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Tuesday, August 1,1978

Tuesday, August 1,1978

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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 1978-08-01 Chicago White Sox  5 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Mike Proly Luis Tiant -- 30,020 2:22
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Oakland Athletics  1 California Angels  0 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rick Langford Nolan Ryan -- 19,485 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Kansas City Royals  1 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Kern Steve Mingori -- 8,236 2:59
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Texas Rangers  1 New York Yankees  8 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Catfish Hunter Jon Matlack -- 18,485 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Minnesota Twins  6 Seattle Mariners  13 box | pbp Kingdome Tom House Stan Perzanowski -- 9,272 2:49
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Detroit Tigers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jim Slaton Jim Clancy -- 19,265 2:16
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Cincinnati Reds  4 Atlanta Braves  16 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Larry McWilliams Pedro Borbon Gene Garber 31,159 2:55
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dennis Lamp Silvio Martinez Bruce Sutter 22,242 2:19
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 San Francisco Giants  2 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Bob Knepper Joe Sambito 16,515 2:39
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Jim Bibby Darold Knowles 21,287 2:44
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 New York Mets  5 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Kevin Kobel Steve Carlton -- 31,085 2:05
1978 reg season 1978-08-01 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Burt Hooton -- 40,846 1:59
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 104 65 39 .625 0.0 526 411 115 L1 25-28 40-11 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 102 59 43 .578 5.0 533 428 105 L1 23-25 36-18 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 105 59 46 .562 6.5 466 408 58 W2 27-28 32-18 3 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 104 58 46 .558 7.0 430 474 -44 W1 29-27 29-19 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 105 56 49 .533 9.5 467 425 42 W1 27-29 29-20 5 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 104 50 54 .481 15.0 443 441 2 W2 19-32 31-22 6 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 106 39 67 .368 27.0 414 518 -104 L1 15-37 24-30 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 103 58 45 .563 0.0 473 404 69 L2 22-29 36-16 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 107 56 51 .523 4.0 376 396 -20 W4 26-28 30-23 2 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 107 56 51 .523 4.0 435 444 -9 L2 25-29 31-22 3 8 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 105 49 56 .467 10.0 417 431 -14 L5 18-33 31-23 4 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 102 45 57 .441 12.5 449 457 -8 L1 25-32 20-25 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 104 45 59 .433 13.5 422 473 -51 W1 17-27 28-32 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 106 37 69 .349 22.5 425 566 -141 W1 16-34 21-35 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 101 55 46 .545 0.0 435 377 58 L1 18-30 37-16 1 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 103 52 51 .505 4.0 412 440 -28 W1 25-31 27-20 2 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 101 48 53 .475 7.0 392 415 -23 L2 20-32 28-21 3 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 108 51 57 .472 7.5 452 400 52 W3 22-31 29-26 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 108 46 62 .426 12.5 418 452 -34 W1 20-31 26-31 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 105 40 65 .381 17.0 354 430 -76 L4 19-36 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 107 63 44 .589 0.0 443 380 63 L2 28-27 35-17 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 106 62 44 .585 0.5 468 447 21 L1 28-24 34-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 106 61 45 .575 1.5 490 393 97 L3 28-28 33-17 3 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 107 55 52 .514 8.0 399 413 -14 W8 21-33 34-19 4 5 13 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 105 49 56 .467 13.0 401 481 -80 W1 19-32 30-24 5 10 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 105 49 56 .467 13.0 397 433 -36 W8 14-34 35-22 6 9 19 -- 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
Paul Lindblad New York Yankees Hist Sold by Texas Rangers to New York Yankees
Pat Zachry New York Mets Injury DL - Fractured left foot
2 record(s)