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Tuesday, April 18,1978

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Tuesday, April 18,1978

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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 1978-04-18 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Luis Tiant Eduardo Rodriguez -- 18,928 2:49
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Baltimore Orioles  3 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Sparky Lyle Tippy Martinez -- 15,628 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 California Angels  1 Seattle Mariners  6 box | pbp Kingdome Paul Mitchell Nolan Ryan -- 6,679 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Kansas City Royals  5 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Paul Splittorff Dave Lemanczyk -- 10,218 2:13
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Montreal Expos  1 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ray Burris Steve Rogers Bruce Sutter 2,010 2:12
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Cincinnati Reds  11 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Fred Norman Don Sutton Dale Murray 50,374 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Houston Astros  5 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Joe Niekro Bob Shirley -- 10,840 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 Atlanta Braves  1 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Preston Hanna John Montefusco Adrian Devine 7,401 2:04
1978 reg season 1978-04-18 New York Mets  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mike Bruhert Eric Rasmussen Skip Lockwood 5,728 2:22
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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 9 7 2 .778 0.0 53 40 13 W3 4-1 3-1 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 10 7 3 .700 0.5 66 42 24 W6 2-3 5-0 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 2.0 81 58 23 L2 1-5 5-0 3 6 12 -- dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 2.5 34 35 -1 W1 1-4 4-1 4 7 13 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 8 3 5 .375 3.5 33 31 2 W1 0-3 3-2 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 4.0 46 73 -27 L1 1-6 3-1 6 11 20 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 10 2 8 .200 5.5 37 56 -19 L4 1-4 1-4 7 14 26 -- 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 9 8 1 .889 0.0 38 24 14 W8 3-1 5-0 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 10 7 3 .700 1.5 26 15 11 W1 2-2 5-1 2 4 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 11 7 4 .636 2.0 31 31 0 L1 2-2 5-2 3 5 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 4.0 39 44 -5 L4 0-4 4-1 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 68 67 1 L3 4-5 2-3 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 6.0 59 71 -12 W1 2-6 3-4 6 12 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 9 2 7 .222 6.0 26 50 -24 L6 0-4 2-3 7 13 24 -- 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.0 40 28 12 W1 3-1 2-2 1 2 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 0.0 37 37 0 W2 3-3 3-1 2 3 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 12 7 5 .583 0.0 41 38 3 W2 3-2 4-3 3 6 11 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 1.5 44 44 0 L2 1-2 4-4 4 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 1.5 35 31 4 L1 2-4 2-1 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 3.0 36 55 -19 L2 1-5 2-2 6 10 22 -- 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 West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 12 9 3 .750 0.0 79 48 31 W2 3-2 6-1 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 2.0 59 44 15 L2 4-2 2-2 2 5 10 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 2.0 43 37 6 L1 3-2 3-2 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 3.5 50 55 -5 W3 1-4 4-2 4 8 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 8 2 6 .250 5.0 25 41 -16 L3 2-3 0-3 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 9 2 7 .222 5.5 23 54 -31 W1 1-3 1-4 6 12 25 -- dnq
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  • 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
Reggie Cleveland Texas Rangers Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to Texas Rangers
Don Gullett New York Yankees Injury DL - Left shoulder inflammation
Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)