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Friday, June 30,1978

Friday, June 30,1978

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Games on this date
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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 1978-06-30 Boston Red Sox  2 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Don Stanhouse Luis Tiant -- 33,034 3:01
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Texas Rangers  2 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Don Aase Jim Umbarger Dave LaRoche 21,654 3:04
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Detroit Tigers  2 New York Yankees  10 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Don Gullett Steve Baker -- 33,894 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Kansas City Royals  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Matt Keough Rich Gale -- 16,506 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Milwaukee Brewers  13 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Bill Travers Mike Parrott Eduardo Rodriguez 7,772 2:53
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Cleveland Indians  3 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Rick Wise Jerry Garvin -- 16,129 2:32
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 San Francisco Giants  9 Atlanta Braves  10 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Gene Garber Gary Lavelle -- 0 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 San Francisco Giants  5 Atlanta Braves  10 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Mickey Mahler Ed Halicki -- 14,429 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Mike Krukow Larry Christenson -- 0 1:45
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Tug McGraw Bruce Sutter -- 29,525 2:40
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tommy John Doug Bair Lance Rautzhan 0 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bob Welch Manny Sarmiento Charlie Hough 50,370 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 San Diego Padres  5 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Shirley J.R. Richard Rollie Fingers 9,194 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bob Forsch Ross Grimsley Roy Thomas 22,829 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-06-30 New York Mets  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dale Murray Dave Hamilton -- 31,947 2:53
15 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)
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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 75 52 23 .693 0.0 402 282 120 L1 19-17 33-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 75 44 31 .587 8.0 389 315 74 W5 18-16 26-15 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 75 43 32 .573 9.0 335 282 53 W1 20-22 23-10 3 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 76 41 35 .539 11.5 302 341 -39 W1 22-21 19-14 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 74 36 38 .486 15.5 307 312 -5 L3 19-22 17-16 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 74 35 39 .473 16.5 287 303 -16 W3 13-23 22-16 6 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 74 26 48 .351 25.5 292 381 -89 L1 9-26 17-22 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 74 39 35 .527 0.0 293 272 21 L3 12-20 27-15 1 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 76 40 36 .526 0.0 314 320 -6 W4 17-21 23-15 2 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 74 38 36 .514 1.0 324 305 19 L4 15-23 23-13 3 7 12 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 76 38 38 .500 2.0 243 269 -26 W3 15-22 23-16 4 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 74 34 40 .459 5.0 314 310 4 L1 14-19 20-21 5 11 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 71 30 41 .423 7.5 316 330 -14 L2 19-23 11-18 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 78 27 51 .346 14.0 309 405 -96 L1 12-24 15-27 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 71 40 31 .563 0.0 313 252 61 W1 12-22 28-9 1 4 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 73 38 35 .521 3.0 296 312 -16 L1 16-23 22-12 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 75 37 38 .493 5.0 299 273 26 L3 16-20 21-18 3 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 73 35 38 .479 6.0 299 318 -19 L1 16-21 19-17 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 78 33 45 .423 10.5 289 331 -42 W1 17-21 16-24 5 10 21 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 77 30 47 .390 13.0 267 323 -56 W4 15-28 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 76 47 29 .618 0.0 310 252 58 L3 19-18 28-11 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 76 44 32 .579 3.0 370 292 78 W5 20-19 24-13 2 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 77 44 33 .571 3.5 337 313 24 L5 22-20 22-13 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 76 37 39 .487 10.0 259 289 -30 W2 12-22 25-17 4 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 72 33 39 .458 12.0 274 288 -14 L1 10-22 23-17 5 9 20 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 74 31 43 .419 15.0 263 333 -70 W2 12-26 19-17 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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
Kim Allen -- Hist Released by Pirates
Carmen Castillo Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Dominican Republic)
Billy Smith Baltimore Orioles Injury DL - Pulled muscle in left side of rib cage
3 record(s)