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Thursday, September 21,1978

Thursday, September 21,1978

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Games on this date
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  • 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 gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 Boston Red Sox  5 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dennis Eckersley Milt Wilcox -- 15,213 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Kansas City Royals  8 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Andy Replogle -- 17,799 2:48
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 Texas Rangers  6 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jon Matlack Gary Serum -- 3,312 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 New York Yankees  7 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Catfish Hunter Balor Moore Rich Gossage 28,653 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ed Whitson Bruce Sutter Jim Bibby 2,423 4:40
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 Atlanta Braves  0 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Forsch Phil Niekro -- 3,775 1:47
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 San Francisco Giants  1 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Gaylord Perry John Montefusco -- 13,329 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-09-21 New York Mets  2 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Urrea Craig Swan -- 3,912 2:04
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 New York Yankees franchise | log 153 93 60 .608 0.0 694 547 147 W2 43-35 50-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 153 91 62 .595 2.0 745 637 108 W1 38-40 53-22 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 154 87 67 .565 6.5 759 630 129 L1 36-40 51-27 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 151 85 66 .563 7.0 624 603 21 L1 38-39 47-27 4 5 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 152 81 71 .533 11.5 686 615 71 L1 36-38 45-33 5 6 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 150 66 84 .440 25.5 607 661 -54 W1 26-49 40-35 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 152 58 94 .382 34.5 574 728 -154 L2 22-52 36-42 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 152 86 66 .566 0.0 711 607 104 W1 34-43 52-23 1 3 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 153 81 72 .529 5.5 642 626 16 W1 35-43 46-29 2 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 150 76 74 .507 9.0 622 597 25 W1 31-45 45-29 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 152 69 83 .454 17.0 633 644 -11 L1 33-42 36-41 4 9 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 154 68 86 .442 19.0 508 640 -132 L2 30-47 38-39 5 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 152 67 85 .441 19.0 589 678 -89 W2 31-46 36-39 6 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 148 55 93 .372 29.0 585 766 -181 L2 23-48 32-45 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 151 83 68 .550 0.0 662 549 113 W1 32-41 51-27 1 3 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 152 82 70 .539 1.5 642 603 39 W1 33-45 49-25 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 152 75 77 .493 8.5 627 675 -48 L1 33-41 42-36 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 153 71 82 .464 13.0 601 584 17 L1 32-43 39-39 4 8 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 154 66 88 .429 18.5 572 630 -58 W1 31-48 35-40 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 153 63 90 .412 21.0 582 654 -72 L1 31-47 32-43 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 153 92 61 .601 0.0 690 532 158 L1 40-35 52-26 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 152 84 68 .553 7.5 661 651 10 W1 41-37 43-31 2 2 7 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 153 83 70 .542 9.0 587 573 14 L1 38-40 45-30 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 154 80 74 .519 12.5 565 573 -8 W1 32-44 48-30 4 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 152 69 83 .454 22.5 578 607 -29 W1 21-53 48-30 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 153 68 85 .444 24.0 574 710 -136 L1 30-48 38-37 6 10 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
Juan Agosto -- Hist Released by Red Sox
1 record(s)