Sports headlines for Tuesday June 19, 1979:

• Too Tall Jones Quits Cowboys For Boxing

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Angels placed Chris Knapp on the disabled list

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   1979 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (31-30) 10 15 1 12 Boston Red Sox (39-25) 4 11 2 11 Win: Aurelio Lopez (2-1)   Loss: Bob Stanley (7-5) T: 4:35   Att: 34,153 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (35-31) 2 8 0 7 California Angels (41-28) 1 5 0 6 Win: John Henry Johnson (3-8)   Loss: Jim Barr (3-2)   Save: Jim Kern (10) T: 2:50   Att: 26,553 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (29-40) 7 11 0 5 Chicago White Sox (31-34) 2 7 2 4 Win: Rick Honeycutt (4-5)   Loss: Rich Wortham (7-6)   Save: Byron McLaughlin (5) T: 2:23   Att: 14,103 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (43-22) 6 10 1 12 Cleveland Indians (32-33) 4 6 2 5 Win: Tim Stoddard (3-1)   Loss: Mike Paxton (4-3) T: 3:03   Att: 21,819 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (32-30) 9 12 1 6 Milwaukee Brewers (37-30) 10 17 1 9 Win: Bob McClure (4-1)   Loss: Mike Bacsik (1-1)   Save: Jerry Augustine (3) T: 2:58   Att: 17,741 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (22-46) 5 10 0 7 New York Yankees (34-32) 4 12 1 10 Win: Phil Huffman (4-7)   Loss: Tommy John (10-3)   Save: Tom Buskey (1) T: 2:27   Att: 36,211 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (35-32) 5 9 0 7 Oakland A's (20-48) 6 8 1 4 Win: Dave Heaverlo (3-7)   Loss: Al Hrabosky (4-3) T: 2:58   Att: 1,485 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (34-31) 4 9 1 6 Atlanta Braves (24-42) 10 12 1 7 Win: Phil Niekro (8-9)   Loss: Larry Christenson (1-5) T: 2:22   Att: 8,146 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (26-35) 1 2 1 6 Houston Astros (40-29) 3 8 0 7 Win: Joaquin Andujar (7-4)   Loss: Andy Hassler (0-1) T: 2:28   Att: 14,036 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (32-30) 7 10 1 12 Los Angeles Dodgers (31-38) 4 10 2 10 Win: Dick Tidrow (3-1)   Loss: Rick Sutcliffe (7-5)   Save: Bruce Sutter (16) T: 3:01   Att: 38,605 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (36-31) 2 6 1 4 Montreal Expos (37-24) 3 10 0 5 Win: Bill Lee (7-3)   Loss: Mike LaCoss (8-1)   Save: Woodie Fryman (3) T: 2:09   Att: 35,222 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (33-28) 7 10 2 6 San Diego Padres (31-39) 2 8 1 8 Win: John Fulgham (1-0)   Loss: Eric Rasmussen (3-7) T: 2:29   Att: 20,216 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (32-28) 9 15 0 10 San Francisco Giants (33-34) 4 8 3 4 Win: John Candelaria (5-6)   Loss: John Montefusco (1-3)   Save: Enrique Romo (1) T: 2:51   Att: 39,861 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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