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Friday, August 11,1978

Friday, August 11,1978

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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 1978-08-11 New York Yankees  2 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Catfish Hunter Dennis Martinez -- 29,539 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Milwaukee Brewers  10 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Eduardo Rodriguez Luis Tiant -- 35,142 3:29
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Detroit Tigers  7 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jack Billingham Britt Burns -- 25,798 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Texas Rangers  8 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jon Matlack Rick Waits -- 19,085 2:51
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Oakland Athletics  2 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Rick Langford Geoff Zahn -- 0 2:20
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Oakland Athletics  2 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Jackson Pete Broberg Mike Marshall 13,795 2:13
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 California Angels  3 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Nolan Ryan Byron McLaughlin -- 0 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Kansas City Royals  9 Toronto Blue Jays  8 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Al Hrabosky Victor Cruz -- 20,602 3:22
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Atlanta Braves  1 Houston Astros  0 box | pbp Astrodome Larry McWilliams Joe Niekro Gene Garber 16,035 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 San Francisco Giants  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Terry Forster Gary Lavelle -- 52,869 2:28
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Chicago Cubs  0 Montreal Expos  1 box | pbp Stade Olympique Ross Grimsley Dennis Lamp -- 17,956 1:55
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 St. Louis Cardinals  4 New York Mets  1 box | pbp Shea Stadium Aurelio Lopez Dale Murray Tom Bruno 10,434 3:40
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Philadelphia Phillies  15 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Bruce Kison -- 35,101 2:27
1978 reg season 1978-08-11 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Doug Bair Bob Owchinko -- 33,635 2:35
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 113 71 42 .628 0.0 576 451 125 L1 29-29 42-13 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 114 65 49 .570 6.5 501 435 66 W6 28-28 37-21 2 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 111 62 49 .559 8.0 564 473 91 W1 25-29 37-20 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 112 62 50 .554 8.5 510 444 66 W2 28-29 34-21 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 61 53 .535 10.5 448 501 -53 L1 30-31 31-22 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 112 52 60 .464 18.5 472 482 -10 L2 20-37 32-23 6 10 18 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 114 44 70 .386 27.5 457 555 -98 L1 16-39 28-31 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 112 63 49 .563 0.0 522 442 80 W1 24-31 39-18 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 117 64 53 .547 1.5 495 468 27 W3 28-30 36-23 2 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 5.0 406 443 -37 L1 27-31 34-26 3 8 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 111 54 57 .486 8.5 451 447 4 W1 20-34 34-23 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 113 48 65 .425 15.5 487 505 -18 W1 26-37 22-28 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 113 46 67 .407 17.5 442 535 -93 L4 18-34 28-33 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 116 42 74 .362 23.0 457 607 -150 L1 19-38 23-36 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 112 62 50 .554 0.0 484 412 72 W3 22-34 40-16 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 113 58 55 .513 4.5 448 478 -30 L1 25-32 33-23 2 5 13 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 9.0 478 429 49 W1 24-33 31-28 3 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 111 51 60 .459 10.5 424 460 -36 L3 22-36 29-24 4 10 20 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 115 48 67 .417 15.5 448 484 -36 L1 22-35 26-32 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 115 46 69 .400 17.5 390 460 -70 W1 20-38 26-31 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 116 68 48 .586 0.0 528 411 117 W7 30-31 38-17 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 115 67 48 .583 0.5 509 480 29 W1 30-25 37-23 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 67 49 .578 1.0 468 418 50 L3 29-29 38-20 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 116 58 58 .500 10.0 424 440 -16 L1 22-38 36-20 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 114 54 60 .474 13.0 428 521 -93 W1 22-33 32-27 5 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 113 52 61 .460 14.5 423 459 -36 L1 17-37 35-24 6 9 19 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Pablo Torrealba Chicago White Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)