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1979 AL Championship Series (3-1): Baltimore Orioles (102-57) over California Angels (88-74)

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WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-CAL / NLCS: PIT-CIN
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1979 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    California Angels            1  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0    0     3  7  1
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0    3     6  6  0

    PITCHERS: CAL - Ryan, Montague (8)
              BAL - Palmer, Stanhouse (10)

               WP - Don Stanhouse
	       LP - John Montague
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CAL - Ford
              BAL - Lowenstein

  ATTENDANCE: 52,787

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1979 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    California Angels            1  0  0    0  0  1    1  3  2     8 10  1
    Baltimore Orioles            4  4  1    0  0  0    0  0  x     9 11  1

    PITCHERS: CAL - Frost, Clear (2), Aase (8)
              BAL - Flanagan, Stanhouse (8)

               WP - Mike Flanagan
	       LP - Dave Frost
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CAL - Ford
              BAL - Murray

  ATTENDANCE: 52,108

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1979 at Angel Stad (California Angels)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  0     3  8  3
    California Angels            1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Martinez, Stanhouse (9)
              CAL - Tanana, Aase (6)

               WP - Don Aase
	       LP - Don Stanhouse
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              CAL - Baylor

  ATTENDANCE: 43,199

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1979 at Angel Stad (California Angels)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  2    1  0  0    5  0  0     8 12  1
    California Angels            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - McGregor
              CAL - Knapp, LaRoche (3), Frost (4), Montague (7), Barlow (9)

               WP - Scott McGregor
	       LP - Chris Knapp
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Kelly
              CAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,199

Series Batting Stats

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Baltimore Orioles

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Mark Belanger       3   5  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 198  33  0  .167  .490   5
*Al Bumbry           4  16  5  4  0  1  0   0  4  3  .250  .400  .375  2 | 569 162  7  .285  .712  37
*Terry Crowley       2   2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  63  20  1  .317  .925   0
 Rich Dauer          4  11  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .182  .182  .182  0 | 479 123  9  .257  .660   0
 Doug DeCinces       4  13  4  4  1  0  0   3  1  1  .308  .313  .385  0 | 422  97 16  .230  .730   5
 Rick Dempsey        3  10  3  4  2  0  0   2  1  0  .400  .455  .600  1 | 368  88  6  .239  .658   0
*Mike Flanagan       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Kiko Garcia         3  11  1  3  0  0  0   2  2  4  .273  .385  .273  0 | 417 103  5  .247  .665  11
*Pat Kelly           3  11  3  4  0  0  1   4  1  3  .364  .417  .636  2 | 153  44  9  .288  .903   4
*John Lowenstein     4   6  2  1  0  0  1   3  2  2  .167  .375  .667  0 | 197  50 11  .254  .833  16
 Dennis Martinez     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Lee May             2   7  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  3  .143  .250  .143  0 | 456 116 19  .254  .709   3
#Scott McGregor      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Eddie Murray        4  12  3  5  0  0  1   5  5  2  .417  .588  .667  0 | 606 179 25  .295  .844  10
 Jim Palmer          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Gary Roenicke       2   5  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .200  .333  .200  0 | 376  98 25  .261  .886   1
#Ken Singleton       4  16  4  6  2  0  0   2  1  2  .375  .389  .500  0 | 570 168 35  .295  .938   3
 Dave Skaggs         1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 137  34  1  .248  .641   0
#Billy Smith         1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 189  47  6  .249  .743   1
 Don Stanhouse       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 133 26 37  5  1  3  25 18 24  .278  .361  .398  5 |        181  .261  .755  99

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

California Angels

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Don Aase            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jim Anderson        4  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .091  .091  .091  0 | 234  58  3  .248  .648   3
*Mike Barlow         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Don Baylor          4  16  2  3  0  0  1   2  1  2  .188  .235  .375  0 | 628 186 36  .296  .901  22
 Bert Campaneris     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+248  57  0  .230  .568  13
*Rod Carew           4  17  4  7  3  0  0   1  0  0  .412  .412  .588  1 | 409 130  3  .318  .810  18
 Bobby Clark         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  54  16  1  .296  .819   1
 Mark Clear          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Willie Davis        2   2  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  56  14  0  .250  .621   1
 Brian Downing       4  15  1  3  0  0  0   1  1  1  .200  .235  .200  0 | 509 166 12  .326  .880   3
 Dan Ford            4  17  2  5  1  0  2   4  0  0  .294  .294  .706  0 | 569 165 21  .290  .797   8
 Dave Frost          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bobby Grich         4  13  0  2  1  0  0   2  1  1  .154  .200  .231  0 | 534 157 30  .294  .902   1
*Larry Harlow        3   8  0  1  1  0  0   1  1  2  .125  .222  .250  0 |+200  48  0  .240  .655   2
 Chris Knapp         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Carney Lansford     4  17  2  5  0  0  0   3  1  2  .294  .333  .294  1 | 654 188 19  .287  .765  20
*Dave LaRoche        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Rick Miller         4  16  2  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 427 125  2  .293  .732   5
 John Montague       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
 Merv Rettenmund     2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  1  .000  .500  .000  0 |  76  20  1  .263  .689   1
 Nolan Ryan          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Frank Tanana        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dickie Thon         1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  56  19  0  .339  .786   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 137 15 32  7  0  3  14  7 13  .234  .267  .350  2 |        164  .282  .780 100

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Baltimore Orioles

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Scott McGregor      1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  6  0  1  4 | 13-6  175  3.35  1.08  81   
 Jim Palmer          1   3.00 0-0  0  0  9.0  7  3  2  3 | 10-6  156  3.30  1.20  67   
 Dennis Martinez     1   3.24 0-0  0  0  8.3  8  3  0  4 | 15-16 292  3.66  1.22 132   
*Mike Flanagan       1   5.14 1-0  0  0  7.0  6  4  1  2 | 23-9  266  3.08  1.19 190   
 Don Stanhouse       3   6.00 1-1  0  0  3.0  5  2  3  0 |  7-3   73  2.85  1.38  34 21
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.97 3-1  0  1 36.3 32 12  7 13 |            3.26 1.220   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

California Angels

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Nolan Ryan          1   1.29 0-0  0  0  7.0  4  1  3  8 | 16-14 223  3.60  1.27 223   
 Mark Clear          1   4.76 0-0  0  0  5.7  4  3  2  3 | 11-5  109  3.63  1.42  98 14
*Frank Tanana        1   3.60 0-0  0  0  5.0  6  2  2  3 |  7-5   90  3.89  1.31  46   
 Don Aase            2   1.80 1-0  0  0  5.0  4  1  2  6 |  9-10 185  4.81  1.49  96  2
 Dave Frost          2  18.69 0-1  0  0  4.3  8  9  5  1 | 16-10 239  3.57  1.27 107  1
 John Montague       2   9.00 0-1  0  0  4.0  4  4  2  2 |+ 8-4  134  5.51  1.47  66  7
 Chris Knapp         1   7.71 0-1  0  0  2.3  5  2  1  0 |  5-5   98  5.51  1.47  36   
*Dave LaRoche        1   6.75 0-0  0  0  1.3  2  1  1  1 |  7-11  86  5.57  1.62  59 10
 Mike Barlow         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  0 |  1-1   86  5.13  1.58  33   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.80 1-3  0  0 35.7 37 23 18 24 |            4.34 1.420   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-CAL / NLCS: PIT-CIN

 1978 ALCS /  1980 ALCS

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