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Sunday, July 9,1978

Sunday, July 9,1978

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 1978-07-09 Seattle Mariners  11 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Enrique Romo Nolan Ryan -- 20,969 2:59
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Stone Tom Underwood Jim Willoughby 16,493 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Boston Red Sox  1 Cleveland Indians  7 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rick Wise Allen Ripley -- 41,394 2:35
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Baltimore Orioles  4 Kansas City Royals  10 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Mike Flanagan -- 24,662 2:16
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 New York Yankees  4 Milwaukee Brewers  8 box | pbp County Stadium Bill Travers Don Gullett Randy Stein 42,633 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Minnesota Twins  7 Oakland Athletics  0 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dave Goltz Pete Broberg -- 4,720 2:05
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Detroit Tigers  3 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jim Umbarger Jim Slaton -- 15,770 3:40
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 San Diego Padres  2 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Preston Hanna Bob Shirley Gene Garber 8,621 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 San Francisco Giants  2 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Hume Ed Halicki Dave Tomlin 37,966 2:29
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome J.R. Richard Don Sutton -- 30,285 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Chicago Cubs  4 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mike Krukow Pat Zachry Bruce Sutter 14,637 2:35
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Montreal Expos  7 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Tug McGraw Darold Knowles -- 40,949 2:46
1978 reg season 1978-07-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bert Blyleven Bob Forsch Kent Tekulve 22,101 2:29
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 83 57 26 .687 0.0 454 322 132 L1 23-20 34-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 83 48 35 .578 9.0 421 345 76 W3 19-20 29-15 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 84 46 38 .548 11.5 370 329 41 L3 21-27 25-11 3 3 7 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 85 45 40 .529 13.0 330 389 -59 L4 23-25 22-15 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 84 42 42 .500 15.5 369 357 12 L1 22-25 20-17 5 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 85 39 46 .459 19.0 337 367 -30 W1 14-27 25-19 6 11 19 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 85 32 53 .376 26.0 336 413 -77 L1 13-30 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 86 46 40 .535 0.0 372 370 2 L1 19-23 27-17 1 4 8 Yes dnq
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 84 44 40 .524 1.0 377 348 29 W3 16-25 28-15 2 6 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 83 42 41 .506 2.5 326 317 9 W1 13-23 29-18 3 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 87 43 44 .494 3.5 289 311 -22 L5 18-23 25-21 4 9 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 81 39 42 .481 4.5 377 358 19 W8 23-23 16-19 5 10 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 84 38 46 .452 7.0 351 366 -15 W1 15-21 23-25 6 12 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 88 30 58 .341 17.0 347 464 -117 W1 13-27 17-31 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 81 47 34 .580 0.0 357 300 57 W1 16-23 31-11 1 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 82 43 39 .524 4.5 339 352 -13 W1 21-25 22-14 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 81 40 41 .494 7.0 317 333 -16 W1 18-23 22-18 3 6 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 86 41 45 .477 8.5 345 317 28 L1 19-25 22-20 4 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 86 36 50 .419 13.5 324 361 -37 L1 17-22 19-28 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 87 34 53 .391 16.0 295 360 -65 L1 17-29 17-24 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 86 52 34 .605 0.0 364 302 62 L1 22-21 30-13 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 86 50 36 .581 2.0 419 329 90 L1 24-21 26-15 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 86 49 37 .570 3.0 373 346 27 W1 22-20 27-17 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 87 42 45 .483 10.5 311 343 -32 L1 17-28 25-17 4 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 84 37 47 .440 14.0 313 390 -77 W1 14-28 23-19 5 9 21 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 82 36 46 .439 14.0 314 338 -24 W1 11-24 25-22 6 10 22 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Bucky Dent New York Yankees Injury DL - Strained right hamstring
Fred Holdsworth Montreal Expos Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)