Baseball on this Date - Saturday March 18,1978

Standings at end of 1977 season.

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	New York Yankees	162	100	62	.617	--	831	651	180	45-36	55-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	0	0	0
2	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	161	97	64	.602	2.5	719	653	66	43-37	54-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	0	0	0
3	4	6	Boston Red Sox	161	97	64	.602	2.5	859	712	147	46-35	51-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	0	0	0
4	8	18	Detroit Tigers	162	74	88	.457	26.0	714	751	-37	35-46	39-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	0	0	0
5	10	19	Cleveland Indians	161	71	90	.441	28.5	676	739	-63	34-46	37-44	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	0	0	0
6	11	21	Milwaukee Brewers	162	67	95	.414	33.0	639	765	-126	30-51	37-44	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	0	0	0
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	161	54	107	.335	45.5	605	822	-217	29-52	25-55	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Kansas City Royals	162	102	60	.630	--	822	651	171	47-34	55-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	0	0	0
2	5	8	Texas Rangers	162	94	68	.580	8.0	767	657	110	50-31	44-37	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	0	0	0
3	6	9	Chicago White Sox	162	90	72	.556	12.0	844	771	73	42-39	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	0	0	0
4	7	11	Minnesota Twins	161	84	77	.522	17.5	867	776	91	36-45	48-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	0	0	0
5	9	16	California Angels	162	74	88	.457	28.0	675	695	-20	35-46	39-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	0	0	0
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	162	64	98	.395	38.0	624	855	-231	35-46	29-52	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	0	0	0
7	13	24	Oakland Athletics	161	63	98	.391	38.5	605	749	-144	28-52	35-46	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Philadelphia Phillies	162	101	61	.623	--	847	668	179	41-40	60-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	0	0	0
2	3	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	96	66	.593	5.0	734	665	69	38-43	58-23	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	0	0	0
3	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	162	83	79	.512	18.0	737	688	49	31-48	52-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	0	0	0
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	162	82	80	.506	19.0	692	739	-47	35-46	46-35	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	0	-1	1
5	9	17	Montreal Expos	162	74	88	.457	27.0	665	736	-71	37-44	38-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	0	1	-1
6	11	23	New York Mets	162	64	98	.395	37.0	587	663	-76	29-54	35-44	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	0	0	0
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	98	64	.605	--	769	582	187	47-34	51-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	0	0	0
2	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	162	88	74	.543	10.0	802	725	77	40-41	48-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	0	0	0
3	7	14	Houston Astros	162	81	81	.500	17.0	680	650	30	35-46	46-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	0	0	0
4	8	15	San Francisco Giants	162	75	87	.463	23.0	673	711	-38	37-44	38-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	0	0	0
5	10	20	San Diego Padres	162	69	93	.426	29.0	692	834	-142	34-47	35-46	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	0	0	0
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	162	61	101	.377	37.0	678	895	-217	21-60	40-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	0	0	0

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Carl Morton	P	34.060	Released by Pirates.
Stan Perzanowski	P	27.205	Signed as Free Agent by Twins.
Doug Rader	3B	33.231	Released by Blue Jays.

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