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Friday, July 7,1978

Friday, July 7,1978

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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 1978-07-07 Seattle Mariners  5 California Angels  9 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Frank Tanana Dick Pole Dave LaRoche 20,119 2:31
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Joe Coleman Rich Hinton Victor Cruz 18,643 2:45
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Boston Red Sox  9 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dan Spillner Bill Campbell -- 19,543 3:28
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Baltimore Orioles  1 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Scott McGregor -- 23,314 2:08
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 New York Yankees  0 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Ron Guidry -- 40,216 1:59
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Minnesota Twins  3 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Geoff Zahn Steve Renko Mike Marshall 0 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Minnesota Twins  1 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Darrell Jackson Rick Langford -- 7,239 1:48
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Detroit Tigers  12 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dave Rozema Dock Ellis -- 21,069 3:08
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 San Diego Padres  3 Atlanta Braves  11 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Mickey Mahler Gaylord Perry -- 9,605 2:51
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 San Francisco Giants  7 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Vida Blue Tom Seaver Gary Lavelle 0 2:38
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 San Francisco Giants  1 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bill Bonham Jim Barr Doug Bair 51,163 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Doug Rau Mark Lemongello Charlie Hough 20,707 2:11
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Chicago Cubs  9 New York Mets  7 box | pbp Shea Stadium Lynn McGlothen Paul Siebert Bruce Sutter 13,815 2:58
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Montreal Expos  7 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Rogers Dick Ruthven Mike Garman 45,193 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-07-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Candelaria Pete Vuckovich Kent Tekulve 13,813 2:37
15 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 80 55 25 .688 0.0 438 308 130 L1 21-19 34-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 81 46 35 .568 9.5 407 336 71 W1 19-20 27-15 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 82 46 36 .561 10.0 361 315 46 L1 21-25 25-11 3 3 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 83 45 38 .542 11.5 323 368 -45 L2 23-23 22-15 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 82 41 41 .500 15.0 361 352 9 W3 21-24 20-17 5 9 14 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 82 38 44 .463 18.0 323 351 -28 W1 14-27 24-17 6 11 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 83 31 52 .373 25.5 330 408 -78 W2 12-29 19-23 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 California Angels franchise | log 83 44 39 .530 0.0 350 354 -4 W2 19-23 25-16 1 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 82 42 40 .512 1.5 356 341 15 W1 16-25 26-15 2 6 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 81 41 40 .506 2.0 321 309 12 L2 13-23 28-17 3 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 85 43 42 .506 2.0 281 295 -14 L3 18-23 25-19 4 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 79 37 42 .468 5.0 361 350 11 W6 21-23 16-19 5 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 82 37 45 .451 6.5 346 360 -14 L3 15-21 22-24 6 12 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 85 29 56 .341 16.0 331 442 -111 L1 12-25 17-31 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 78 45 33 .577 0.0 342 282 60 L1 16-23 29-10 1 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 80 42 38 .525 4.0 335 344 -9 W1 20-24 22-14 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 79 39 40 .494 6.5 311 328 -17 W1 17-22 22-18 3 6 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 83 40 43 .482 7.5 327 302 25 W1 18-23 22-20 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 84 35 49 .417 13.0 316 357 -41 L1 17-22 18-27 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 85 33 52 .388 15.5 290 354 -64 L1 17-29 16-23 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 San Francisco Giants franchise | log 84 51 33 .607 0.0 358 292 66 L1 21-20 30-13 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 83 48 35 .578 2.5 404 318 86 W2 22-20 26-15 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 84 48 36 .571 3.0 363 340 23 W1 22-20 26-16 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 84 41 43 .488 10.0 298 332 -34 L3 16-26 25-17 4 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 79 35 44 .443 13.5 303 323 -20 L2 11-24 24-20 5 9 21 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 81 35 46 .432 14.5 302 377 -75 W1 14-28 21-18 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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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
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ron Kittle -- Hist Released by Dodgers
Rafael Landestoy Houston Astros Hist Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers with Jeff Leonard to Houston Astros for Joe Ferguson (7/1/1978)
Bill Buckner Chicago Cubs Hist Activated from Disabled List
Mickey Klutts New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
John Wathan Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)
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