The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

**doncoryell** · 04-23-2009, 10:32 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

1978 All-Stars

American League

Baltimore
Gary Roenicke, RF

Boston
none

California
Nolan Ryan, SP
Dave LaRoche, MR

Chicago White Sox
Rich Hinton, CL
Wayne Nordhagen, C
Lamar Johnson, 1B

Cleveland
Andre Thornton, 1B

Detroit
none

Kansas City
Paul Splittorff, SP
George Brett, 3B
Darrell Porter, C

Milwaukee
Mike Caldwell, SP
Ed Farmer, CL
Larry Hisle, CF

Minnesota
Rod Carew, 1B
Roy Smalley, SS

New York Yankees
Ron Guidry, SP
Jim Bibby, SP
Rich Gossage, CL
Reggie Jackson, RF
Willie Randolph, 2B

Oakland
Elias Sosa, CL

Seattle
Bruce Bochte, LF
Craig Reynolds, SS
Leon Roberts, RF
Rico Carty, 1B

Texas
Jon Matlack, SP
Mike Hargrove, LF

Toronto
Victor Cruz, CL

National League

Atlanta
none

Chicago Cubs
Bruce Sutter, CL

Cincinnati Reds
Tom Seaver, SP
Dave Tomlin, CL
George Foster, LF
Joe Morgan, 2B
Ken Griffey Sr, RF

Houston
J.R. Richard, SP
Joe Sambito, CL

Los Angeles
Tommy John, SP
Rick Monday, RF

Montreal
Steve Rogers, SP
Gary Carter, C

New York Mets
Skip Lockwood, CL

Philadelphia
Warren Brusstar, MR
Mike Schmidt, 3B
Bake McBride, CF
Jim Morrison, 2B
Ken Singleton, RF

Pittsburgh
Bert Blyleven, SP
Dave Parker, RF

St.Louis
Bob Forsch, SP
Mark Littell, CL
Ted Simmons, C
Keith Hernandez, 1B
Gary Templeton, SS

San Diego
Oscar Gamble, RF
Derrel Thomas, SS

San Francisco
Darrell Evans, 3B

**doncoryell** · 04-30-2009, 10:00 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

July 11

The annual All-Star game was held and won by the National League, 5-0.

July 13,14 vs Texas

July 13
Texas 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 7 15 1
Boston 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 x - 9 13 0
Jenkins, Medich (4), Comer (7) and Sundberg
Hunter, Stanley (7) and Fisk
WP: Hunter (3-6) LP: Jenkins (10-7) SV: Stanley (6)
HR - TEX: Sample (6), Oliver (9), Lowenstein (7)
BOS: Rice (17), Fisk (5), Evans (14), Hobson (8)

A combined 16 runs and 7 home runs were in today's game as the Boston Red Sox prevailed over the Texas Rangers in a slugfest, 9-7. Al Oliver was the player of the game, going 3-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI. Billy Sample and Jim Sundberg each drove in a pair of runs and John Lowenstein had a solo HR to account for the Rangers' runs. Jim Rice drove in 3 runs, 2 on a HR during a 5-run 3rd inning while Carlton Fisk, Dwight Evans and Butch Hobson each had solo HRs to power the Boston attack. Rick Burleson, Jerry Remy and Fred Lynn also each drove in a run for the Red Sox.

7/14
Texas 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 10 2
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x - 4 8 0
Barr, Barker (8) and Sundberg
Tiant, Campbell (8) and Fisk
WP: Tiant (10-6) LP: Barr (4-10) SV: Campbell (7)
HR - TEX: Hargrove (12), Oliver (10)

Texas's Al Oliver was the player of the game for the second straight game as he went 3-3, including a solo HR that gave the Rangers an early 1-0 lead, but it wasn't enough as the Red Sox defeated the Rangers, 4-2, to sweep the 2-game series. Mike Hargrove added a solo HR in the 6th to supply the other Rangers' run. Jim Rice went 2-4 and drove in 3 of the 4 Boston runs to lead the Red Sox. Jerry Remy drove in the other Boston run with a single in the 7th inning.

July 15,16(2) vs Minnesota

July 15
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 - 7 9 0
Boston 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 x 11 16 0
Redfern, Harrison (5), Perzanowski (6) and Wynegar
Torrez, Ripley (8), Burgmeier (8) and Fisk, Montgomery (8)
WP: Torrez (6-7) LP: Redfern (8-6) SV: Burgmeier (2)
HR - BOS: Yastrzemski (10), Lynn (19)

Fred Lynn went 3-4 with a HR and 5 RBI to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Minnesota Twins in a slugfest, 11-7, in the first of a 3-game weekend series. Carl Yastrzemski went 2-3 with a HR and 4 RBI and Jack Brohamer drove in a run with a sac fly. Dan Ford and Mike Cubbage each drove in a pair of runs for the Twins. Rod Carew, Rusty Staub and Hal McRae each drove in a run to account for the other Minnesota runs.

July 16, 1st of 2
Minnesota 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Jackson and Wynegar
Lee and Fisk
WP: Jackson (4-5) LP: Lee (5-8)
HR - MIN: Wolfe (3)

Darrell Jackson hurled a 3-hit shut out to pitch the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of the twin bill. The game was hightlighted by a steal of home plate by Rod Carew in the 9th inning. Larry Wolfe belted a 2-run HR in the 2nd off Boston starter Bill Lee (5-8) that gave Minnesota an early 2-0 lead.

July 16, 2nd of 2
Minnesota 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 7 13 2
Boston 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 1
Thormodsgard, Johnson (8), Marshall (8) and Wynegar
Eckersley, Ripley (5), Drago (9) and Montgomery
WP: Thormodsgard (4-8) LP: Eckersley (8-8) SV: Marshall (20)
HR - Wolfe (4), Wilfong (8)

Larry Wolfe went 3-4 with a HR and 3 RBI to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in the nightcap of the twin bill to sweep the double header. Rob Wilfong had a solo HR while Rod Carew, Rusty Staub and Butch Wynegar each drove in a run for the other Minnesota runs. Jim Rice, Dwight Evans and Bob Montgomery each had an RBI for Boston.

MLB News

Weekly Awards
Texas's Al Oliver was voted as the AL Player of the Week after piling up 10 hits in 14 at bats with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs while hitting .714.
Pittsburgh's Dave Parker was named the NL Player of the Week after racking up 10 hits in 19 at bats, with a HR and 2 RBIs

Contract News
7/11 - Minnesota's Mike Marshall won't be pulling up stakes anytime soon, as he has signed a 2-year extension at a pay rate of $301,000 per annum.

Milestones & Achievements
7/14 - Houston's Enos Cabell scorches the Expos with a 5-hit day.
7/16 - New York Mets's John Stearns was sensational, going 6-6 against the Reds.

Injury News
7/16 - Cleveland's Andre Thornton is expected to miss the next 2 weeks after suffering blurred vision.
7/16 - St.Louis's Roy Thomas is expected to miss about 2 weeks due to dead arm syndrome.

**doncoryell** · 04-30-2009, 10:21 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

MLB Standings & Leaders as of July 16, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Milwaukee          51  37  .580  --     St.Louis           61  32  .656  --
New York           51  41  .554   2     Philadelphia       50  38  .568   8.5
Boston             49  43  .533   4     New York           50  44  .532  11.5
Cleveland          45  48  .484   8.5   Montreal           44  49  .473  17
Detroit            43  47  .478   9     Pittsburgh         42  48  .467  17.5
Baltimore          44  49  .473   9.5   Chicago            38  51  .427  21
Toronto            40  53  .430  13.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Chicago            48  43  .527  --     Cincinnati         54  36  .600  --
Minnesota          48  44  .522   0.5   Houston            51  42  .548   4.5
California         46  45  .505   2     Los Angeles        43  48  .473  11.5
Kansas City        45  45  .500   2.5   San Diego          41  51  .446  14
Texas              43  47  .478   4.5   San Francisco      38  54  .413  17
Oakland            44  49  .473   5     Atlanta            35  54  .393  18.5
Seattle            44  50  .468   5.5




Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Carew,MIN          .372               T.Simmons,STL        .361
B.Bochte,SEA         .354               D.Parker,PIT         .355
L.Johnson,CHI        .348               J.Cruz,HOU           .343
C.Reynolds,SEA       .328               P.Rose,CIN           .340
G.Brett,KC           .324               G.Templeton,STL      .339
R.Jackson,NY         .323               K.Hernandez,STL      .335
L.Roberts,SEA        .322               K.Griffey Sr,CIN     .329

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
G.Roenicke,BAL         27               M.Schmidt,PHI          27
A.Thornton,CLE         22               W.Stargell,PIT         27
B.Bonds,CHI            21               J.Morrison,PHI         25
L.Hisle,MIL            20               B.Horner,ATL           23
R.Jackson,NY           20               G.Foster,CIN           23
C.Johnson,NY           19               G.Foster,CIN           22
F.Lynn,BOS             19               O.Gamble,SD            21

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
L.Roberts,SEA          68               C.Summers,CIN          83
G.Roenicke,BAL         65               D.Parker,PIT           72
F.Lynn,BOS             63               G.Foster,CIN           71
R.Staub,MIN            63               O.Gamble,SD            67
A.Thornton,CLE         62               T.Simmons,STL          67
D.Baylor,CAL           61               J.Ferguson,HOU         66
R.Jackson,NY           61               J.Morrison,PHI         66

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
J.Grubb,CLE            60               M.Schmidt,PHI          75
M.Page,OAK             60               D.Parker,PIT           71
W.Randolph,NY          60               K.Hernandez,STL        68
J.Remy,BOS             58               J.Cruz,HOU             66
B.Bonds,CHI            57               O.Gamble,SD            65
A.Thornton,CLE         57               K.Griffey Sr,CIN       64
B.Wills,TEX            57               R.Smith,LA             64

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
W.Randolph,NY          53               J.Cruz,HOU             36
J.Sexton,TOR           39               B.McBride,PHI          36
W.Wilson,KC            34               D.Lopes,LA             33
J.Cruz,SEA             31               E.Miller,ATL           32
B.Molinaro,CHI         29               G.Templeton,STL        31
M.Rivers,NY            25               O.Moreno,PIT           30
A.Cowens,KC            23               I.DeJesus,CHI          27

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
M.Caldwell,MIL       2.29               T.John,LA            2.87
N.Ryan,CAL           2.34               G.Perry,SD           3.05
R.Guidry,NY          2.34               B.Forsch,STL         3.05
J.Matlack,TEX        2.53               J.Richard,HOU        3.08
L.Sorensen,MIL       2.84               J.Montefusco,SF      3.28
S.Renko,OAK          2.84               B.Knepper,SF         3.33
M.Fidrych,DET        3.02               L.Christenson,PHI    3.37

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
R.Guidry,NY            12               J.Richard,HOU          13
N.Ryan,CAL             12               B.Forsch,STL           12
J.Augustine,MIL        11               B.Blyleven,PIT         11
J.Bibby,NY             11               L.Christenson,PHI      11
M.Caldwell,MIL         11               T.Dixon,HOU            11
M.Flanagan,BAL         10               G.Perry,SD             11
A.Hassler,KC           10               K.Kobel,NY             10



Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Farmer,MIL           28               S.Lockwood,NY          30
R.Hinton,CHI           27               D.Tomlin,CIN           28
V.Cruz,TOR             24               G.Garber,PHI           22
J.Kern,CLE             23               D.Palmer,MON           22
E.Sosa,OAK             23               J.Sambito,HOU          21
D.Darwin,TEX           20               T.Forster,LA           20
M.Marshall,MIN         20               K.Tekulve,PIT          20
                                         

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
N.Ryan,CAL            183               J.Richard,HOU         153
R.Guidry,NY           159               P.Niekro,ATL          100
F.Tanana,CAL          110               B.Blyleven,PIT         98
D.Gullett,NY          106               T.Seaver,CIN           97
D.Leonard,KC          104               C.Swan,NY              94
K.Kravec,CHI           98               S.Sanderson,MON        91
J.Bibby,NY             95               J.Montefusco,SF        89

Los Angeles Dodgers Leaders

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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Leaders
Thru July 16, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
S.Garvey         .295         T.John            2.87
R.Monday         .290         R.Rhoden          3.45
D.Lopes          .265         B.Hooton          3.73
D.Baker          .261         D.Rau             4.34
R.Smith          .260         B.Welch           4.98


Home Runs                     Wins
R.Smith            19         R.Rhoden             8
R.Monday           18         T.John               7
D.Baker            16         B.Hooton             6
R.Cey              16         B.Welch              5
S.Garvey           10         D.Rau                4


Runs Batted In                Saves
D.Baker            51         T.Forster           20
R.Smith            51         B.Castillo           2
S.Garvey           46         
R.Monday           46         
R.Cey              41


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
D.Lopes            33         T.John              79
S.Garvey           14         B.Hooton            73
V.Davalillo         8         R.Rhoden            73
R.LeFlore           6         B.Welch             70
L.Lacy              5         D.Rau               58

Philadelphia Phillies

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1978 Philadelphia Phillies Leaders
Thru July 16, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
L.Bowa           .317         L.Christenson     3.37
B.Boone          .306         R.Burris          3.86
R.Hebner         .301         D.Roberts         4.03
M.Schmidt        .290         J.Kaat            4.81
G.Luzinski       .288         S.Carlton         5.52


Home Runs                     Wins
M.Schmidt          27         L.Christenson       11
J.Morrison         25         W.Brusstar           7
G.Luzinski         17         R.Burris             6
B.McBride          14         D.Roberts            6
R.Hebner           13         S.Carlton            4


Runs Batted In                Saves
J.Morrison         66         G.Garber            22
M.Schmidt          65         W.Brusstar           4
G.Luzinski         53         R.Lerch              1
B.McBride          48         J.Lonborg            1
R.Hebner           46         D.Patterson          1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
B.McBride          36         S.Carlton           88
L.Bowa             11         L.Christenson       74
J.Morrison          9         D.Roberts           41
M.Schmidt           9         J.Kaat              40
R.Hebner            3         R.Reed              37

St.Louis Cardinals

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1978 St.Louis Cardinals Leaders
Thru July 16, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
T.Simmons        .361         B.Forsch          3.05
G.Templeton      .339         R.Dressler        4.24
K.Hernandez      .335         J.Urrea           4.36
J.Mumphrey       .318         E.Rasmussen       5.80
T.Scott          .318


Home Runs                     Wins
T.Simmons          18         B.Forsch            12
K.Hernandez        10         E.Rasmussen          7
G.Adams             9         J.Urrea              7
J.Dwyer             5         R.Dressler           6
S.Ontiveros         4         J.Denny              5


Runs Batted In                Saves
T.Simmons          67         M.Littell           18
K.Hernandez        62         B.Schultz            5
G.Templeton        51         D.O'Brien            4
K.Oberkfell        43         G.Frazier            2
G.Adams            41         R.Thomas             1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
G.Templeton        31         B.Forsch            70
J.Mumphrey         22         E.Rasmussen         60
K.Hernandez        16         J.Urrea             56
T.Scott            11         R.Dressler          40
J.Dwyer             9         J.Denny             33

**doncoryell** · 04-30-2009, 10:23 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Boston Red Sox Player Stats thru July 16, 1978

Code:

1978 Boston Red Sox


                         Week of July 10-July 16
PO  Batters              BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
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1b  George Scott       .188  16  3  1  0   0  0  | .221  .329  .270 280 34  62  6  0  8  22 17 61  2  0
2b  Jerry Remy         .273  22  6  5  0   2  0  | .312  .396  .362 359 58 112 12  6  2  34 29 30 12 12
2b  Jack Brohamer      .167   6  1  0  0   1  0  | .157  .200  .228 115  9  18  2  0  1   7 10 12  1  0
3b  Butch Hobson       .083  12  1  2  1   1  0  | .211  .356  .248 298 31  63 15  2  8  36 15 71  0  0
ss  Rick Burleson      .250  16  4  4  0   1  0  | .239  .331  .277 372 41  89 21  2  3  29 19 33  3  4
ss  Frank Duffy        .333   6  2  0  0   0  0  | .196  .286  .246  56  8  11  3  1  0   2  4 12  0  0
lf  Carl Yastrzemski   .278  18  5  3  1   5  0  | .320  .474  .382 266 34  85 11  0 10  39 25 28  2  2
cf  Fred Lynn          .467  15  7  3  1   6  0  | .298  .553  .378 309 50  92 20  1 19  63 39 42  0  0
cf  Sam Bowen          .000   0  0  1  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .200   4  1   0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
rf  Dwight Evans       .214  14  3  2  1   2  0  | .301  .507  .374 296 39  89 17  1 14  47 35 62  4  3
rf  Garry Hancock      .000   3  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .250   3  0   0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
dh  Jim Rice           .435  23 10  3  1   6  0  | .302  .520  .352 321 49  97 17  1 17  58 21 55  3  3
dh  Bob Bailey         .000   1  0  0  0   0  0  | .161  .210  .200  62  7  10  0  0  1   4  3 16  1  0
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PO  Catchers             BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C   Carlton Fisk       .357  14  5  3  1   1  0  | .256  .383  .315 277 26  71 16  2  5  42 21 55  2  2
C   Fred Kendall       .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .389  .611  .421  36  3  14  3  1  1   1  2  3  0  0
C   Bob Montgomery     .200   5  1  0  0   1  0  | .190  .270  .227  63  6  12  2  0  1   6  3 15  0  0



                   Week of July 10-July 16
Starting Pitchers   W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G GS   IP    H ER HR BB SO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Torrez         1  0  0  1  7.1  6.14  |  6  7  5.18  1.48 17 17 104.1 113 60 11 41 38
Dennis Eckersley    0  1  0  5 11.2  9.64  |  8  8  3.58  1.04 20 20 140.2 138 56 23  8 89
Bill Lee            0  1  0  2  9.0  3.00  |  5  8  4.45  1.21 18 18 115.1 121 57 20 18 25
Allen Ripley        0  0  0  1  4.1  8.31  |  3  7  5.42  1.38 16 11  73.0  86 44 12 15 33
Luis Tiant          1  0  0  0  7.2  2.35  | 10  6  3.14  1.17 16 15 109.0 107 38 15 20 49
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Relief Pitchers     W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G SV   IP    H ER HR BB SO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Stanley         0  0  1  1  3.0  6.00  |  6  0  3.14  1.31 34  6  80.1  89 28  3 16 12
Tom Burgmeier       0  0  1  1  1.1  0.00  |  2  3  4.92  1.30 28  2  53.0  56 29 13 13 20
Bill Campbell       0  0  1  3  1.1  0.00  |  2  1  2.22  0.97 26  7  48.2  32 12  3 15 37
Dick Drago          0  0  0  0  0.1  0.00  |  2  1  2.20  1.38 22  6  32.2  37  8  0  8 13
Catfish Hunter      1  0  0  1  6.0  7.50  |  3  6  4.99  1.42 14  0  88.1  91 49 15 34 35

Team Batting Stats                                            Team Pitching Stats
                          Xtra BASE
 AVG  OBP  SLG  RUNS  HITS  HITS   HR   BB    K  SB            ERA   RA   HA   OAVG   HRA   BB    K
---------------------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
.266 .325 .408   413   854   257   92  270  517  30           3.95  388  862   .267   111  170  345
  10    8    7     8     8     5    4    7   13  13 AL Rank      5    3    7      5    14    1   14

**doncoryell** · 05-09-2009, 06:32 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

July 17 vs Minnesota
Minnesota 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 3 5 1
Goltz and Wynegar
Tiant and Fisk
WP: Tiant (11-6) LP: Goltz (7-8)
HR - MIN: Staub (13) BOS: Yastrzemski (11)

Luis Tiant went the distance allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and Carl Yastrzemski belted a 3-run HR to erase a 2-0 Twins lead to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Rusty Staub gave Minnesota the early lead with a solo HR and Hal McRae had an RBI double to make it 2-0 Twins before Yaz's blow in the 6th.

July 19,20 @ Milwaukee

July 19
Boston 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 - 10 13 0
Milwaukee 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
Hunter, Stanley (9) and Fisk
Augustine, Mueller (4), Rodriguez (8) and M.May
WP: Hunter (4-6) LP: Augustine (11-7)
HR - BOS: Remy (3), Rice 2 (19) MIL: Hisle 2 (22)

Jim Rice went 3-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBIs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-2 drubbing of the Milwaukee Brewers in the opening game of their 2-game series and Boston's 9-game road trip. Catfish Hunter (4-6) went 8 innings allowing only 2 runs on 6 hits. Jerry Remy and George Scott drove in a pair of runs each with Rick Burleson and Carlton Fisk also driving in a run for Boston. Larry Hisle provided the Milwaukee runs with a pair of solo home runs.

July 20
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 - 5 8 1
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0
Burgmeier, Drago (6) and Fisk
Haas and Nolan
WP: Drago (3-1) LP: Haas (5-10)
HR - BOS: Yastrzemski (12), Lynn (20)

Fred Lynn went 2-4 with a 2-run home run in the 9th inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers to sweep the 2-game series. Carl Yastrzemski belted a 2-run HR in the 7th to give Boston the lead and Jim Rice (3-4) also had an RBI for the Red Sox. Paul Molitor drove in the lone Milwaukee run on a ground out in the 8th. Tom Burgmeier and Dick Drago (3-1) combined to allow 1 run on 5 hits.

July 21,22,23 @ Kansas City

July 21
Boston 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 - 8 16 0
Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 10 1
Torrez, Campbell (7) and Fisk
Splittorff, Mingori (7) and Porter
WP: Torrez (7-7) LP: Splittorff (9-5) SV: Campbell (8)
HR - BOS: Remy (4), Yastrzemski (13), Evans (15), Hobson (9)

Butch Hobson went 3-4 with a 2-run home run to lead the power display and help lead the Boston Red Sox to an 8-3 win over the Kansas City Royals in the first game of the 3-game set. Jerry Remy, Carl Yastrzemski and Dwight Evans each belted 2-run home runs for the other Boston runs. George Zeber, Willie Wilson and Johnnie LeMaster each drove in a run for Kansas City. Mike Torrez (7-7) scattered 10 hits in 7 2/3 innings to even his record.

July 22
Boston 0 0 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 - 11 18 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 - 5 8 2
Lee, Hunter (8), Stanley (9) and Fisk, Montgomery (8)
Zahn, Pattin (4), Bird (7) and Porter
WP: Lee (6-8) LP: Zahn (7-10)
HR - KC: Otis (9), Paquette (3)

The Boston Red Sox scored 6 runs on 6 hits and 2 Kansas City errors and coasted to an 11-5 win over the Kansas City Royals. Jim Rice, George Scott, Rick Burleson and Carl Yastrzemski each drove in a pair of runs with Jerry Remy, Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn each also driving in a run for Boston. Amos Otis (pog, 2-4, 3-run HR, SB) led the Royals' attack with Tom Poquette and Darrell Porter each driving in a run for Kansas City.

July 23
Boston 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 8 2
Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 13 0
Eckersley, Campbell (7), Drago (9) and Montgomery
Gale, Mingori (9) and Porter
WP: Eckersley (9-8) LP: Gale (3-8) SV: Drago (7)
HR - BOS: Lynn (21), Hobson (10)

Fred Lynn belted a 3-run home run in the top of the first and added an RBI double in the 3rd to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals to sweep the 3-game series and bring the winning streak to six games. Boston's other run came on a solo HR by Butch Hobson. U.L. Washington, Joe Zdeb and Willie Wilson each drove in a run for the Royals.

MLB News

Weekly Awards
Boston's Jim Rice was awarded the AL Player of the Week award as he ripped 16 hits in 30 at bats, compiling a .533 average with 2 home runs and 7 RBIs.
New York Mets' John Stearns was named the NL Player of the Week after piling up 14 hits in 24 at bats, 7 home runs and 11 RBIs while hitting .583.

Milestones & Achievements
7/17 - Los Angeles' Tommy John shuts out the Cubs
7/17 - Detroit's Jack Billingham shuts out the Angels
7/17 - San Diego's Dave Winfield torches Pirates for 5 hits
7/19 - San Francisco's Willie McCovey launches HR number 500
7/22 - Texas' Doc Medich shuts out the Brewers
7/22 - San Francisco's Lynn McGlothen shuts out the Pirates

Contract News
7/19 - San Francisco came to terms with Ed Halicki on a 3-year extension worth $3,141,000
7/19 - Boston and Fred Lynn agreed to a 3-year extension worth $6,897,000
7/19 - Boston finalized a deal with left fielder Jim Rice that will extend his stay for at least 3 years and will pay out $7,254,000
7/23 - The Philadelphia Phillies have finalized a deal with All-Star caliber closer Gene Garber that will extend his stay in Philadelphia at least 1 year and will pay out $1,120,000.

Injury News
7/18 - Cleveland's Johnny Grubb suffered a fractured hand while colliding with another player at a base and is expected to be miss 2 weeks
7/19 - Pittsburgh's John Candelaria developed a finger blister and is expected to miss 1-2 weeks
7/19 - Baltimore's Gary Roenicke suffered a fractured skull while making a defensive play and is out for as much as 8 months
7/21 - Houston's Rick Williams developed dead arm syndrome and is expected to miss 1-2 weeks
7/22 - Montreal's Bob Myrick has a strained bicep tendon and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks

Trade News
7/23 - Cleveland and Atlanta have made a swap. Players involved in the transaction are the Indians 26-year old right fielder Mike Vail and the Braves 39-year old starting pitcher Phil Niekro.

**doncoryell** · 05-09-2009, 06:36 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

MLB Standings and Leaders as of July 23, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York           57  41  .582  --     St.Louis           64  36  .640  --
Boston             55  43  .561   2     Philadelphia       54  41  .568   7.5
Milwaukee          53  42  .558   2.5   New York           53  48  .525  11.5
Detroit            48  49  .495   8.5   Montreal           48  53  .475  16.5
Cleveland          49  51  .490   9     Pittsburgh         45  52  .464  17.5
Baltimore          48  52  .480  10     Chicago            40  56  .417  22
Toronto            43  56  .434  14.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Chicago            50  48  .510  --     Cincinnati         59  38  .608  --
Minnesota          49  49  .500   1     Houston            54  46  .540   6.5
Texas              47  50  .485   2.5   Los Angeles        46  52  .469  13.5
California         47  51  .480   3     San Diego          46  53  .465  14
Kansas City        46  50  .479   3     San Francisco      43  56  .434  17
Oakland            47  52  .475   3.5   Atlanta            38  59  .392  21
Seattle            48  53  .475   3.5




Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Carew,MIN          .362               T.Simmons,STL        .354
B.Bochte,SEA         .345               D.Parker,PIT         .353
L.Johnson,CHI        .338               J.Cruz,HOU           .343
C.Yastrzemski,BOS    .326               G.Templeton,STL      .340
L.Bostock,CAL        .324               P.Rose,CIN           .338
R.Jackson,NY         .323               K.Hernandez,STL      .335
J.Rice,BOS           .319               K.Griffey Sr,CIN     .329

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
G.Roenicke,BAL         27               M.Schmidt,PHI          28
B.Bonds,CHI            22               W.Stargell,PIT         27
L.Hisle,MIL            22               J.Morrison,PHI         25
A.Thornton,CLE         22               D.Parker,PIT           25
R.Jackson,NY           21               G.Foster,CIN           24
F.Lynn,BOS             21               B.Horner,ATL           24
C.Johnson,NY           20               O.Gamble,SD            22

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
L.Roberts,SEA          71               C.Summers,CIN          87
F.Lynn,BOS             69               G.Foster,CIN           77
R.Jackson,NY           67               D.Parker,PIT           76
R.Staub,MIN            66               J.Ferguson,HOU         71
D.Baylor,CAL           65               O.Gamble,SD            71
G.Roenicke,BAL         65               T.Simmons,STL          71
C.Johnson,NY           64               J.Morrison,PHI         70

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
B.Wills,TEX            66               M.Schmidt,PHI          82
J.Remy,BOS             65               D.Parker,PIT           75
B.Bonds,CHI            63               K.Hernandez,STL        69
G.Brett,KC             63               O.Gamble,SD            68
M.Page,OAK             63               R.Smith,LA             67
R.Jackson,NY           62               J.Cruz,HOU             66
W.Randolph,NY          62               K.Griffey Sr,CIN       66

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
W.Randolph,NY          53               B.McBride,PHI          38
J.Sexton,TOR           42               J.Cruz,HOU             36
J.Cruz,SEA             36               E.Miller,ATL           35
W.Wilson,KC            35               D.Lopes,LA             33
B.Molinaro,CHI         29               G.Templeton,STL        32
M.Rivers,NY            29               O.Moreno,PIT           31
B.Wills,TEX            25               G.Richards,SD          30

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
M.Caldwell,MIL       2.36               T.John,LA            2.69
N.Ryan,CAL           2.42               B.Forsch,STL         2.90
R.Guidry,NY          2.43               G.Perry,SD           2.95
S.Renko,OAK          2.66               B.Knepper,SF         3.16
J.Matlack,TEX        2.79               J.Richard,HOU        3.25
L.Sorensen,MIL       3.04               V.Blue,SF            3.38
L.Tiant,BOS          3.05               T.Dixon,HOU          3.45

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
R.Guidry,NY            13               J.Richard,HOU          13
J.Bibby,NY             12               B.Blyleven,PIT         12
M.Caldwell,MIL         12               B.Forsch,STL           12
F.Jenkins,TEX          12               G.Perry,SD             12
N.Ryan,CAL             12               L.Christenson,PHI      11
J.Augustine,MIL        11               T.Dixon,HOU            11
M.Flanagan,BAL         11               S.Rogers,MON           11



Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Farmer,MIL           30               S.Lockwood,NY          32
R.Hinton,CHI           29               D.Tomlin,CIN           30
V.Cruz,TOR             27               G.Garber,PHI           24
J.Kern,CLE             26               D.Palmer,MON           24
E.Sosa,OAK             26               G.Lavelle,SF           23
D.Darwin,TEX           22               J.Sambito,HOU          22
E.Romo,SEA             21               K.Tekulve,PIT          22
                                         

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
N.Ryan,CAL            190               J.Richard,HOU         160
R.Guidry,NY           168               B.Blyleven,PIT        109
F.Tanana,CAL          122               P.Niekro,ATL          106
D.Gullett,NY          114               S.Sanderson,MON       103
D.Leonard,KC          108               C.Swan,NY             103
M.Flanagan,BAL        105               J.Montefusco,SF       101
K.Kravec,CHI          101               T.Seaver,CIN           99

Los Angeles Dodgers

Code:

1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Leaders
Thru July 23, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
S.Garvey         .297         T.John            2.69
R.Monday         .296         B.Hooton          3.55
R.Smith          .267         R.Rhoden          3.61
D.Lopes          .266         D.Rau             4.17
D.Baker          .263         B.Welch           5.14


Home Runs                     Wins
R.Smith            21         T.John               9
R.Monday           19         R.Rhoden             8
D.Baker            16         B.Hooton             7
R.Cey              16         B.Welch              5
S.Garvey           12         D.Rau                4


Runs Batted In                Saves
S.Garvey           55         T.Forster           21
R.Smith            55         B.Castillo           2
D.Baker            51         
R.Monday           47         
R.Cey              41


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
D.Lopes            33         T.John              89
S.Garvey           14         B.Hooton            87
V.Davalillo         9         B.Welch             77
R.LeFlore           9         R.Rhoden            75
L.Lacy              8         D.Rau               63

Philadelphia Phillies

Code:

1978 Philadelphia Phillies Leaders
Thru July 23, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
B.Boone          .310         L.Christenson     3.59
L.Bowa           .310         D.Roberts         3.80
R.Hebner         .300         R.Burris          3.94
M.Schmidt        .294         J.Kaat            4.84
G.Luzinski       .283         S.Carlton         5.28


Home Runs                     Wins
M.Schmidt          28         L.Christenson       11
J.Morrison         25         D.Roberts            8
G.Luzinski         18         W.Brusstar           7
R.Hebner           15         R.Burris             6
B.McBride          15         G.Garber             5


Runs Batted In                Saves
J.Morrison         70         G.Garber            24
M.Schmidt          69         W.Brusstar           4
G.Luzinski         61         R.Lerch              1
B.McBride          51         J.Lonborg            1
R.Hebner           50         D.Patterson          1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
B.McBride          38         S.Carlton           92
L.Bowa             12         L.Christenson       75
J.Morrison         11         D.Roberts           47
M.Schmidt           9         R.Burris            45
R.Hebner            3         J.Kaat              42

St.Louis Cardinals

Code:

1978 St.Louis Cardinals Leaders
Thru July 23, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
T.Simmons        .354         B.Forsch          2.90
G.Templeton      .340         R.Dressler        4.16
K.Hernandez      .335         J.Urrea           4.42
G.Adams          .319         E.Rasmussen       5.59
T.Scott          .310


Home Runs                     Wins
T.Simmons          19         B.Forsch            12
G.Adams            10         E.Rasmussen          8
K.Hernandez        10         J.Urrea              7
J.Dwyer             5         R.Dressler           6
S.Ontiveros         5         M.Littell            6


Runs Batted In                Saves
T.Simmons          71         M.Littell           20
K.Hernandez        65         D.O'Brien            5
G.Templeton        55         B.Schultz            5
G.Adams            44         G.Frazier            2
K.Oberkfell        44         S.Martinez           1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
G.Templeton        32         B.Forsch            74
J.Mumphrey         25         E.Rasmussen         62
K.Hernandez        17         J.Urrea             58
T.Scott            13         R.Dressler          45
J.Dwyer             9         J.Denny             42

**doncoryell** · 05-09-2009, 06:39 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Team Stats through July 23, 1978

Code:

1978 Boston Red Sox


                         Week of July 17-July 23
PO  Batters              BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1b  George Scott       .333  24  8  3  0   4  0  | .230  .342  .275 304 37  70  8  1  8  26 17 66  2  0
2b  Jerry Remy         .286  28  8  7  2   5  0  | .310  .408  .358 387 65 120 12  7  4  39 30 30 12 12
2b  Jack Brohamer      .000   4  0  0  0   0  0  | .151  .193  .221 119  9  18  2  0  1   7 10 12  1  0
3b  Butch Hobson       .474  19  9  5  2   3  0  | .227  .385  .261 317 36  72 16  2 10  39 15 78  0  0
ss  Rick Burleson      .148  27  4  1  0   3  0  | .233  .323  .268 399 42  93 23  2  3  32 19 38  3  4
ss  Frank Duffy        .000   1  0  0  0   0  0  | .193  .281  .242  57  8  11  3  1  0   2  4 12  0  0
lf  Carl Yastrzemski   .409  22  9  4  3   9  0  | .326  .500  .391 288 38  94 11  0 13  48 29 32  2  2
cf  Fred Lynn          .320  25  8  5  2   6  0  | .299  .557  .376 334 55 100 21  1 21  69 40 47  0  4
cf  Sam Bowen          .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .200   4  1   0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
rf  Dwight Evans       .174  23  4  5  1   2  0  | .292  .492  .363 319 44  93 17  1 15  49 36 67  4  3
rf  Garry Hancock      .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .250   3  0   0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
dh  Jim Rice           .542  24 13 10  2   6  0  | .319  .548  .369 345 59 110 20  1 19  64 24 58  3  3
dh  Bob Bailey         .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .161  .210  .200  62  7  10  0  0  1   4  3 16  1  0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PO  Catchers             BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C   Carlton Fisk       .190  21  4  2  0   2  0  | .252  .369  .309 298 28  75 16  2  5  44 22 57  2  2
C   Fred Kendall       .000   1  0  0  0   0  0  | .378  .595  .410  37  3  14  3  1  1   1  2  3  0  0
C   Bob Montgomery     .250   4  1  0  0   0  0  | .194  .269  .229  67  6  13  2  0  1   6  3 16  0  0



                   Week of July 17-July 23
Starting Pitchers   W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G GS   IP    H ER HR BB SO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Torrez         1  0  0  1  6.2  4.05  |  7  7  5.11  1.49 18 18 111.0 123 63 11 42 39
Dennis Eckersley    1  0  0  4  6.0  4.50  |  9  8  3.62  1.08 21 21 146.2 150 59 23  9 93
Bill Lee            1  0  0  2  7.0  1.29  |  6  8  4.27  1.19 19 19 122.1 126 58 20 19 27
Allen Ripley        0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  3  7  5.42  1.38 16 11  73.0  86 44 12 15 33
Luis Tiant          1  0  0  7  9.0  2.00  | 11  6  3.05  1.15 17 16 118.0 112 40 16 24 56
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Relief Pitchers     W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G SV   IP    H ER HR BB SO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Stanley         0  0  0  0  2.0  0.00  |  6  0  3.06  1.29 36  6  82.1  90 28  3 16 12
Tom Burgmeier       0  0  0  3  5.0  0.00  |  2  3  4.50  1.28 29  2  58.0  60 29 13 14 23
Bill Campbell       0  0  1  2  4.1  0.00  |  2  1  2.04  0.91 28  8  53.0  32 12  3 16 39
Dick Drago          1  0  1  4  5.0  0.00  |  3  1  1.91  1.30 24  7  37.2  39  8  0 10 17
Catfish Hunter      1  0  0  1  9.0  2.00  |  4  6  4.72  1.40 16  0  97.1 100 51 19 36 36

Team Batting Stats                                            Team Pitching Stats
                          Xtra BASE
 AVG  OBP  SLG  RUNS  HITS  HITS   HR   BB    K  SB            ERA   RA   HA   OAVG   HRA   BB    K
---------------------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
.268 .325 .416   455   922   280  104  281  554  30           3.82  404  910   .265   116  183  369
  10    9    5     7     9     4    3    9   13  14 AL Rank      3    3    4      3    14    1   14

On tap for the Red Sox next week
July 24,25 @ Minnesota
July 26,27 @ Texas
July 28,29,30 vs Kansas City

**doncoryell** · 05-09-2009, 06:42 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

With the trade deadline drawing near, I talked with the Kansas City Royals about the availability of starting pitcher Andy Hassler. To go along with a prospect and cash, Kansas City wants either starting pitcher Dennis Eckersley, reliever Bob Stanley or center fielder Fred Lynn.

Sorry KC, maybe next time.

**doncoryell** · 05-16-2009, 08:23 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

July 24, 25 @ Minnesota

July 24
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 7 7 0
Minnesota 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1
Tiant, Stanley (7) and Fisk
Serum, Johnson (9) and Wynegar
WP: Stanley (7-0) LP: Serum (7-7)
HR - BOS: Yastrzemski 2 (15), Hobson (11)

Carl Yastrzemski belted 2 home runs and drove in 5 runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 come from behind win over the Minnesota Twins. Yaz hit a 2-run HR in the 1st to give Boston the lead then an RBI double by Rod Carew and RBI singles by Rusty Staub and Hal McRae gave Minnesota a 3-2 lead in the last of the 3rd. Butch Hobson hit a 2-run HR to give the Red Sox the lead in the top of the 8th before Yaz's 3-run HR later in the inning put the game away.

July 25
Boston 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 7 12 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 13 1
Torrez, Burgmeier (6), Drago (9) and Fisk
Redfern, Harrison (6), Marshall (8) and Wynegar
WP: Torrez (8-7) LP: Redfern (8-8) SV: Drago (8)
HR - BOS: Fisk (5)

Rod Carew went 4-5 and drove in a pair of runs but it wasn't enough as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins, 7-5, to sweep the 2-game series. Carlton Fisk led the way for Boston, going 3-5 with a 2-run HR. Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski, Fred Lynn and Butch Hobson each drove in runs for the Red Sox. Butch Wynegar drove in a pair of runs and Dave Edwards had an RBI for the Twins.

July 26, 27 @ Texas

July 26
Boston 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0
Texas 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 x - 8 11 0
Hunter, Campbell (6), Drago (7) and Fisk
Matlack, Comer (9) and Sundberg
WP: Matlack (11-6) LP: Hunter (4-7)
HR - TEX: Zisk (7)

Richie Zisk went 2-4 with a home run and 4 RBIs to lead the Texas Rangers to an 8-3 comeback win over the Boston Red Sox. John Lowenstein drove in a pair of runs with Bill Sample and Nelson Norman each driving in a run for Texas. Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk and George Scott each drove in a run for Boston. Unfortunately, Dwight Evans left the game in the bottom of the 4th with a fractured wrist and was placed on the 15-day DL after the game.

July 27
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1
Texas 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 2 7 0
Lee, Stanley (6) and Fisk
Medich, Darwin (9) and Sundberg
WP: Medich (3-1) LP: Lee (6-9) SV: Darwin (24)
HR - none

Doc Medich (3-1) outdueled Bill Lee (6-9) as he went 8 innings allowing 1 run on 6 hits to hurl the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox to sweep the 2-game series. Richie Zisk and Jim Sundberg drove in the runs for the Rangers and Jim Rice drove in the lone Red Sox run. Before the game, Boston called up cf Sam Bowen from AAA to fill in for "Dewey". The Red Sox also signed free agent left handed pitcher Ken Holtzman and demoted pitcher Allen Ripley to AAA.

July 28, 29, 30 vs Kansas City

July 28
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 - 5 9 3
Boston 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 x - 14 15 0
Gale, Pattin (5), Mingori (7), Gura (8) and Porter
Eckersley, Campbell (8) and Fisk, Montgomery (9)
WP: Eckersley (10-8) LP: Gale (3-9)
HR - KC: Zeber (2), Brett (16), Porter (14), Otis (10) BOS: Rice 2 (21), Scott 2 (10)

George Scott went 3-5 with a pair of home runs and 6 RBIs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 14-5 blow out win over the Kansas City Royals in the 1st game of a 3-game series. Jim Rice also belted a pair of home runs and drove in 2 runs. Fred Lynn drove in 3 runs and both Rick Burleson and Carlton Fisk each drove in runs for the Red Sox. George Brett had a 2-run home run plus George Zeber, Darrell Porter and Amos Otis each had solo home runs for the Royals as 8 home runs were hit in the game.

July 29
Kansas City 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 8 12 0
Boston 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1
Leonard and Porter
Tiant, Stanley (2), Burgmeier (7) and Fisk
WP: Leonard (10-9) LP: Tiant (11-7)
HR - KC: Wilson (5), Porter (15), Otis (11) BOS: Scott (11)

Willie Wilson went 2-5 with a 3-run home run to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Darrell Porter and Amos Otis each hit solo home runs with George Brett and George Zeber also driving in runs for the Royals. George Scott belted a solo home run with Rick Burleson and Jerry Remy each driving in runs for the Red Sox. Boston starter Luis Tiant (11-7) was belted for 7 runs and 7 hits in only 1+ inning of work while Royals' starter Dennis Leonard (10-9) went the distance, scattering 8 hits and allowing 3 runs.

July 30
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 1
Boston 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 x - 4 8 1
Hassler and Porter
Holtzman, Drago (8) and Montgomery
WP: Holtzman (1-0) LP: Hassler (10-7) SV: Drago (9)
HR - none

Butch Hobson went 3-4 and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals to take the rubber game of the series. Jerry Remy and Carl Yastrzemski drove in the other runs for the Red Sox. Al Cowens and Amos Otis drove in the runs for the Royals. Ken Holtzman (1-0) made his Red Sox debut and went 7 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits.

MLB News

Weekly Awards
Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper was rewarded with the AL Player of the Week honors after he hit .516 while collecting 16 hits in 31 at bats, 3 home runs and 9 RBIs.
Philadelphia's Bob Boone picked up NL Player of the Week honors after piling up 10 hits in 22 at bats, 1 home run and 2 RBIs while hitting .455.

Injury News
7/24 - Houston's Joe Sambito was expected to miss 1-2 week with a damaged meniscus.
7/26 - New York Mets' Paul Siebert is expected to miss 1-2 weeks due to a damaged meniscus.

Milestones & Achievements News
7/26 - Detroit's Jim Slaton shuts out the Orioles
7/28 - New York Mets' Craig Swan shuts out Houston
7/28 - San Diego's Gene Richards extends hit streak to 20 games
7/29 - Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper bashes 5 base hits
7/29 - Milwaukee's Dick Davis pops 5 hits
7/30 - Texas's Bump Wills torches White Sox for 5 hits
7/30 - 5-hit barrage by New York Mets' Dan Norman

Trade News
7/26 - The Milwaukee Brewers have finalized a deal that will send 31-year old first baseman Don Money to Baltimore for 32-year old starting pitcher Jim Palmer.
7/27 - Philadelphia and New York have agreed in principle to a trade. The Phillies will send 35-year old first baseman Davey Johnson to the Mets for 35-year old starting pitcher Jerry Koosman.
7/29 - Trade winds have been blowing through San Diego. This time, a deal has materialized between the Padres and Blue Jays. According to sources inside the organization, San Diego will ship 25-year old catcher Charlie Moore to Toronto for 31-year old reliever Tom Buskey and 23-year old third baseman Garth Iorg.

**doncoryell** · 05-16-2009, 08:26 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

MLB Standings and Leaders as of July 30, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York           62  43  .590  --     St.Louis           68  37  .648  --
Milwaukee          58  44  .569   2.5   Philadelphia       58  44  .569   8.5
Boston             59  46  .562   3     New York           55  52  .514  14
Detroit            53  51  .510   8.5   Montreal           52  56  .481  17.5
Cleveland          52  55  .486  11     Pittsburgh         47  56  .456  20
Baltimore          51  56  .477  12     Chicago            43  60  .417  24
Toronto            44  62  .415  18.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Texas              54  51  .514  --     Cincinnati         65  39  .629  --
Chicago            53  53  .500   1.5   Houston            57  49  .538   9
Minnesota          52  53  .495   2     Los Angeles        50  54  .481  15
California         50  55  .476   4     San Diego          50  55  .476  15.5
Kansas City        49  54  .476   4     San Francisco      44  61  .419  21.5
Oakland            50  56  .472   4.5   Atlanta            39  65  .375  26
Seattle            50  58  .463   5.5




Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Carew,MIN          .373               D.Parker,PIT         .357
B.Bochte,SEA         .344               T.Simmons,STL        .347
L.Johnson,CHI        .332               G.Templeton,STL      .345
C.Cooper,MIL         .330               J.Cruz,HOU           .343
L.Bostock,CAL        .326               P.Rose,CIN           .341
R.Jackson,NY         .326               K.Hernandez,STL      .334
B.Wills,TEX          .325               R.Knight,SD          .332

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
G.Roenicke,BAL         27               M.Schmidt,PHI          29
B.Bonds,CHI            26               W.Stargell,PIT         27
L.Hisle,MIL            24               D.Parker,PIT           26
R.Jackson,NY           23               J.Morrison,PHI         25
A.Thornton,CLE         22               R.Smith,LA             25
C.Johnson,NY           21               G.Foster,CIN           24
F.Lynn,BOS             21               B.Horner,ATL           24

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
R.Jackson,NY           73               C.Summers,CIN          90
F.Lynn,BOS             73               G.Foster,CIN           79
L.Roberts,SEA          72               D.Parker,PIT           78
R.Staub,MIN            71               D.Kingman,CHI          74
C.Johnson,NY           69               J.Morrison,PHI         74
J.Rice,BOS             69               M.Schmidt,PHI          73
D.Baylor,CAL           67               O.Gamble,SD            72

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
B.Wills,TEX            72               M.Schmidt,PHI          87
J.Remy,BOS             71               D.Parker,PIT           82
B.Bonds,CHI            70               K.Hernandez,STL        74
M.Page,OAK             69               R.Smith,LA             73
R.Jackson,NY           68               G.Templeton,STL        71
G.Brett,KC             66               O.Gamble,SD            70
B.Molinaro,CHI         65               J.Mumphrey,STL         70

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
W.Randolph,NY          56               B.McBride,PHI          40
J.Sexton,TOR           45               E.Miller,ATL           40
W.Wilson,KN            39               J.Cruz,HOU             36
J.Cruz,SEA             36               I.Dejesus,CHI          36
B.Molinaro,CHI         34               D.Lopes,LA             35
M.Rivers,NY            32               G.Templeton,STL        35
B.Wills,TEX            31               R.Scott,CHI            33

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
R.Guidry,NY          2.41               T.John,LA            2.65
M.Caldwell,MIL       2.51               G.Perry,SD           2.80
N.Ryan,CAL           2.65               B.Forsch,STL         2.81
J.Matlack,TEX        2.80               B.Knepper,SF         3.10
S.Renko,OAK          2.86               J.Richard,HOU        3.13
L.Sorensen,MIL       3.04               B.Bonham,CIN         3.39
M.Fidrych,DET        3.09               T.Dixon,HOU          3.50

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
J.Bibby,NY             13               J.Richard,HOU          14
M.Caldwell,MIL         13               B.Blyleven,PIT         13
R.Guidry,NY            13               B.Forsch,STL           13
F.Jenkins,TEX          13               G.Perry,SD             13
N.Ryan,CAL             13               L.Christenson,PHI      12
J.Augustine,MIL        11               T.Dixon,HOU            12
M.Flanagan,BAL         11               S.Rogers,MON           12



Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Farmer,MIL           32               D.Tomlin,CIN           33
R.Hinton,CHI           30               S.Lockwood,NY          32
V.Cruz,TOR             28               G.Garber,PHI           25
J.Kern,CLE             28               D.Palmer,MON           25
D.Darwin,TEX           26               K.Tekulve,PIT          23
E.Sosa,OAK             26               G.Lavelle,SF           23
E.Romo,SEA             23               T.Forster,LA           22
                                         

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
N.Ryan,CAL            209               J.Richard,HOU         170
R.Guidry,NY           172               B.Blyleven,PIT        118
D.Gullett,NY          130               S.Sanderson,MON       108
F.Tanana,CAL          130               T.Seaver,CIN          108
D.Leonard,KC          121               C.Swan,NY             108
K.Kravec,CHI          113               S.Rogers,MON          107
M.Flanagan,BAL        105               J.Montefusco,SF       106

Los Angeles Dodgers

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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Leaders
Thru July 30, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
S.Garvey         .302         T.John            2.65
R.Monday         .296         R.Rhoden          3.60
L.Lacy           .277         B.Hooton          3.67
R.Smith          .276         D.Rau             4.36
D.Lopes          .270         B.Welch           4.98


Home Runs                     Wins
R.Smith            25         T.John              10
R.Monday           19         R.Rhoden             9
D.Baker            16         B.Hooton             7
R.Cey              16         B.Welch              6
S.Garvey           12         D.Rau                4


Runs Batted In                Saves
S.Garvey           66         T.Forster           22
R.Smith            63         B.Castillo           2
D.Baker            53         
R.Monday           51         
L.Lacy             43


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
D.Lopes            35         T.John              99
S.Garvey           15         B.Hooton            88
R.LeFlore          15         R.Rhoden            84
V.Davalillo        11         B.Welch             84
L.Lacy             19         D.Rau               67

Philadelphia Phillies

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1978 Philadelphia Phillies Leaders
Thru July 30, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
B.Boone          .320         L.Christenson     3.50
R.Hebner         .305         D.Roberts         3.80
L.Bowa           .296         R.Burris          4.17
M.Schmidt        .291         J.Kaat            4.68
B.McBride        .290         S.Carlton         5.18


Home Runs                     Wins
M.Schmidt          29         L.Christenson       12
J.Morrison         25         D.Roberts            8
G.Luzinski         21         W.Brusstar           7
R.Hebner           16         R.Burris             6
B.McBride          15         J.Kaat               6


Runs Batted In                Saves
J.Morrison         75         G.Garber            25
M.Schmidt          73         W.Brusstar           4
G.Luzinski         70         R.Lerch              2
R.Hebner           57         J.Lonborg            1
B.Boone            52         D.Patterson          1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
B.McBride          40         S.Carlton          103
L.Bowa             12         L.Christenson       80
J.Morrison         12         R.Burris            47
M.Schmidt          12         D.Roberts           47
R.Hebner            5         J.Kaat              44

St. Louis Cardinals

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1978 St.Louis Cardinals Leaders
Thru July 30, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
T.Simmons        .347         B.Forsch          2.81
G.Templeton      .345         R.Dressler        4.02
K.Hernandez      .334         J.Urrea           4.27
G.Adams          .321         E.Rasmussen       5.58
J.Mumphrey       .311


Home Runs                     Wins
T.Simmons          19         B.Forsch            13
G.Adams            10         E.Rasmussen          9
K.Hernandez        10         J.Urrea              8
J.Dwyer             5         R.Dressler           7
S.Ontiveros         5         M.Littell            6


Runs Batted In                Saves
T.Simmons          72         M.Littell           22
K.Hernandez        66         D.O'Brien            5
G.Templeton        61         B.Schultz            5
J.Mumphrey         50         G.Frazier            2
G.Adams            48         S.Martinez           1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
G.Templeton        35         B.Forsch            80
J.Mumphrey         28         E.Rasmussen         64
K.Hernandez        19         J.Urrea             61
T.Scott            14         R.Dressler          52
J.Dwyer             9         J.Denny             42

**doncoryell** · 05-16-2009, 08:29 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Boston Red Sox Individual Statistics as of July 30, 1978

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1978 Boston Red Sox


                         Week of July 24-July 30
PO  Batters              BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
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1b  George Scott       .292  24  7  6  3   8  0  | .235  .369  .286 328 43  77  9  1 11  34 22 69  2  0
2b  Jerry Remy         .233  30  7  6  0   2  1  | .305  .405  .351 417 71 127 12  9  4  41 31 34 13 12
2b  Jack Brohamer      .250   4  1  0  0   0  0  | .154  .195  .222 123  9  19  2  0  1   7 10 12  1  0
3b  Butch Hobson       .364  22  8  4  1   5  0  | .236  .392  .272 339 40  80 16  2 11  44 17 82  0  0
ss  Rick Burleson      .267  30  8  3  0   2  0  | .235  .322  .269 429 45 101 24  2  3  34 20 40  3  4
ss  Frank Duffy        .000   2  0  0  0   0  0  | .186  .271  .234  59  8  11  3  1  0   2  4 12  0  0
lf  Carl Yastrzemski   .185  27  5  7  2   7  0  | .314  .492  .381 315 45  99 11  0 15  55 32 36  2  2
cf  Fred Lynn          .154  26  4  2  0   4  0  | .289  .536  .364 360 57 104 22  2 21  73 42 50  0  5
cf  Sam Bowen          .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .200   4  1   0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
rf  #Dwight Evans      .111   9  1  0  0   0  0  | .287  .482  .359 328 44  94 17  1 15  49 37 71  4  3
rf  Garry Hancock      .375  16  6  3  0   0  0  | .316  .421  .381  19  3   6  0  1  0   0  2  2  0  0
dh  Jim Rice           .250  28  7  3  2   5  0  | .314  .542  .361 373 62 117 20  1 21  69 25 62  3  3
dh  Bob Bailey        1.000   1  1  0  0   0  0  | .175  .222  .212  63  7  11  0  0  1   4  3 16  1  0
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PO  Catchers             BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C   Carlton Fisk       .417  24 10  4  1   4  0  | .264  .385  .317 322 32  85 17  2  6  48 23 59  2  3
C   Bob Montgomery     .750   4  3  1  0   0  0  | .225  .310  .257  71  7  16  3  0  1   6  3 16  0  0
C   Fred Kendall       .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .378  .595  .410  37  3  14  3  1  1   1  2  3  0  0



                   Week of July 24-July 30
Starting Pitchers   W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G GS   IP    H ER HR BB SO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Torrez         1  0  0  1  5.2  7.94  |  8  7  5.25  1.54 19 19 116.2 134 68 11 46 40
Dennis Eckersley    1  0  0  2  7.2  4.70  | 10  8  3.67  1.08 22 22 154.1 158 63 26  9 95
Bill Lee            0  1  0  3  5.2  3.17  |  6  9  4.22  1.20 20 20 128.0 133 60 20 20 30
Luis Tiant          0  1  0  2  7.0 10.29  | 11  7  3.46  1.22 19 18 125.0 126 48 19 27 58
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Relief Pitchers     W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G SV   IP    H ER HR BB SO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Stanley         1  0  0  4 10.1  0.87  |  7  0  2.82  1.21 39  6  92.2  95 29  3 17 16
Tom Burgmeier       0  0  0  5  5.1  0.00  |  2  3  4.12  1.18 31  2  63.1  61 29 13 14 28
Bill Campbell       0  0  0  1  2.0 13.50  |  2  1  2.45  0.98 30  8  55.0  37 15  4 17 40
Dick Drago          0  0  2  8  4.1  0.00  |  3  1  1.71  1.24 27  9  42.0  41  8  0 11 25
Catfish Hunter      0  1  0  0  5.1 10.13  |  4  7  5.00  1.41 17  0 102.2 107 57 20 38 36
#Allen Ripley       0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  3  7  5.42  1.38 16  0  73.0  86 44 12 15 33
Ken Holtzman        1  0  0  4  7.2  1.17  |  1  0  1.17  0.91  1  0   7.2   5  1  0  2  4

Team Batting Stats                                            Team Pitching Stats
                          Xtra BASE
 AVG  OBP  SLG  RUNS  HITS  HITS   HR   BB    K  SB            ERA   RA   HA   OAVG   HRA   BB    K
---------------------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
.269 .325 .417   494   990   298  113  299  586  31           3.86  437  975   .266   124  198  399
   9   10    4     5     9     5    2   10   13  14 AL Rank      3    3    4      4    14    1   14

On tap next week for the Red Sox
July 31, August 1 - vs Chicago White Sox
August 2, 3 - @ New York Yankees
August 4, 5, 6 - @ Milwaukee

**doncoryell** · 05-30-2009, 04:39 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

July 31, August 1 vs Chicago

July 31
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Boston 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 x - 14 19 0
Stone, Willoughby (4), Proly (5) and Nordhagen
Torrez and Fisk
WP: Torrez (9-7) LP: Stone (5-5)
HR - BOS: Yastrzemski (16), Lynn (22), Hancock (1), Hobson (12)

Carl Yastrzemski went 4-5 with a home run and 3 RBIs to lead the attack as the Boston Red Sox crushed the Chicago White Sox, 14-2. Fred Lynn drove in three runs with Carlton Fisk and Garry Hancock each driving in a pair of runs. Other runs were drove in by Rick Burleson, Jim Rice and Butch Hobson. An RBI double by Rusty Torres and a sac fly by Bobby Bonds accounted for the White Sox runs.

August 1
Chicago 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 - 7 9 0
Boston 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
Waits, Willoughby (8), Kucek (8) and Nahorodny
Lee, Hunter (9) and Fisk
WP: Waits (5-6) LP: Lee (6-10) SV: Kucek (2)
HR - CHI: Johnson (16), Torres (8), Nordhagen (11)

Wayne Nordhagen went 3-4 with a home run and 2 RBIs to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox to split the 2-game series. Lamar Johnson and Greg Pryor each drove in a pair of runs with Rusty Torres also driving in a run for the pale hose. Carlton Fisk scored on a double play ground out and Fred Lynn scored on a wild pitch to account for the Boston runs. Carlton Fisk also stretched his hitting streak to 8 games.

August 2,3 @ New York

August 2
Boston 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 - 9 13 2
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Eckersley and Fisk
Figueroa, Eastwick (9) and Johnson
WP: Eckersley (11-8) LP: Figueroa (9-6)
HR - BOS: Yastrzemski (17), Scott (12)

Dennis Eckersley (11-8) went the distance, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, to hurl the Boston Red Sox to a 9-2 win over the New York Yankees in the first game of a 2-game set. Carl Yastrzemski hit a 3-run home run and George Scott had a 2-run homer for Boston. Jim Rice stayed hot as he drove in 3 runs with Frank Duffy also driving in one for the Red Sox. Jim Spencer and Graig Nettles each drove in a run for the Yankees.

August 3
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 8 1
New York 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Tiant and Fisk
Bibby, Tidrow (9) and Johnson
WP: Tiant (12-7) LP: Bibby (13-6)
HR - NY: Jackson (24), Nettles (18)

Luis Tiant (12-7) allowed two runs on 6 hits in going the distance as the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees, 4-2, to sweep the 2-game series and pull to within 2 games of the division leading Yankees. Carlton Fisk hit a 2-run double following RBI singles by Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski to break a 2-2 tie. Reggie Jackson and Graig Nettles each had solo homers to provide the Yankees' runs.

August 4,5,6 @ Milwaukee

August 4
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Milwaukee 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 x - 5 10 0
Torrez, Stanley (4) and Fisk
Augustine and M.May
WP: Augustine (12-8) LP: Torrez (9-8)
HR - MIL: Davis (8), M.May (10), D.May (4)

Jerry Augustine only allowed 3 hits in going the distance as the Milwaukee Brewers shut out the Boston Red Sox, 5-0, in the first game of the 3-game series. Milt May blasted a 3-run home run with Dick Davis and Dave May each hitting solo home runs off of Red Sox starter Mike Torrez (9-8) for the Brewers.

August 5
Boston 0 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 - 11 20 1
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 3
Lee and Montgomery
Haas, Rodriguez (4), Crawford (6), Farmer (8) and Nolan
WP: Lee (7-10) LP: Haas (6-11)
HR - Rice 2 (23), Hobson 2 (14)

Jim Rice continued his hot hitting, going 5-5 with a pair of home runs and 3 RBIs, to lead the 20-hit Boston attack as the Red Sox destroyed the Milwaukee Brewers, 11-1. Butch Hobson belted 2 HRs and drove in 4 runs while Carl Yastrzemski drove in a pair of runs and both Bob Montgomery and Garry Hancock each drove in a run for the Red Sox. Robin Yount accounted for the lone Milwaukee run with an RBI double.

August 6
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 8 0
Eckersley, Drago (8) and Fisk
Replogle and M.May
WP: Replogle (11-4) LP: Drago (3-2)
HR - MIL: Cooper (16)

Dave May drove in Danny Goodwin from second base in the bottom of the ninth to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in the rubber game of the 3-game set. Cecil Cooper tied the game in the bottom of the 8th with a solo home run for the other Brewers' run. Fred Kendall drove in the only Boston run with a ground out in the 4th to give the Red Sox the lead. Andy Replogle (11-4) was the player of the game for allowing only one run and 5 hits in hurling a complete game.

MLB News

Monthly Awards

American League
Boston's Jim Rice was named the AL Player of the Month for July as he posted a .400 batting average with 9 home runs, 29 RBIs and scored 28 runs.
Milwaukee's Jim Palmer was awarded the AL's Player of the Month for July after posting a 5-1 record with an ERA of 2.92 over 52.1 innings with 30 strikeouts.
Texas's Bill Sample was named the AL Rookie of the Month for July after he hit .299 with 2 home runs, 13 RBIs and 24 runs scored.

National League
Philadelphia's Bob Boon was voted Player of the Month for July after batting .419 with 6 home runs, 21 RBIs and 26 runs scored.
Los Angeles's Tommy John was named Player of the Month for July after posting a 4-1 record with 31 strikeouts in 6 starts, putting up a 1.26 ERA in 50 innings.
Atlanta's Bob Horner was named Rookie of the Month after batting .288, slapping 30 hits in 104 at bats with 4 home runs, 13 RBIs and 12 runs scored.

Weekly Awards
Boston's Jim Rice was named AL Player of the Week after he ripped 14 hits in 31 at bats, compiling a .452 average with 2 home runs and 8 RBIs.
San Diego's Dave Winfield was voted NL Player of the Week after racking up 12 hits in 22 at bats with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs last week in 5 games.

Milestones & Achievements
7/31 - Houston's J.R. Richard shuts out Giants
7/31 - California's Merv Rettenmund gets 5 hits
8/04 - Milwaukee's Jerry Augustine tosses shutout against Boston
8/05 - Pittsburgh's John Candelaria shuts out Philadelphia
8/05 - Boston's Jim Rice slams 5 hits
8/05 - San Diego's Ray Knight blisters Cincinnati for 6 hits
8/05 - San Diego's Dave Winfield sensational, 5-6
8/06 - Montreal's Tony Perez gets 2000th hit

Injury News
8/02 - San Francisco's Jack Clark is expected to miss 5-6 weeks with a fractured foot
8/02 - Seattle's Mike Parrott is out 1-2 weeks with a damaged meniscus
8/06 - St.Louis's Garry Templeton strained his achilles tendon and is expected to miss 5 weeks
8/06 - San Francisco's Bob Knepper suffered a herniated disc and is expected to miss 8 weeks

Other Red Sox News

We lost Fred Lynn for 4 games due to a fractured hand after diving for a ball in the game this past Friday against the Brewers.

We finalized a deal with starting pitcher Dennis Eckersley that will extend his stay in Boston at least 2 years and will pay out $2,758,000.

**doncoryell** · 05-30-2009, 04:42 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

MLB Standings and Leaders as of August 6, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York           67  45  .598  --     St.Louis           71  40  .640  --
Milwaukee          62  46  .574   3     Philadelphia       64  45  .587   6
Boston             63  49  .563   4     New York           57  56  .504  15
Detroit            55  54  .505  10.5   Montreal           54  61  .470  19
Cleveland          54  59  .478  13.5   Pittsburgh         50  60  .455  20.5
Baltimore          52  61  .460  15.5   Chicago            47  63  .427  23.5
Toronto            47  64  .423  19.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Texas              56  54  .509  --     Cincinnati         68  42  .618  --
Chicago            55  56  .495   1.5   Houston            59  53  .527  10
California         55  58  .487   2.5   Los Angeles        54  57  .486  14.5
Kansas City        53  56  .486   2.5   San Diego          54  57  .486  14.5
Minnesota          54  58  .482   3     San Francisco      48  64  .429  21
Oakland            54  60  .474   4     Atlanta            41  69  .373  27
Seattle            54  61  .470   4.5




Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Carew,MIN          .361               D.Parker,PIT         .354
B.Bochte,SEA         .344               G.Templeton,STL      .351
L.Bostock,CAL        .336               T.Simmons,STL        .346
B.Wills,TEX          .329               R.Knight,SD          .340
C.Cooper,MIL         .329               P.Rose,CIN           .336
J.Rice,BOS           .327               K.Hernandez,STL      .330
L.Johnson,CHI        .326               K.Griffey Sr,CIN     .328

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
G.Roenicke,BAL         27               M.Schmidt,PHI          31
B.Bonds,CHI            26               W.Stargell,PIT         30
L.Hisle,MIL            25               J.Morrison,PHI         28
R.Jackson,NY           25               D.Parker,PIT           28
J.Rice,BOS             23               R.Smith,LA             27
F.Lynn,BOS             22               G.Foster,CIN           25
A.Thornton,CLE         22               B.Horner,ATL           25

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
R.Jackson,NY           77               C.Summers,CIN          94
J.Rice,BOS             77               D.Parker,PIT           82
F.Lynn,BOS             76               J.Ferguson,HOU         81
L.Roberts,SEA          76               G.Foster,CIN           81
R.Staub,MIN            74               M.Schmidt,PHI          81
D.Baylor,CAL           70               O.Gamble,SD            80
C.Johnson,NY           70               J.Morrison,PHI         78

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
J.Remy,BOS             76               M.Schmidt,PHI          90
B.Wills,TEX            76               D.Parker,PIT           89
M.Page,OAK             73               K.Hernandez,STL        77
B.Bonds,CHI            72               R.Smith,LA             77
G.Brett,KC             72               O.Gamble,SD            76
R.Jackson,NY           72               G.Richards,SD          75
J.Rice,BOS             71               R.Hebner,PHI           74

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
W.Randolph,NY          58               E.Miller,ATL           42
J.Sexton,TOR           48               B.McBride,PHI          41
W.Wilson,KN            44               G.Templeton,STL        40
J.Cruz,SEA             37               D.Lopes,LA             39
B.Wills,TEX            36               I.Dejesus,CHI          37
B.Molinaro,CHI         35               J.Cruz,HOU             36
M.Rivers,NY            35               O.Moreno,PIT           35

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
R.Guidry,NY          2.21               T.John,LA            2.69
M.Caldwell,MIL       2.45               B.Forsch,STL         2.91
N.Ryan,CAL           2.68               G.Perry,SD           2.99
J.Matlack,TEX        2.85               B.Knepper,SF         3.21
S.Renko,OAK          2.86               L.Christenson,PHI    3.29
L.Sorensen,MIL       3.04               J.Richard,HOU        3.32
M.Fidrych,DET        3.08               B.Hooton,LA          3.52

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
R.Guidry,NY            15               J.Richard,HOU          15
M.Caldwell,MIL         14               B.Forsch,STL           14
F.Jenkins,TEX          14               G.Perry,SD             14
N.Ryan,CAL             14               B.Blyleven,PIT         13
J.Bibby,NY             13               L.Christenson,PHI      13
J.Augustine,MIL        12               T.Dixon,HOU            13
J.Palmer,MIL           12               S.Rogers,MON           13



Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Farmer,MIL           32               D.Tomlin,CIN           35
V.Cruz,TOR             30               S.Lockwood,NY          33
R.Hinton,CHI           30               G.Garber,PHI           27
J.Kern,CLE             29               G.Lavelle,SF           27
E.Sosa,OAK             29               D.Palmer,MON           25
D.Darwin,TEX           27               T.Forster,LA           24
E.Romo,SEA             24               M.Littell,STL          24
                                         

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
N.Ryan,CAL            217               J.Richard,HOU         180
R.Guidry,NY           190               B.Blyleven,PIT        125
F.Tanana,CAL          144               S.Rogers,MON          120
D.Gullett,NY          139               S.Sanderson,MON       116
D.Leonard,KC          129               S.Carlton,PHI         114
K.Kravec,CHI          122               T.Seaver,CIN          114
J.Bibby,NY            111               J.Montefusco,SF       112

Los Angeles Dodgers

Code:

1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Leaders
Thru August 6, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
S.Garvey         .304         T.John            2.69
R.Monday         .290         B.Hooton          3.52
D.Lopes          .280         R.Rhoden          3.70
R.Smith          .276         D.Rau             4.57
L.Lacy           .274         B.Welch           4.95


Home Runs                     Wins
R.Smith            27         T.John              11
R.Monday           19         R.Rhoden             9
D.Baker            16         B.Hooton             8
R.Cey              16         B.Welch              7
S.Garvey           13         D.Rau                4


Runs Batted In                Saves
S.Garvey           73         T.Forster           24
R.Smith            68         B.Castillo           2
D.Baker            54         
R.Monday           53         
L.Lacy             48


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
D.Lopes            39         T.John             103
R.LeFlore          17         B.Hooton            93
S.Garvey           16         B.Welch             93
V.Davalillo        12         R.Rhoden            88
L.Lacy             10         D.Rau               71

Philadelphia Phillies

Code:

1978 Philadelphia Phillies Leaders
Thru August 6, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
B.Boone          .319         L.Christenson     3.29
L.Bowa           .309         D.Roberts         3.80
R.Hebner         .303         J.Kaat            4.30
B.McBride        .286         R.Burris          4.46
M.Schmidt        .284         S.Carlton         4.73


Home Runs                     Wins
M.Schmidt          31         L.Christenson       13
J.Morrison         28         D.Roberts            8
G.Luzinski         22         W.Brusstar           7
R.Hebner           16         R.Burris             7
B.McBride          15         S.Carlton            7


Runs Batted In                Saves
M.Schmidt          81         G.Garber            27
J.Morrison         78         W.Brusstar           4
G.Luzinski         71         R.Lerch              2
B.Boone            59         J.Lonborg            1
R.Hebner           58         D.Patterson          1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
B.McBride          41         S.Carlton          114
L.Bowa             15         L.Christenson       83
J.Morrison         13         R.Burris            50
M.Schmidt          12         J.Kaat              50
R.Hebner            5         D.Roberts           47

St.Louis Cardinals

Code:

1978 St.Louis Cardinals Leaders
Thru August 6, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
G.Templeton      .351         B.Forsch          2.91
T.Simmons        .346         R.Dressler        3.89
K.Hernandez      .330         J.Urrea           4.12
G.Adams          .320         E.Rasmussen       5.40
S.Ontiveros      .303


Home Runs                     Wins
T.Simmons          21         B.Forsch            14
G.Adams            10         E.Rasmussen         10
K.Hernandez        10         J.Urrea              8
J.Dwyer             6         R.Dressler           7
S.Ontiveros         5         J.Denny              6


Runs Batted In                Saves
T.Simmons          76         M.Littell           24
K.Hernandez        68         D.O'Brien            5
G.Templeton        63         B.Schultz            5
G.Adams            51         G.Frazier            2
J.Mumphrey         50         S.Martinez           1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
G.Templeton        40         B.Forsch            84
J.Mumphrey         29         E.Rasmussen         68
K.Hernandez        19         J.Urrea             68
T.Scott            15         R.Dressler          56
J.Dwyer             9         J.Denny             46

**doncoryell** · 05-30-2009, 04:44 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Team Statistics thru August 6, 1978

Code:

1978 Boston Red Sox


                         Week of July 31-August 6
PO  Batters              BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1b  George Scott       .190  21  4  4  1   2  0  | .232  .370  .288 349 47  81 10  1 12  36 26 75  2  0
2b  Jerry Remy         .240  25  6  5  0   0  3  | .301  .396  .348 442 76 133 12  9  4  41 33 35 16 12
2b  Jack Brohamer      .333   9  3  2  0   0  0  | .167  .205  .229 132 11  22  2  0  1   7 10 12  1  0
3b  Butch Hobson       .273  22  6  4  3   5  0  | .238  .413  .274 361 44  86 17  2 14  49 18 85  0  0
ss  Rick Burleson      .304  23  7  2  0   1  0  | .239  .323  .272 452 47 108 25  2  3  35 20 44  3  4
ss  Frank Duffy        .286   7  2  1  0   1  0  | .197  .273  .239  66  9  13  3  1  0   3  4 13  0  0
lf  Carl Yastrzemski   .346  26  9  4  2   9  0  | .317  .501  .378 341 49 108 12  0 17  64 32 40  2  2
cf  Fred Lynn          .200  20  4  2  1   3  0  | .284  .529  .357 380 59 108 23  2 22  76 43 51  0  5
cf  Sam Bowen          .000   3  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .222   7  1   0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
rf  #Dwight Evans      .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .287  .482  .359 328 44  94 17  1 15  49 37 71  4  3
rf  Garry Hancock      .240  25  6  3  1   3  0  | .273  .432  .347  44  6  12  2  1  1   3  5  6  0  0
dh  Jim Rice           .484  31 15  9  2   8  1  | .327  .567  .370 404 71 132 24  2 23  77 25 63  4  3
dh  Bob Bailey         .167   6  1  0  0   0  0  | .174  .217  .208  69  7  12  0  0  1   4  3 16  1  0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PO  Catchers             BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C   Carlton Fisk       .348  23  8  3  0   4  0  | .270  .388  .323 345 35  93 19  2  6  52 25 63  2  3
C   Bob Montgomery     .600   5  3  1  0   1  0  | .250  .342  .287  76  8  19  4  0  1   7  4 18  0  0
C   Fred Kendall       .111   9  1  1  0   1  0  | .326  .500  .354  46  4  15  3  1  1   2  2  4  0  0



                   Week of July 31-August 6
Starting Pitchers   W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G GS   IP    H ER HR BB  SO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Torrez         1  1  0  4 12.2  4.97  |  9  8  5.22  1.54 21 21 129.1 149 75 14 50  44
Dennis Eckersley    1  0  0 11 16.1  1.10  | 11  8  3.43  1.05 24 24 170.2 169 65 27 10 106
Bill Lee            1  1  0  3 17.0  3.18  |  7 10  4.10  1.14 22 22 145.0 144 66 22 22  33
Luis Tiant          1  0  0  5  9.0  2.00  | 12  7  3.36  1.19 20 19 134.0 132 50 21 28  63
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Relief Pitchers     W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G SV   IP    H ER HR BB  SO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Stanley         0  0  0  1  4.1  0.00  |  7  0  2.69  1.19 40  6  97.0  97 29  3 18  17
Tom Burgmeier       0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  2  3  4.12  1.18 31  2  63.1  61 29 13 14  28
Bill Campbell       0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  2  1  2.45  0.98 30  8  55.0  37 15  4 17  40
Dick Drago          0  1  0  1  1.0  9.00  |  3  2  1.88  1.26 28  9  43.0  43  9  0 11  26
Catfish Hunter      0  0  0  0  1.0 18.00  |  4  7  5.12  1.42 18  0 103.2 109 59 21 38  36
#Allen Ripley       0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  3  7  5.42  1.38 16  0  73.0  86 44 12 15  33
Ken Holtzman        0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  1  0  1.17  0.91  1  0   7.2   5  1  0  2   4

Team Batting Stats                                            Team Pitching Stats
                          Xtra BASE
 AVG  OBP  SLG  RUNS  HITS  HITS   HR   BB    K  SB            ERA   RA   HA   OAVG   HRA   BB    K
---------------------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
.270 .325 .421   535  1065   323  123  313  618  35           3.80  458 1024   .263   133  207  424
   9    8    4     5     7     4    2    9   12  14 AL Rank      4    3    4      3    14    1   14

**doncoryell** · 06-12-2009, 08:36 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

August 8,9,10 vs Cleveland

August 8
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 - 7 17 0
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 7 1
Paxton, Kern (9) and Hassey
Tiant, Burgmeier (7), Campbell (7), Drago (9) and Fisk
WP: Paxton (12-10) LP: Burgmeier (2-4) SV: Kern (30)
HR - none

Alfredo Griffin went 3-4 and drove in 3 runs to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 7-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in the first of a 3-game series. Buddy Bell, Bernie Carbo, Andre Thornton and Ron Hassey each drove in a run for the Indians. Carl Yastrzemski drove in a pair of runs with Jim Rice and Fred Lynn also driving in a run for the Red Sox. Cleveland tried to get their running game in gear but Pudge was able to gun down four would be base stealers.

August 9
Cleveland 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 8 13 1
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 0
Niekro and Hassey
Hunter, Holtzman (2), Drago (5) and Fisk
WP: Niekro (9-12) LP: Hunter (4-8)
HR - CLE: Grubb (13), Bell (9)

Phil Niekro (9-12) allowed 6 hits and 2 runs in going the distance and pitching the Cleveland Indians to an 8-2 blowout win over the Boston Red Sox. Catfish Hunter (4-8) lasted only 1 2/3 innings as he was belted for 5 runs thanks mostly to home runs by Buddy Bell and Johnny Grubb. Bell and Grubb each drove in 3 runs and Ron Hassey drove in a pair of runs for Cleveland. Carl Yastrzemski and George Scott each drove in a run for the Red Sox.

August 10
Cleveland 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 - 11 16 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
Wise, Jefferson (9) and Hassey
Stanley, Campbell (4), Holtzman (6) and Fisk
WP: Wise (10-7) LP: Stanley (7-1)
HR - CLE: Bell (10) BOS: Rice (24)

Rick Wise (10-7) allowed 1 run and 8 hits through 8 innings and the Cleveland attack pounded 16 hits of three Boston pitchers as the Indians destroyed the Red Sox 11-1 to sweep the 3-game series. Ron Hassey drove in 3 runs and both Alfredo Griffin and Alan Bannister each drove in a pair of runs for the Indians. Buddy Bell, Bernie Carbo and Andre Thornton also drove in runs for Cleveland. Boston's lone run came on a solo home run by Jim Rice, his 24th of the season.

August 11,12,13 vs Milwaukee

August 11
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 4 7 0
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
Haas, Farmer (9) and Milt May
Torrez, Campbell (9) and Kendall
WP: Haas (7-11) LP: Campbell (2-2) SV: Farmer (33)
HR - MIL: D.May (5) BOS: Scott (13)

Moose Haas (7-11) scattered 5 hits and 2 runs in 8 innings to hurl the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 comeback win over the Boston Red Sox. Boston had led 2-0 on a solo homer and a sac fly by George Scott heading into the 9th inning when the Brewers put runners at the corners with 1 out off Mike Torrez before Bill Campbell (2-2) was summoned to put out the fire. Soup surrendered an RBI double to Danny Goodwin and a 3-run home run to Dave May and took the loss. Ed Farmer came in and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 33rd save of the season.

August 12
Milwaukee 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 12 0
Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 1
Replogle, Farmer (9), Mueller (11) and Nolan
Lee, Burgmeier (10) and Fisk
WP: Farmer (4-3) LP: Burgmeier (2-5) SV: Mueller (5)
HR - MIL: Nolan (2) BOS: Hobson (15), Evans (16)

Tim Johnson drove in Joe Nolan to break a 3-3 tie in the 11th inning and starter Andy Replogle went 8 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Boston Red Sox, 4-3, in 11 innings. Nolan, Larry Hisle and Lenn Sakata each drove in a run for Milwaukee to build a 3-1 lead after 4 innings before a solo homer by Butch Hobson in the 7th and a solo blast by Dwight Evans in the bottom of the 9th in his first game back from an injury tied the game. Jerry Remy drove in the other Boston run.

August 13
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 - 5 9 0
Boston 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 10 2
Caldwell, Castro (7), Mueller (9) and Milt May
Eckersley, Drago (8) and Fisk
WP: Drago (4-2) LP: Mueller (1-2)
HR - MIL: M.May 2 (12), D.May (6) BOS: Bailey (2)

George Scott drew a bases loaded walk off Milwaukee reliever Willie Mueller (1-2) to force in Rick Burleson with the winning run as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-5, in 10 innings. Milt May led the Brew Crew with a pair of 2-run homers and Dave May added a solo shot for Milwaukee. Calton Fisk drove in a pair of runs with Rick Burleson, Fred Lynn and Bob Bailey also driving in a run for Boston.

MLB News

Weekly Awards
California's Don Baylor was named the AL Player of the Week as he racked up 10 hits in 21 at bats, 3 home runs and 6 RBIs last week in 7 games.
Philadelphia's Jim Morrison was voted the NL Player of the Week as he belted opposing pitchers with a .469 average, 15 hits in 32 at bats, 3 home runs and 8 RBI

Milestones & Achievements
8/08 - Reggie Cleveland spins shutout against Detroit
8/09 - Ed Halicki shuts out Houston
8/09 - Rangers' Jim Barr tosses shutout against Detroit
8/09 - Brewers' Larry Hisle raps 3 homers against Yankees
8/10 - Chicago's Ralph Garr swats 5 hits against Blue Jays
8/12 - Baltimore's Mike Flanagan dominates Yankees in shutout
8/13 - Pirates' Bert Blyleven blanks Philadelphia

Injury News
8/10 - San Diego's Gaylord Perry suffered bone chips in his elbow while throwing a pitch against the Reds and will be out for at least 8 months
8/11 - Kansas City's U.L. Washington suffered a damaged meniscus against the Blue Jays and is expected to miss at least 5-6 weeks

Contract News
8/13 - Cincinnati's Champ Summers won't be pulling up stakes anytime soon as he has signed a 3-year extension at a pay rate of $1,550,000 per annum.

The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

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