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Sunday, June 18,1978

Sunday, June 18,1978

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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 1978-06-18 Oakland Athletics  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Palmer John Henry Johnson Tippy Martinez 17,143 2:14
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Seattle Mariners  3 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Glenn Abbott Jim Wright -- 28,961 2:46
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Kansas City Royals  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Al Hrabosky Lerrin LaGrow -- 0 3:08
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Kansas City Royals  0 Chicago White Sox  11 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ron Schueler Paul Splittorff Jim Willoughby 40,598 2:32
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Milwaukee Brewers  0 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Waits Mike Caldwell -- 0 1:57
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Milwaukee Brewers  4 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jerry Augustine Mike Paxton Bill Castro 20,140 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Detroit Tigers  4 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Goltz Jim Slaton Mike Marshall 21,480 2:39
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 California Angels  3 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Chris Knapp Ed Figueroa -- 55,604 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Reggie Cleveland Tom Murphy -- 24,645 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 Atlanta Braves  8 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Preston Hanna Jim Bibby Craig Skok 21,498 3:02
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Fred Norman Silvio Martinez Manny Sarmiento 40,016 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Chicago Cubs  1 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Tom Dixon Dennis Lamp Joe Sambito 14,770 2:16
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Montreal Expos  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Sutton Wayne Twitchell -- 41,769 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 Philadelphia Phillies  1 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Gaylord Perry Dick Ruthven Rollie Fingers 21,195 2:09
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 New York Mets  0 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Vida Blue Craig Swan -- 0 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-06-18 New York Mets  3 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Randy Moffitt Dale Murray -- 35,496 2:28
16 record(s)
Standings on this date
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Grid Actions:
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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 65 45 20 .692 0.0 348 247 101 L1 17-15 28-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 64 38 26 .594 6.5 247 263 -16 W3 20-13 18-13 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 63 37 26 .587 7.0 277 226 51 L1 16-17 21-9 3 3 5 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 64 37 27 .578 7.5 317 268 49 W1 17-16 20-11 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 62 31 31 .500 12.5 262 251 11 L7 15-18 16-13 5 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 61 27 34 .443 16.0 232 264 -32 L1 11-21 16-13 6 11 20 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 63 21 42 .333 23.0 229 318 -89 L2 8-23 13-19 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 Kansas City Royals franchise | log 62 33 29 .532 0.0 279 256 23 L1 14-19 19-10 1 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 64 33 31 .516 1.0 270 270 0 W1 14-17 19-14 2 6 11 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 63 32 31 .508 1.5 241 245 -4 W2 11-17 21-14 3 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 65 32 33 .492 2.5 203 224 -21 L11 12-18 20-15 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 63 31 32 .492 2.5 259 243 16 W1 12-17 19-15 5 10 16 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 62 27 35 .435 6.0 276 271 5 W6 16-20 11-15 6 12 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 67 20 47 .299 15.5 249 343 -94 W1 7-23 13-24 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 Chicago Cubs franchise | log 60 34 26 .567 0.0 251 239 12 L2 15-17 19-9 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 59 31 28 .525 2.5 263 221 42 L2 8-20 23-8 2 5 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 65 33 32 .508 3.5 273 243 30 L1 13-17 20-15 3 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 61 29 32 .475 5.5 248 271 -23 L1 14-20 15-12 4 7 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 67 29 38 .433 8.5 245 284 -39 L2 15-18 14-20 5 10 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 67 23 44 .343 14.5 222 290 -68 L6 10-26 13-18 6 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 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 63 41 22 .651 0.0 251 200 51 W2 17-14 24-8 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 65 40 25 .615 2.0 305 270 35 W5 18-14 22-11 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 64 36 28 .563 5.5 325 256 69 W1 15-18 21-10 3 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 60 28 32 .467 11.5 231 242 -11 W2 8-17 20-15 4 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 64 29 35 .453 12.5 218 255 -37 W2 11-22 18-13 5 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 61 25 36 .410 15.0 214 275 -61 W1 9-22 16-14 6 11 23 -- dnq
26 record(s)