1979

1979 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1979.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (CL) over the Kintetsu Buffaloes (PL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Details)
    • Pacific League: Kintetsu Buffaloes (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Western Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Derbigum Rimini, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Nice Université Club/BC Nippon
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
  • Serie A1: Derbigum Rimini

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) over the Baltimore Orioles (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
    • National League: Pittsburgh Pirates (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Evansville Triplets (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Paintsville Yankees
  • California League: San Jose Missions
  • Carolina League: Winston-Salem Red Sox
  • Eastern League: West Haven Yankees
  • Florida State League: Winter Haven Red Sox
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Astros
  • Inter-American League: Miami Amigos - the league folded on June 30
  • International League: Columbus Clippers (Details)
  • Midwest League: Quad Cities Cubs
  • New York-Penn League: Oneonta Yankees
  • Northwest League: Central Oregon Phillies
  • Pacific Coast League: Salt Lake City Gulls (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Lethbridge Dodgers
  • Southern League: Nashville Sounds
  • Texas League: Arkansas Travelers
  • Western Carolinas League: Greenwood Braves

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Angeles de Puebla defeated the Indios de Ciudad Juárez in the finals, 4 - 3

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Sancti Spíritus (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Navegantes del Magallanes (Venezuela) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Leones del Escogido in the finals, 5 - 0
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Mayos de Navojoa
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes defeated the Águilas del Zulia in the finals, 4 - 1

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): California State University, Fullerton defeated the University of Arkansas in the finals, 2 - 1 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Valdosta State College over the Florida Southern College, 3 - 2 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Rowan University over the California State Stanislaus, 3 - 0 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: David Lipscomb College over the High Point College, 5 - 4 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Middle Georgia College
• Community College League of California: Cerritos College over San Jose City College 7 - 2 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Liberal BeeJays (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Chuo University defeated the Waseda University in the final, 7 - 3 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Minoshima High School (Wakayama) defeat Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka), 8 - 7 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Minoshima High School (Wakayama) defeat Ikeda High School (Tokushima), 4 - 3 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Pu-Tzu Town (Hsien, Taiwan) defeat Campbell (Campbell, CA), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Japan (Silver); United States (Bronze)
• European Championship in Trieste, Italy (Details)
  • Italy (Gold); The Netherlands (Silver); Belgium (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Bronx Zoo, by Sparky Lyle and Peter Golenbock
• The Image of Their Greatness, by Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig
• It Looked Like For Ever by Mark Harris
• The Last Great Season, by Donald Honig
• The Relief Pitcher, by John Thorn
• The Seventh Babe, by Jerome Charyn
• The Ultimate Baseball Book, by Daniel Okrent and Harris Lewine
• Willie's Time, by Charles Einstein

Song

• My Favorite Spring, by Tom Paxton

Births

Further information: Births in 1979

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1979