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Wednesday, June 28,1978

Wednesday, June 28,1978

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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 1978-06-28 Kansas City Royals  5 California Angels  9 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chris Knapp Paul Splittorff Paul Hartzell 22,742 2:50
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Detroit Tigers  4 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Slaton Rick Waits John Hiller 0 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Detroit Tigers  1 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Paxton Milt Wilcox Sid Monge 13,489 2:02
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 New York Yankees  0 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Dick Tidrow -- 0 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 New York Yankees  2 Milwaukee Brewers  7 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Augustine Larry McCall -- 39,283 2:00
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Texas Rangers  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Pete Broberg Len Barker -- 2,346 4:02
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Chicago White Sox  4 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Ken Kravec Glenn Abbott Lerrin LaGrow 8,110 2:22
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Baltimore Orioles  2 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jim Clancy Scott McGregor Tom Murphy 28,392 2:09
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Burt Hooton Phil Niekro Terry Forster 7,624 2:17
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 New York Mets  8 Chicago Cubs  9 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ray Burris Butch Metzger -- 24,278 3:35
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Cincinnati Reds  0 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Tom Dixon Fred Norman -- 16,622 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jim Lonborg Mike Garman Tug McGraw 35,182 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Roy Thomas Kent Tekulve -- 7,742 3:07
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 San Francisco Giants  4 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jim Barr Randy Jones Randy Moffitt 0 1:59
1978 reg season 1978-06-28 San Francisco Giants  1 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Eric Rasmussen Charlie Williams John D'Acquisto 29,827 2:31
15 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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 73 51 22 .699 0.0 396 276 120 L1 18-16 33-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 74 43 31 .581 8.5 376 312 64 W4 17-16 26-15 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 74 42 32 .568 9.5 325 280 45 L2 20-22 22-10 3 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 74 40 34 .541 11.5 296 335 -39 L7 22-21 18-13 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 72 36 36 .500 14.5 302 296 6 L1 19-20 17-16 5 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 72 33 39 .458 17.5 278 300 -22 W1 12-23 21-16 6 11 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 73 26 47 .356 25.0 292 378 -86 W4 9-26 17-21 7 13 25 -- 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 Texas Rangers franchise | log 72 39 33 .542 0.0 284 260 24 L1 12-18 27-15 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 72 38 34 .528 1.0 322 300 22 L2 15-21 23-13 2 6 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 74 38 36 .514 2.0 307 317 -10 W2 17-21 21-15 3 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 74 36 38 .486 4.0 233 261 -28 W1 15-22 21-16 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 73 34 39 .466 5.5 307 301 6 W2 14-18 20-21 5 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 71 30 41 .423 8.5 316 330 -14 L2 19-23 11-18 6 12 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 76 26 50 .342 15.0 297 385 -88 L2 12-24 14-26 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 68 38 30 .559 0.0 298 242 56 W2 10-21 28-9 1 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 70 37 33 .529 2.0 286 297 -11 W1 16-23 21-10 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 74 37 37 .500 4.0 298 271 27 L2 16-20 21-17 3 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 71 34 37 .479 5.5 290 309 -19 L3 16-21 18-16 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 76 32 44 .421 10.0 280 322 -42 L1 16-20 16-24 5 10 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 76 29 47 .382 13.0 265 322 -57 W3 14-28 15-19 6 12 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 West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 74 47 27 .635 0.0 296 232 64 L1 19-16 28-11 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 74 44 30 .595 3.0 332 298 34 L2 22-19 22-11 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 73 41 32 .562 5.5 353 284 69 W2 17-19 24-13 3 3 6 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 75 36 39 .480 11.5 254 287 -33 W1 11-22 25-17 4 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 70 32 38 .457 13.0 267 283 -16 W2 10-22 22-16 5 9 20 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 71 29 42 .408 16.5 240 312 -72 L2 12-26 17-16 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Tom Filer New York Yankees Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (LaSalle)
1 record(s)