Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
June 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, San Francisco Giants 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 5 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 2 2 2
Robinson lf 5 2 1 0
Ott c 5 2 3 3
Garner 3b 5 1 5 1
Stennett 2b 3 1 0 1
Candelaria p 3 0 1 2
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 2 2
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 1 2 1
Evans 3b 4 0 2 0
LeMaster ss 3 1 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
Hill c 1 0 0 0
  Sadek pr,c 1 0 0 0
Montefusco p 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Madlock ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Pittsburgh 105 000 0039150
San Francisco 110 002 000483
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (5-6) 6.0 7 4 4 2 1
  Romo  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (1-3) 2.2 8 6 6 2 2
  Roberts   2.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Griffin   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Moffitt   1.0 3 3 2 0 1
  Minton   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
4
5

  E–North 2 (2), Hill (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (17,off Montefusco); Stargell (10,off Montefusco); Ott (9,off Montefusco); Candelaria (2,off Montefusco), San Francisco Andrews (1,off Candelaria).  3B–Pittsburgh Garner (4,off Montefusco).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (12,9th inning off Moffitt 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco North (3,1st inning off Candelaria 0 on, 0 out); Clark (12,6th inning off Candelaria 0 on, 0 out); Herndon (4,6th inning off Candelaria 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Romo (1,off Minton).  SF–Stennett (1,off Minton).  IBB–Stennett (3,by Montefusco).  SB–Garner (4,2nd base off Griffin/Hill).  CS–Moreno (9,2nd base by Griffin/Hill).  WP–Roberts (1).  IBB–Montefusco (1,Stennett).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:51.  A–39,861.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook