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Monday, July 3,1978

Monday, July 3,1978

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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 1978-07-03 New York Yankees  5 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Dennis Eckersley Ed Figueroa -- 34,722 2:54
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Texas Rangers  6 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jim Willoughby Reggie Cleveland -- 42,231 3:07
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Baltimore Orioles  0 Cleveland Indians  9 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Paxton Scott McGregor -- 9,302 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Milt Wilcox Tom Murphy -- 21,597 2:16
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 California Angels  7 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Chris Knapp Doug Bird Dave LaRoche 39,928 2:51
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Milwaukee Brewers  2 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Roger Erickson Jerry Augustine -- 19,062 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Oakland Athletics  5 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Pete Broberg Glenn Abbott Dave Heaverlo 9,489 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Houston Astros  7 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Cinergy Field Doug Bair Joe Sambito -- 31,840 3:23
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Atlanta Braves  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Rick Camp Burt Hooton Gene Garber 52,190 2:31
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Montreal Expos  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Hal Dues John Candelaria Steve Rogers 7,480 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 San Diego Padres  4 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Randy Jones Jim Barr Rollie Fingers 22,447 2:12
1978 reg season 1978-07-03 Chicago Cubs  6 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Dave Roberts Pete Falcone Bruce Sutter 31,719 2:42
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 Boston Red Sox franchise | log 77 53 24 .688 0.0 413 290 123 W1 19-18 34-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 78 45 33 .577 8.5 398 326 72 L2 19-18 26-15 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 79 45 34 .570 9.0 352 304 48 L1 20-23 25-11 3 3 6 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 78 42 36 .538 11.5 305 352 -47 L1 22-22 20-14 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 78 38 40 .487 15.5 326 329 -3 W1 20-24 18-16 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 78 37 41 .474 16.5 302 315 -13 W1 14-25 23-16 6 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 78 28 50 .359 25.5 309 393 -84 L1 9-27 19-23 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 California Angels franchise | log 79 42 37 .532 0.0 328 333 -5 W2 18-21 24-16 1 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 77 40 37 .519 1.0 308 286 22 L2 13-22 27-15 2 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 80 41 39 .513 1.5 263 281 -18 W2 16-22 25-17 3 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 78 39 39 .500 2.5 337 327 10 L2 16-25 23-14 4 8 13 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 78 36 42 .462 5.5 334 340 -6 W1 15-21 21-21 5 11 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 75 33 42 .440 7.0 347 345 2 W2 19-23 14-19 6 12 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 81 28 53 .346 15.0 316 417 -101 L1 12-24 16-29 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 73 42 31 .575 0.0 321 258 63 W3 14-22 28-9 1 2 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 76 39 37 .513 4.5 308 322 -14 W1 17-23 22-14 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 79 39 40 .494 6.0 310 284 26 W1 17-20 22-20 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 75 36 39 .480 7.0 300 320 -20 L1 16-21 20-18 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 79 33 46 .418 12.0 289 332 -43 L1 17-22 16-24 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 81 32 49 .395 14.0 280 338 -58 L1 17-29 15-20 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 79 48 31 .608 0.0 335 269 66 L2 20-19 28-12 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 80 46 34 .575 2.5 352 328 24 W2 22-20 24-14 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 79 45 34 .570 3.0 380 303 77 L2 21-20 24-14 3 4 7 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 80 40 40 .500 8.5 280 306 -26 W3 15-23 25-17 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 76 34 42 .447 12.5 295 313 -18 L3 10-23 24-19 5 9 20 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 77 33 44 .429 14.0 280 357 -77 W2 13-26 20-18 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Willie Horton -- Hist Released by Indians
Derrel Thomas San Diego Padres Injury DL - Unknown
2 record(s)