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Tuesday, May 30,1978

Tuesday, May 30,1978

Baseball on this Date

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Games on this date
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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.
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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 1978-05-30 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Eckersley Jerry Garvin -- 25,853 2:17
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 California Angels  2 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Frank Tanana Jim Willoughby 12,110 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 New York Yankees  1 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Wise Dick Tidrow -- 6,069 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 Baltimore Orioles  2 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Steve Baker Nelson Briles John Hiller 10,530 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 Oakland Athletics  1 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Mike Caldwell Elias Sosa -- 8,322 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 Minnesota Twins  2 Texas Rangers  0 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Geoff Zahn Fergie Jenkins Mike Marshall 12,718 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 Cincinnati Reds  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jamie Easterly Doug Bair -- 10,103 2:33
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 San Francisco Giants  1 Houston Astros  0 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Knepper J.R. Richard -- 8,019 2:12
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 San Diego Padres  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  10 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Rhoden Eric Rasmussen -- 31,636 2:17
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 Chicago Cubs  4 Montreal Expos  7 box | pbp Stade Olympique Steve Rogers Rick Reuschel Mike Garman 16,106 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 St. Louis Cardinals  8 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Silvio Martinez Jerry Koosman -- 13,412 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-05-30 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Bert Blyleven -- 26,123 2:18
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • 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.
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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 49 34 15 .694 0.0 260 188 72 W8 12-12 22-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 45 29 16 .644 3.0 204 157 47 L1 13-11 16-5 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 45 25 20 .556 7.0 209 171 38 W1 14-12 11-8 3 6 9 -- dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 44 23 21 .523 8.5 220 197 23 W1 10-13 13-8 4 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 47 22 25 .468 11.0 177 221 -44 L1 10-13 12-12 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 45 21 24 .467 11.0 171 186 -15 W1 9-16 12-8 6 10 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 47 16 31 .340 17.0 180 246 -66 L4 5-17 11-14 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 47 27 20 .574 0.0 152 149 3 L1 12-11 15-9 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 43 24 19 .558 1.0 195 187 8 W5 11-12 13-7 2 4 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 45 25 20 .556 1.0 194 171 23 L4 9-11 16-9 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 3.0 171 176 -5 L2 9-12 14-10 4 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 47 19 28 .404 8.0 208 217 -9 W2 12-15 7-13 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 44 16 28 .364 9.5 164 193 -29 W4 4-15 12-13 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 49 17 32 .347 11.0 190 236 -46 L2 6-15 11-17 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 Chicago Cubs franchise | log 43 24 19 .558 0.0 171 170 1 L2 13-12 11-7 1 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 42 22 20 .524 1.5 200 162 38 W2 7-14 15-6 2 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 46 24 22 .522 1.5 197 170 27 W2 11-11 13-11 3 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 49 23 26 .469 4.0 189 207 -18 L2 13-12 10-14 4 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 46 21 25 .457 4.5 178 209 -31 L2 9-15 12-10 5 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 49 17 32 .347 10.0 174 206 -32 W2 7-18 10-14 6 12 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 West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 45 30 15 .667 0.0 179 143 36 W3 13-8 17-7 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 48 29 19 .604 2.5 238 207 31 L1 14-10 15-9 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 46 27 19 .587 3.5 244 181 63 W2 12-11 15-8 3 3 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 46 20 26 .435 10.5 159 193 -34 L2 7-16 13-10 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 44 19 25 .432 10.5 163 181 -18 L4 6-14 13-11 5 10 20 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 44 18 26 .409 11.5 140 203 -63 W1 6-15 12-11 6 11 21 -- dnq
26 record(s)