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1978 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 100 63 .613 -- BostonRS BOS 99 64 .607 1.0 Milwkee MIL 93 69 .574 6.5 Bltmore BAL 90 71 .559 9.0 Detroit DET 86 76 .531 13.5 Clvlnd CLE 69 90 .434 29.0 Toronto TOR 59 102 .366 40.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB KansasCy KCR 92 70 .568 -- Califrna CAL 87 75 .537 5.0 Texas TEX 87 75 .537 5.0 Minnesta MIN 73 89 .451 19.0 ChicagoW CHW 71 90 .441 20.5 Oakland OAK 69 93 .426 23.0 Seattle SEA 56 104 .350 35.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-2):   New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers AL Championship Series (3-1):   New York Yankees over Kansas City Royals BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1978 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 MIL  4.96   804  162  5536  1530  265  38  173  520   805  .276  .339  .432   95   53 116  5.51  4.42
 BOS  4.88   796  163  5587  1493  270  46  172  582   835  .267  .336  .424   74   51 103  5.43  4.33
 KCR  4.59   743  162  5474  1469  305  59   98  498   644  .268  .329  .399  216   84 102  5.36  3.81
 NYY  4.51   735  163  5583  1489  228  38  125  505   695  .267  .328  .388   98   42 105  4.42  4.60
 DET  4.41   714  162  5601  1520  218  34  129  563   695  .271  .338  .392   90   38 103  4.88  3.94
 CAL  4.27   691  162  5472  1417  226  28  108  539   682  .259  .325  .370   86   69 101  4.58  3.95
 TEX  4.27   692  162  5347  1353  216  36  132  624   779  .253  .331  .381  196   91 101  4.24  4.30
 MIN  4.11   666  162  5522  1472  259  47   82  604   684  .267  .339  .375   99   56 100  3.98  4.25
 BAL  4.09   659  161  5422  1397  248  19  154  552   864  .258  .326  .396   75   61 108  3.90  4.29
 CLE  4.02   639  159  5365  1400  223  45  106  488   698  .261  .323  .379   64   63  98  4.09  3.95
 CHW  3.94   634  161  5393  1423  221  41  106  409   625  .264  .316  .379   83   68  95  4.28  3.60
 SEA  3.84   614  160  5358  1327  229  37   97  522   702  .248  .314  .359  123   47  89  4.23  3.43
 TOR  3.66   590  161  5430  1358  217  39   98  448   645  .250  .307  .359   28   52  87  4.12  3.20
 OAK  3.28   532  162  5321  1304  200  31  100  433   800  .245  .302  .351  144  117  89  3.51  3.06
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.20  9509 2262 76411 19952 3325 538 1680 7287 10153  .261  .326  .385 1471  892

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  3.57   582  163  3.18  1460  1321   8.1   478  2.9  111   817   39    12    16  36 114  3.40  3.74
 TEX  3.90   632  162  3.36  1456  1431   8.8   421  2.6  108   776   54    11    12  25 110  3.52  4.29
 KCR  3.91   634  162  3.44  1439  1350   8.3   478  3.0  108   657   53    11    14  33 112  3.26  4.57
 BOS  4.03   657  163  3.54  1472  1530   9.4   464  2.8  137   706   57    14    15  26 117  4.07  3.99
 BAL  3.93   633  161  3.56  1429  1340   8.3   509  3.2  107   754   65    14    16  33  99  3.19  4.69
 OAK  4.26   690  162  3.62  1433  1401   8.6   582  3.6  106   750   26     6    11  29 100  4.13  4.39
 DET  4.03   653  162  3.64  1455  1441   8.9   503  3.1  135   684   60    12    12  21 106  4.17  3.89
 CAL  4.11   666  162  3.65  1455  1382   8.5   599  3.7  125   892   44    10    13  33  99  3.90  4.32
 MIL  4.01   650  162  3.65  1436  1442   8.9   398  2.5  109   577   62    16    19  24 103  3.93  4.10
 MIN  4.19   678  162  3.69  1459  1468   9.1   520  3.2  102   703   48     5     9  26 104  3.80  4.57
 CLE  4.36   694  159  3.97  1407  1397   8.8   568  3.6  100   739   36     5     6  28  95  3.68  5.02
 CHW  4.54   731  161  4.21  1409  1380   8.6   586  3.6  128   710   38     7     9  33  91  4.36  4.72
 TOR  4.81   775  161  4.54  1429  1529   9.5   614  3.8  149   758   35     3     5  23  87  4.52  5.11
 SEA  5.21   834  160  4.67  1419  1540   9.6   567  3.5  155   630   28     4     4  20  81  5.22  5.20
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.20  9509 2262  3.76 20158 19952   8.9  7287  3.3 1680 10153  645         161 390

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  113  134  .982   .722  2,335,871  28,838   99-64  55-26 45-37  97  96 29.8 28.3   3   5  41 Martin, Howser, and Lemon
 BOS  146  171  .977   .697  2,320,643  28,301   96-67  59-23 40-41 112 110 28.4 29.2   3   7  32 Zimmer
 MIL  150  144  .977   .709  1,601,406  19,770   97-65  54-27 39-42 100 100 27.4 25.1   2   3  36 Bamberger
 KCR  150  153  .976   .717  2,255,493  27,846   93-69  56-25 36-45 103 102 27.2 28.7   1   4  20 Herzog
 BAL  110  166  .982   .715  1,051,724  12,984   83-78  51-30 39-41  94  93 28.0 26.6   2   3  26 Weaver
 CAL  136  136  .978   .706  1,755,386  21,671   84-78  50-31 37-44  96  96 27.7 26.6   1   1  30 Garcia and Fregosi
 TEX  153  140  .976   .701  1,447,963  17,658   88-74  52-30 35-45 100 100 28.9 29.0   1   2  37 Hunter and Corrales
 DET  117  177  .981   .711  1,714,893  21,172   88-74  47-34 39-42 103 103 26.2 27.1   0   1  15 Houk
 MIN  146  171  .977   .699    787,878   9,727   80-82  38-43 35-46 102 102 27.0 26.5   1   1   8 Mauch
 CHW  138  130  .977   .709  1,491,100  18,639   70-91  38-42 33-48 101 102 27.2 28.5   0   1  22 Lemon and Doby
 CLE  121  142  .980   .702    800,584  10,264   74-85  42-36 27-54  99 100 26.6 27.1   0   1  12 Torborg
 OAK  179  145  .971   .700    526,999   6,587   62-100 38-42 31-51  94  96 26.3 25.3   0   1  18 Winkles and McKeon
 TOR  130  163  .979   .689  1,562,585  19,291   61-100 37-44 22-58 101 104 27.0 25.9   0   1  12 Hartsfield
 SEA  141  174  .978   .694    877,440  10,833   58-102 32-49 24-55 100 101 27.0 26.9   0   1  17 Johnson
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Jim Rice BOS .315/.370/.600 Cy Young Award Ron Guidry NYY 25-3  1.74 248 SO Rookie of the Year Lou Whitaker DET .285/.361/.357 Rolaids Relief Rich Gossage NYY 10-11 (27 sv) 2.01 122 SO

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Jim Palmer Catcher Jim Sundberg First Base Chris Chambliss Second Base Frank White Third Base Graig Nettles Shortstop Mark Belanger Outfield Dwight Evans, Fred Lynn, and Rick Miller

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Carew-MIN .333 Oliver-TEX .324 Rice-BOS .315 Piniella-NYY .314 Oglivie-MIL .303	On-base % Carew-MIN .411 Singleton-BAL .409 Hargrove-TEX .388 Randolph-NYY .381 Lynn-BOS .380	Slugging % Rice-BOS .600 Hisle-MIL .533 DeCinces-BAL .526 Otis-KCR .525 Thornton-CLE .516	OPS Rice-BOS .970 Hisle-MIL .906 Otis-KCR .905 Thornton-CLE .893 Roberts-SEA .879
Games Rice-BOS 163 Chambliss-NYY 162 Staub-DET 162 Murray-BAL 161 Kemp-DET 159 Nettles-NYY 159	At Bats Rice-BOS 677 LeFlore-DET 666 Staub-DET 642 Burleson-BOS 626 Chambliss-NYY 625	Plate Appearances (approx.) Rice-BOS 746 LeFlore-DET 741 Staub-DET 734 Smalley-MIN 702 McRae-KCR 692	Runs LeFlore-DET 126 Rice-BOS 121 Baylor-CAL 103 Thornton-CLE 97 Hisle-MIL 96
Hits Rice-BOS 213 LeFlore-DET 198 Carew-MIN 188 Munson-NYY 183 Staub-DET 175	Total Bases Rice-BOS 406 Murray-BAL 293 Baylor-CAL 279 Staub-DET 279 Thompson-DET 278	Doubles Brett-KCR 45 Fisk-BOS 39 McRae-KCR 39 DeCinces-BAL 37 Ford-MIN 36	Triples Rice-BOS 15 Carew-MIN 10 Ford-MIN 10 Garr-CHW 9 Yount-MIL 9
Home Runs Rice-BOS 46 Baylor-CAL 34 Hisle-MIL 34 Thornton-CLE 33 Thomas-MIL 32	RBI Rice-BOS 139 Staub-DET 121 Hisle-MIL 115 Thornton-CLE 105 Baylor-CAL 99 Carty-TOT 99	Bases on Balls Hargrove-TEX 107 Singleton-BAL 98 Kemp-DET 97 Thornton-CLE 93 Smalley-MIN 85	Strikeouts Alexander-TOT 166 Jackson-NYY 133 Thomas-MIL 133 Rice-BOS 126 Hobson-BOS 122
Stolen Bases LeFlore-DET 68 Cruz-SEA 59 Wills-TEX 52 Dilone-OAK 50 Wilson-KCR 46	Singles LeFlore-DET 153 Munson-NYY 149 Carew-MIN 147 Bostock-CAL 135 Reynolds-SEA 132	Adjusted OPS+ Rice-BOS 157 Hisle-MIL 153 Singleton-BAL 152 Thornton-CLE 151 Otis-KCR 150	Runs Created Rice-BOS 147 Carew-MIN 105 LeFlore-DET 105 Murray-BAL 104 Thompson-DET 104
Adjusted Batting Runs Rice-BOS 48 Singleton-BAL 40 Thornton-CLE 37 Hisle-MIL 37 Otis-KCR 34	Batting Wins Rice-BOS 4.8 Singleton-BAL 4.0 Hisle-MIL 3.7 Thornton-CLE 3.7 Otis-KCR 3.4	Extra-Base Hits Rice-BOS 86 DeCinces-BAL 66 Fisk-BOS 64 Brett-KCR 62 Murray-BAL 62	Times on Base Rice-BOS 276 Carew-MIN 267 LeFlore-DET 267 Kemp-DET 259 Staub-DET 254
Offensive Win% Rice-BOS .756 Otis-KCR .727 Singleton-BAL .714 Hisle-MIL .704 Roberts-SEA .704	Hit By Pitch Baylor-CAL 18 Jackson-NYY 9 Jackson-CAL 9 Lemon-CHW 8 Roberts-SEA 8	Sac. Hits Campaneris-TEX 25 Smalley-MIN 23 Gomez-TOR 19 Grich-CAL 19 Guerrero-OAK 17	Sac. Flies Baylor-CAL 12 Cowens-KCR 11 McRae-KCR 11 Staub-DET 11 Munson-NYY 10 Otis-KCR 10
Intentional Walks Carew-MIN 19 Porter-KCR 14 Lynn-BOS 11 Oglivie-MIL 10 Baylor-CAL 9	Grounded into Double Plays Bostock-CAL 26 Bell-CLE 24 Staub-DET 24 Munson-NYY 20 Nettles-NYY 20	Caught Stealing Dilone-OAK 23 Bonds-TOT 22 Edwards-OAK 21 Page-OAK 19 LeFlore-DET 16	Power/Speed Number Bonds-TOT 36.0 Baylor-CAL 26.7 Otis-KCR 26.1 LeFlore-DET 20.4 Page-OAK 19.6
At Bats per Strikeout Bailor-TOR 29.6 Staub-DET 18.3 Bostock-CAL 15.8 Kuiper-CLE 15.6 Brett-KCR 14.6	At Bats per Home Run Thomas-MIL 14.1 Rice-BOS 14.7 Hisle-MIL 15.3 Thornton-CLE 15.4 Carty-TOT 17.0	Outs Burleson-BOS 510 Staub-DET 505 LeFlore-DET 501 Rice-BOS 490 McRae-KCR 488	ERA Guidry-NYY 1.74 Matlack-TEX 2.27 Caldwell-MIL 2.36 Palmer-BAL 2.46 Goltz-MIN 2.49
Wins Guidry-NYY 25 Caldwell-MIL 22 Leonard-KCR 21 Palmer-BAL 21 Eckersley-BOS 20 Figueroa-NYY 20	Won-Loss % Guidry-NYY .893 Stanley-BOS .882 Gura-KCR .800 Eckersley-BOS .714 Caldwell-MIL .710	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Guidry-NYY 0.946 Caldwell-MIL 1.064 Jenkins-TEX 1.080 Gura-KCR 1.096 Matlack-TEX 1.122	Hits Allowed/9IP Guidry-NYY 6.15 Ryan-CAL 7.02 Gura-KCR 7.43 Palmer-BAL 7.48 Tiant-BOS 7.84
Bases on Balls/9IP Jenkins-TEX 1.48 Sorensen-MIL 1.60 Caldwell-MIL 1.66 Matlack-TEX 1.70 Rozema-DET 1.76	Strikeouts/9IP Ryan-CAL 9.97 Guidry-NYY 8.16 Kravec-CHW 6.83 Underwood-TOR 6.33 Knapp-CAL 6.02	Games Lacey-OAK 74 Heaverlo-OAK 69 Sosa-OAK 68 Gossage-NYY 63 LaRoche-CAL 59 Lyle-NYY 59 Willoughby-CHW 59	Saves Gossage-NYY 27 LaRoche-CAL 25 Stanhouse-BAL 24 Marshall-MIN 21 Hrabosky-KCR 20
Innings Palmer-BAL 296.0 Leonard-KCR 294.7 Caldwell-MIL 293.3 Flanagan-BAL 281.3 Sorensen-MIL 280.7	Strikeouts Ryan-CAL 260 Guidry-NYY 248 Leonard-KCR 183 Flanagan-BAL 167 Eckersley-BOS 162	Games Started Flanagan-BAL 40 Leonard-KCR 40 Martinez-BAL 38 Palmer-BAL 38 Splittorff-KCR 38	Comp. Games Caldwell-MIL 23 Leonard-KCR 20 Palmer-BAL 19 Matlack-TEX 18 Flanagan-BAL 17 Sorensen-MIL 17
Shutouts Guidry-NYY 9 Caldwell-MIL 6 Palmer-BAL 6 Tiant-BOS 5 Billingham-DET 4 Jenkins-TEX 4 Leonard-KCR 4 McGregor-BAL 4 Tanana-CAL 4	Home Runs Allow. Eckersley-BOS 30 Jefferson-TOR 28 Leonard-KCR 27 Slaton-DET 27 Tanana-CAL 26 Tiant-BOS 26	Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan-CAL 148 Gale-KCR 100 Torrez-BOS 99 Palmer-BAL 97 Kravec-CHW 95	Hits Allowed Leonard-KCR 283 Sorensen-MIL 277 Torrez-BOS 272 Flanagan-BAL 271 Erickson-MIN 268
SO to Walk Jenkins-TEX 3.83 Guidry-NYY 3.44 Matlack-TEX 3.08 Caldwell-MIL 2.43 Leonard-KCR 2.35	Losses Wise-CLE 19 Leonard-KCR 17 Jefferson-TOR 16 Kravec-CHW 16 Abbott-SEA 15 Barrios-CHW 15 Flanagan-BAL 15 Keough-OAK 15 Waits-CLE 15	Earned Runs Allow. Flanagan-BAL 126 Erickson-MIN 117 Torrez-BOS 110 Leonard-KCR 109 Martinez-BAL 108	Wild Pitches Ryan-CAL 13 Keough-OAK 12 Leonard-KCR 12 Clyde-CLE 11 Clancy-TOR 10 Hood-CLE 10 Slaton-DET 10 Waits-CLE 10
Hit Batsmen Kravec-CHW 10 Leonard-KCR 9 Tanana-CAL 9 Beattie-NYY 8 Billingham-DET 8 Colborn-TOT 8 Erickson-MIN 8 Paxton-CLE 8 Slaton-DET 8 Wilcox-DET 8	Batters Faced Leonard-KCR 1218 Palmer-BAL 1197 Caldwell-MIL 1176 Flanagan-BAL 1160 Sorensen-MIL 1150	Games Finished Gossage-NYY 55 Marshall-MIN 51 Hrabosky-KCR 47 Stanhouse-BAL 47 Willoughby-CHW 47	Adjusted ERA+ Guidry-NYY 208 Matlack-TEX 167 Caldwell-MIL 160 Goltz-MIN 155 Palmer-BAL 143
Oldest Player Fairly-CAL 1938-07-12 (39) Yastrzemski-BOS 1939-08-22 (38) Carty-TOT 1939-09-01 (38) Tiant-BOS 1940-11-23 (37) Hendricks-BAL 1940-12-22 (37)	Youngest Player Conroy-OAK 1960-04-03 (18) Milner-TOR 1959-11-17 (18) Morgan-OAK 1959-10-08 (18) Burns-CHW 1959-06-08 (19) Norman-TEX 1958-05-23 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Jim Palmer (BAL) C. Carlton Fisk (BOS) 1B. Rod Carew (MIN) 2B. Don Money (MIL) 3B. George Brett (KCR) SS. Freddie Patek (KCR) LF. Jim Rice (BOS) CF. Fred Lynn (BOS) RF. Richie Zisk (TEX)		Rick Burleson (BOS) Dwight Evans* (BOS) Mike Flanagan (BAL) Rich Gossage* (NYY) Ron Guidry* (NYY) Larry Hisle* (MIL) Roy Howell* (TOR) Reggie Jackson (NYY) Matt Keough* (OAK)		Jim Kern* (CLE) Chet Lemon* (CHW) Thurman Munson (NYY) Eddie Murray (BAL) Graig Nettles* (NYY) Darrell Porter* (KCR) Jerry Remy (BOS) Craig Reynolds (SEA) Lary Sorensen* (MIL)		Jim Sundberg* (TEX) Frank Tanana (CAL) Jason Thompson* (DET) Frank White* (KCR) Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)

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