1978 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
Eddie Mathews
Ron Guidry
Bucky Dent
All-Star Jason Marquis
Tommy John
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Thomas Edward John Jr., nicknamed "the Bionic Man", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. He played for the Cleveland
1978 in baseball
…taking all 28 first-place tallies. November 2 – Thirty-eight players are granted free agency after playing out their contracts, including Pete Rose, Tommy John and Luis Tiant. November 6 – Pitcher Andy Messersmith, the co-plaintiff with Dave McNally in the 1975 arbitration case that led to the Seitz decision…
John with the New York Yankees in 1981
John in July 1974, two months before his elbow surgery
John in 2008