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Tuesday, May 23,1978

Tuesday, May 23,1978

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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 1978-05-23 Detroit Tigers  0 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Jack Billingham -- 4,536 1:51
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Chicago White Sox  4 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Nolan Ryan Jim Willoughby -- 16,866 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Texas Rangers  2 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Roger Erickson Jim Umbarger -- 6,791 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Cleveland Indians  1 New York Yankees  10 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Guidry Don Hood -- 20,618 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Jerry Augustine Matt Keough -- 2,534 2:02
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Kansas City Royals  3 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Dick Pole Andy Hassler Jim Todd 0 2:11
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Kansas City Royals  5 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Doug Bird Shane Rawley Al Hrabosky 8,275 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Boston Red Sox  1 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Jesse Jefferson Bill Campbell -- 14,578 3:00
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Atlanta Braves  6 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Preston Hanna Fred Norman Adrian Devine 17,771 2:52
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 New York Mets  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Nino Espinosa Grant Jackson Skip Lockwood 2,869 2:37
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Rollie Fingers Tommy John -- 27,512 2:00
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Houston Astros  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Randy Moffitt Joe Sambito -- 11,120 2:12
1978 reg season 1978-05-23 Montreal Expos  4 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rudy May Bob Forsch Mike Garman 11,128 2:24
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 36 23 13 .639 0.0 188 143 45 L2 13-6 10-7 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 41 26 15 .634 0.5 219 168 51 L1 10-12 16-3 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 38 24 14 .632 0.0 176 134 42 W3 12-10 12-4 3 3 4 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 5.0 194 178 16 W3 7-12 12-7 4 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.0 150 162 -12 L1 7-13 11-7 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 38 17 21 .447 7.0 152 196 -44 W1 9-12 8-9 6 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 39 15 24 .385 9.5 154 204 -50 W1 4-12 11-12 7 12 23 -- 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 40 24 16 .600 0.0 135 127 8 L1 9-8 15-8 1 4 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 38 22 16 .579 1.0 171 142 29 W1 9-9 13-7 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 3.5 164 169 -5 W1 8-12 12-7 3 6 12 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 38 19 19 .500 4.0 145 155 -10 L2 7-12 12-7 4 7 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 41 17 24 .415 7.5 188 190 -2 W3 10-14 7-10 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 44 16 28 .364 10.0 171 206 -35 L1 5-13 11-15 6 13 24 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 36 12 24 .333 10.0 139 172 -33 L2 4-13 8-11 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 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 35 19 16 .543 0.0 174 133 41 L1 6-10 13-6 1 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 0.5 143 152 -9 W3 10-10 9-7 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 39 20 19 .513 1.0 157 152 5 W2 9-8 11-11 3 6 11 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 41 19 22 .463 3.0 153 170 -17 W2 10-10 9-12 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 39 18 21 .462 3.0 158 173 -15 L2 9-13 9-8 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 41 14 27 .341 8.0 152 173 -21 L11 5-17 9-10 6 12 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 West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 24 14 .632 0.0 146 132 14 W1 11-8 13-6 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 40 24 16 .600 1.0 213 151 62 L1 11-8 13-8 2 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 42 25 17 .595 1.0 214 188 26 L1 11-8 14-9 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 37 18 19 .486 5.5 148 144 4 L2 6-12 12-7 4 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 40 18 22 .450 7.0 136 162 -26 W1 7-14 11-8 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 38 15 23 .395 9.0 113 177 -64 W1 6-14 9-9 6 11 22 -- 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
Tom Paciorek -- Hist Released by Braves
1 record(s)
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