The Oakland Athletics got spanked by the Kansas City Royals, 13 to 4, on September 21, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

81-73

13

OAK

Athletics

52-102

4

KCR

OAK

1

0

0

2

5

0

3

4

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

0

1

9

3

2

R

13

4

H

17

9

E

2

0

Top 2nd

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

1

0

Royals

Home run by U L Washington; Clint Hurdle and Frank White scored.

4

0

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; Willie Wilson scored.

5

0

Top 3rd

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

6

0

Royals

Home run by U L Washington; Clint Hurdle and Frank White scored.

9

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Single by Dwayne Murphy; Error by Amos Otis; Rickey Henderson scored.

9

1

Top 7th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Amos Otis scored.

10

1

Bottom 8th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Mike Heath; Dave Revering scored.

10

2

Top 9th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae; Frank White and U L Washington scored.

13

2

Bottom 9th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Rickey Henderson grounded out; Mike Edwards scored.

13

3

Athletics

Double by Larry Murray; Rob Picciolo scored.

13

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 6 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Hal McRae DH 5 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 5
George Brett 3B 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Darrell Porter C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
John Wathan PH,C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle RF 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Frank White 2B 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
U L Washington SS 5 3 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 10
Totals 43 13 17 13 3 6 5 0 0 28

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (W) 8.0 6 2 1 2 6 0
Craig Eaton 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 3 2 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jim Essian PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Murray CF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Revering 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jeff Newman C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Heath RF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Mike Edwards 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Wayne Gross 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rob Picciolo SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 36 4 9 3 0 2 6 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford (L) 1.2 6 5 5 1 0 1
Craig Minetto 5.0 6 5 5 4 4 1
Jim Todd 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Lacey 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 17 13 13 6 5 3

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4

Langeliers

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RBI

9

Langeliers

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AVG

.303

Nevin

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Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

18

Stripling

Ross Stripling

ERA

1.08

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

17

19th

R

56

29th

SO

151

21st

ERA

3.72

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
11 9 .550
Angels Angels
9 10 .474 1.5
Mariners Mariners
9 10 .474 1.5
Athletics Athletics
8 11 .421 2.5
Astros Astros
6 14 .300 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Sat
4/20
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Tue
4/23
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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OAK Athletics

8-11

6

Final

3

STL Cardinals

9-10

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MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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8

Trout

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8

Ozuna

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7

O'Neill

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RBI Leaders

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23

Ozuna

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21

Ward

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20

Jr.

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Batting Average Leaders

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.388

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.377

Arcia

Orlando Arcia

.369

Betts

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Hit Leaders

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31

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

31

Betts

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31

Altuve

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Run Leaders

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22

Betts

Mookie Betts

20

Marte

Ketel Marte

18

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.485

Winker

Jesse Winker

.478

Soto

Juan Soto

.470

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

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.732

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.675

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.667

Busch

Michael Busch

SB Leaders

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9

Turang

Brice Turang

8

Carroll

Corbin Carroll

8

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

3

Miller

Bryce Miller

Strikeout Leaders

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34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

32

Jones

Jared Jones

31

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.68

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.71

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.77

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

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13.25

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

13.06

Greene

Hunter Greene

12.52

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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16.00

Jones

Jared Jones

14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

13.00

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Kirby

George Kirby

2

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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367.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

296.1

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

293

Ohtani

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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277

Betts

Mookie Betts

230

Ohtani

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221

Trout

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MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-5
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM