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Friday, April 14,1978

Friday, April 14,1978

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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
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Lary Sorensen Don Stanhouse 36,086 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Texas Rangers  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Dick Drago Len Barker -- 34,747 3:11
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Cleveland Indians  1 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Paul Splittorff Rick Wise Doug Bird 17,526 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Seattle Mariners  5 Minnesota Twins  14 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Geoff Zahn Tom House -- 17,425 2:35
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 California Angels  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dave Heaverlo Chris Knapp -- 2,973 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Detroit Tigers  8 Toronto Blue Jays  10 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Don Kirkwood Milt Wilcox Tom Murphy 35,761 2:55
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Guillermo Hernandez Jim Bibby -- 45,777 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Cincinnati Reds  8 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Tom Hume Joaquin Andujar Dale Murray 25,583 2:37
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Atlanta Braves  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tommy John Dick Ruthven -- 38,397 2:09
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 New York Mets  3 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Mardie Cornejo Rudy May Skip Lockwood 37,172 2:47
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 San Francisco Giants  3 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Moffitt Rollie Fingers -- 45,901 2:31
1978 reg season 1978-04-14 Philadelphia Phillies  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Carlton Pete Vuckovich Tug McGraw 17,921 2:45
12 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
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 6 5 1 .833 0.0 59 26 33 L1 0-1 5-0 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 1.0 33 25 8 L1 2-1 2-1 2 5 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 2.0 30 24 6 W2 2-3 1-0 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.5 21 23 -2 L2 0-1 2-2 4 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 3.0 23 24 -1 W1 1-4 1-0 5 10 20 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 3.0 30 38 -8 W1 1-4 1-0 6 12 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 6 1 5 .167 4.0 21 54 -33 W1 0-5 1-0 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
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 5 4 1 .800 0.0 22 17 5 W4 1-1 3-0 1 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 8 6 2 .750 0.5 18 11 7 W5 1-2 5-0 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.5 28 28 0 L1 0-1 4-1 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.5 21 21 0 L1 0-1 5-2 4 6 9 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 10 5 5 .500 1.5 53 40 13 W1 4-5 1-0 5 7 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 2.5 16 24 -8 L3 0-1 2-3 6 11 18 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 10 2 8 .200 4.5 30 50 -20 L7 0-5 2-3 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
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 8 5 3 .625 0.0 28 26 2 W1 1-0 4-3 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 5 3 2 .600 0.5 31 19 12 W1 1-0 2-2 2 4 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 0.5 20 22 -2 W3 3-3 1-0 3 7 11 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 0.5 33 32 1 L1 1-2 3-1 4 6 12 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 2.0 26 25 1 L1 2-3 0-1 5 8 21 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 7 2 5 .286 2.5 20 34 -14 L5 0-4 2-1 6 10 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
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 8 7 1 .875 0.0 56 33 23 W3 1-0 6-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 7 5 2 .714 1.5 46 25 21 W1 4-2 1-0 2 2 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 2.5 30 31 -1 W1 2-2 2-1 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 4.0 20 28 -8 L1 2-3 0-1 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 8 2 6 .250 5.0 35 50 -15 L1 0-4 2-2 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 6 1 5 .167 5.0 21 41 -20 L2 0-1 1-4 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Mike Anderson Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1978-1978 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Pat Dobson -- Hist Released by Indians
Frank Ortenzio Montreal Expos Hist Returned to Montreal Expos
3 record(s)