Baseball on Thursday, August 31, 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
New York Yankees	6	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Dick Tidrow (6-9)	Scott McGregor (12-12)	NYA L Piniella (4)	Mickey Rivers (20.6)
Milwaukee Brewers	1	Cleveland Indians	0	Box G1	Mike Caldwell (17-8)	Mike Paxton (9-8)	MIL B Oglivie (15)	Ben Oglivie (14.7)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Cleveland Indians	12	Box G2	Rick Waits (10-13)	Bill Travers (9-8)	CLE R Pruitt (4), A Thornton (27)	Andre Thornton (11.4)
Minnesota Twins	4	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Geoff Zahn (10-13)	Kip Young (5-4)	MIN G Adams (7), R Chiles (1)	Glenn Adams (23.5)
Montreal Expos	1	San Diego Padres	6	Box	Eric Rasmussen (14-10)	Woodie Fryman (7-9)	None	Dave Winfield (13.4)
Cincinnati Reds	11	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Tom Seaver (12-13)	Silvio Martinez (8-7)	CIN J Bench (19), G Foster (31), J Morgan (10) SLN W Garrett (2)	George Foster (17.8)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	84	48	.636	--	675	525	33-33	51-15	L1	Game Log
New York Yankees	77	54	.588	6.5	577	483	35-33	42-21	W7	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	76	57	.571	8.5	672	552	30-35	46-22	L1	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	73	59	.553	11.0	603	521	32-32	41-27	L1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	72	60	.545	12.0	532	555	34-35	38-25	L2	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	57	75	.432	27.0	549	583	22-44	35-31	W1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	55	80	.407	30.5	528	644	21-48	34-32	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	71	60	.542	--	592	524	28-40	43-20	W1	Game Log
California Angels	70	63	.526	2.0	543	535	29-37	41-26	L5	Game Log
Texas Rangers	65	65	.500	5.5	522	505	26-38	39-27	L1	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	62	72	.463	10.5	445	530	27-39	35-33	L9	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	58	75	.436	14.0	564	588	29-41	29-34	W1	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	56	75	.427	15.0	509	603	23-39	33-36	L1	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	49	82	.374	22.0	521	684	19-43	30-39	L5	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	71	59	.546	--	573	486	27-36	44-23	W5	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	64	.508	5.0	518	523	29-39	37-25	W3	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	66	65	.504	5.5	524	561	29-39	37-26	L3	Game Log
Montreal Expos	61	73	.455	12.0	520	496	26-39	35-34	L5	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	58	75	.436	14.5	498	541	28-40	30-35	L1	Game Log
New York Mets	53	79	.402	19.0	497	551	25-38	28-41	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	54	.594	--	600	475	36-33	43-21	W3	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	77	56	.579	2.0	533	474	36-33	41-23	L1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	72	61	.541	7.0	579	580	34-31	38-30	W1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	70	65	.519	10.0	496	502	29-40	41-25	W1	Game Log
Houston Astros	62	70	.470	16.5	501	528	19-44	43-26	L1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	59	73	.447	19.5	501	623	24-40	35-33	W3	Game Log

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