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Wednesday, August 9,1978

Wednesday, August 9,1978

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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 1978-08-09 Kansas City Royals  2 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Larry Gura Scott McGregor -- 12,859 2:11
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Cleveland Indians  5 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Rick Wise Bill Lee Jim Kern 33,285 2:38
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Texas Rangers  2 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Kip Young Jim Umbarger -- 30,167 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Seattle Mariners  4 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Glenn Abbott Roger Erickson Jim Todd 6,814 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Milwaukee Brewers  7 New York Yankees  8 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Larry McCall Bob McClure -- 27,172 2:53
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Chicago White Sox  0 Toronto Blue Jays  8 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jesse Jefferson Steve Stone -- 24,282 2:04
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dave Roberts Ed Whitson -- 23,310 2:37
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Atlanta Braves  0 Cincinnati Reds  10 box | pbp Cinergy Field Paul Moskau Tommy Boggs -- 34,090 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 San Diego Padres  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Doug Rau Eric Rasmussen -- 41,597 2:09
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 New York Mets  10 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Stade Olympique Craig Swan Wayne Twitchell -- 16,910 2:45
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Houston Astros  6 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mark Lemongello Jim Barr Ken Forsch 13,757 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-08-09 Philadelphia Phillies  6 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Kaat Bob Forsch Ron Reed 16,172 2:16
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
  • 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.
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 111 70 41 .631 0.0 565 436 129 L1 29-29 41-12 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 112 63 49 .563 7.5 490 434 56 W4 27-28 36-21 2 3 6 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 109 61 48 .560 8.0 554 459 95 L4 24-28 37-20 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 111 61 50 .550 9.0 503 441 62 W1 27-29 34-21 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 112 60 52 .536 10.5 444 497 -53 L5 30-31 30-21 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 110 52 58 .473 17.5 465 468 -3 W1 20-36 32-22 6 10 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 112 43 69 .384 27.5 442 543 -101 W3 16-39 27-30 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 110 62 48 .564 0.0 511 431 80 W2 23-30 39-18 1 2 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 115 62 53 .539 2.5 476 462 14 W1 26-30 36-23 2 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 115 60 55 .522 4.5 397 424 -27 L1 26-30 34-25 3 8 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 110 53 57 .482 9.0 443 445 -2 L1 19-34 34-23 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 111 47 64 .423 15.5 484 501 -17 L1 26-37 21-27 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 111 46 65 .414 16.5 436 521 -85 L2 18-33 28-32 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 115 42 73 .365 22.5 456 604 -148 W1 19-38 23-35 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 110 60 50 .545 0.0 466 407 59 W1 22-34 38-16 1 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 58 54 .518 3.0 448 477 -29 W1 25-31 33-23 2 5 13 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 115 54 61 .470 8.5 477 429 48 L1 24-33 30-28 3 7 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 109 51 58 .468 8.5 419 442 -23 L1 22-34 29-24 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 114 48 66 .421 14.0 447 480 -33 W1 22-35 26-31 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 114 45 69 .395 17.0 386 459 -73 L1 19-38 26-31 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 114 67 47 .588 0.0 463 402 61 L1 29-27 38-20 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 113 66 47 .584 0.5 504 465 39 W1 29-24 37-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 114 66 48 .579 1.0 512 406 106 W5 30-31 36-17 3 3 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 114 57 57 .500 10.0 409 435 -26 L5 22-38 35-19 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 113 53 60 .469 13.5 427 521 -94 L1 21-33 32-27 5 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 112 52 60 .464 14.0 423 458 -35 W1 17-37 35-23 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)