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Tuesday, August 22,1978

Tuesday, August 22,1978

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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 1978-08-22 New York Yankees  6 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Catfish Hunter Frank Tanana -- 35,644 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Kansas City Royals  6 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Larry Gura Ross Baumgarten Al Hrabosky 21,689 2:44
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Cleveland Indians  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Bill Castro Jim Kern -- 0 2:47
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Cleveland Indians  4 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Willie Mueller Jim Kern -- 23,918 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Detroit Tigers  7 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jim Slaton Stan Perzanowski -- 7,726 2:49
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Baltimore Orioles  6 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Don Stanhouse Bob Lacey Joe Kerrigan 1,930 3:29
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Boston Red Sox  2 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Glenn Abbott Luis Tiant -- 21,486 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Texas Rangers  1 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jim Clancy Doc Medich Victor Cruz 17,492 2:07
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Don Robinson Mickey Mahler Kent Tekulve 9,348 2:42
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 St. Louis Cardinals  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Dave Tomlin Tom Bruno -- 31,182 3:14
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 Chicago Cubs  1 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Mark Lemongello Mike Krukow -- 9,721 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 San Francisco Giants  7 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ed Halicki Nino Espinosa Randy Moffitt 15,937 2:38
1978 reg season 1978-08-22 San Diego Padres  3 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Larry Christenson Eric Rasmussen Ron Reed 36,339 2:47
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 124 78 46 .629 0.0 627 494 133 L1 33-32 45-14 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 124 71 53 .573 7.0 618 511 107 W3 26-32 45-21 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 123 70 53 .569 7.5 537 460 77 W1 33-32 37-21 3 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 123 69 54 .561 8.5 570 480 90 W2 32-32 37-22 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 124 66 58 .532 12.0 484 534 -50 W2 33-35 33-23 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 124 54 70 .435 24.0 515 538 -23 L2 20-41 34-29 6 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 125 49 76 .392 29.5 489 603 -114 W3 17-45 32-31 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 123 68 55 .553 0.0 563 489 74 W3 27-36 41-19 1 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 127 69 58 .543 1.0 529 507 22 L1 29-32 40-26 2 6 9 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 123 60 63 .488 8.0 487 487 0 L4 24-38 36-25 3 8 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 128 62 66 .484 8.5 433 488 -55 L3 27-34 35-32 4 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 126 56 70 .444 13.5 548 564 -16 L3 27-38 29-32 5 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 123 51 72 .415 17.0 476 575 -99 L2 22-37 29-35 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 125 48 77 .384 21.0 497 643 -146 W3 19-38 29-39 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 122 66 56 .541 0.0 526 454 72 W1 22-34 44-22 1 4 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 4.0 496 535 -39 L2 26-35 37-26 2 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 123 61 62 .496 5.5 486 499 -13 W8 24-37 37-25 3 7 14 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 125 59 66 .472 8.5 500 453 47 W1 24-33 35-33 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 126 53 73 .421 15.0 447 502 -55 L1 23-39 30-34 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 125 50 75 .400 17.5 477 534 -57 L3 22-35 28-40 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 125 73 52 .584 0.0 569 448 121 L1 35-33 38-19 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 126 73 53 .579 0.5 504 450 54 W2 35-33 38-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 126 71 55 .563 2.5 555 542 13 W1 33-31 38-24 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 126 66 60 .524 7.5 464 466 -2 L1 28-40 38-20 4 5 12 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 126 58 68 .460 15.5 471 506 -35 W2 19-44 39-24 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 124 56 68 .452 16.5 466 572 -106 L2 24-40 32-28 6 10 19 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Bill Fahey Texas Rangers Injury DL - Unknown
1 record(s)