Baseball on Thursday, April 20, 1978

This research section allows you to see a list of events that occured on a particular date in baseball history. Games, standings and feats are available since 1957 while other data is available since 1903.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Boston Red Sox	10	Box	Bill Lee (3-0)	Moose Haas (2-2)	BOS B Hobson (4), F Lynn (3) MIL C Cooper (5), G Thomas (5)	Butch Hobson (27.8)
Houston Astros	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Doug Rau (2-0)	Mark Lemongello (1-2)	None	Steve Garvey (36.1)
Atlanta Braves	0	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Randy Jones (1-0)	Phil Niekro (0-4)	None	Bob Davis (14.9)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	7	2	.778	--	53	40	4-1	3-1	W3	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	8	3	.727	1.0	76	46	2-3	6-0	W7	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	6	6	.500	2.5	85	68	1-6	5-0	L3	Game Log
New York Yankees	5	6	.455	3.0	37	39	1-5	4-1	L1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	3	5	.375	3.5	33	31	0-3	3-2	W1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	4	7	.364	4.0	46	73	1-6	3-1	L1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	3	8	.273	5.0	41	59	1-4	2-4	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	8	1	.889	--	38	24	3-1	5-0	W8	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	8	3	.727	1.0	32	20	3-2	5-1	W2	Game Log
California Angels	8	4	.667	1.5	42	33	3-2	5-2	W1	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	4	5	.444	4.0	39	44	0-4	4-1	L4	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	6	9	.400	5.0	73	73	4-5	2-4	L4	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	5	11	.312	6.5	61	82	2-6	3-5	L1	Game Log
Texas Rangers	2	7	.222	6.0	26	50	0-4	2-3	L6	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	5	3	.625	--	40	28	3-1	2-2	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	8	5	.615	2.5	43	38	4-2	4-3	W3	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	6	5	.545	1.5	43	45	3-3	3-2	L1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	5	5	.500	1.0	43	37	3-4	2-1	W1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	5	7	.417	2.0	44	46	1-2	4-5	L3	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	7	.300	3.0	36	55	1-5	2-2	L2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	9	4	.692	--	83	53	3-3	6-1	L1	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	4	.667	0.5	69	49	4-2	4-2	W2	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	6	5	.545	2.0	43	39	3-2	3-3	L2	Game Log
Houston Astros	6	7	.462	3.0	53	61	2-5	4-2	L1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	3	7	.300	4.5	28	43	2-3	1-4	W1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	3	8	.273	5.0	25	56	2-4	1-4	L1	Game Log

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