Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 13

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 2 0
  Wagner ss 1 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 2 0
Morales rf 4 1 1 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 3 1
Parrish c 1 0 1 0
  Putman ph,c 2 0 0 0
Stegman cf 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Brookens 2b 4 0 1 0
Chris p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Garcia ph,ss 1 1 0 0
Ayala lf 3 2 1 2
  Molinaro lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
  Corey rf 1 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 2 1 1
  Chism pr,1b 0 0 0 0
May dh 5 2 2 2
Roenicke cf 3 3 1 1
DeCinces 3b 3 2 3 3
  Krenchicki 3b 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 2 3
Dempsey c 4 0 1 1
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Ford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 13 11 13
Detroit 000 101 0002121
Baltimore 035 221 00x13111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Chris  L (3-3) 2.0 4 5 5 3 1
  Young   0.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Tobik   3.0 4 4 4 1 0
  Underwood   3.0 1 1 1 1 4
Totals
8.0
11
13
12
6
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (13-6) 6.0 10 2 2 1 1
  Stoddard   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Ford   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
5

  E–Wockenfuss (3), Roenicke (6).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 3.  2B–Detroit Morales (23,off McGregor); Wockenfuss (9,off Ford), Baltimore May 2 (15,off Young,off Tobik); DeCinces (27,off Tobik).  HR–Detroit Stegman (3,6th inning off McGregor 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Murray (25,2nd inning off Chris 0 on, 0 out); Ayala (6,5th inning off Tobik 1 on, 1 out); DeCinces (16,6th inning off Underwood 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Roenicke (12,by Young).  SB–Brookens (10,2nd base off McGregor/Dempsey).  HBP–Young (1,Roenicke).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:27.  A–17,205.
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