Baseball on Friday, April 21, 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
Kansas City Royals	1	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Jim Palmer (2-0)	Dennis Leonard (2-2)	KCA T Poquette (1)	Tom Poquette (21.9)
Cleveland Indians	7	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Dick Drago (2-1)	Jim Kern (1-1)	BOS C Fisk (2), J Rice (4), G Scott (1) CLE J Grubb (1)	Carlton Fisk (39.5)
California Angels	3	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Don Aase (1-1)	Dave Goltz (0-3)	CAL D Baylor (5)	Bob Randall (25.6)
Milwaukee Brewers	9	New York Yankees	2	Box	Jerry Augustine (3-1)	Ed Figueroa (2-1)	MIL B Oglivie (1)	Jim Wohlford (12.7)
Oakland Athletics	5	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Matt Keough (1-0)	Dick Pole (1-3)	OAK G Alexander (4)	Dave Revering (13.3)
Chicago White Sox	11	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Francisco Barrios (1-1)	Tom Underwood (0-2)	CHA C Lemon (1), B Nahorodny (1), E Soderholm (2)	Junior Moore (17.1)
New York Mets	0	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Dennis Lamp (1-2)	Craig Swan (1-1)	CHN D Kingman (2)	Dave Kingman (28.7)
Houston Astros	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Ken Forsch (1-0)	Bobby Castillo (0-2)	HOU J Ferguson (4) LAN D Lopes (2), R Monday (7)	Joe Ferguson (56.8)
Atlanta Braves	3	San Diego Padres	9	Box	Gaylord Perry (1-0)	Jamie Easterly (0-1)	None	Dave Winfield (36.1)
Cincinnati Reds	0	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Bob Knepper (2-0)	Tom Seaver (0-1)	None	Skip James (16.8)

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	9	3	.750	1.5	85	53	2-3	7-0	W8	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	7	6	.538	2.0	94	70	2-6	5-0	W1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	5	7	.417	3.5	48	74	1-6	4-1	W1	Game Log
New York Yankees	5	7	.417	3.5	39	48	1-5	4-2	L2	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	3	6	.333	4.0	40	40	0-4	3-2	L1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	3	9	.250	5.5	43	70	1-4	2-5	L1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	8	2	.800	--	39	26	3-2	5-0	L1	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	9	3	.750	1.0	37	23	4-2	5-1	W3	Game Log
California Angels	9	4	.692	1.5	45	35	4-2	5-2	W2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	5	5	.500	3.0	50	46	1-4	4-1	W1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	6	10	.375	5.0	75	76	4-5	2-5	L5	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	5	12	.294	6.5	64	87	2-6	3-6	L2	Game Log
Texas Rangers	2	7	.222	5.5	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
Chicago Cubs	7	5	.583	2.0	48	45	3-3	4-2	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	8	6	.571	3.0	43	43	4-3	4-3	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	5	.643	--	83	56	3-4	6-1	L2	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	5	.615	0.5	75	57	4-2	4-3	L1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	7	5	.583	1.0	46	39	3-2	4-3	W1	Game Log
Houston Astros	7	7	.500	2.0	61	67	3-5	4-2	W1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	4	7	.364	3.5	37	46	2-3	2-4	W2	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	3	9	.250	5.0	28	65	2-5	1-4	L2	Game Log

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