The Baseball Cube

Monday, May 8,1978

Monday, May 8,1978

Baseball on this Date

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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 1978-05-08 Kansas City Royals  4 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Bob Stanley Dennis Leonard -- 25,891 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-05-08 New York Mets  3 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Skip Lockwood Pedro Borbon Mardie Cornejo 16,094 2:52
2 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
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  • 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.
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 23 17 6 .739 0.0 125 85 40 W2 12-4 5-2 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 1.5 167 126 41 W6 3-7 15-3 2 4 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 3.0 95 89 6 W1 5-6 10-4 3 5 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 6.0 143 121 22 L1 3-10 9-3 4 7 13 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 24 10 14 .417 7.5 105 113 -8 L3 7-12 3-2 5 9 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 8.0 108 146 -38 L2 5-7 5-8 6 10 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 10.5 94 140 -46 L5 4-11 4-7 7 13 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 26 19 7 .731 0.0 91 66 25 L2 6-2 13-5 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 2.0 114 86 28 W3 5-2 12-7 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 26 15 11 .577 4.0 114 108 6 L1 7-9 8-2 3 6 9 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 6.5 82 97 -15 L1 3-8 8-4 4 8 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 31 11 20 .355 10.5 114 147 -33 W3 4-8 7-12 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 29 10 19 .345 10.5 138 144 -6 W2 7-11 3-8 6 12 24 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 7 16 .304 10.5 86 108 -22 L4 2-10 5-6 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 Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 22 14 8 .636 0.0 129 83 46 W3 4-5 10-3 1 1 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 24 14 10 .583 1.0 115 95 20 L1 7-7 7-3 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 13 12 .520 2.5 107 116 -9 W2 4-5 9-7 3 6 12 -- dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 25 12 13 .480 3.5 83 105 -22 L4 6-6 6-7 4 7 14 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 4.5 110 101 9 W2 3-6 9-9 5 8 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 5.5 96 117 -21 W1 7-9 5-8 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 26 16 10 .615 0.0 142 95 47 L2 10-7 6-3 1 2 6 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 1.0 152 138 14 L1 7-5 9-7 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 1.5 82 83 -1 W3 10-6 4-5 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 5.5 77 110 -33 W2 2-7 8-8 4 12 22 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 5.5 87 113 -26 L4 3-10 7-5 5 11 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 5.5 79 103 -24 L2 6-11 4-4 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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
Ray Knight Cincinnati Reds Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)