Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 17,1978

Games on 1978-05-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	6	Chicago White Sox	9	Box	Steve Stone	Nolan Ryan	(none)
New York Yankees	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Sid Monge	Sparky Lyle	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Jack Billingham	Jerry Augustine	John Hiller
Oakland Athletics	3	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Jon Matlack	John Henry Johnson	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Houston Astros	2	Box	Joaquin Andujar	Randy Lerch	Tom Dixon
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	10	Box	Tommy John	Jim Rooker	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Darold Knowles	Dale Murray	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	New York Mets	1	Box	Phil Niekro	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	New York Mets	3	Box	Nino Espinosa	Tommy Boggs	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Bob Shirley	Eric Rasmussen	Rollie Fingers
Chicago Cubs	5	San Francisco Giants	9	Box	Vida Blue	Ray Burris	(none)

Standings as of 1978-05-17

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	30	21	9	.700	--	164	112	52	13-4	8-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	132	65	67	.492
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	35	23	12	.657	0.5	192	145	47	7-9	16-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	128	76	52	.594
3	4	6	New York Yankees	32	19	13	.594	3.0	131	115	16	8-9	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	131	81	50	.618
4	8	14	Cleveland Indians	32	16	16	.500	6.0	135	135	0	7-12	9-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	127	53	74	.417
5	9	17	Milwaukee Brewers	33	15	18	.455	7.5	174	157	17	6-12	9-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	129	78	51	.605
7	10	21	Toronto Blue Jays	32	13	19	.406	9.0	130	163	-33	4-11	9-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	129	46	83	.357
6	11	20	Baltimore Orioles	32	13	19	.406	9.0	133	182	-49	7-10	6-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	129	77	52	.597
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	Oakland Athletics	34	22	12	.647	--	113	103	10	9-7	13-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	128	47	81	.367
2	5	7	California Angels	33	19	14	.576	2.5	145	124	21	7-7	12-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	129	68	61	.527
3	6	9	Kansas City Royals	32	18	14	.563	3.0	138	133	5	7-10	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	130	74	56	.569
4	7	12	Texas Rangers	31	16	15	.516	4.5	120	125	-5	5-8	11-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	131	71	60	.542
5	12	24	Minnesota Twins	35	12	23	.343	10.5	162	171	-9	7-13	5-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	127	61	66	.480
6	13	25	Chicago White Sox	30	10	20	.333	10.0	115	142	-27	2-10	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	131	61	70	.466
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	37	12	25	.324	11.5	135	180	-45	5-13	7-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	123	44	79	.358
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	10	Philadelphia Phillies	31	17	14	.548	--	149	114	35	4-8	13-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	131	73	58	.557
2	5	11	Montreal Expos	33	18	15	.545	--	143	128	15	8-8	10-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	129	58	71	.450
3	7	15	Chicago Cubs	33	16	17	.485	2.0	124	146	-22	10-10	6-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	129	63	66	.488
4	9	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	34	15	19	.441	3.5	135	158	-23	6-12	9-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	127	73	54	.575
5	10	19	New York Mets	36	15	21	.417	4.5	124	143	-19	9-10	6-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	126	51	75	.405
6	12	23	St. Louis Cardinals	37	14	23	.378	6.0	145	150	-5	5-14	9-9	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	125	55	70	.440
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	San Francisco Giants	34	22	12	.647	--	130	116	14	10-6	12-6	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	128	67	61	.523
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	21	14	.600	1.5	189	134	55	10-7	11-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	127	74	53	.583
3	3	8	Cincinnati Reds	35	20	15	.571	2.5	180	164	16	10-8	10-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	126	72	54	.571
4	6	13	Houston Astros	32	16	16	.500	5.0	118	127	-9	6-11	10-5	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	130	58	72	.446
5	8	16	San Diego Padres	34	16	18	.471	6.0	116	135	-19	6-11	10-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	128	68	60	.531
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	32	13	19	.406	8.0	94	132	-38	4-10	9-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	130	56	74	.431

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Glenn Burke	OF	25.182	Traded by Dodgers to Athletics for Billy North.
Ben Hayes	P	20.286	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Reds.
Dave May	OF	34.146	Purchased by Brewers from Rangers.
Billy North	OF	30.002	Traded by Athletics to Dodgers for Glenn Burke.
Marty Perez	SS-2B	31.078	Released by Athletics.
Earl Williams	C-1B	29.307	Released by Athletics.

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