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TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

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STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

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CHC4

BAL3

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LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

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LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

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ARI2

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BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

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NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

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CHC3

SEA7

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TEX7

ARI6

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CWS7

CLE3

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ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

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SF1

STL2

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COL7

SEA4

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MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

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PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

MIA4

ARI2

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Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Willie Randolph	153	574	155	5	61	33	.270	.742
Chris Chambliss	149	554	155	18	63	3	.280	.761
Graig Nettles	145	521	132	20	73	1	.253	.726
Reggie Jackson	131	465	138	29	89	9	.297	.926
Lou Piniella	130	461	137	11	69	3	.297	.745
Bucky Dent	141	431	99	2	32	0	.230	.572
Thurman Munson	97	382	110	3	39	1	.288	.714
Jim Spencer	106	295	85	23	53	0	.288	.960
Mickey Rivers	74	286	82	3	25	3	.287	.731
Bobby Murcer	74	264	72	8	33	1	.273	.748
Roy White	81	205	44	3	27	2	.215	.578
Juan Beniquez	62	142	36	4	17	3	.254	.693
Jerry Narron	61	123	21	4	18	0	.171	.535
Oscar Gamble	36	113	44	11	32	0	.389	1.187
Fred Stanley	57	100	20	2	14	0	.200	.506
Brad Gulden	40	92	15	0	6	0	.163	.445
Bobby Brown	30	68	17	0	3	2	.250	.595
Cliff Johnson	28	64	17	2	6	0	.266	.813
Jay Johnstone	23	48	10	1	7	1	.208	.532
Darryl Jones	18	47	12	0	6	0	.255	.690
George Scott	16	44	14	1	6	1	.318	.840
Lenny Randle	20	39	7	0	3	0	.179	.417
Damaso Garcia	11	38	10	0	4	2	.263	.552
Brian Doyle	20	32	4	0	5	0	.125	.388
Bruce Robinson	6	12	2	0	2	0	.167	.398
Roy Staiger	4	11	3	0	1	0	.273	.672
Paul Blair	2	5	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Dennis Werth	3	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Ron Davis	44	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Rick Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Beattie	15	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Burris	15	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Clay	32	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Figueroa	16	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	36	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Griffin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Guidry	34	0	0	0	0	0
Don Hood	27	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	19	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy John	37	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	40	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kammeyer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Mirabella	10	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Righetti	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Slagle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Tiant	30	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow	14	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Tommy John	21	9	2.96	37	0	111	1.205
Ron Guidry	18	8	2.78	33	2	201	1.159
Luis Tiant	13	8	3.91	30	0	104	1.242
Catfish Hunter	2	9	5.31	19	0	34	1.543
Ed Figueroa	4	6	4.13	16	0	42	1.376
Ron Davis	14	2	2.85	44	9	43	1.312
Ken Clay	1	7	5.40	32	2	28	1.443
Jim Beattie	3	6	5.21	15	0	32	1.658
Don Hood	3	1	3.07	27	1	22	1.366
Rich Gossage	5	3	2.62	36	18	41	1.149
Jim Kaat	2	3	3.86	40	2	23	1.337
Ray Burris	1	3	6.18	15	0	19	1.807
Dick Tidrow	2	1	7.94	14	2	7	1.853
Dave Righetti	0	1	3.63	3	0	13	1.154
Paul Mirabella	0	4	8.79	10	0	4	1.814
Mike Griffin	0	0	4.15	3	1	5	1.615
Rick Anderson	0	0	3.86	1	0	0	2.143
Roger Slagle	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	.000
Bob Kammeyer	0	0		1	0	0

Schedule (160 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-05	vs ML4	L 1–5
1979-04-07	vs ML4	L 3–4
1979-04-08	vs ML4	W 2–1
1979-04-10	@ BAL	W 7–6
1979-04-11	@ BAL	L 5–6
1979-04-12	@ BAL	W 5–0
1979-04-13	@ CHA	L 2–12
1979-04-14	@ CHA	W 8–5
1979-04-15	@ CHA	W 6–5
1979-04-17	vs BAL	W 5–1
1979-04-18	vs BAL	W 3–1
1979-04-19	vs BAL	L 3–6
1979-04-20	vs TEX	W 5–3
1979-04-21	vs TEX	L 0–5
1979-04-22	vs TEX	W 5–1
1979-04-24	@ OAK	W 3–1
1979-04-25	@ OAK	L 0–1
1979-04-27	@ SEA	L 5–6
1979-04-28	@ SEA	L 2–3
1979-04-29	@ SEA	L 5–6
1979-04-30	@ CAL	L 1–2
1979-05-01	@ CAL	W 12–8
1979-05-02	@ CAL	L 0–1
1979-05-04	vs OAK	L 5–11
1979-05-05	vs OAK	W 5–4
1979-05-06	vs OAK	W 6–5
1979-05-07	vs SEA	L 4–12
1979-05-08	vs SEA	W 5–3
1979-05-09	vs SEA	W 5–0
1979-05-10	vs SEA	W 8–1
1979-05-11	vs CAL	L 1–4
1979-05-12	vs CAL	W 6–5
1979-05-13	vs CAL	W 12–10
1979-05-14	vs DET	L 1–3
1979-05-15	vs DET	W 11–3
1979-05-16	vs DET	W 6–2
1979-05-18	@ BOS	W 10–0
1979-05-19	@ BOS	L 3–4
1979-05-20	@ BOS	W 2–0
1979-05-21	@ DET	L 1–3
1979-05-22	@ DET	W 12–8
1979-05-23	@ DET	L 3–4
1979-05-26	@ CLE	L 4–8
1979-05-27	@ CLE	L 0–5
1979-05-27	@ CLE	W 5–4
1979-05-28	@ ML4	W 2–1
1979-05-29	@ ML4	L 3–7
1979-05-30	@ ML4	W 5–2
1979-05-31	@ ML4	L 4–5
1979-06-01	vs CHA	W 4–0
1979-06-02	vs CHA	L 0–7
1979-06-03	vs CHA	W 3–2
1979-06-04	vs KCA	W 8–3
1979-06-05	vs KCA	L 1–3
1979-06-06	vs MIN	W 3–2
1979-06-07	vs MIN	L 1–4
1979-06-08	@ KCA	W 11–10
1979-06-09	@ KCA	L 8–9
1979-06-10	@ KCA	W 10–4
1979-06-12	@ MIN	W 4–1
1979-06-13	@ MIN	L 7–8
1979-06-14	@ MIN	L 2–4
1979-06-15	@ TEX	L 5–9
1979-06-16	@ TEX	W 3–2
1979-06-17	@ TEX	L 3–6
1979-06-19	vs TOR	L 4–5
1979-06-20	vs TOR	W 2–1
1979-06-20	vs TOR	L 2–3
1979-06-21	vs TOR	W 3–1
1979-06-22	vs CLE	W 3–2
1979-06-23	vs CLE	W 6–5
1979-06-24	vs CLE	W 8–2
1979-06-25	@ TOR	L 1–3
1979-06-26	@ TOR	W 11–2
1979-06-28	@ TOR	W 5–3
1979-06-29	vs BOS	L 2–3
1979-06-30	vs BOS	L 2–3
1979-07-01	vs BOS	W 6–5
1979-07-02	vs BOS	W 7–2
1979-07-03	vs ML4	L 2–7
1979-07-04	vs ML4	W 4–3
1979-07-05	vs ML4	L 0–3
1979-07-06	@ OAK	W 4–3
1979-07-06	@ OAK	W 3–0
1979-07-07	@ OAK	W 8–3
1979-07-08	@ OAK	W 2–0
1979-07-10	@ SEA	L 1–5
1979-07-11	@ SEA	L 1–16
1979-07-12	@ SEA	W 14–2
1979-07-13	@ CAL	L 1–6
1979-07-14	@ CAL	L 7–8
1979-07-15	@ CAL	L 4–5
1979-07-19	vs OAK	W 10–2
1979-07-20	vs OAK	L 1–5
1979-07-21	vs OAK	W 12–4
1979-07-22	vs SEA	W 4–0
1979-07-23	vs SEA	W 6–2
1979-07-24	vs CAL	W 6–5
1979-07-25	vs CAL	L 5–9
1979-07-26	vs CAL	W 2–0
1979-07-27	@ ML4	L 5–6
1979-07-28	@ ML4	L 2–9
1979-07-29	@ ML4	L 3–5
1979-07-30	@ CHA	W 7–2
1979-07-31	@ CHA	W 7–3
1979-08-01	@ CHA	W 9–1
1979-08-03	vs BAL	L 0–1
1979-08-04	vs BAL	L 4–5
1979-08-05	vs BAL	W 3–2
1979-08-06	vs BAL	W 5–4
1979-08-07	vs CHA	L 5–9
1979-08-08	vs CHA	W 4–3
1979-08-09	vs CHA	L 1–5
1979-08-10	@ BAL	L 6–8
1979-08-13	vs TEX	W 3–2
1979-08-14	vs TEX	W 6–5
1979-08-15	vs TEX	W 4–3
1979-08-16	vs MIN	L 1–5
1979-08-17	vs MIN	L 2–5
1979-08-18	vs MIN	W 5–3
1979-08-19	vs MIN	W 4–3
1979-08-20	@ KCA	W 17–4
1979-08-21	@ KCA	W 6–2
1979-08-22	@ KCA	L 1–3
1979-08-24	@ MIN	W 7–5
1979-08-25	@ MIN	L 1–4
1979-08-27	@ TEX	W 7–4
1979-08-28	@ TEX	L 2–10
1979-08-29	@ TEX	W 7–5
1979-08-30	vs KCA	L 3–8
1979-08-31	vs KCA	W 7–3
1979-09-01	vs KCA	L 8–9
1979-09-02	vs KCA	W 6–5
1979-09-03	vs BOS	W 10–6
1979-09-04	vs BOS	W 3–2
1979-09-05	vs BOS	L 0–5
1979-09-06	@ DET	W 3–1
1979-09-07	@ DET	L 0–6
1979-09-08	@ DET	W 5–4
1979-09-09	@ DET	L 1–3
1979-09-11	@ BOS	W 8–3
1979-09-12	@ BOS	L 2–9
1979-09-13	@ BOS	W 10–3
1979-09-15	vs DET	L 3–4
1979-09-15	vs DET	W 7–1
1979-09-16	vs DET	L 4–8
1979-09-17	@ CLE	L 1–5
1979-09-17	@ CLE	L 5–6
1979-09-18	@ CLE	L 3–16
1979-09-19	@ CLE	W 2–0
1979-09-20	@ MIN	L 1–3
1979-09-21	@ TOR	L 2–3
1979-09-22	@ TOR	W 7–4
1979-09-23	@ TOR	W 7–5
1979-09-25	vs CLE	W 7–5
1979-09-26	vs CLE	W 6–3
1979-09-27	vs CLE	W 5–2
1979-09-28	vs TOR	W 7–3
1979-09-29	vs TOR	W 9–4
1979-09-30	vs TOR	W 9–2