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Monday, April 24,1978

Monday, April 24,1978

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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 1978-04-24 New York Yankees  8 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Ron Guidry Scott McGregor -- 18,053 2:43
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 Seattle Mariners  6 California Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Enrique Romo Paul Hartzell Shane Rawley 13,429 3:43
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 Detroit Tigers  4 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jack Billingham Ken Kravec -- 8,314 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 Kansas City Royals  8 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Doug Bird Reggie Cleveland -- 15,530 2:49
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 Cleveland Indians  4 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Don Hood Dave Lemanczyk Jim Kern 10,776 2:45
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 San Diego Padres  3 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Joe Sambito Rollie Fingers -- 7,300 2:48
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Rudy May Mark Littell Stan Bahnsen 11,448 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Kent Tekulve Mardie Cornejo -- 9,495 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-04-24 Chicago Cubs  2 Philadelphia Phillies  12 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Randy Lerch Woodie Fryman -- 20,115 2:20
9 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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 13 10 3 .769 0.0 74 55 19 W1 5-1 5-2 1 3 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 1.0 102 79 23 L1 2-3 8-2 2 5 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 3.0 100 76 24 W1 3-7 5-0 3 6 9 -- dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 4.0 53 56 -3 W1 2-5 5-3 4 7 16 -- Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 4.0 70 59 11 W2 3-5 3-2 5 8 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 6.0 58 93 -35 L3 1-6 4-4 6 12 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 6.0 53 76 -23 L1 1-4 4-6 7 11 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 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 13 11 2 .846 0.0 58 40 18 W3 6-2 5-0 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 14 11 3 .786 0.5 45 23 22 W5 6-2 5-1 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 2.0 55 44 11 L1 5-2 5-3 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 6.0 53 58 -5 L3 1-6 4-2 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 17 6 11 .353 7.0 78 81 -3 L6 4-5 2-6 5 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 8.5 70 100 -30 W1 3-6 3-8 6 13 24 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 13 3 10 .231 8.0 46 75 -29 L1 1-6 2-4 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 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 0.0 65 48 17 W5 3-4 6-1 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 1.5 55 62 -7 L1 3-4 5-3 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 1.5 50 52 -2 L2 5-4 4-4 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 2.0 60 47 13 W1 3-4 3-2 4 7 12 -- Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 2.0 67 75 -8 W4 2-5 5-2 5 8 14 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 16 5 11 .313 5.0 65 78 -13 L7 1-6 4-5 6 11 23 -- 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 16 11 5 .688 0.0 90 61 29 W2 5-4 6-1 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 0.5 87 61 26 W2 4-2 6-3 2 2 7 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 3.0 51 46 5 L2 3-2 4-5 3 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 17 8 9 .471 3.5 69 82 -13 W1 3-7 5-2 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.0 47 54 -7 L1 2-4 4-4 5 10 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 14 3 11 .214 7.0 32 72 -40 L4 2-7 1-4 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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
Sandy Alomar Texas Rangers Injury DL - Unknown
1 record(s)