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1979 NL Championship Series (3-0): Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64) over Cincinnati Reds (90-71)

 1978 NLCS /  1980 NLCS

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

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1979 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3     5 10  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     2  7  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Candelaria, Romo (8), Tekulve (8), Jackson (10), Robinson (11)
              CIN - Seaver, Hume (9), Tomlin (11)

               WP - Grant Jackson
	       LP - Tom Hume
             SAVE - Don Robinson

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Garner, Stargell
              CIN - Foster

  ATTENDANCE: 55,006

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1979 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0    1     3 11  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0     2  8  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Bibby, Jackson (8), Romo (8), Tekulve (8), Roberts (9), Robinson (9)
              CIN - Pastore, Tomlin (8), Hume (8), Bair (10)

               WP - Don Robinson
	       LP - Doug Bair
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,000

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1979 at 3 Rivers Std (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  8  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  1  2    2  0  0    0  1  x     7  7  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - LaCoss, Norman (2), Leibrandt (4), Soto (5), Tomlin (7), Hume (8)
              PIT - Blyleven

               WP - Bert Blyleven
	       LP - Mike LaCoss
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Bench
              PIT - Madlock, Stargell

  ATTENDANCE: 42,240

Series MVP - Willie Stargell

Series Batting Stats

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Pittsburgh Pirates

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Matt Alexander      1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   7  0  .538 1.230  13
 Jim Bibby           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  45   8  2  .178  .529   0
 Bert Blyleven       1   3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |  70   9  0  .129  .272   0
*John Candelaria     1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  68   9  0  .132  .336   0
*Mike Easler         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  54  15  2  .278  .815   0
 Tim Foli            3  12  1  4  1  0  0   3  0  0  .333  .286  .417  0 |+532 153  1  .288  .670   6
 Phil Garner         3  12  4  5  0  1  1   1  1  0  .417  .462  .833  0 | 549 161 11  .293  .800  17
#Grant Jackson       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   9   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Bill Madlock        3  12  1  3  0  0  1   2  2  0  .250  .357  .500  2 |+560 167 14  .298  .793  32
*John Milner         3   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  0  .000  .182  .000  0 | 326  90 16  .276  .848   3
*Omar Moreno         3  12  3  3  0  1  0   0  2  2  .250  .357  .417  1 | 695 196  8  .282  .714  77
*Ed Ott              3  13  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  .231  .231  .231  0 | 403 110  7  .273  .699   0
*Dave Parker         3  12  2  4  0  0  0   2  2  3  .333  .400  .333  1 | 622 193 25  .310  .906  20
*Dave Roberts        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 10   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Bill Robinson       3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 421 111 24  .264  .806  13
 Don Robinson        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  49  10  0  .204  .454   0
 Enrique Romo        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   2  0  .167  .334   0
*Willie Stargell     3  11  2  5  2  0  2   6  3  2  .455  .571 1.182  0 | 424 119 32  .281  .904   0
 Rennie Stennett     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 319  76  0  .238  .581   1
 Kent Tekulve        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  15   2  0  .133  .321   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 105 15 28  3  2  4  14 13 13  .267  .339  .448  4 |        148  .272  .745 180

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

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

Cincinnati Reds

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Rick Auerbach       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 100  21  1  .210  .644   0
 Doug Bair           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   8   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Johnny Bench        3  12  1  3  0  1  1   1  2  2  .250  .357  .667  0 | 464 128 22  .276  .823   4
#Dave Collins        3  14  0  5  1  0  0   1  0  2  .357  .357  .429  2 | 396 126  3  .318  .766  16
 Dave Concepcion     3  14  1  6  1  0  0   0  0  3  .429  .429  .500  0 | 590 166 16  .281  .763  19
 Hector Cruz         2   5  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .400  0 |+207  47  4  .227  .688   0
*Dan Driessen        3  12  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .083  .154  .083  0 | 515 129 18  .250  .744  11
 George Foster       3  10  1  2  0  0  1   2  4  3  .200  .429  .500  0 | 440 133 30  .302  .947   0
*Cesar Geronimo      2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  5  .143  .143  .143  0 | 356  85  4  .239  .655   1
 Tom Hume            3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  46   8  0  .174  .387   0
 Ray Knight          3  14  0  4  1  0  0   0  0  2  .286  .286  .357  1 | 551 175 10  .318  .814   4
 Mike LaCoss         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  70   9  0  .129  .307   0
 Charlie Leibrandt   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Joe Morgan          3  11  0  0  0  0  0   0  3  1  .000  .214  .000  1 | 436 109  9  .250  .755  28
#Fred Norman         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  59   9  0  .153  .384   0
 Frank Pastore       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  1  0        .500        0 |  25   4  0  .160  .320   0
 Tom Seaver          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  76  12  2  .158  .445   0
 Mario Soto          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   4  0  .571 1.142   0
*Harry Spilman       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  56  12  0  .214  .591   0
*Dave Tomlin         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   1  0  .500 1.000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 107  5 23  4  1  2   5 11 26  .215  .286  .327  4 |        132  .264  .734  99

    * - 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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Pittsburgh Pirates

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bert Blyleven       1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  8  1  0  9 | 12-5  237  3.60  1.39 172   
 Jim Bibby           1   1.29 0-0  0  0  7.0  4  1  4  5 | 12-4  138  2.81  1.14 103   
*John Candelaria     1   2.57 0-0  0  0  7.0  5  2  1  4 | 14-9  207  3.22  1.17 101   
 Kent Tekulve        2   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  1  2  2 | 10-8  134  2.75  1.18  75 31
*Grant Jackson       2   0.00 1-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  1  2 |  8-5   82  2.96  1.24  39 14
 Don Robinson        2   0.00 1-0  1  0  2.0  0  0  1  3 |  8-8  161  3.87  1.39  96   
 Enrique Romo        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  3  0  1  1 | 10-5  129  2.99  1.28 106  5
*Dave Roberts        1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  0  1  0 |+ 5-4   81  2.90  1.48  38  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.48 3-0  1  1 30.3 23  5 11 26 |            3.41 1.290   

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

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

Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Tom Seaver          1   2.25 0-0  0  0  8.0  5  2  2  5 | 16-6  215  3.14  1.15 131   
 Frank Pastore       1   2.57 0-0  0  0  7.0  7  2  3  1 |  6-7   95  4.25  1.31  63  4
 Tom Hume            3   6.75 0-1  0  0  4.0  6  3  0  2 | 10-9  163  2.76  1.20  80 17
*Dave Tomlin         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  0  2  3 |  2-2   58  2.62  1.32  30  1
*Fred Norman         1  18.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  4  1  1 | 11-13 195  3.64  1.28  95   
 Mario Soto          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  0  1 |  3-2   37  5.30  1.69  32   
 Mike LaCoss         1  10.80 0-1  0  0  1.7  1  2  4  0 | 14-8  206  3.50  1.37  73   
 Doug Bair           1   9.00 0-1  0  0  1.0  2  1  1  0 | 11-7   94  4.29  1.53  86 16
*Charlie Leibrandt   1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  0 |  0-0    4  0.00  0.92   1   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.34 0-3  0  0 29.0 28 14 13 13 |            3.58 1.320   

    * - 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 NLCS /  1980 NLCS

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