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Monday, July 24,1978

Monday, July 24,1978

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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 1978-07-24 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Stone Lary Sorensen -- 11,091 2:22
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 California Angels  5 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Tom Griffin Jim Kern -- 8,798 4:00
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Oakland Athletics  1 Detroit Tigers  4 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Kip Young Matt Keough -- 19,733 2:19
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 New York Yankees  2 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Dick Tidrow -- 38,859 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Boston Red Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Jackson Dick Drago Mike Marshall 0 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Boston Red Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Andy Hassler Geoff Zahn Bob Stanley 21,580 3:01
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Baltimore Orioles  10 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Don Stanhouse Fergie Jenkins Scott McGregor 11,732 3:04
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Seattle Mariners  1 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Rick Honeycutt Dave Lemanczyk -- 0 1:55
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Seattle Mariners  7 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jim Colborn Jesse Jefferson Enrique Romo 16,291 2:32
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Montreal Expos  5 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Forsch Darold Knowles -- 7,843 2:39
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Chicago Cubs  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Terry Forster Donnie Moore -- 46,822 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Cincinnati Reds  5 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Manny Sarmiento Skip Lockwood -- 35,939 2:41
1978 reg season 1978-07-24 Atlanta Braves  5 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Eddie Solomon Jim Lonborg Craig Skok 30,184 2:25
13 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 96 63 33 .656 0.0 510 388 122 W1 25-25 38-8 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 95 57 38 .600 5.5 496 392 104 L1 22-21 35-17 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 97 54 43 .557 9.5 396 441 -45 W2 27-26 27-17 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 95 52 43 .547 10.5 413 373 40 L1 26-28 26-15 4 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 97 50 47 .515 13.5 416 392 24 W1 26-28 24-19 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 95 45 50 .474 17.5 401 404 -3 L1 18-30 27-20 6 10 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 98 35 63 .357 29.0 382 482 -100 L3 14-36 21-27 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 Kansas City Royals franchise | log 95 54 41 .568 0.0 448 388 60 W10 20-26 34-15 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 99 53 46 .535 3.0 410 413 -3 W2 22-26 31-20 2 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 99 50 49 .505 6.0 343 364 -21 L1 20-26 30-23 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 96 46 50 .479 8.5 387 389 -2 L7 17-28 29-22 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 94 41 53 .436 12.5 416 418 -2 L1 23-29 18-24 5 11 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 95 40 55 .421 14.0 383 428 -45 W1 16-26 24-29 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 99 35 64 .354 21.0 396 525 -129 W2 15-29 20-35 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 93 53 40 .570 0.0 408 348 60 L1 17-27 36-13 1 4 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 96 49 47 .510 5.5 397 419 -22 L1 23-27 26-20 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 93 47 46 .505 6.0 369 382 -13 L2 19-25 28-21 3 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 100 47 53 .470 9.5 410 371 39 L4 20-27 27-26 4 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 101 43 58 .426 14.0 382 424 -42 L2 19-27 24-31 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 99 39 60 .394 17.0 340 404 -64 W1 18-31 21-29 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 99 60 39 .606 0.0 428 360 68 W2 28-25 32-14 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 98 58 40 .592 1.5 441 390 51 W4 27-21 31-19 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 99 57 42 .576 3.0 464 376 88 W1 28-26 29-16 3 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 99 47 52 .475 13.0 362 393 -31 L1 21-33 26-19 4 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 97 44 53 .454 15.0 359 439 -80 W2 17-32 27-21 5 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 98 42 56 .429 17.5 365 419 -54 W1 14-34 28-22 6 10 21 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
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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
Andy Hassler Boston Red Sox Hist Sold by Kansas City Royals to Boston Red Sox
Rob Dressler St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals for John Tamargo (7/18/1978)
Larry Cox Chicago Cubs Injury DL - Unknown
Al Cowens Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)