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Sunday, September 24,1978

Sunday, September 24,1978

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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 1978-09-24 Detroit Tigers  4 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Slaton Don Stanhouse -- 9,081 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 California Angels  7 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Nolan Ryan Francisco Barrios -- 12,621 2:32
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 New York Yankees  4 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Ron Guidry Mike Paxton -- 15,855 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Oakland Athletics  2 Milwaukee Brewers  5 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Rick Langford -- 16,535 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Kansas City Royals  4 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Goltz Steve Mingori -- 6,627 2:55
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Seattle Mariners  3 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Steve Comer Jim Colborn Paul Mirabella 0 2:00
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Seattle Mariners  3 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Danny Darwin Rick Jones Jim Umbarger 6,955 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Boston Red Sox  7 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Dick Drago Tom Buskey -- 33,618 4:56
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Cincinnati Reds  2 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Tom Hume Jim Bouton -- 12,298 1:42
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 San Diego Padres  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bob Welch Bob Owchinko -- 50,018 2:19
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Scott Sanderson Bruce Kison -- 23,260 2:02
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Philadelphia Phillies  8 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Steve Carlton Nino Espinosa -- 25,473 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Houston Astros  0 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Candlestick Park Vida Blue Floyd Bannister -- 0 1:51
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Houston Astros  4 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Barr Tom Dixon -- 25,276 3:19
1978 reg season 1978-09-24 Chicago Cubs  5 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Lynn McGlothen Tom Bruno Bruce Sutter 17,033 3:35
15 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 New York Yankees franchise | log 156 94 62 .603 0.0 706 565 141 W1 44-37 50-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 156 93 63 .596 1.0 759 649 110 W2 40-41 53-22 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 157 90 67 .573 4.5 780 636 144 W3 36-40 54-27 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 155 86 69 .555 7.5 640 619 21 L1 38-39 48-30 4 5 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 156 84 72 .538 10.0 702 631 71 W1 39-39 45-33 5 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 153 68 85 .444 24.5 625 673 -48 L1 26-49 42-36 6 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 155 59 96 .381 34.5 586 742 -156 L2 22-52 37-44 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 156 88 68 .564 0.0 722 620 102 L1 36-45 52-23 1 4 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 156 83 73 .532 5.0 656 636 20 W1 37-44 46-29 2 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 155 81 74 .523 6.5 649 607 42 W6 31-45 50-29 3 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 156 71 85 .455 17.0 646 655 -9 W1 33-42 38-43 4 9 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 155 68 87 .439 19.5 599 692 -93 L1 31-46 37-41 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 157 68 89 .433 20.5 514 661 -147 L5 30-50 38-39 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 153 55 98 .359 31.5 595 793 -198 L7 23-53 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 154 86 68 .558 0.0 677 554 123 W4 35-41 51-27 1 2 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 154 82 72 .532 4.0 644 610 34 L2 33-47 49-25 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 155 77 78 .497 9.5 638 687 -49 W1 35-42 42-36 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 155 73 82 .471 13.5 608 586 22 W2 32-43 41-39 4 8 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 157 67 90 .427 20.5 584 641 -57 L1 31-48 36-42 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 156 63 93 .404 24.0 587 669 -82 L4 31-47 32-46 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 156 94 62 .603 0.0 702 547 155 W2 40-35 54-27 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 155 86 69 .555 7.5 670 664 6 W1 43-38 43-31 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 157 87 70 .554 7.5 605 579 26 W4 38-40 49-30 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 157 81 76 .516 13.5 580 585 -5 L2 33-46 48-30 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 156 69 87 .442 25.0 587 719 -132 L1 30-48 39-39 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 156 69 87 .442 25.0 584 625 -41 L4 21-57 48-30 6 9 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
David Green Milwaukee Brewers Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Nicaragua)
1 record(s)