1979 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1979 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1979 in baseball.
1979 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration April 4, 1979 – October 17, 1979
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Don Baylor (CAL)
NL: Willie Stargell (PIT)
        Keith Hernandez (STL)
Postseason
AL champions Baltimore Orioles
NL champions Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series

The 1979 Major League Baseball season.

Regular season standings

American League

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 102 57 0.642 55–24 47–33
Milwaukee Brewers 95 66 0.590 8 52–29 43–37
Boston Red Sox 91 69 0.569 11½ 51–29 40–40
New York Yankees 89 71 0.556 13½ 51–30 38–41
Detroit Tigers 85 76 0.528 18 46–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 81 80 0.503 22 47–34 34–46
Toronto Blue Jays 53 109 0.327 50½ 32–49 21–60
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 88 74 0.543 49–32 39–42
Kansas City Royals 85 77 0.525 3 46–35 39–42
Texas Rangers 83 79 0.512 5 44–37 39–42
Minnesota Twins 82 80 0.506 6 39–42 43–38
Chicago White Sox 73 87 0.456 14 33–46 40–41
Seattle Mariners 67 95 0.414 21 36–45 31–50
Oakland Athletics 54 108 0.333 34 31–50 23–58

National League

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 64 0.605 48–33 50–31
Montreal Expos 95 65 0.594 2 56–25 39–40
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 12 42–39 44–37
Philadelphia Phillies 84 78 0.519 14 43–38 41–40
Chicago Cubs 80 82 0.494 18 45–36 35–46
New York Mets 63 99 0.389 35 28–53 35–46
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 90 71 0.559 48–32 42–39
Houston Astros 89 73 0.549 52–29 37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 79 83 0.488 11½ 46–35 33–48
San Francisco Giants 71 91 0.438 19½ 38–43 33–48
San Diego Padres 68 93 0.422 22 39–42 29–51
Atlanta Braves 66 94 0.412 23½ 34–45 32–49

Postseason

Bracket

  League Championship Series
NBC
World Series
ABC
                 
East  Baltimore 3  
West  California 1  
    AL  Baltimore 3
  NL  Pittsburgh 4
East  Pittsburgh 3
West  Cincinnati 0  

League Championship Series

American League

National League

World Series

Main article: 1979 World Series

Awards and honors

Regular Season Awards

Postseason Awards

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Fred Lynn BOS .333 Keith Hernandez STL .344
HR Gorman Thomas MIL 45 Dave Kingman CHC 48
RBI Don Baylor CAL 139 Dave Winfield SD 118
Wins Mike Flanagan BAL 23 Joe Niekro HOU
Phil Niekro ATL
21
ERA Ron Guidry NYY 2.78 J. R. Richard HOU 2.71
SO Nolan Ryan CAL 223 J. R. Richard HOU 313
SV Mike Marshall MIN 32 Bruce Sutter CHC 37
SB Willie Wilson KC 83 Omar Moreno PIT 77

Events

January–April

May- August

September–December

References

  1. Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.
  2. "Three-Pitch Inning". goldenrankings.com. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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