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Saturday, July 29,1978

Saturday, July 29,1978

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 1978-07-29 California Angels  2 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Paul Hartzell Dennis Martinez -- 23,504 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Kansas City Royals  0 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Jim Wright Dennis Leonard -- 35,098 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Texas Rangers  2 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Steve Stone Fergie Jenkins -- 27,662 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Oakland Athletics  6 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Steve Renko Rick Wise Dave Heaverlo 17,828 2:45
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Seattle Mariners  1 Detroit Tigers  9 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Kip Young Rick Honeycutt -- 22,984 2:14
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Minnesota Twins  3 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ken Clay Darrell Jackson Rich Gossage 46,711 2:39
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  4 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Dave Lemanczyk Lary Sorensen Victor Cruz 25,037 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Montreal Expos  6 Atlanta Braves  9 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Jamie Easterly Mike Garman Phil Niekro 16,734 2:55
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Paul Moskau Jim Lonborg -- 49,108 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Sutton Don Robinson -- 46,139 2:13
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 St. Louis Cardinals  3 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Bob Owchinko Pete Vuckovich -- 18,696 2:22
1978 reg season 1978-07-29 Chicago Cubs  5 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Guillermo Hernandez Gary Lavelle Ray Burris 19,809 2:31
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 101 64 37 .634 0.0 514 402 112 W1 25-28 39-9 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 100 58 42 .580 5.5 518 417 101 L2 22-24 36-18 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 102 57 45 .559 7.5 422 465 -43 L1 29-27 28-18 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 101 56 45 .554 8.0 448 401 47 W1 27-28 29-17 4 5 8 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 102 54 48 .529 10.5 452 411 41 W2 26-28 28-20 5 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 101 48 53 .475 16.0 433 432 1 L1 19-32 29-21 6 10 17 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 103 38 65 .369 27.0 399 498 -99 W2 15-37 23-28 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 100 57 43 .570 0.0 467 397 70 L1 21-27 36-16 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 104 55 49 .529 4.0 431 439 -8 W1 24-29 31-20 2 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 104 53 51 .510 6.0 368 392 -24 W1 23-28 30-23 3 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 101 49 52 .485 8.5 409 408 1 L1 18-29 31-23 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 99 44 55 .444 12.5 438 440 -2 L1 24-30 20-25 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 100 42 58 .420 15.0 406 456 -50 W1 16-26 26-32 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 104 36 68 .346 23.0 408 555 -147 L4 16-33 20-35 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 98 54 44 .551 0.0 425 366 59 L2 18-29 36-15 1 4 9 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 100 51 49 .510 4.0 406 433 -27 W2 25-29 26-20 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 98 47 51 .480 7.0 382 405 -23 L7 19-30 28-21 3 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 105 48 57 .457 9.5 426 395 31 L1 21-31 27-26 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 105 45 60 .429 12.5 409 441 -32 L2 19-29 26-31 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 103 40 63 .388 16.5 350 423 -73 L2 19-34 21-29 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 Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 103 61 42 .592 0.0 484 383 101 W5 28-26 33-16 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 103 61 42 .592 0.0 435 370 65 L3 28-25 33-17 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 103 60 43 .583 1.0 456 426 30 W2 27-23 33-20 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 104 52 52 .500 9.5 391 408 -17 W5 21-33 31-19 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 102 48 54 .471 12.5 383 455 -72 W1 19-32 29-22 5 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 102 46 56 .451 14.5 385 427 -42 W5 14-34 32-22 6 10 20 -- 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
Pepe Mangual California Angels Hist Traded from New York Mets to California Angels for Gil Flores (7/28/1978)
Alan Bannister Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Unknown
Eddie Solomon Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Knee
3 record(s)