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1979 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

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Postseason

WorldSeries (4-3):   Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles
LgChampSeries (3-1):   Baltimore Orioles over California Angels
LgChampSeries (3-0):   Pittsburgh Pirates over Cincinnati Reds

MLB Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)
Rk Tm Lg G W L W-L% R RA Rdiff SOS SRS pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 BAL AL 159 102 57 .642 4.8 3.7 1.1 -0.1 1.0 98-61 4 55-24 47-33 11-5 32-20 68-42 34-15 65-46 37-11
2 PIT NL 163 98 64 .605 4.8 3.9 0.8 -0.1 0.8 95-67 3 48-33 50-31 8-10 30-26 63-41 35-23 44-34 54-30
3 MON NL 160 95 65 .594 4.4 3.6 0.8 0.0 0.7 94-66 1 56-25 39-40 12-7 29-26 76-56 19-9 39-39 56-26
4 MIL AL 161 95 66 .590 5.0 4.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 89-72 6 52-29 43-37 9-4 33-26 73-49 22-17 63-49 32-17
5 BOS AL 160 91 69 .569 5.3 4.4 0.8 -0.1 0.8 92-68 -1 51-29 40-40 8-9 28-19 68-50 23-19 60-52 31-17
6 CIN NL 161 90 71 .559 4.5 4.0 0.5 -0.1 0.5 90-71 0 48-32 42-39 5-6 30-30 58-41 32-30 38-28 52-43
7 NYY AL 160 89 71 .556 4.6 4.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 86-74 3 51-30 38-41 11-5 29-26 52-38 37-33 57-54 32-17
8 HOU NL 162 89 73 .549 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 81-81 8 52-29 37-44 7-5 39-27 58-44 31-29 32-34 57-39
9 CAL AL 162 88 74 .543 5.3 4.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 90-72 -2 49-32 39-42 4-4 22-22 61-53 27-21 55-56 33-18
10 STL NL 163 86 76 .531 4.5 4.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 85-77 1 42-39 44-37 10-14 32-26 47-47 39-29 36-42 50-34
11 DET AL 161 85 76 .528 4.8 4.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 84-77 1 46-34 39-42 5-5 22-26 50-42 34-34 53-59 32-17
12 KCR AL 162 85 77 .525 5.3 5.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 84-78 1 46-35 39-42 9-6 34-22 57-55 28-22 52-59 33-18
13 PHI NL 163 84 78 .519 4.2 4.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 77-85 7 43-38 41-40 11-3 31-21 59-60 25-18 33-45 51-33
14 TEX AL 162 83 79 .512 4.6 4.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 86-76 -3 44-37 39-42 5-4 23-30 64-46 19-33 56-55 27-24
15 MIN AL 162 82 80 .506 4.7 4.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 85-77 -3 39-42 43-38 5-7 19-29 59-54 23-26 44-67 38-13
16 CLE AL 161 81 80 .503 4.7 5.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 76-85 5 47-34 34-46 5-6 27-23 60-58 21-22 52-60 29-20
17 CHC NL 162 80 82 .494 4.4 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 81-81 -1 45-36 35-46 6-9 23-23 53-56 27-26 42-54 38-28
18 LAD NL 162 79 83 .488 4.6 4.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 83-79 -4 46-35 33-48 9-7 24-27 55-60 24-23 34-50 45-33
19 CHW AL 160 73 87 .456 4.6 4.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 78-82 -5 33-46 40-41 4-8 18-27 50-52 23-34 52-70 21-17
20 SFG NL 162 71 91 .438 4.1 4.6 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 73-89 -2 38-43 33-48 5-6 21-30 51-71 20-20 42-42 29-49
21 SDP NL 161 68 93 .422 3.7 4.2 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 72-89 -4 39-42 29-51 11-7 29-33 50-64 18-29 28-55 40-38
22 SEA AL 162 67 95 .414 4.4 5.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.6 70-92 -3 36-45 31-50 4-8 23-29 46-69 21-26 46-78 21-17
23 ATL NL 160 66 94 .413 4.2 4.8 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 70-90 -4 34-45 32-49 3-9 23-31 47-65 19-29 29-53 37-41
24 NYM NL 163 63 99 .389 3.6 4.3 -0.7 0.1 -0.6 68-94 -5 28-53 35-46 8-12 24-35 38-69 25-30 30-66 33-33
25 OAK AL 162 54 108 .333 3.5 5.3 -1.8 0.1 -1.6 52-110 2 31-50 23-58 5-6 23-25 35-69 19-39 38-86 16-22
26 TOR AL 162 53 109 .327 3.8 5.3 -1.5 0.1 -1.4 57-105 -4 32-49 21-60 2-10 19-28 35-75 18-34 36-90 17-19
Avg 80 80 .500 4.5 4.5 80-80 43-37 37-43 7-7 26-26 55-54 25-25 44-54 36-25


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