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Sunday, April 30,1978

Sunday, April 30,1978

Baseball on this Date

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Games on this date
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  • 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.
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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 1978-04-30 Toronto Blue Jays  9 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jerry Garvin Chris Knapp -- 27,367 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Baltimore Orioles  8 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Scott McGregor Pablo Torrealba -- 17,786 3:04
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Milwaukee Brewers  0 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Rich Gale Mike Caldwell Steve Mingori 19,827 2:42
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 New York Yankees  3 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Rich Gossage Mac Scarce -- 13,929 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Cleveland Indians  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Elias Sosa Rick Wise -- 6,378 2:16
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Detroit Tigers  3 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Enrique Romo Steve Foucault -- 7,474 3:20
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Boston Red Sox  1 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Fergie Jenkins Bill Campbell -- 22,554 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Chicago Cubs  7 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Bruce Sutter Adrian Devine -- 7,269 2:44
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Montreal Expos  2 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Rudy May Mark Lemongello Stan Bahnsen 11,515 2:01
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Cincinnati Reds  4 New York Mets  6 box | pbp Shea Stadium Pat Zachry Tom Hume Skip Lockwood 20,092 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 San Diego Padres  4 Philadelphia Phillies  11 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Randy Lerch Randy Jones -- 31,101 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 San Francisco Giants  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Knepper Bert Blyleven -- 7,929 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-04-30 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Urrea Don Sutton Pete Vuckovich 21,677 2:25
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 18 13 5 .722 0.0 97 74 23 L1 8-3 5-2 1 3 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 3.0 116 99 17 L4 3-7 8-2 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 3.5 64 65 -1 W1 5-6 5-3 3 6 11 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 5.0 117 105 12 L3 3-10 6-1 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 19 8 11 .421 5.5 80 110 -30 W3 4-6 4-5 5 9 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 19 8 11 .421 5.5 85 79 6 L2 5-9 3-2 6 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 21 8 13 .381 6.5 82 103 -21 W1 4-6 4-7 7 11 21 -- 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 21 16 5 .762 0.0 73 51 22 W2 6-2 10-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 19 14 5 .737 1.0 88 63 25 W3 6-3 8-2 2 2 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 21 14 7 .667 2.0 80 63 17 L1 5-2 9-5 3 4 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 6.0 67 83 -16 W6 1-6 8-4 4 7 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 8.5 77 87 -10 L3 1-6 5-6 5 12 24 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 9.5 104 107 -3 L1 5-8 3-8 6 13 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 10.5 84 125 -41 W1 4-8 4-10 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 0.0 90 59 31 W3 3-4 7-3 1 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 19 11 8 .579 0.0 78 74 4 W1 5-5 6-3 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 0.5 70 84 -14 W1 6-6 5-3 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 1.0 83 90 -7 L1 4-5 6-4 4 6 12 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 2.5 65 78 -13 W1 5-4 5-8 5 8 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 3.0 90 89 1 W2 3-6 6-6 6 10 18 -- 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 0.0 112 73 39 L2 7-4 6-3 1 1 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 21 13 8 .619 0.5 119 93 26 L1 7-5 6-3 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 3.0 72 71 1 W1 6-5 4-5 3 7 13 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 4.0 81 96 -15 L1 3-7 7-5 4 9 16 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 5.5 60 80 -20 L3 3-8 4-4 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 7.0 57 90 -33 L1 2-7 4-7 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)