division
2	Kansas City Royals	85	77	.525	3	816	2,261,845	Whitey Herzog
3	Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	5	698	1,519,671	Pat Corrales
4	Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	6	725	1,070,521	Gene Mauch
5	Chicago White Sox	73	87	.456	14	748	1,280,702	Don Kessinger, Tony LaRussa
6	Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	21	820	844,447	Darrell Johnson
7	Oakland Athletics	54	108	.333	34	860	306,763	Jim Marshall

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	.605	—	643	1,435,454	Chuck Tanner	World Series Division
2	Montreal Expos	95	65	.594	2	581	2,102,173	Dick Williams
3	St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	12	693	1,627,256	Ken Boyer
4	Philadelphia Phillies	84	78	.519	14	718	2,775,011	Danny Ozark, Dallas Green
5	Chicago Cubs	80	82	.494	18	707	1,648,587	Herman Franks, Joey Amalfitano
6	New York Mets	63	99	.389	35	706	788,905	Joe Torre

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	90	71	.559	—	644	2,356,933	John McNamara	Division
2	Houston Astros	89	73	.549	1.5	582	1,900,312	Bill Virdon
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	.488	11.5	717	2,860,954	Tom Lasorda
4	San Francisco Giants	71	91	.438	19.5	751	1,456,402	Joe Altobelli, Dave Bristol
5	San Diego Padres	68	93	.422	22	681	1,456,967	Roger Craig
6	Atlanta Braves	66	94	.412	23.5	763	769,465	Bobby Cox

Leaders

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NL

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No-hitters

Ken Forsch, Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves, 1979-04-07

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