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COL2

DET6

LAA3

WSH4

NYM4

NYY6

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TOR4

KC3

BOS2

HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

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DET11

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NYY2

PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

MIN4

LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

ATL12

CWS6

STL5

TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

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Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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DET8

KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

SD6

SF4

Sep 14, 2026Monday

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CIN1

CWS7

CLE3

DET6

TOR5

BAL2

NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

MIN3

SF1

STL2

SD8

COL7

SEA4

LAA6

MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

LAD4

CIN0

ATH1

TB2

CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

PIT1

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
Buddy Bell	162	670	200	18	101	5	.299	.778
Bump Wills	146	543	148	5	46	35	.273	.690
Richie Zisk	144	503	132	18	64	1	.262	.752
Jim Sundberg	150	495	136	5	64	3	.275	.713
Al Oliver	136	492	159	12	76	4	.323	.837
Pat Putnam	139	426	118	18	64	1	.277	.777
Nelson Norman	147	343	76	0	21	4	.222	.525
Billy Sample	128	325	95	5	35	8	.292	.780
John Ellis	111	316	90	12	61	2	.285	.755
Johnny Grubb	102	289	79	10	37	2	.273	.776
Mickey Rivers	58	247	74	6	25	7	.300	.756
Oscar Gamble	64	161	54	8	32	2	.335	.980
Mike Jorgensen	90	157	35	6	16	0	.223	.675
Eric Soderholm	63	147	40	4	19	0	.272	.720
Willie Montanez	38	144	46	8	24	0	.319	.885
Larvell Blanks	68	120	24	1	15	0	.200	.526
Dave Roberts	44	84	22	3	14	1	.262	.736
Gary Gray	16	42	10	0	1	1	.238	.511
LaRue Washington	25	18	5	0	2	2	.278	.687
Greg Mahlberg	7	17	2	1	1	0	.118	.505
Bert Campaneris	8	9	1	0	0	1	.111	.311
Dave Chalk	9	8	2	0	0	0	.250	.500
Gary Holle	5	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.619
Doyle Alexander	23	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Allard	7	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Babcock	4	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Comer	36	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Darwin	20	0	0	0	0	0
Dock Ellis	10	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Farmer	11	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Don Gleaton	5	0	0	0	0	0
Fergie Jenkins	37	0	0	0	0	0
John Henry Johnson	17	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kern	71	0	0	0	0	0
Sparky Lyle	67	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Matlack	13	0	0	0	0	0
Larry McCall	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Medich	29	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Rajsich	27	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Fergie Jenkins	16	14	4.07	37	0	164	1.286
Steve Comer	17	12	3.68	36	0	86	1.296
Doc Medich	10	7	4.17	29	0	58	1.376
Jim Kern	13	5	1.57	71	29	136	1.126
Doyle Alexander	5	7	4.45	23	0	50	1.615
Sparky Lyle	5	8	3.13	67	13	48	1.116
Jon Matlack	5	4	4.13	13	0	35	1.329
John Henry Johnson	2	6	4.92	17	0	46	1.397
Danny Darwin	4	4	4.04	20	0	58	1.026
Dave Rajsich	1	3	3.52	27	0	32	1.379
Dock Ellis	1	5	5.98	10	0	10	1.714
Brian Allard	1	3	4.32	7	0	14	1.470
Ed Farmer	2	0	4.36	11	0	25	1.485
Jerry Don Gleaton	0	1	6.52	5	0	2	1.759
Larry McCall	1	0	2.16	2	0	3	1.200
Bob Babcock	0	0	10.13	4	0	6	2.625

Schedule (162 games)

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