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Saturday, August 19,1978

Saturday, August 19,1978

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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 1978-08-19 Baltimore Orioles  3 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Paul Hartzell Jim Palmer -- 38,870 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Chicago White Sox  2 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Francisco Barrios Mike Paxton -- 5,282 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Texas Rangers  0 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Fergie Jenkins -- 37,604 2:00
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Detroit Tigers  6 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Milt Wilcox Jerry Augustine -- 35,104 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Gary Serum Jerry Garvin -- 10,745 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Boston Red Sox  4 Oakland Athletics  8 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Henry Johnson Bill Lee Bob Lacey 11,806 2:41
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 New York Yankees  1 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Jim Colborn Dick Tidrow -- 29,915 2:05
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Cincinnati Reds  9 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Tom Hume Bruce Sutter -- 38,740 3:25
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 San Diego Padres  3 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Randy Jones Dan Schatzeder Rollie Fingers 21,676 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 New York Mets  8 box | pbp Shea Stadium Dale Murray Don Sutton Skip Lockwood 22,963 3:06
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 San Francisco Giants  0 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton John Montefusco -- 54,288 1:43
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Houston Astros  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bert Blyleven Floyd Bannister Kent Tekulve 22,015 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-08-19 Atlanta Braves  3 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Larry McWilliams Bob Forsch -- 24,313 2:37
13 record(s)
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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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 122 77 45 .631 0.0 621 487 134 L1 32-31 45-14 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 121 69 52 .570 7.5 527 453 74 L1 32-31 37-21 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 121 68 53 .562 8.5 608 504 104 L1 26-32 42-21 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 9.0 553 469 84 W1 30-31 37-22 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 12.5 475 527 -52 L3 31-34 33-23 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 23.5 499 529 -30 L5 20-39 33-29 6 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 122 46 76 .377 31.0 472 594 -122 L6 16-45 30-31 7 13 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 121 66 55 .545 0.0 555 485 70 W1 26-36 40-19 1 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 125 68 57 .544 0.0 526 501 25 W2 29-32 39-25 2 6 9 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 120 60 60 .500 5.5 479 474 5 L1 24-35 36-25 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 125 62 63 .496 6.0 425 475 -50 W1 27-34 35-29 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 123 56 67 .455 11.0 537 542 -5 W3 27-38 29-29 5 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 121 51 70 .421 15.0 472 559 -87 W4 22-36 29-34 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 123 46 77 .374 21.0 487 637 -150 W1 19-38 27-39 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 119 64 55 .538 0.0 513 441 72 W1 22-34 42-21 1 4 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 121 62 59 .512 3.0 490 524 -34 L2 26-33 36-26 2 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 6.5 473 491 -18 W5 23-37 35-25 3 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 123 58 65 .472 8.0 492 446 46 L3 24-33 34-32 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 123 51 72 .415 15.0 423 484 -61 L1 22-38 29-34 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 122 50 72 .410 15.5 467 518 -51 W1 22-35 28-37 6 12 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 123 72 51 .585 0.0 562 440 122 L1 34-32 38-19 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 123 71 52 .577 1.0 490 439 51 L1 33-32 38-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 123 70 53 .569 2.0 540 522 18 W2 33-30 37-23 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 123 64 59 .520 8.0 449 454 -5 W4 26-39 38-20 4 5 12 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 15.5 461 563 -102 W1 24-39 32-27 5 10 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 122 56 66 .459 15.5 454 492 -38 L4 19-42 37-24 6 9 19 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jim Spencer New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)
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