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Friday, April 7,1978

Friday, April 7,1978

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Oakland Athletics  0 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Frank Tanana Rick Langford -- 28,194 1:56
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Boston Red Sox  5 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Lerrin LaGrow Dick Drago -- 50,754 2:54
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Mark Fidrych Dave Lemanczyk -- 52,528 2:04
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Baltimore Orioles  3 Milwaukee Brewers  11 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Augustine Mike Flanagan -- 47,824 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Minnesota Twins  3 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Rick Honeycutt Pete Redfern Enrique Romo 11,530 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Los Angeles Dodgers  13 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Don Sutton Phil Niekro -- 42,866 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Houston Astros  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bill Bonham Joe Niekro Pedro Borbon 22,883 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Montreal Expos  1 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jerry Koosman Steve Rogers -- 11,736 2:08
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Bob Forsch Steve Carlton -- 47,791 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 Chicago Cubs  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John Candelaria Rick Reuschel -- 39,028 1:52
1978 reg season 1978-04-07 San Diego Padres  3 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mickey Lolich Gary Lavelle Rollie Fingers 36,131 2:49
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 6 2 4 W1 0-0 1-0 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 11 3 8 W1 0-0 1-0 2 4 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 3 11 -8 L1 0-1 0-0 3 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 5 6 -1 L1 0-1 0-0 4 8 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 2 6 -4 L1 0-1 0-0 5 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 7 13 26 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 6 5 1 W1 0-0 1-0 1 2 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 1 0 1 W1 0-0 1-0 2 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 13 10 3 W1 0-0 2-1 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 10 13 -3 L1 1-2 0-0 4 6 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 0 1 -1 L1 0-1 0-0 5 7 16 -- dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 6 11 24 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 7 14 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 3 1 2 W1 0-0 1-0 1 4 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 1 0 1 W1 0-0 1-0 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 5 1 4 W1 1-0 0-0 3 1 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 0 1 -1 L1 0-1 0-0 4 10 20 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 1 3 -2 L1 0-1 0-0 5 7 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 1 5 -4 L1 0-0 0-1 6 9 14 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 16 13 3 W2 0-0 2-0 1 6 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 13 4 9 W1 1-0 0-0 2 5 4 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 3 2 1 W1 1-0 0-0 3 2 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.5 4 13 -9 L1 0-0 0-1 4 12 17 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 2.0 13 16 -3 L2 0-2 0-0 5 8 21 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.5 2 3 -1 L1 0-0 0-1 6 11 13 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Paul Boris New York Yankees Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Rutgers)
Steve Hammond Atlanta Braves Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Tom Paciorek Atlanta Braves Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1978-1978 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Mario Guerrero Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from San Francisco Giants with Gary Alexander, Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, John Henry Johnson and Phil Huffman to Oakland Athletics for Vida Blue (3/15/1978)
Mike Edwards Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Miguel Dilone and Elias Sosa to Oakland Athletics for Manny Sanguillen (4/4/1978)
Dave May Milwaukee Brewers Injury DL - Sore right shoulder
Rob Wilfong Minnesota Twins Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)