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Sunday, September 17,1978

Sunday, September 17,1978

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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 1978-09-17 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Don Kirkwood -- 4,436 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Detroit Tigers  1 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Jim Kern Kip Young -- 4,515 2:06
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 California Angels  0 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Dennis Leonard Frank Tanana -- 37,590 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Minnesota Twins  4 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Gary Serum Andy Replogle Mike Marshall 11,007 2:38
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Boston Red Sox  7 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dennis Eckersley Jim Beattie Bob Stanley 55,088 2:40
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Chicago White Sox  1 Seattle Mariners  3 box | pbp Kingdome Byron McLaughlin Jack Kucek -- 6,071 2:36
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Oakland Athletics  1 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jon Matlack Rick Langford -- 6,564 2:04
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Chicago Cubs  4 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ray Burris Pete Vuckovich -- 18,340 1:45
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Atlanta Braves  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Phil Niekro Burt Hooton Gene Garber 27,993 2:22
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 New York Mets  2 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Mike Bruhert Larry Christenson -- 35,301 1:59
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Montreal Expos  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bert Blyleven Rudy May Kent Tekulve 8,544 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Houston Astros  1 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Randy Jones Mark Lemongello Rollie Fingers 10,004 1:58
1978 reg season 1978-09-17 Cincinnati Reds  7 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Paul Moskau Bob Knepper -- 31,469 2:17
13 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 New York Yankees franchise | log 148 90 58 .608 0.0 679 531 148 L1 41-34 49-24 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 149 88 61 .591 2.5 725 614 111 W1 35-39 53-22 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 150 85 65 .567 6.0 745 614 131 L3 34-38 51-27 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 149 84 65 .564 6.5 613 598 15 W3 37-38 47-27 4 4 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 148 80 68 .541 10.0 663 595 68 L1 36-38 44-30 5 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 148 65 83 .439 25.0 602 650 -48 W1 26-49 39-34 6 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 149 57 92 .383 33.5 563 717 -154 L3 22-52 35-40 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 148 83 65 .561 0.0 683 584 99 W1 32-43 51-22 1 5 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 151 80 71 .530 4.5 634 615 19 L1 34-42 46-29 2 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 148 75 73 .507 8.0 613 589 24 W3 30-44 45-29 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 148 67 81 .453 16.0 614 627 -13 W3 33-42 34-39 4 9 18 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 151 67 84 .444 17.5 495 622 -127 L3 30-47 37-37 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 149 65 84 .436 18.5 571 665 -94 L1 29-45 36-39 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 146 55 91 .377 27.0 571 750 -179 W1 23-48 32-43 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 149 82 67 .550 0.0 656 542 114 L1 31-40 51-27 1 3 7 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 149 80 69 .537 2.0 626 585 41 W6 31-44 49-25 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 149 74 75 .497 8.0 609 659 -50 W1 33-41 41-34 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 151 70 81 .464 13.0 594 578 16 L4 32-43 38-38 4 8 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 151 64 87 .424 19.0 555 618 -63 L1 31-48 33-39 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 150 62 88 .413 20.5 570 637 -67 W1 30-45 32-43 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 150 91 59 .607 0.0 679 524 155 L1 40-35 51-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 149 82 67 .550 8.5 653 640 13 W1 39-36 43-31 2 2 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 150 82 68 .547 9.0 579 561 18 L1 37-38 45-30 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 151 78 73 .517 13.5 553 565 -12 W2 32-44 46-29 4 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 149 68 81 .456 22.5 572 601 -29 L2 21-53 47-28 5 9 17 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 150 66 84 .440 25.0 568 704 -136 W1 28-47 38-37 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)