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Wednesday, May 3,1978

Wednesday, May 3,1978

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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 1978-05-03 Texas Rangers  2 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Doyle Alexander Don Stanhouse -- 6,118 2:38
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Minnesota Twins  9 Boston Red Sox  11 box | pbp Fenway Park Tom Burgmeier Dave Johnson Bob Stanley 16,403 3:36
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Detroit Tigers  7 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jim Slaton Frank Tanana John Hiller 19,462 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Chicago White Sox  0 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Augustine Rich Wortham -- 5,720 1:49
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Kansas City Royals  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ed Figueroa Dennis Leonard Rich Gossage 21,230 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Oakland Athletics  11 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Pete Broberg Jim Clancy Bob Lacey 2,512 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Cleveland Indians  10 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome Don Hood Byron McLaughlin Dennis Kinney 5,321 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Doug Rau Ray Burris Terry Forster 9,252 3:03
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  12 box | pbp Cinergy Field Fred Norman Larry Christenson -- 26,054 2:35
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 Houston Astros  3 Montreal Expos  10 box | pbp Stade Olympique Ross Grimsley J.R. Richard -- 5,229 2:46
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 San Diego Padres  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium John D'Acquisto Jim Bibby Rollie Fingers 5,052 3:04
1978 reg season 1978-05-03 San Francisco Giants  4 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Barr Eric Rasmussen -- 6,583 2:07
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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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 20 15 5 .750 0.0 114 80 34 W2 10-3 5-2 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 3.0 82 76 6 W4 5-6 8-3 2 5 8 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 3.5 137 117 20 W1 3-7 10-3 3 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 5.5 99 85 14 W2 7-9 3-2 4 8 15 -- dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 6.0 124 110 14 W1 3-10 7-2 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 7.0 90 122 -32 L1 5-7 4-6 6 10 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 23 8 15 .348 8.5 86 116 -30 L2 4-8 4-7 7 12 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 23 18 5 .783 0.0 86 55 31 W4 6-2 12-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 3.5 99 81 18 L3 6-6 8-2 2 3 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 4.0 86 80 6 L3 5-2 9-7 3 4 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 6.5 69 84 -15 W7 2-6 8-4 4 7 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 20 7 13 .350 9.5 82 94 -12 L1 2-7 5-6 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 25 8 17 .320 11.0 113 118 -5 L2 5-9 3-8 6 13 25 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 28 8 20 .286 12.5 90 139 -49 L2 4-8 4-12 7 14 26 -- 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 20 12 8 .600 0.0 88 77 11 W2 5-5 7-3 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 19 11 8 .579 0.5 105 72 33 L1 4-5 7-3 2 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 22 12 10 .545 1.0 80 97 -17 L1 6-6 6-4 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 2.0 96 103 -7 L2 4-5 7-6 4 7 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 4.0 74 89 -15 L2 5-6 5-8 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 4.0 100 95 5 L1 3-6 7-8 6 9 18 -- 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.0 125 83 42 W1 8-5 6-3 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.5 132 108 24 W1 7-5 7-4 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 2.5 78 81 -3 W1 8-6 4-5 3 6 12 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.5 84 106 -22 L2 3-8 7-5 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 5.0 73 93 -20 W2 5-9 4-4 5 11 20 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 22 8 14 .364 6.0 68 99 -31 W2 2-7 6-7 6 12 22 -- 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
Tim Nordbrook Milwaukee Brewers Injury DL - Knee
Mike Parrott Seattle Mariners Injury DL - Right shoulder inflammation
Fernando Arroyo Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
Robin Yount Milwaukee Brewers Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)