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Friday, April 8,1977

Friday, April 8,1977

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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
1977 reg season 1977-04-08 California Angels  6 Seattle Mariners  7 box | pbp Kingdome Bill Laxton John Verhoeven -- 11,845 2:51
1977 reg season 1977-04-08 San Diego Padres  3 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jack Billingham Brent Strom Dale Murray 24,588 2:16
1977 reg season 1977-04-08 Atlanta Braves  2 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Forsch Bob Johnson -- 25,781 2:56
3 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
1977 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 5 4 1 W1 1-0 0-0 1 3 4 Yes dnq
1977 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 3 0 3 W1 0-0 1-0 2 5 6 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1977 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 9 5 4 W1 0-0 1-0 3 1 9 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 1 2 -1 L1 0-0 0-1 4 8 17 -- dnq
1977 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 4 5 -1 L1 0-0 0-1 5 12 18 -- dnq
1977 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 4 7 -3 L1 0-0 0-1 6 10 21 -- dnq
1977 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 0 3 -3 L1 0-1 0-0 7 9 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
1977 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 7 4 3 W1 1-0 0-0 1 4 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1977 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 2 1 1 W1 1-0 0-0 2 2 8 Yes dnq
1977 AL West California Angels franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 15 7 8 L1 2-1 0-0 3 6 11 -- dnq
1977 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 7 15 -8 W1 0-0 1-2 4 7 12 -- dnq
1977 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 5 9 -4 L1 0-1 0-0 5 11 20 -- dnq
1977 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 6 14 23 -- dnq
1977 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 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
1977 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 5 3 2 W1 1-0 0-0 1 2 1 Yes dnq
1977 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 12 6 6 W1 1-0 0-0 2 1 7 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 3 5 -2 L1 0-0 0-1 3 6 19 -- dnq
1977 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.0 6 12 -6 L1 0-0 0-1 4 7 14 -- dnq
1977 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 5 11 26 -- dnq
1977 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 0 0 0 -- 0.5 0 0 0 -- 0-0 0-0 6 12 24 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
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
1977 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 11 6 5 W2 0-0 2-0 1 5 5 Yes dnq
1977 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 3 2 1 W1 0-0 1-0 2 4 2 Yes dnq
1977 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 5 1 4 W1 0-0 1-0 3 3 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1977 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.5 2 3 -1 L1 0-1 0-0 4 10 16 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 2.0 6 11 -5 L2 0-2 0-0 5 8 13 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 1 0 1 .000 1.5 1 5 -4 L1 0-1 0-0 6 9 15 -- 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
Kurt Bevacqua Texas Rangers Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Tim Stoddard Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1977-1977 ($0m) [Free Agent]
2 record(s)