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Thursday, July 27,1978

Thursday, July 27,1978

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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 1978-07-27 Oakland Athletics  7 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bob Lacey Ken Kravec Elias Sosa 19,632 2:43
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Baltimore Orioles  7 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Scott McGregor Jim Slaton -- 22,856 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Seattle Mariners  1 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Larry Gura Paul Mitchell -- 26,712 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 California Angels  3 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Nolan Ryan -- 18,847 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Stan Perzanowski Jim Clancy -- 18,285 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Cleveland Indians  0 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ed Figueroa David Clyde -- 0 2:12
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Cleveland Indians  17 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Don Hood Catfish Hunter -- 33,412 2:42
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Boston Red Sox  1 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jon Matlack Luis Tiant -- 29,684 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 New York Mets  3 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Tom Hausman -- 9,730 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-07-27 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Bob Shirley Ed Whitson Rollie Fingers 14,076 2:44
10 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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
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 99 63 36 .636 0.0 513 398 115 L3 25-28 38-8 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 98 58 40 .592 4.5 513 410 103 W1 22-22 36-18 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 100 56 44 .560 7.5 416 459 -43 W1 29-27 27-17 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 99 55 44 .556 8.0 436 391 45 L1 27-28 28-16 4 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 100 52 48 .520 11.5 439 407 32 L1 26-28 26-20 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 99 47 52 .475 16.0 424 424 0 W1 19-32 28-20 6 10 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 101 36 65 .356 28.0 392 493 -101 L1 15-37 21-28 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 98 56 42 .571 0.0 463 396 67 W2 20-26 36-16 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 102 54 48 .529 4.0 425 433 -8 L1 23-28 31-20 2 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 102 52 50 .510 6.0 360 383 -23 W2 22-27 30-23 3 8 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 99 48 51 .485 8.5 398 397 1 W2 17-28 31-23 4 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 97 43 54 .443 12.5 428 428 0 W1 23-29 20-25 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 98 41 57 .418 15.0 395 445 -50 L2 16-26 25-31 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 102 36 66 .353 22.0 404 542 -138 L2 16-31 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 95 53 42 .558 0.0 410 356 54 L3 17-27 36-15 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 98 49 49 .500 5.5 400 430 -30 L3 23-29 26-20 2 5 13 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 96 47 49 .490 6.5 378 396 -18 L5 19-28 28-21 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 102 47 55 .461 9.5 412 379 33 L6 20-29 27-26 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 104 45 59 .433 12.5 406 437 -31 L1 19-28 26-31 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 101 40 61 .396 16.0 344 408 -64 W1 19-32 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 101 61 40 .604 0.0 432 364 68 L1 28-25 33-15 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 101 59 42 .584 2.0 475 379 96 W3 28-26 31-16 2 2 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 100 58 42 .580 2.5 446 411 35 L2 27-23 31-19 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 102 50 52 .490 11.5 376 402 -26 W3 21-33 29-19 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 99 46 53 .465 14.0 367 441 -74 W4 19-32 27-21 5 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 101 45 56 .446 16.0 381 424 -43 W4 14-34 31-22 6 10 20 -- 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
George Brett Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Hand soreness
1 record(s)