Baseball on Thursday, September 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
Boston Red Sox	5	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Dennis Eckersley (18-8)	Milt Wilcox (13-11)	DET J Thompson (25)	Butch Hobson (12.6)
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Kansas City Royals	8	Box	Dennis Leonard (19-17)	Andy Replogle (9-4)	KCA G Brett (8)	Frank White (44.9)
Texas Rangers	6	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Jon Matlack (14-13)	Gary Serum (9-9)	None	Willie Norwood (21.2)
New York Yankees	7	Toronto Blue Jays	1	Box	Catfish Hunter (11-5)	Balor Moore (6-8)	TOR R Bosetti (5)	Reggie Jackson (27.4)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Ed Whitson (5-6)	Bruce Sutter (8-10)	None	Frank Taveras (51.2)
Atlanta Braves	0	Houston Astros	2	Box	Ken Forsch (10-6)	Phil Niekro (19-16)	None	Jeff Leonard (10.4)
San Francisco Giants	1	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Gaylord Perry (20-6)	John Montefusco (11-8)	None	Gene Richards (19.2)
New York Mets	2	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	John Urrea (4-9)	Craig Swan (8-6)	None	Ted Simmons (26.9)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
New York Yankees	93	60	.608	--	694	547	43-35	50-25	W2	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	91	62	.595	2.0	745	637	38-40	53-22	W1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	87	67	.565	6.5	759	630	36-40	51-27	L1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	85	66	.563	7.0	624	603	38-39	47-27	L1	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	81	71	.533	11.5	686	615	36-38	45-33	L1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	66	84	.440	25.5	607	661	26-49	40-35	W1	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	58	94	.382	34.5	574	728	22-52	36-42	L2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	86	66	.566	--	711	607	34-43	52-23	W1	Game Log
California Angels	81	72	.529	5.5	642	626	35-43	46-29	W1	Game Log
Texas Rangers	76	74	.507	9.0	622	597	31-45	45-29	W1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	69	83	.454	17.0	633	644	33-42	36-41	L1	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	68	86	.442	19.0	508	640	30-47	38-39	L2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	67	85	.441	19.0	589	678	31-46	36-39	W2	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	55	93	.372	29.0	585	766	23-48	32-45	L2	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	83	68	.550	--	662	549	32-41	51-27	W1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	70	.539	1.5	642	603	33-45	49-25	W1	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	75	77	.493	8.5	627	675	33-41	42-36	L1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	71	82	.464	13.0	601	584	32-43	39-39	L1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	66	88	.429	18.5	572	630	31-48	35-40	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	63	90	.412	21.0	582	654	31-47	32-43	L1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	61	.601	--	690	532	40-35	52-26	L1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	84	68	.553	7.5	661	651	41-37	43-31	W1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	83	70	.542	9.0	587	573	38-40	45-30	L1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	80	74	.519	12.5	565	573	32-44	48-30	W1	Game Log
Houston Astros	69	83	.454	22.5	578	607	21-53	48-30	W1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	68	85	.444	24.0	574	710	30-48	38-37	L1	Game Log

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