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Wednesday, May 4,1977

Wednesday, May 4,1977

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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 1977-05-04 Oakland Athletics  2 Baltimore Orioles  9 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Palmer Dock Ellis -- 3,232 2:39
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Seattle Mariners  2 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Reggie Cleveland Stan Thomas Bill Campbell 11,408 2:25
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Minnesota Twins  5 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Don Hood Tom Johnson Dave LaRoche 3,353 2:30
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Chicago White Sox  6 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bart Johnson Jim Colborn Lerrin LaGrow 10,737 2:40
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  10 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Bill Singer Jim Slaton Mike Willis 25,699 2:36
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Larry Demery Frank LaCorte -- 3,890 2:24
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Houston Astros  5 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ken Forsch Bruce Sutter Bo McLaughlin 3,044 2:58
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 St. Louis Cardinals  8 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bob Forsch Woodie Fryman -- 20,719 2:26
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 New York Mets  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tommy John Jon Matlack -- 23,398 1:49
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Philadelphia Phillies  1 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Jim Kaat -- 10,021 1:29
1977 reg season 1977-05-04 Montreal Expos  1 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Barr Gerry Hannahs -- 2,213 1:56
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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
1977 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.0 83 74 9 L1 7-4 7-4 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1977 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 1.0 105 75 30 W5 6-5 7-4 2 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1977 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 2.0 70 56 14 W1 4-2 7-7 3 7 9 -- dnq
1977 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 2.5 110 106 4 W1 5-5 6-5 4 9 13 -- dnq
1977 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 4.5 101 114 -13 W1 4-8 7-6 5 10 17 -- dnq
1977 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 21 8 13 .381 5.5 96 115 -19 W1 5-6 3-7 6 11 21 -- dnq
1977 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 22 8 14 .364 6.0 92 132 -40 L3 6-8 2-6 7 13 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
1977 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.0 133 99 34 L1 9-7 6-3 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 0.5 117 109 8 W2 7-7 6-2 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.0 132 90 42 L2 6-1 7-9 3 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1977 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 1.5 84 83 1 W1 9-3 2-6 4 6 10 -- dnq
1977 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 1.5 114 128 -14 L1 4-7 9-4 5 8 11 -- dnq
1977 AL West California Angels franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 5.5 120 118 2 L3 4-9 5-6 6 12 22 -- dnq
1977 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 7.0 97 155 -58 L1 3-8 6-10 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
1977 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 21 14 7 .667 0.0 112 85 27 W5 8-3 6-4 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1977 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.5 117 80 37 W1 8-5 6-3 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 3.0 67 73 -6 L1 5-5 5-4 3 4 12 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 4.0 73 83 -10 L1 4-4 5-6 4 5 14 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 4.5 87 88 -1 L1 7-6 2-5 5 7 16 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1977 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 5.0 80 71 9 L3 6-6 3-6 6 9 19 -- 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 24 20 4 .833 0.0 144 86 58 W3 11-1 9-3 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1977 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 9.0 104 96 8 L1 5-6 5-6 2 6 15 -- dnq
1977 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 9.5 83 108 -25 W1 4-7 6-6 3 8 18 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 10.0 77 91 -14 W1 7-4 2-9 4 10 20 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 11.5 122 140 -18 W1 6-5 4-12 5 11 23 -- dnq
1977 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 12.0 94 159 -65 L11 2-7 6-9 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
  • 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
Joe Nolan Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Unknown
Steve Busby Kansas City Royals Hist Activated from Disabled List
Catfish Hunter New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)