1979 World Series
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The 1979 World Series matched the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64) against the American League's Baltimore Orioles (102-57), with the Pirates coming back from a 3 games to 1 deficit to win the Series in seven games. The Pirates were famous for adopting "We Are Family" as their theme song.
Managers: Earl Weaver (Baltimore), Chuck Tanner (Pittsburgh)
Umpires: Jerry Neudecker (AL), Bob Engel (NL), Russ Goetz (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Terry Tata (NL)
Series MVP: Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh)
Television: ABC (Keith Jackson, Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, and Don Drysdale announcing)
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[edit] Game 1 — October 10, 1979
Game One was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 53,735
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Baltimore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| W: Mike Flanagan (1-0) L: Bruce Kison (0-1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2 — October 11, 1979
Game Two was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Attendance: 53,739
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Don Robinson (1-0) L: Jim Palmer (0-1) S: Kent Tekulve (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3 — October 12, 1979
Game Three was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 50,848
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| W: Scott McGregor (1-0) L: John Candelaria (0-1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4 — October 13, 1979
Game Four was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Attendance: 50,883
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| W: Tim Stoddard (1-0) L: Kent Tekulve (0-1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5 — October 14, 1979
Game Five was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Attendance: 50,920
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | X | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| W: Bert Blyleven (1-0) L: Mike Flanagan (1-1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 6 — October 16, 1979
Game Six was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Attendance: 53,739
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| W: John Candelaria (1-1) L: Jim Palmer (0-2) S: Kent Tekulve (2) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 7 — October 17, 1979
Game Seven was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Attendance: 53,733
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| W: Grant Jackson (1-0) L: Scott McGregor (1-1) S: Kent Tekulve (3) | ||||||||||||
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