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Tuesday, April 18,1978

Tuesday, April 18,1978

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Luis Tiant Eduardo Rodriguez -- 18,928 2:49
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Baltimore Orioles  3 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Sparky Lyle Tippy Martinez -- 15,628 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 California Angels  1 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Paul Mitchell Nolan Ryan -- 6,679 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Kansas City Royals  5 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Paul Splittorff Dave Lemanczyk -- 10,218 2:13
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Montreal Expos  1 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ray Burris Steve Rogers Bruce Sutter 2,010 2:12
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Cincinnati Reds  11 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Fred Norman Don Sutton Dale Murray 50,374 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Houston Astros  5 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Joe Niekro Bob Shirley -- 10,840 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Atlanta Braves  1 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Preston Hanna John Montefusco Adrian Devine 7,401 2:04
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 New York Mets  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mike Bruhert Eric Rasmussen Skip Lockwood 5,728 2:22
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 9 7 2 .778 0.0 53 40 13 W3 4-1 3-1 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 10 7 3 .700 0.5 66 42 24 W6 2-3 5-0 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 2.0 81 58 23 L2 1-5 5-0 3 6 12 -- dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 2.5 34 35 -1 W1 1-4 4-1 4 7 13 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 8 3 5 .375 3.5 33 31 2 W1 0-3 3-2 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 4.0 46 73 -27 L1 1-6 3-1 6 11 20 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 10 2 8 .200 5.5 37 56 -19 L4 1-4 1-4 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 9 8 1 .889 0.0 38 24 14 W8 3-1 5-0 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 10 7 3 .700 1.5 26 15 11 W1 2-2 5-1 2 4 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 11 7 4 .636 2.0 31 31 0 L1 2-2 5-2 3 5 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 4.0 39 44 -5 L4 0-4 4-1 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 68 67 1 L3 4-5 2-3 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 6.0 59 71 -12 W1 2-6 3-4 6 12 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 9 2 7 .222 6.0 26 50 -24 L6 0-4 2-3 7 13 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.0 40 28 12 W1 3-1 2-2 1 2 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 0.0 37 37 0 W2 3-3 3-1 2 3 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 12 7 5 .583 0.0 41 38 3 W2 3-2 4-3 3 6 11 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 1.5 44 44 0 L2 1-2 4-4 4 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 1.5 35 31 4 L1 2-4 2-1 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 3.0 36 55 -19 L2 1-5 2-2 6 10 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 12 9 3 .750 0.0 79 48 31 W2 3-2 6-1 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 2.0 59 44 15 L2 4-2 2-2 2 5 10 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 2.0 43 37 6 L1 3-2 3-2 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 3.5 50 55 -5 W3 1-4 4-2 4 8 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 8 2 6 .250 5.0 25 41 -16 L3 2-3 0-3 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 9 2 7 .222 5.5 23 54 -31 W1 1-3 1-4 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Reggie Cleveland Texas Rangers Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to Texas Rangers
Don Gullett New York Yankees Injury DL - Left shoulder inflammation
Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)