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Friday, August 18,1978

Friday, August 18,1978

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 1978-08-18 Baltimore Orioles  2 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chris Knapp Scott McGregor -- 19,488 2:25
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Chicago White Sox  7 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Proly Rick Wise -- 6,972 2:11
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Texas Rangers  4 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Doc Medich Rich Gale -- 40,112 2:47
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Detroit Tigers  0 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Lary Sorensen Dave Rozema -- 27,543 2:07
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Jeff Holly Tom Murphy -- 4,599 2:48
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Boston Red Sox  6 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mike Torrez Steve Renko Dick Drago 12,730 2:44
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 New York Yankees  6 Seattle Mariners  1 box | pbp Kingdome Ed Figueroa Paul Mitchell -- 19,824 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Cincinnati Reds  8 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Pedro Borbon Dave Roberts Tom Hume 33,416 2:45
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 San Diego Padres  3 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Stade Olympique Eric Rasmussen Steve Rogers Mark Lee 17,042 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tommy John Nino Espinosa Charlie Hough 26,660 2:34
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 San Francisco Giants  6 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Gary Lavelle Tug McGraw -- 36,554 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Houston Astros  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Bibby Vern Ruhle Kent Tekulve 8,632 2:39
1978 reg season 1978-08-18 Atlanta Braves  1 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Pete Vuckovich Preston Hanna -- 12,764 2:16
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 121 77 44 .636 0.0 617 479 138 W3 32-30 45-14 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 120 69 51 .575 7.5 526 449 77 W4 32-30 37-21 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 120 68 52 .567 8.5 604 498 106 W6 26-32 42-20 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 119 66 53 .555 10.0 547 465 82 L1 29-31 37-22 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 12.5 472 523 -51 L2 31-33 33-23 5 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 120 53 67 .442 23.5 498 527 -29 L4 20-39 33-28 6 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 121 46 75 .380 31.0 472 589 -117 L5 16-44 30-31 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 120 65 55 .542 0.0 552 485 67 L2 26-36 39-19 1 5 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 124 67 57 .540 0.0 522 498 24 W1 29-32 38-25 2 6 9 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 119 60 59 .504 4.5 479 471 8 W1 24-34 36-25 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 124 61 63 .492 6.0 417 471 -54 L7 27-34 34-29 4 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 122 55 67 .451 11.0 532 542 -10 W2 27-38 28-29 5 10 20 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 50 70 .417 15.0 470 558 -88 W3 21-36 29-34 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 122 45 77 .369 21.0 483 636 -153 L1 19-38 26-39 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 118 63 55 .534 0.0 510 441 69 L5 22-34 41-21 1 4 10 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 62 58 .517 2.0 483 515 -32 L1 26-33 36-25 2 5 12 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 119 57 62 .479 6.5 469 489 -20 W4 23-37 34-25 3 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 122 58 64 .475 7.0 490 443 47 L2 24-33 34-31 4 8 17 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 122 51 71 .418 14.0 423 481 -58 W2 22-38 29-33 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 121 49 72 .405 15.5 459 514 -55 L3 22-35 27-37 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 122 72 50 .590 0.0 558 432 126 W4 34-31 38-19 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 122 71 51 .582 1.0 490 436 54 W2 33-31 38-20 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 122 69 53 .566 3.0 531 515 16 W1 32-30 37-23 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 122 63 59 .516 9.0 446 452 -6 W3 25-39 38-20 4 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 121 56 65 .463 15.5 452 488 -36 L3 19-41 37-24 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 121 55 66 .455 16.5 458 563 -105 L2 23-39 32-27 6 10 19 -- 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
Joe Lahoud Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Unknown
Dyar Miller California Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)