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.

Sports season

1979 MLB season

League| Major League Baseball
Sport| Baseball
Duration| April 4 – October 17, 1979
Number of games| 162
Number of teams| 26
TV partner(s)| ABC, NBC, USA
Draft
Top draft pick| Al Chambers
Picked by| Seattle Mariners
Regular season
Season MVP| AL: Don Baylor (CAL)
NL: Willie Stargell (PIT)
Keith Hernandez (STL)
Postseason
AL champions| Baltimore Orioles
AL runners-up| California Angels
NL champions| Pittsburgh Pirates
NL runners-up| Cincinnati Reds
World Series
Champions| Pittsburgh Pirates
Runners-up| Baltimore Orioles
World Series MVP| Willie Stargell (PIT)
MLB seasons

← 1978

1980 →

Angels

White Sox

Royals

Twins

Athletics

Mariners

Rangers

Orioles

Red
Sox

Indians

Tigers

Brewers

Yankees

Blue
Jays

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Locations of teams for the 1977–1981 American League seasons
West East

Braves

Reds

Astros

Dodgers

Padres

Giants

Cubs

Expos

Mets

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

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Locations of teams for the 1977–1992 National League seasons
West East

The 1979 Major League Baseball season concluded with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the 1979 World Series. None of the post-season teams of 1977 or 1978 returned to this year's postseason.

## Standings

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### American League

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Baltimore Orioles | 102 | 57  | .642  | —  | 55‍–‍24  | 47‍–‍33
Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 66  | .590  | 8  | 52‍–‍29  | 43‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox | 91 | 69  | .569  | 11½  | 51‍–‍29  | 40‍–‍40
New York Yankees | 89 | 71  | .556  | 13½  | 51‍–‍30  | 38‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76  | .528  | 18  | 46‍–‍34  | 39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80  | .503  | 22  | 47‍–‍34  | 34‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays | 53 | 109  | .327  | 50½  | 32‍–‍49  | 21‍–‍60

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AL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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California Angels | 88 | 74  | .543  | —  | 49‍–‍32  | 39‍–‍42
Kansas City Royals | 85 | 77  | .525  | 3  | 46‍–‍35  | 39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79  | .512  | 5  | 44‍–‍37  | 39‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins | 82 | 80  | .506  | 6  | 39‍–‍42  | 43‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox | 73 | 87  | .456  | 14  | 33‍–‍46  | 40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95  | .414  | 21  | 36‍–‍45  | 31‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics | 54 | 108  | .333  | 34  | 31‍–‍50  | 23‍–‍58

### National League

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NL East Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 64  | .605  | —  | 48‍–‍33  | 50‍–‍31
Montreal Expos | 95 | 65  | .594  | 2  | 56‍–‍25  | 39‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76  | .531  | 12  | 42‍–‍39  | 44‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies | 84 | 78  | .519  | 14  | 43‍–‍38  | 41‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs | 80 | 82  | .494  | 18  | 45‍–‍36  | 35‍–‍46
New York Mets | 63 | 99  | .389  | 35  | 28‍–‍53  | 35‍–‍46

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 71  | .559  | —  | 48‍–‍32  | 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros | 89 | 73  | .549  | 1½  | 52‍–‍29  | 37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 83  | .488  | 11½  | 46‍–‍35  | 33‍–‍48
San Francisco Giants | 71 | 91  | .438  | 19½  | 38‍–‍43  | 33‍–‍48
San Diego Padres | 68 | 93  | .422  | 22  | 39‍–‍42  | 29‍–‍51
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 94  | .412  | 23½  | 34‍–‍45  | 32‍–‍49

## Postseason

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Main article: 1979 MLB Postseason

### Bracket

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| League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS) | | | World Series |

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| East | Baltimore | 3 | |
| West | California | 1 |
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| East | Pittsburgh | 3 |

| West | Cincinnati | 0 |

## Umpires

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| American League Umpires

Name | G | HP | 1B | 2B | 3B | LF | RF | Ref
Larry Barnett |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [1]
Homer Bishop |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [2]
Steve Borga |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [3]
Nick Bremigan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [4]
Joe Brinkman |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
Mike Briscese |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [6]
Bud Brown |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [7]
Doug Brown |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [8]
Jeff Brown |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [9]
Bob Campbell |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [10]
Al Clark |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [11]
Dick Clegg |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [12]
Curly Clement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [13]
Alan Contant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [14]
Terry Cooney |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [15]
Doug Cossey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [16]
Derryl Cousins |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [17]
Jim Cuneo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [18]
Dale Davidson |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [19]
Bill Deegan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [20]
Don Denkinger |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [21]
Lou DiMuro |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [22]
Roy Dreke |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [23]
Jim Dunne |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [24]
Harold Easley |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [25]
George Eshelman |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [26]
Jim Evans |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [27]
| National League Umpires

Name | G | HP | 1B | 2B | 3B | LF | RF | Ref
Andy Anderson | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | [28]
Bill Andress | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [29]
John Baird | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [30]
Mike Barston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [31]
Jack Baswell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [32]
Bob Beck | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [33]
Joe Bendekovits | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | [34]
(#28) Fred Brocklander | 149 | 46 | 45 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | [35]
Frank Campagna | 18 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [36]
Dick Cavenaugh | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | [37]
(#1) Nick Colosi | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | [38]
Jack Conn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [39]
Emilien Cote | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [40]
(#2) Jerry Crawford | 112 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | [41]
Jim Cuneo | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | [42]
(#3) Jerry Dale | 110 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 0 | 0 | [43]
(#4) Satch Davidson | 108 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | [44]
Bob Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [45]
(#5) Bob Engel | 111 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | [46]

## Awards and honors

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### Baseball Hall of Fame

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* Warren Giles
* Willie Mays
* Hack Wilson

Further information: 1979 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

### Regular Season Awards

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* Most Valuable Player
* Don Baylor, California Angels, OF (AL)
* Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1B and Keith Hernandez, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B (NL)
* Cy Young Award
* Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles (AL)
* Bruce Sutter, Chicago Cubs (NL)
* Rookie of the Year
* John Castino, Minnesota Twins, 3B and Alfredo Griffin, Toronto Blue Jays, SS (AL)
* Rick Sutcliffe, Los Angeles Dodgers, P (NL)

### Postseason Awards

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* World Series MVP: Willie Stargell
* American League Championship Series MVP: None
* National League Championship Series MVP: Willie Stargell
* All-Star Game, July 17 at the Kingdome: National League, 7–6; Dave Parker, MVP

### Gold Glove Award

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* American League
* Cecil Cooper (1B) Milwaukee Brewers
* Frank White (2B) Kansas City Royals
* Buddy Bell (3B) Texas Rangers
* Rick Burleson (SS) Boston Red Sox
* Dwight Evans (OF) Boston Red Sox
* Fred Lynn (OF) Boston Red Sox
* Sixto Lezcano (OF) Milwaukee Brewers
* Jim Sundberg (C) Texas Rangers
* Jim Palmer (P) Baltimore Orioles
* National League
* Keith Hernandez (1B) St. Louis Cardinals
* Manny Trillo (2B) Philadelphia Phillies
* Mike Schmidt (3B) Philadelphia Phillies
* Dave Concepcion (SS) Cincinnati Reds
* Garry Maddox (OF) Philadelphia Phillies
* Dave Parker (OF) Pittsburgh Pirates
* Dave Winfield (OF) San Diego Padres
* Bob Boone (C) Philadelphia Phillies
* Phil Niekro (P) Atlanta Braves

## Statistical leaders

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Statistic  | American League | National League

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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

## Home field attendance

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Team name  | Wins  | %± | Home attendance  | %± | Per game

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Los Angeles Dodgers[47] | 79  | -16.8%  | 2,860,954  | -14.5%  | 35,320
Philadelphia Phillies[48] | 84  | -6.7%  | 2,775,011  | 7.4%  | 34,259
New York Yankees[49] | 89  | -11.0%  | 2,537,765  | 8.6%  | 31,330
California Angels[50] | 88  | 1.1%  | 2,523,575  | 43.8%  | 31,155
Cincinnati Reds[51] | 90  | -2.2%  | 2,356,933  | -6.9%  | 29,462
Boston Red Sox[52] | 91  | -8.1%  | 2,353,114  | 1.4%  | 29,414
Kansas City Royals[53] | 85  | -7.6%  | 2,261,845  | 0.3%  | 27,924
Montreal Expos[54] | 95  | 25.0%  | 2,102,173  | 47.3%  | 25,953
Milwaukee Brewers[55] | 95  | 2.2%  | 1,918,343  | 19.8%  | 23,683
Houston Astros[56] | 89  | 20.3%  | 1,900,312  | 68.7%  | 23,461
Baltimore Orioles[57] | 102  | 13.3%  | 1,681,009  | 59.8%  | 21,279
Chicago Cubs[58] | 80  | 1.3%  | 1,648,587  | 8.1%  | 20,353
Detroit Tigers[59] | 85  | -1.2%  | 1,630,929  | -4.9%  | 20,387
St. Louis Cardinals[60] | 86  | 24.6%  | 1,627,256  | 27.3%  | 19,845
Texas Rangers[61] | 83  | -4.6%  | 1,519,671  | 5.0%  | 18,761
San Diego Padres[62] | 68  | -19.0%  | 1,456,967  | -12.8%  | 17,987
San Francisco Giants[63] | 71  | -20.2%  | 1,456,402  | -16.3%  | 17,980
Pittsburgh Pirates[64] | 98  | 11.4%  | 1,435,454  | 48.9%  | 17,722
Toronto Blue Jays[65] | 53  | -10.2%  | 1,431,651  | -8.4%  | 17,675
Chicago White Sox[66] | 73  | 2.8%  | 1,280,702  | -14.1%  | 16,211
Minnesota Twins[67] | 82  | 12.3%  | 1,070,521  | 35.9%  | 13,216
Cleveland Indians[68] | 81  | 17.4%  | 1,011,644  | 26.4%  | 12,489
Seattle Mariners[69] | 67  | 19.6%  | 844,447  | -3.8%  | 10,425
New York Mets[70] | 63  | -4.5%  | 788,905  | -21.7%  | 9,621
Atlanta Braves[71] | 66  | -4.3%  | 769,465  | -14.9%  | 9,740
Oakland Athletics[72] | 54  | -21.7%  | 306,763  | -41.8%  | 3,787

## Events

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### January–April

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* January 23 – Willie Mays receives 409 of 432 votes in the Baseball Writers' Association of America election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.
* February 3 – The Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to the California Angels for Ken Landreaux, Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell and Brad Havens. His first season with the Angels, he helps his new team reach the post season for the first time, batting over .300 for the next five seasons, and being selected for the next six American League All-Star teams.
* March 7 – The Special Veterans Committee selects Warren Giles and Hack Wilson for the Hall of Fame.
* April – The 1979 Major League umpires strike begins with all umpires walking the picket lines, except two umpires (one from each league) who worked Opening Day with replacement and amateur umpires before leaving for the picket lines.
* April 7 – The Houston Astros' Ken Forsch pitches a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves in a 6–0 victory. At that time, it marks the earliest calendar date for a no-hitter in major league history, which stands until Hideo Nomo's no-hitter on April 4, 2001.[73] This also makes him and Bob Forsch, who hurled a no-hitter in 1978, the first brothers in major league history to both pitch no-hit games during their careers.
* April 10 – Houston Astros pitcher J. R. Richard fires six wild pitches in a game.[74]

### May–August

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* May 15 – The 1979 Major League umpires strike is settled effective May 18. The umpires gain pay raises and additional vacation time by the addition of another crew, but eight minor league umpires who worked during the strike are promoted to the Major Leagues, causing dissention and ostracizing of the replacements whom the regular umpires referred to as "scabs".
* May 17 – Dave Kingman of the Chicago Cubs hits three home runs and Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hits two, the second of which proves to be the game winner in the tenth inning, as the Phillies beat the Cubs 23–22 at Wrigley Field. Bill Buckner had a grand slam and seven RBIs for Chicago. The game included a then Major League record 11 home runs and 50 hits.
* May 28 – Texas Rangers first baseman Mike Jorgensen is hit in the head by a pitch from Boston Red Sox pitcher Andy Hassler. Dave Roberts comes into the game to pinch run for Jorgensen, and Pat Putnam takes over as the Rangers' regular first baseman for the next month. Aside from a pinch-hit appearance on May 31, Jorgensen does not play again until July 1. After suffering headaches, it is discovered he has a small blood clot inside his head, which apparently caused a seizure and could have resulted in his early demise.
* June 8 – The Kansas City Royals use their fourth overall pick to draft Dan Marino. In the seventeenth round, they select Stanford's John Elway. Neither player would sign with the Royals, though they would go on to record-breaking careers in the National Football League.
* June 12 – The Detroit Tigers hire Sparky Anderson as their new manager.
* June 24 – In a 5–1 loss to the Rangers, Rickey Henderson debuts for the Oakland Athletics. He singles and doubles; the first of his over 3,000 career hits, and steals the first of his over 1,400 bases.
* July 12 – The Detroit Tigers win the first game of a scheduled doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, 4–1, on Disco Demolition Night at Chicago's Comiskey Park. Thousands of young fans swarm onto the field between the games, damaging the field and causing mayhem throughout the stadium. The White Sox are forced to forfeit the second game.
* July 17 – The National League wins its eighth straight All-Star Game, 7–6, at Seattle. Lee Mazzilli hits a home run to tie the game in the eighth, and walks in the ninth to bring in the winning run. Dave Parker, with two outstanding throws, is named the MVP, and Pete Rose plays a record five All-Star positions.
* July 24 – Boston's Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th home run off Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Morgan in the 7th inning of the Red Sox's 7–3 win over the Athletics at Boston's Fenway Park.
* August 2 – The Chicago White Sox announce that Don Kessinger has been fired as manager, and that he will be replaced by rookie manager Tony La Russa.
* August 3 – Over 51,000 mourners attend a memorial service for New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium, who was killed the day before in a plane crash.
* August 5 – Fred Lynn hits his 100th career home run, helping the Red Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers 7–2.
* August 6 – The entire New York Yankee team flies to Canton, Ohio for captain Thurman Munson's funeral. Hours later, the team returns to New York City and defeats the Baltimore Orioles 5–4 at Yankee Stadium, before a national viewing audience on ABC's Monday Night Baseball. Bobby Murcer, one of Munson's best friends, drives in all five Yankee runs with a three-run home run in the seventh inning and a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth.
* August 13 – The St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock slashes his 3,000th hit off the hand of Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp in a 3–2 Cardinals win at Busch Memorial Stadium.
* August 29 – In his first pitching appearance in the Major Leagues in his 11-year career, Kansas City Royals utility player Jerry Terrell entered the game in relief against the New York Yankees and got three outs on just three pitches in the ninth inning of a 17–3 loss.[75]

### September–December

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* September 12 – Carl Yastrzemski records his 3000th career hit with a single off of New York Yankees' pitcher Jim Beattie.
* September 15 – As part of a 10–2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the Red Sox's Bob Watson hits for the cycle. Having done it for the Houston Astros on June 24, 1977, he is the first player to do this in both leagues.
* September 17 – George Brett hits his 20th triple of the season. He is the first player since Willie Mays in 1957 to join the 20–20–20 club.
* September 23 – Lou Brock steals the 938th base of his career, breaking Billy Hamilton's all-time National League record. Brock's St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Mets 7–4 in ten innings.
* September 24 – Pete Rose collects his 200th hit of the season, giving him ten seasons with at least 200 hits. This breaks the record set by Ty Cobb.
* September 28 – Garry Templeton of the St. Louis Cardinals collects his 100th hit of the season while batting right-handed. Having already collected 100 hits while batting left-handed, Templeton is the first player in history to accomplish this. He had batted right-handed, exclusively, for the last week of the season to get the needed hits.
* October 17 – In Game Seven of the World Series, Willie Stargell hits his third home run of the Series to send the Pittsburgh Pirates to their third straight win over the Baltimore Orioles, to win the World Series Championship. Stargell wins Series MVP honors. The Pirates came back from a deficit of 3 games-to-1.
* November 13 – For the first time ever, there will be League co-MVPs as Keith Hernandez of the St. Louis Cardinals shares the National League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award with Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stargell is the oldest person to win this award (since broken by Barry Bonds in 2004). The Pirates have thus won (or shared) all four "Most Valuable Player" awards for the season (All-Star Game, National League Championship Series, World Series, and National League regular season). This is the first such sweep in Major League history (Stargell had won the awards for the NLCS, World Series, and National League regular season, while teammate Dave Parker won the All-Star Game award).
* November 26 – Third baseman John Castino, who batted .285 for the Minnesota Twins, and shortstop Alfredo Griffin, who hit .287 for the Toronto Blue Jays, tie for the American League Rookie of the Year Award, each receiving seven of the 28 votes. The deadlock precipitates a change in the voting system, effective in 1980.
* November 28 – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, who posted a 17–10 record with a 3.46 ERA for a sub-.500 team, receives 20 of 24 votes to earn the National League Rookie of the Year honors. Right fielders Jeffrey Leonard of the Houston Astros (3) and Scot Thompson of the Chicago Cubs (1) receive the other votes.

## Television coverage

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Twenty-two teams (all but the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals) signed a one-year cable deal with United Artists Television and Columbia Pictures Television, then-owners of the USA Network.[76] The deal involved the airing of Thursday Night Baseball[77] in markets at least 50 miles (80 km) from a major league park.[78] The deal earned Major League Baseball less than $500,000, but led to a new two-year contract for 40–45 games per season.[79][80]

ABC aired Monday Night Baseball and the World Series. NBC televised the weekend Game of the Week, the All-Star Game, and both League Championship Series.

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## External links

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* 1979 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

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| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Milwaukee
* New York
* Toronto

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
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* 1979 MLB draft
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| Beginnings|

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Competition|

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NL monopoly|

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World War II|

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* 2023
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See also|

* Major League Baseball schedule
* Major League Baseball

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World Series

* American League Championship Series
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* Baltimore Orioles
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| East|

* Baltimore Orioles
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* New York Yankees
* Tampa Bay Rays
* Toronto Blue Jays

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Central|

* Chicago White Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Detroit Tigers
* Kansas City Royals
* Minnesota Twins

West|

* Houston Astros
* Los Angeles Angels
* Oakland Athletics
* Seattle Mariners
* Texas Rangers

National League|

| East|

* Atlanta Braves
* Miami Marlins
* New York Mets
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Washington Nationals

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Central|

* Chicago Cubs
* Cincinnati Reds
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* St. Louis Cardinals

West|

* Arizona Diamondbacks
* Colorado Rockies
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants

| Schedule|

* Spring training
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* Players Weekend
* World Baseball Classic

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* World Series
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Business|

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Miscellaneous|

* Instant replay
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History|

* History
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| Predecessors|

* National Association
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* Players' League
* Federal League
* Major Negro leagues
* Negro National League (I)
* Eastern Colored League
* American Negro League
* East–West League
* Negro Southern League
* Negro National League (II)
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