1979 Minnesota Twins
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Team Won/Loss Splits
Split W L SV WPct R RA H HA E EA Attendance
Overall 81 79 34 .506 712 678 1504 1462 115 110 3,885,201
Home 39 41 18 .488 314 365 694 753 60 44 1,992,459
Away 42 38 16 .525 398 313 810 709 55 66 1,892,742
Extra Innings 9 9 1 .500 63 63 190 197 16 17 456,138
Interleague 41 31 15 .569 334 280 682 643 57 51 1,753,839
1-Run Games 28 31 14 .475 221 224 560 533 50 35 1,470,125
Blowout Games (5+ Runs) 24 14 2 .632 229 171 400 345 24 39 899,668
Month Splits W L SV WPct R RA H HA E EA Attendance
March/April 10 15 6 .400 83 99 206 226 16 10 601,231
May 14 14 7 .500 135 151 282 275 21 23 598,497
June 13 14 6 .481 138 113 276 233 18 18 663,544
July 15 10 4 .600 113 105 237 229 28 16 585,087
August 13 15 4 .464 116 113 257 265 17 14 748,717
September/October 16 11 7 .593 127 97 246 234 15 29 688,125
Weekday Splits W L SV WPct R RA H HA E EA Attendance
Sunday 12 10 4 .545 108 83 211 191 18 13 553,815
Monday 12 8 0 .600 88 85 185 179 10 16 458,508
Tuesday 8 11 3 .421 76 92 160 195 23 13 445,897
Wednesday 9 12 7 .429 96 101 201 200 8 17 471,694
Thursday 12 14 6 .462 117 101 242 234 23 23 639,602
Friday 15 11 8 .577 112 101 257 224 14 8 657,816
Saturday 13 13 6 .500 115 115 248 239 19 20 657,869
Team Splits W L SV WPct R RA H HA E EA Attendance
BAL 4 4 4 .500 33 40 67 87 4 2 210,650
BOS 3 5 2 .375 37 38 79 79 3 3 228,359
BSN 2 4 2 .333 21 23 55 57 1 4 179,861
CLE 5 3 1 .625 39 27 73 67 5 5 215,844
CLN 4 2 1 .667 43 20 70 47 3 4 164,268
COL 2 4 0 .333 14 19 44 45 5 0 160,935
DET 4 4 2 .500 39 34 76 62 6 7 182,688
IND 3 5 0 .375 32 29 75 75 6 5 161,571
KCR 2 6 1 .250 22 30 75 67 5 4 201,617
LAD 3 3 1 .500 27 22 58 52 2 2 147,479
MIA 6 0 2 1.000 29 13 60 55 5 6 118,063
MIL 5 1 2 .833 38 22 59 47 5 11 139,601
MON 2 4 0 .333 32 32 47 58 6 5 148,304
NYA 4 4 3 .500 31 58 60 87 6 5 173,447
NYG 2 4 0 .333 27 41 61 66 13 0 141,176
OAK 5 3 2 .625 34 26 78 69 7 8 165,462
PHN 5 1 1 .833 32 10 64 33 3 7 96,719
PIT 2 4 1 .333 24 36 59 70 8 4 144,150
SDP 5 1 4 .833 24 20 49 48 1 6 156,783
SEM 3 5 1 .375 38 41 76 66 3 5 212,196
TAM 3 5 1 .375 29 32 79 78 5 4 201,196
TOR 4 4 2 .500 44 43 84 82 8 11 178,332
WAS 3 3 1 .500 23 22 56 65 5 2 156,500
Regular Season Game Results
Date   Opp Dec Score W-L
Apr 03 @ BAL L 2-6 0-1
Apr 04 @ BAL W 9-6 1-1
Apr 05 @ BAL L 2-3 1-2
Apr 06 @ BAL W 5-4 2-2
Apr 07 WAS L 3-7 2-3
Apr 08 WAS W 4-1 3-3
Apr 09 WAS L 2-5 3-4
Apr 11 SEM L 0-3 3-5
Apr 12 SEM L 5-7 3-6
Apr 13 SEM L 0-5 3-7
Apr 14 SEM W 3-2 4-7
Apr 15 @ BSN L 4-5 4-8
Apr 16 @ BSN L 0-4 4-9
Apr 17 @ BSN W 8-5 5-9
Apr 18 IND L 2-5 5-10
Apr 19 IND L 3-4 5-11
Apr 20 IND W 5-4 6-11
Apr 21 IND L 4-5 6-12
Apr 23 OAK W 2-1 7-12
Apr 24 OAK L 0-4 7-13
Apr 25 OAK L 1-5 7-14
Apr 26 OAK L 4-6 7-15
Apr 27 PHN W 2-0 8-15
Apr 28 PHN W 3-2 9-15
Apr 29 PHN W 10-0 10-15
May 01 @ CLE W 9-4 11-15
May 02 @ CLE L 6-9 11-16
May 03 @ CLE W 7-2 12-16
May 04 @ CLE L 1-2 12-17
May 05 @ PIT L 2-3 12-18
May 06 @ PIT L 3-4 12-19
May 07 @ PIT L 0-9 12-20
May 09 @ DET W 8-6 13-20
May 10 @ DET W 8-1 14-20
May 11 @ DET L 6-7 14-21
May 12 @ DET L 1-4 14-22
May 13 @ LAD L 2-3 14-23
May 14 @ LAD L 5-6 14-24
May 15 @ LAD L 1-6 14-25
May 17 MIA W 6-4 15-25
May 18 MIA W 5-4 16-25
May 19 MIA W 4-3 17-25
May 20 NYA W 4-3 18-25
May 21 NYA L 0-17 18-26
May 22 NYA W 10-9 19-26
May 23 NYA W 7-6 20-26
May 24 SDP W 2-0 21-26
May 25 SDP W 6-4 22-26
May 26 SDP L 5-13 22-27
May 28 @ TOR W 10-7 23-27
May 29 @ TOR L 5-9 23-28
May 30 @ TOR L 5-6 23-29
May 31 @ TOR W 7-0 24-29
Jun 01 COL L 1-2 24-30
Jun 02 COL L 1-6 24-31
Jun 03 COL W 2-1 25-31
Jun 05 @ KCR W 3-2 26-31
Jun 06 @ KCR L 4-5 26-32
Jun 07 @ KCR L 1-3 26-33
Jun 08 @ KCR L 2-3 26-34
Jun 09 @ CLN W 5-4 27-34
Jun 10 @ CLN L 6-7 27-35
Jun 11 @ CLN W 15-1 28-35
Jun 13 @ BOS W 6-1 29-35
Jun 14 @ BOS L 5-8 29-36
Jun 15 @ BOS W 4-2 30-36
Jun 16 @ BOS W 12-4 31-36
Jun 17 MON W 7-1 32-36
Jun 18 MON L 2-3 32-37
Jun 19 MON L 10-12 32-38
Jun 21 @ MIL W 9-3 33-38
Jun 22 @ MIL W 11-7 34-38
Jun 23 @ MIL W 5-0 35-38
Jun 24 TAM W 6-5 36-38
Jun 25 TAM L 1-5 36-39
Jun 26 TAM L 4-9 36-40
Jun 27 TAM L 2-3 36-41
Jun 28 @ NYG W 5-4 37-41
Jun 29 @ NYG L 1-3 37-42
Jun 30 @ NYG L 8-9 37-43
 
Date   Opp Dec Score W-L
Jul 04 PIT L 6-9 37-44
Jul 05 PIT W 7-6 38-44
Jul 06 PIT W 6-5 39-44
Jul 07 @ MIA W 1-0 40-44
Jul 08 @ MIA W 12-2 41-44
Jul 09 @ MIA W 1-0 42-44
Jul 11 DET W 2-1 43-44
Jul 12 DET L 2-4 43-45
Jul 13 DET W 6-2 44-45
Jul 14 DET L 6-9 44-46
Jul 15 @ MON L 3-11 44-47
Jul 16 @ MON W 10-3 45-47
Jul 17 @ MON L 0-2 45-48
Jul 19 LAD W 5-0 46-48
Jul 20 LAD W 7-5 47-48
Jul 21 LAD W 7-2 48-48
Jul 22 KCR W 3-2 49-48
Jul 23 KCR L 3-6 49-49
Jul 24 KCR L 2-4 49-50
Jul 25 KCR L 4-5 49-51
Jul 26 NYG L 5-10 49-52
Jul 27 NYG W 8-7 50-52
Jul 28 NYG L 0-8 50-53
Jul 30 @ OAK W 3-1 51-53
Jul 31 @ OAK W 4-1 52-53
Aug 01 @ OAK W 10-6 53-53
Aug 02 @ OAK W 10-2 54-53
Aug 03 @ COL W 7-3 55-53
Aug 04 @ COL L 3-4 55-54
Aug 05 @ COL L 0-3 55-55
Aug 07 @ NYA L 0-4 55-56
Aug 08 @ NYA L 1-11 55-57
Aug 09 @ NYA W 6-4 56-57
Aug 10 @ NYA L 3-4 56-58
Aug 11 CLN W 8-3 57-58
Aug 12 CLN L 4-5 57-59
Aug 13 CLN W 5-0 58-59
Aug 15 BOS L 3-7 58-60
Aug 16 BOS L 2-6 58-61
Aug 17 BOS L 4-5 58-62
Aug 18 BOS L 1-5 58-63
Aug 19 MIL W 7-2 59-63
Aug 20 MIL W 3-2 60-63
Aug 21 MIL L 3-8 60-64
Aug 23 @ TAM L 2-3 60-65
Aug 24 @ TAM W 4-3 61-65
Aug 25 @ TAM W 7-0 62-65
Aug 26 @ TAM L 3-4 62-66
Aug 27 @ WAS W 7-3 63-66
Aug 28 @ WAS W 5-3 64-66
Aug 29 @ WAS L 2-3 64-67
Aug 30 BAL L 5-10 64-68
Aug 31 BAL W 1-0 65-68
Sep 01 BAL W 5-3 66-68
Sep 02 BAL L 4-8 66-69
Sep 04 @ SDP W 5-1 67-69
Sep 05 @ SDP W 4-1 68-69
Sep 06 @ SDP W 2-1 69-69
Sep 07 @ SEM L 3-6 69-70
Sep 08 @ SEM W 10-4 70-70
Sep 09 @ SEM L 6-7 70-71
Sep 10 @ SEM W 11-7 71-71
Sep 12 BSN W 3-1 72-71
Sep 13 BSN L 1-2 72-72
Sep 14 BSN L 5-6 72-73
Sep 15 CLE L 3-5 72-74
Sep 16 CLE W 6-3 73-74
Sep 17 CLE W 3-2 74-74
Sep 18 CLE W 4-0 75-74
Sep 20 @ IND L 4-5 75-75
Sep 21 @ IND L 3-5 75-76
Sep 22 @ IND W 5-0 76-76
Sep 23 @ IND W 6-1 77-76
Sep 24 @ PHN W 5-3 78-76
Sep 25 @ PHN L 1-3 78-77
Sep 26 @ PHN W 11-2 79-77
Sep 27 TOR L 2-3 79-78
Sep 28 TOR W 6-3 80-78
Sep 29 TOR L 3-10 80-79
Sep 30 TOR W 6-5 81-79