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Wednesday, September 27,1978

Wednesday, September 27,1978

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 1978-09-27 Cleveland Indians  1 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dennis Martinez Rick Waits -- 2,987 2:35
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Detroit Tigers  2 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Luis Tiant Milt Wilcox Bob Stanley 26,035 2:18
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Milwaukee Brewers  1 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave Frost Andy Replogle Dave LaRoche 12,302 2:22
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Seattle Mariners  4 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Byron McLaughlin Paul Splittorff -- 14,737 1:53
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Toronto Blue Jays  1 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Catfish Hunter Mike Willis -- 20,052 2:00
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Minnesota Twins  5 Texas Rangers  10 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Paul Mirabella Stan Perzanowski -- 9,601 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Houston Astros  4 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Vern Ruhle Frank LaCorte -- 2,710 2:08
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Pedro Borbon Charlie Hough Doug Bair 26,028 2:23
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Montreal Expos  4 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Larry Christenson Ross Grimsley Ron Reed 27,410 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 Chicago Cubs  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jerry Reuss Ray Burris -- 7,467 2:16
1978 reg season 1978-09-27 San Diego Padres  0 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Bob Knepper Eric Rasmussen -- 4,708 1:53
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 158 96 62 .608 0.0 715 567 148 W3 44-37 52-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 158 95 63 .601 1.0 770 651 119 W4 40-41 55-22 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 159 90 69 .566 6.5 784 644 140 L2 36-42 54-27 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 157 88 69 .561 7.5 646 621 25 W2 38-39 50-30 4 5 7 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 158 84 74 .532 12.0 704 642 62 L2 39-41 45-33 5 7 12 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 155 68 87 .439 26.5 627 679 -52 L3 26-51 42-36 6 11 20 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 157 59 98 .376 36.5 588 751 -163 L4 22-54 37-44 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 159 90 69 .566 0.0 735 627 108 L1 36-45 54-24 1 4 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 158 85 73 .538 4.5 664 640 24 W3 37-44 48-29 2 6 11 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 158 83 75 .525 6.5 664 620 44 W1 31-45 52-30 3 8 13 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 159 72 87 .453 18.0 659 670 -11 L1 34-44 38-43 4 9 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 157 69 88 .439 20.0 608 704 -96 L1 31-46 38-42 5 10 19 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 159 69 90 .434 21.0 526 670 -144 W1 31-51 38-39 6 12 22 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 156 56 100 .359 32.5 602 806 -204 W1 24-55 32-45 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 158 89 69 .563 0.0 690 566 124 W1 35-41 54-28 1 2 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 157 85 72 .541 3.5 664 619 45 W3 33-47 52-25 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 158 77 81 .487 12.0 647 707 -60 L3 35-45 42-36 3 7 15 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 159 74 85 .465 15.5 620 599 21 L1 33-46 41-39 4 8 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 159 68 91 .428 21.5 588 644 -56 L1 32-49 36-42 5 11 23 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 158 64 94 .405 25.0 590 673 -83 W1 31-47 33-47 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 158 94 64 .595 0.0 709 558 151 L2 40-37 54-27 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 157 88 69 .561 5.5 681 671 10 W3 43-38 45-31 2 3 8 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 159 88 71 .553 6.5 607 583 24 W1 38-40 50-31 3 4 9 Yes dnq
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 159 82 77 .516 12.5 584 587 -3 L1 34-47 48-30 4 6 14 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 158 71 87 .449 23.0 590 625 -35 W2 23-57 48-30 5 9 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 158 69 89 .437 25.0 587 725 -138 L3 30-48 39-41 6 10 21 -- dnq
26 record(s)