Baseball on Thursday, August 17, 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
| Boston Red Sox | 8 | California Angels | 6 | Box | Bob Stanley (10-1) | Tom Griffin (2-4) | CAL J Rudi (11) | Danny Goodwin (37.1) |
| Cleveland Indians | 5 | Detroit Tigers | 9 | Box | Jack Morris (3-4) | Don Hood (5-5) | CLE A Thornton (24) DET S Kemp (10), M May (10) | Steve Kemp (64.9) |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | Milwaukee Brewers | 6 | Box | Bill Travers (8-7) | Jim Clancy (9-10) | None | Don Money (20.6) |
| Kansas City Royals | 5 | Minnesota Twins | 6 | Box | Roger Erickson (13-7) | Larry Gura (10-3) | None | Pete LaCock (23.6) |
| Chicago White Sox | 4 | Texas Rangers | 2 | Box | Ken Kravec (9-11) | Paul Mirabella (2-1) | TEX T Harrah (5) | Don Kessinger (15.8) |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0 | Chicago Cubs | 2 | Box | Rick Reuschel (12-10) | Tom Seaver (11-12) | CHN D Kingman (20) | Tim Blackwell (9.4) |
| San Francisco Giants | 3 | Montreal Expos | 0 | Box | Ed Halicki (6-6) | Ross Grimsley (14-9) | SFN J Clark (20) | Jack Clark (15.9) |
| San Diego Padres | 9 | New York Mets | 2 | Box | Gaylord Perry (14-5) | Juan Berenguer (0-1) | SDN T Ashford (3), D Winfield (19) | Dave Winfield (14.0) |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | Box | Burt Hooton (13-8) | Tug McGraw (8-4) | None | Steve Garvey (39.9) |
| Houston Astros | 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | Box G1 | Don Robinson (9-5) | J.R. Richard (12-11) | None | Don Robinson (21.2) |
| Houston Astros | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | Box G2 | Bruce Kison (4-4) | Mark Lemongello (8-11) | None | Steve Brye (26.8) |
| Atlanta Braves | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | Box | John Denny (10-8) | Mickey Mahler (4-7) | ATL G Matthews (13) | Ted Simmons (12.0) |