Baseball on Monday, August 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
Detroit Tigers	9	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Jack Billingham (14-5)	Geoff Zahn (9-12)	DET L Parrish (12), J Wockenfuss (3) MIN R Smalley (17)	Lance Parrish (25.9)
Baltimore Orioles	3	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Mike Flanagan (16-11)	Rick Langford (6-9)	None	Eddie Murray (20.7)
Texas Rangers	6	Toronto Blue Jays	8	Box	Tom Murphy (5-9)	Jim Umbarger (4-8)	TEX K Bevacqua (5), B Bonds (23), A Oliver (11), J Sundberg (4) TOR A Ashby (8), W Horton (9)	Alan Ashby (39.9)
St. Louis Cardinals	14	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Silvio Martinez (7-6)	Bill Bonham (9-4)	CIN G Foster (29), K Griffey 2 (7) SLN T Simmons (16)	Ted Simmons (24.0)
Chicago Cubs	3	Houston Astros	8	Box	J.R. Richard (13-11)	Rick Reuschel (12-11)	HOU J Cruz (10)	Jimmy Sexton (16.9)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Ross Grimsley (15-9)	Bob Welch (5-1)	MON G Carter (15), W Cromartie (7), A Dawson (22)	Andre Dawson (37.6)
San Francisco Giants	4	New York Mets	2	Box	Randy Moffitt (8-4)	Kevin Kobel (2-4)	None	Len Randle (23.1)
San Diego Padres	7	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Gaylord Perry (15-5)	Warren Brusstar (3-1)	SDN G Tenace (14), D Thomas (3)	Bob Boone (36.6)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	78	45	.634	--	625	489	33-31	45-14	W1	Game Log
New York Yankees	69	53	.566	8.5	531	458	32-32	37-21	L2	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	69	53	.566	8.5	610	505	26-32	43-21	W1	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	68	54	.557	9.5	563	477	31-32	37-22	W1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	65	58	.528	13.0	478	530	32-35	33-23	W1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	54	68	.443	23.5	509	530	20-39	34-29	W1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	48	76	.387	30.5	486	602	17-45	31-31	W2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	67	55	.549	--	557	486	26-36	41-19	W2	Game Log
California Angels	69	57	.548	2.0	527	501	29-32	40-25	W3	Game Log
Texas Rangers	60	62	.492	7.0	486	484	24-37	36-25	L3	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	62	65	.488	7.5	429	482	27-34	35-31	L2	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	56	69	.448	12.5	545	557	27-38	29-31	L2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	51	71	.418	16.0	473	569	22-37	29-34	L1	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	47	77	.379	21.0	492	641	19-38	28-39	W2	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	65	56	.537	--	521	451	22-34	43-22	L1	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	63	60	.512	3.0	495	533	26-34	37-26	L1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	62	.492	5.5	483	498	23-37	37-25	W7	Game Log
Montreal Expos	59	66	.472	8.0	500	453	24-33	35-33	W1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	53	72	.424	14.0	443	497	23-38	30-34	W2	Game Log
New York Mets	50	74	.403	16.5	473	527	22-35	28-39	L2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	52	.584	--	569	448	35-33	38-19	L1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	72	53	.576	1.0	497	446	34-33	38-20	W1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	70	55	.560	3.0	550	538	33-31	37-24	L2	Game Log
San Diego Padres	66	59	.528	7.0	461	461	28-39	38-20	W6	Game Log
Houston Astros	57	68	.456	16.0	469	505	19-44	38-24	W1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	56	67	.455	16.0	465	569	24-40	32-27	L1	Game Log

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