1978 Expanded Rosters

[Charlie Hoke]

In the one game playoff between the Red Sox and the Yankees, did either team take advantage of the expanded rosters on Sep 1?

From what I understand, everyone on the 40 man roster could have been eligible to play in that final regular season game.  I know the Red Sox had rookie Bobby Sprowl start 3 games in September, but were there other players who could have been available for that final game or during September?

The Red Sox had 34 players accrue MLB stats in 1978 and the Yankees had 41, though both teams did not use that many players in the final game; The Yankees used 15 and the Red Sox used 17.

[notin]

Per the rules at the time, it was technically a regular season game, not a one game playoff.  Regular season rules applied (including expanded rosters) and stats counted towards 1978 season totals, not postseason…

[moonslav59]

Pawtucket had these decent numbers:

2.91 Check Rainet (170 IP)

3.09 John Tudor (105)

3.18 Joel Finch (167)

1.60 John LaRose (73 and 15 svs)

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.913 Gary Allenson

.844 Dave Coleman

.782 Garry Hancock

.725 Dave Stapleton

I'm pretty sure we played our best players and would not have thrust one of these guys into such a key game.

 

[Donnie Sadler was short]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Pawtucket had these decent numbers:

2.91 Check Rainet (170 IP)

3.09 John Tudor (105)

3.18 Joel Finch (167)

1.60 John LaRose (73 and 15 svs)

_______________

.913 Gary Allenson

.844 Dave Coleman

.782 Garry Hancock

.725 Dave Stapleton

I'm pretty sure we played our best players and would not have thrust one of these guys into such a key game.

 

But 8 yrs later they shoulda put Stapes at 1st base one October night...

[Charlie Hoke]

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But 8 yrs later they shoulda put Stapes at 1st base one October night...

Yep, they should have.,

I wrote a blog entry about Stapelton here: