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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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