The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 4, on September 16, 1979.

Final

Tigers

80-69

8

Yankees

80-66

4

DET

NYY

1

0

2

0

2

3

1

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

0

7

0

8

1

0

9

0

1

10

0

11

0

12

4

0

R

8

4

H

13

9

E

1

3

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

DET

NYY

Sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles; Error by Lynn Jones; Reggie Jackson scored.

0

1

Jim Spencer hit into fielder's choice; Chris Chambliss scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

DET

NYY

Home run by Dave Stegman.

1

2

Bottom 4th

DET

NYY

Home run by Chris Chambliss.

1

3

Top 5th

DET

NYY

Triple by Jerry Morales; Dave Stegman and Ron LeFlore scored.

3

Top 8th

DET

NYY

Jason Thompson grounded out; Rick Peters scored.

4

3

Bottom 9th

DET

NYY

Home run by Roy White.

4

Top 12th

DET

NYY

Single by Lance Parrish; Error by Lou Piniella; Mark Wagner, Jerry Morales, and Jason Thompson scored.

7

4

Double by Lou Whitaker; Steve Kemp scored.

8

4

Tigers

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Ron LeFlore DH	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0
Alan Trammell SS	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0
Rick Peters PH	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Wagner SS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Morales RF,CF	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
John Wockenfuss 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Thompson PH,1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Lance Parrish C	6	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2
Lynn Jones LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Kemp PH,LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Tom Brookens 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Whitaker PH,2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Mankowski PH,3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Stegman CF	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4
Champ Summers PH,RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Totals	44	8	13	7	1	9	7	5	2	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dave Rozema	4.1	4	3	2	2	0	1
Bruce Robbins	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0
Dave Tobik	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Aurelio Lopez (W)	4.2	2	1	1	1	2	1
Totals	12.0	9	4	3	5	4	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Bobby Murcer CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1
Willie Randolph 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Piniella PH,LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1
Chris Chambliss 1B	5	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	6
Graig Nettles 3B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Spencer DH	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Scott PH	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Fred Stanley SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy White PH	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Bucky Dent SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Gulden C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Narron PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	41	4	9	4	2	5	4	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dave Righetti	5.0	3	3	3	6	3	1
Ron Davis	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rich Gossage (L)	5.1	9	5	4	3	2	0
Totals	12.0	13	8	7	9	7	1

Explore

More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Soto

RBI

20

Soto

AVG

.319

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Weaver

K

29

Gil

ERA

2.70

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

23

15th

R

104

14th

SO

205

14th

ERA

2.95

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	16	8	.667
Orioles	15	8	.652	0.5
Red Sox	13	11	.542	3.0
Blue Jays	13	11	.542	3.0
Rays	12	13	.480	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 4/25	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 4/26	NYY	@	MIL	8:10 PM
Sat 4/27	NYY	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 4/28	NYY	@	MIL	2:10 PM

Last Game

Yankees

16-8

4

Final

3

Athletics

9-15

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Trout

9

Ozuna

7

Cruz

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.351

Kwan

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Altuve

34

Kwan

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

383

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0