1979 - 08 - 31 Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers Recap

The 1979 baseball season - On the 31 of 08 1979, the Detroit Tigers attempted to defend their city's honor against the . The Detroit Tigers were coached by , the visitors by . was the umpire. The starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers was and the pitcher for the was .

This database is as complete as possible and includes the visiting team, hometeam, umpire, starting pitching, batting order, stadium played at, attendance, and any additional information you may find useful. If you happen to notice any inconsistencies in the data shown, please let us know (it's a big database, and mistakes happen, especially in the earlier years).

1979 Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics

Game Score Card / Stats

Game Date: 1979/08/31 Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
Played at Tiger Stadium with 18454 people in attendance.

Opponents	123456789	Runs	Hits	Errors
Detroit Tigers	010200000	3	8	0
Oakland Athletics	101011010	4	14	1
Teams	# Pitchers	Starting Pitcher		Manager
Detroit Tigers -	4	Milt Wilcox		Sparky Anderson
Oakland Athletics -	2	Brian Kingman		Jim Marshall
Home Runs in game:
Detroit Tigers -	1
Oakland Athletics -	1
Hometeam Batter	Batting Order		Visiting Team Batter	Batting Order
Lou Whitaker	4		Rickey Henderson	7
Ron LeFlore	10		Dwayne Murphy	8
Steve Kemp	7		Wayne Gross	5
Jason Thompson	3		Dave Revering	3
Champ Summers	9		Mario Guerrero	6
Jerry Morales	8		Mitchell Page	10
Lance Parrish	2		Jeff Newman	2
Aurelio Rodriguez	5		Mike Heath	9
Mark Wagner	6		Rob Picciolo	4
Umpire Name			Umpire Position:
Greg Kosc			Home Plate Umpire
Ted Hendry			First Base Umpire
Fred Spenn			Second Base Umpire
Jim Evans			Third Base Umpire