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Wednesday, July 5,1978

Wednesday, July 5,1978

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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 1978-07-05 Toronto Blue Jays  1 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Jerry Garvin -- 0 1:53
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Baltimore Orioles  8 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Joe Kerrigan Tom Murphy -- 9,886 2:57
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Boston Red Sox  9 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bill Lee Steve Stone Bob Stanley 26,434 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Cleveland Indians  3 Detroit Tigers  13 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Billingham Rick Wise -- 12,778 2:31
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 California Angels  1 Kansas City Royals  10 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Nolan Ryan -- 20,347 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dave Goltz Lary Sorensen -- 11,409 2:02
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Oakland Athletics  5 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Matt Keough Shane Rawley Dave Heaverlo 6,723 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 New York Yankees  2 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jon Matlack Don Gullett -- 37,702 2:07
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Houston Astros  1 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Paul Moskau Joe Niekro Doug Bair 30,320 2:26
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Atlanta Braves  9 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Dave Campbell Charlie Hough Gene Garber 39,036 3:01
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Philadelphia Phillies  7 New York Mets  5 box | pbp Shea Stadium Warren Brusstar Jerry Koosman Tug McGraw 8,667 2:35
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 San Diego Padres  4 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park John Curtis Rollie Fingers -- 8,394 3:02
1978 reg season 1978-07-05 Chicago Cubs  5 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Mike Krukow Bob Forsch Bruce Sutter 19,683 2:32
13 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 78 54 24 .692 0.0 422 292 130 W2 20-18 34-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 80 45 35 .563 10.0 401 336 65 L4 19-20 26-15 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 80 45 35 .563 10.0 354 307 47 L2 20-24 25-11 3 2 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 81 45 36 .556 10.5 322 363 -41 W3 23-22 22-14 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 80 39 41 .488 16.0 341 341 0 W1 20-24 19-17 5 9 16 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 80 37 43 .463 18.0 309 334 -25 L2 14-26 23-17 6 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 81 29 52 .358 26.5 325 406 -81 L2 10-29 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 82 43 39 .524 0.0 277 288 -11 W4 18-22 25-17 1 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 79 41 38 .519 0.5 312 290 22 W1 13-23 28-15 2 6 11 -- dnq
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 81 42 39 .519 0.5 332 347 -15 L2 18-23 24-16 3 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 80 41 39 .513 1.0 351 331 20 W2 16-25 25-14 4 8 13 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 80 37 43 .463 5.0 338 350 -12 L1 15-21 22-22 5 11 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 77 35 42 .455 5.5 357 348 9 W4 19-23 16-19 6 12 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 83 28 55 .337 15.5 323 431 -108 L3 12-24 16-31 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 76 44 32 .579 0.0 331 269 62 W2 16-23 28-9 1 2 3 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 78 41 37 .526 4.0 320 328 -8 W3 19-23 22-14 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 77 38 39 .494 6.5 307 324 -17 W2 16-21 22-18 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 81 39 42 .481 7.5 314 291 23 L2 17-22 22-20 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 82 34 48 .415 13.0 300 342 -42 L2 17-22 17-26 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 83 32 51 .386 15.5 286 350 -64 L3 17-29 15-22 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 81 49 32 .605 0.0 345 280 65 W1 20-19 29-13 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 82 47 35 .573 2.5 355 332 23 W1 22-20 25-15 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 81 46 35 .568 3.0 392 313 79 L1 21-20 25-15 3 4 5 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 82 41 41 .500 8.5 291 316 -25 L1 16-24 25-17 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 78 35 43 .449 12.5 299 316 -17 L1 11-24 24-19 5 9 21 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 79 34 45 .430 14.0 290 369 -79 W1 14-27 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
Nolan Ryan California Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)