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AL · 85–77 (.525) · Rank 2 · Attendance 2261845

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
George Brett	154	645	212	23	107	17	.329	.939
Willie Wilson	154	588	185	6	49	83	.315	.771
Amos Otis	151	577	170	18	90	30	.295	.813
Darrell Porter	157	533	155	20	112	3	.291	.905
Al Cowens	136	516	152	9	73	10	.295	.754
Frank White	127	467	124	10	48	28	.266	.703
Pete LaCock	132	408	113	3	56	2	.277	.714
Hal McRae	101	393	113	10	74	5	.288	.817
Freddie Patek	106	306	77	1	37	11	.252	.610
U. L. Washington	101	268	68	2	25	10	.254	.657
John Wathan	90	199	41	2	28	2	.206	.529
Clint Hurdle	59	171	41	3	30	0	.240	.729
George Scott	44	146	39	1	20	1	.267	.699
Todd Cruz	55	118	24	2	15	0	.203	.538
Steve Braun	58	116	31	4	10	0	.267	.772
Jamie Quirk	51	79	24	1	11	0	.304	.796
Jerry Terrell	31	40	12	1	2	1	.300	.767
Tom Poquette	21	26	5	0	3	0	.192	.406
Jim Nettles	11	23	2	0	1	0	.087	.279
Joe Zdeb	15	23	4	0	0	1	.174	.544
Jim Gaudet	3	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.334
German Barranca	5	5	3	0	0	3	.600	1.400
Steve Busby	22	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Chamberlain	10	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Christenson	6	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Eaton	5	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gale	34	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Gura	39	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hrabosky	58	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Leonard	32	0	0	0	0	0
Renie Martin	25	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	30	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Paschall	7	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Pattin	31	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Quisenberry	32	0	0	0	0	0
Eduardo Rodriguez	29	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff	36	0	0	0	0	0
George Throop	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Paul Splittorff	15	17	4.24	36	0	77	1.354
Dennis Leonard	14	12	4.08	32	0	126	1.195
Larry Gura	13	12	4.47	39	0	85	1.280
Rich Gale	9	10	5.65	34	0	103	1.629
Steve Busby	6	6	3.63	22	0	45	1.431
Marty Pattin	5	2	4.58	31	3	41	1.378
Eduardo Rodriguez	4	1	4.84	29	2	26	1.520
Craig Chamberlain	4	4	3.75	10	0	30	1.234
Al Hrabosky	9	4	3.74	58	11	39	1.662
Steve Mingori	3	3	5.79	30	1	18	1.843
Dan Quisenberry	3	2	3.15	32	5	13	1.225
Renie Martin	0	3	5.19	25	5	25	1.327
Bill Paschall	0	1	6.59	7	0	3	1.683
Gary Christenson	0	0	3.38	6	0	4	1.125
Craig Eaton	0	0	2.70	5	0	4	1.100
George Throop	0	0	13.50	4	0	1	4.500
Jerry Terrell	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	.000

Schedule (162 games)

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