Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 4,1978

Standings as of 1978-05-04

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	2	Detroit Tigers	20	15	5	.750	--	114	80	34	10-3	5-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	142	71	71	.500
2	5	8	New York Yankees	22	13	9	.591	3.0	82	76	6	5-6	8-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	141	87	54	.617
3	6	9	Boston Red Sox	24	14	10	.583	3.0	145	118	27	3-7	11-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	139	85	54	.612
4	8	15	Cleveland Indians	21	10	11	.476	5.5	99	85	14	7-9	3-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	138	59	79	.428
5	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	22	10	12	.455	6.0	124	110	14	3-10	7-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	140	83	57	.593
6	10	21	Baltimore Orioles	22	9	13	.409	7.0	90	122	-32	5-7	4-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	139	81	58	.583
7	12	23	Toronto Blue Jays	23	8	15	.348	8.5	86	116	-30	4-8	4-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	138	51	87	.370
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	Oakland Athletics	23	18	5	.783	--	86	55	31	6-2	12-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	139	51	88	.367
2	3	4	Kansas City Royals	22	14	8	.636	3.5	99	81	18	6-6	8-2	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	140	78	62	.557
3	4	5	California Angels	23	14	9	.609	4.0	86	80	6	5-2	9-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	139	73	66	.525
4	7	14	Texas Rangers	20	10	10	.500	6.5	69	84	-15	2-6	8-4	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	142	77	65	.542
5	11	22	Chicago White Sox	20	7	13	.350	9.5	82	94	-12	2-7	5-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	141	64	77	.454
6	13	25	Minnesota Twins	26	8	18	.308	11.5	114	126	-12	5-10	3-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	136	65	71	.478
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	28	8	20	.286	12.5	90	139	-49	4-8	4-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	132	48	84	.364
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	3	7	Montreal Expos	20	12	8	.600	--	88	77	11	5-5	7-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	142	64	78	.451
2	4	10	Philadelphia Phillies	19	11	8	.579	0.5	105	72	33	4-5	7-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	143	79	64	.552
3	5	12	Chicago Cubs	23	12	11	.522	1.5	81	101	-20	6-6	6-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	139	67	72	.482
4	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	22	11	11	.500	2.0	96	103	-7	4-5	7-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	139	77	62	.554
5	8	17	New York Mets	25	11	14	.440	3.5	82	91	-9	6-6	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	137	55	82	.401
6	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	24	10	14	.417	4.0	100	95	5	3-6	7-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	138	59	79	.428
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	1	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	23	15	8	.652	--	129	84	45	9-5	6-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	139	80	59	.576
2	2	6	Cincinnati Reds	23	14	9	.609	1.0	132	108	24	7-5	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	138	78	60	.565
3	6	11	San Francisco Giants	23	12	11	.522	3.0	78	81	-3	8-6	4-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	139	77	62	.554
4	9	18	Houston Astros	23	10	13	.435	5.0	84	106	-22	3-8	7-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	139	64	75	.460
5	11	20	San Diego Padres	22	9	13	.409	5.5	73	93	-20	5-9	4-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	140	75	65	.536
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	23	8	15	.348	7.0	70	107	-37	2-7	6-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	139	61	78	.439

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	1	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Paul Thormodsgard	(none)
New York Mets	8	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Jerry Koosman	Phil Niekro	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Rick Rhoden	Woodie Fryman	(none)

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