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

WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-CAL / NLCS: PIT-CIN
 1978 ALCS /  1980 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 3, 1979 at Memorial Stadium (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

  Thursday, October 4, 1979 at Memorial Stadium (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

  Friday, October 5, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium (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

  Saturday, October 6, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium (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

Baltimore Orioles Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Mark Belanger 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 101 198 28 33 0 9 5 .167 .490
Al Bumbry 4 16 5 4 0 1 0 0 4 3 .250 .400 .375 .775 2 0 148 569 80 162 7 49 37 .285 .712
Terry Crowley 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 61 63 8 20 1 8 0 .317 .925
Rich Dauer 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 0 142 479 63 123 9 61 0 .257 .660
Doug DeCinces 4 13 4 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 .308 .313 .385 .697 0 0 120 422 67 97 16 61 5 .230 .731
Rick Dempsey 3 10 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 .400 .455 .600 1.055 1 0 124 368 48 88 6 41 0 .239 .658
Mike Flanagan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiko Garcia 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 .273 .385 .273 .657 0 0 126 417 54 103 5 24 11 .247 .665
Pat Kelly 3 11 3 4 0 0 1 4 1 3 .364 .417 .636 1.053 2 0 68 153 25 44 9 25 4 .288 .903
John Lowenstein 4 6 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 .167 .375 .667 1.042 0 0 97 197 33 50 11 34 16 .254 .833
Dennis Martinez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee May 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 0 0 124 456 59 116 19 69 3 .254 .709
Scott McGregor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Murray 4 12 3 5 0 0 1 5 5 2 .417 .588 .667 1.255 0 1 159 606 90 179 25 99 10 .295 .844
Jim Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Roenicke 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 133 376 60 98 25 64 1 .261 .886
Ken Singleton 4 16 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 2 .375 .389 .500 .889 0 0 159 570 93 168 35 111 3 .295 .938
Dave Skaggs 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 63 137 9 34 1 14 0 .248 .642
Billy Smith 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 68 189 18 47 6 33 1 .249 .743
Don Stanhouse 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 133 26 37 5 1 3 25 18 24 .278 .361 .398 .760 5 1 159 5371 757 1401 181 99 .261 .755

California Angels Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Don Aase 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Anderson 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 0 0 96 234 33 58 3 23 3 .248 .648
Mike Barlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Baylor 4 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 .188 .235 .375 .610 0 0 162 628 120 186 36 139 22 .296 .901
Bert Campaneris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *93 248 29 57 0 15 13 .230 .569
Rod Carew 4 17 4 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 .412 .412 .588 1.000 1 1 110 409 78 130 3 44 18 .318 .810
Bobby Clark 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 19 54 8 16 1 5 1 .296 .819
Mark Clear 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Davis 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 43 56 9 14 0 2 1 .250 .621
Brian Downing 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200 .235 .200 .435 0 0 148 509 87 166 12 75 3 .326 .880
Dan Ford 4 17 2 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 .294 .294 .706 1.000 0 0 142 569 100 165 21 101 8 .290 .797
Dave Frost 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Grich 4 13 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .154 .200 .231 .431 0 0 153 534 78 157 30 101 1 .294 .903
Larry Harlow 3 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 .125 .222 .250 .472 0 0 *100 200 27 48 0 15 2 .240 .655
Chris Knapp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 17 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 .294 .333 .294 .627 1 0 157 654 114 188 19 79 20 .287 .764
Dave LaRoche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Miller 4 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 120 427 60 125 2 28 5 .293 .733
John Montague 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *55 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merv Rettenmund 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 35 76 7 20 1 10 1 .263 .688
Nolan Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Tanana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dickie Thon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 56 6 19 0 8 0 .339 .786
Totals 54 137 15 32 7 0 3 14 7 13 .234 .267 .350 .617 2 1 162 5550 866 1563 164 100 .282 .781

Baltimore Orioles Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Mike Flanagan 1 1 5.14 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 1 2 1.000 39 38 3.08 23 9 0 265.2 245 70 190 1.186
Dennis Martinez 1 1 3.24 0 0 0 0 8.1 8 3 0 4 0.960 40 39 3.66 15 16 0 292.1 279 78 132 1.221
Scott McGregor 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 6 0 1 4 0.778 27 23 3.35 13 6 0 174.2 165 23 81 1.076
Jim Palmer 1 1 3.00 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 2 3 1.000 23 22 3.30 10 6 0 155.2 144 43 67 1.201
Don Stanhouse 3 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 3.0 5 2 3 0 2.667 52 0 2.85 7 3 21 72.2 49 51 34 1.376
Totals 7 4 2.97 3 1 0 1 36.1 32 12 7 13 1.073 159 159 3.263 102 57 1434.1 1279 467 786 1.217

California Angels Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Don Aase 2 0 1.80 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 2 6 1.200 37 28 4.81 9 10 2 185.1 200 77 96 1.495
Mike Barlow 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.000 35 0 5.13 1 1 0 86.0 106 30 33 1.581
Mark Clear 1 0 4.76 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 2 3 1.059 52 0 3.63 11 5 14 109.0 87 68 98 1.422
Dave Frost 2 1 18.69 0 1 0 0 4.1 8 9 5 1 3.000 36 33 3.57 16 10 1 239.1 226 77 107 1.266
Chris Knapp 1 1 7.71 0 1 0 0 2.1 5 2 1 0 2.571 20 18 5.51 5 5 0 98.0 109 35 36 1.469
Dave LaRoche 1 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 1 2.250 53 1 5.57 7 11 10 85.2 107 32 59 1.623
John Montague 2 0 9.00 0 1 0 0 4.0 4 4 2 2 1.500 *55 1 5.51 8 4 7 134.0 141 56 66 1.470
Nolan Ryan 1 1 1.29 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 3 8 1.000 34 34 3.60 16 14 0 222.2 169 114 223 1.271
Frank Tanana 1 1 3.60 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 3 1.600 18 17 3.89 7 5 0 90.1 93 25 46 1.306
Totals 12 4 5.80 1 3 0 0 35.2 37 23 18 24 1.542 162 162 4.337 88 74 1436.0 1463 573 820 1.418

WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-CAL / NLCS: PIT-CIN
 1978 ALCS /  1980 ALCS

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