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Wednesday, April 26,1978

Wednesday, April 26,1978

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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 1978-04-26 Seattle Mariners  5 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dick Pole Ken Brett Shane Rawley 11,868 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Detroit Tigers  2 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Jim Crawford -- 7,983 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Tom Murphy Paul Splittorff -- 19,545 1:54
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Boston Red Sox  4 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Mike Torrez Bob McClure 8,724 2:31
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Minnesota Twins  8 Oakland Athletics  9 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Joe Coleman Tom Johnson -- 4,127 3:17
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Cleveland Indians  0 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Doyle Alexander Rick Wise -- 9,915 2:09
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 San Francisco Giants  1 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Preston Hanna Bob Knepper Eddie Solomon 3,284 2:19
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Los Angeles Dodgers  14 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Doug Rau Tom Seaver -- 32,872 2:53
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 San Diego Padres  2 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Gaylord Perry J.R. Richard Rollie Fingers 8,769 2:37
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 St. Louis Cardinals  12 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique John Denny Wayne Twitchell -- 10,999 2:28
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Bert Blyleven Bob Myrick -- 6,506 2:48
1978 reg season 1978-04-26 Chicago Cubs  4 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Rick Reuschel Steve Carlton Bruce Sutter 17,299 2:06
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 15 11 4 .733 0.0 84 66 18 L1 6-2 5-2 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 1.0 110 88 22 L1 3-4 8-2 2 5 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 3.0 109 84 25 W1 3-7 6-1 3 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 3.5 57 59 -2 W2 3-5 5-3 4 7 13 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 4.0 76 67 9 L1 4-6 3-2 5 8 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 17 6 11 .353 6.0 61 83 -22 W1 2-4 4-7 6 10 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 16 5 11 .313 6.5 61 97 -36 L4 1-6 4-5 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 17 14 3 .824 0.0 63 37 26 W8 6-2 8-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 2.0 60 47 13 L2 6-3 5-1 2 3 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 3.0 62 49 13 L1 5-2 6-4 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 7.0 64 68 -4 W1 1-6 5-3 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 8.0 53 76 -23 W2 1-6 4-4 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 22 7 15 .318 9.5 75 107 -32 W1 4-7 3-8 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 9.5 92 99 -7 L9 4-8 2-6 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 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 0.0 69 67 2 L2 3-4 6-3 1 3 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 0.0 70 76 -6 W6 4-5 5-2 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 0.5 59 71 -12 W1 4-5 5-3 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 1.0 69 51 18 L1 3-4 4-3 4 6 12 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 1.5 51 55 -4 L4 5-4 4-6 5 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 18 7 11 .389 3.0 84 82 2 W2 3-6 4-5 6 11 20 -- 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.0 105 67 38 W4 6-2 6-3 1 1 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 1.5 96 79 17 L2 5-4 6-3 2 2 7 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 4.0 74 87 -13 L1 3-7 6-3 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 4.5 52 59 -7 W1 3-5 4-4 4 10 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 4.5 53 55 -2 L4 3-4 4-5 5 9 17 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 16 5 11 .313 6.5 41 74 -33 W2 2-7 3-4 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Don Reynolds San Diego Padres Injury DL - Eye *Hit in face by ball during batting practice*
Tim Foli San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Sprained left knee
2 record(s)