1978 American League

1978 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,131 games, 14 teams, approx. 161 games in season
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Other Years: 1977 / 1979
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1977 / 1979

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1977 / 1979

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Yankees	100	63	.613	--
Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1
Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6.5
Baltimore Orioles	90	71	.559	9
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	13.5
Cleveland Indians	69	90	.434	29
Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	.366	40

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	--
Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5
California Angels	87	75	.537	5
Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19
Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	23
Seattle Mariners	56	104	.350	35

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	27.3	4.96	162	6227	5536	804	1530	265	38	173	762	95	53	520	805	.276	.339	.432	.771	2390	94	32	89	50	38
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.5	4.88	163	6316	5587	796	1493	270	46	172	738	74	51	582	835	.267	.336	.424	.760	2371	135	24	65	58	43
Kansas City Royals	KCR	27.3	4.59	162	6129	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	.268	.329	.399	.728	2186	95	30	55	72	44
New York Yankees	NYY	29.8	4.51	163	6219	5583	735	1489	228	38	125	693	98	42	505	695	.267	.329	.388	.718	2168	126	42	37	52	45
Detroit Tigers	DET	26.3	4.41	162	6299	5601	714	1520	218	34	129	666	90	38	563	695	.271	.339	.392	.730	2193	145	31	57	47	32
California Angels	CAL	27.7	4.27	162	6206	5472	691	1417	226	28	108	646	86	69	539	682	.259	.330	.370	.700	2023	135	67	72	56	38
Texas Rangers	TEX	28.8	4.27	162	6141	5347	692	1353	216	36	132	650	196	91	624	779	.253	.332	.381	.713	2037	115	32	83	55	45
Minnesota Twins	MIN	27.0	4.11	162	6323	5522	666	1472	259	47	82	621	99	56	604	684	.267	.339	.375	.714	2071	139	33	109	55	43
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	28.0	4.09	161	6079	5422	659	1397	248	19	154	612	75	61	552	864	.258	.326	.396	.722	2145	136	22	41	42	34
Cleveland Indians	CLE	26.7	4.02	159	6011	5365	639	1400	223	45	106	596	64	63	488	698	.261	.323	.379	.702	2031	124	26	92	40	31
Chicago White Sox	CHW	27.3	3.94	161	5955	5393	634	1423	221	41	106	595	83	68	409	625	.264	.317	.379	.696	2044	122	33	63	57	20
Seattle Mariners	SEA	27.0	3.84	160	6023	5358	614	1327	229	37	97	571	123	47	522	702	.248	.314	.359	.673	1921	112	22	68	53	25
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	27.0	3.66	161	6015	5430	590	1358	217	39	98	551	28	52	448	645	.250	.308	.359	.667	1947	124	23	77	37	23
Oakland Athletics	OAK	26.3	3.28	162	5914	5321	532	1304	200	31	100	492	144	117	433	800	.245	.303	.351	.654	1866	106	25	108	27	33
League Totals		27.5	4.20	2262	85857	76411	9509	19952	3325	538	1680	8888	1471	892	7287	10153	.261	.326	.385	.711	29393	1708	442	1016	701	494

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
New York Yankees	NYY	28.3	3.57	100	63	.613	3.18	163	163	124	39	16	36	1460.2	1321	582	516	111	478	30	817	32	4	43	6063	1.232	8.1	0.7	2.9	5.0	1.71
Texas Rangers	TEX	29.0	3.90	87	75	.537	3.36	162	162	108	54	12	25	1456.1	1431	632	543	108	421	31	776	24	3	35	6084	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	4.8	1.84
Kansas City Royals	KCR	28.7	3.91	92	70	.568	3.44	162	162	109	53	14	33	1439.0	1350	634	550	108	478	37	657	34	6	37	6034	1.270	8.4	0.7	3.0	4.1	1.37
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	26.8	3.93	90	71	.559	3.56	161	161	96	65	16	33	1429.0	1340	633	566	107	509	29	754	15	6	44	5956	1.294	8.4	0.7	3.2	4.7	1.48
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	25.1	4.01	93	69	.574	3.65	162	162	100	62	19	24	1436.0	1442	650	583	109	398	26	577	41	7	34	6060	1.281	9.0	0.7	2.5	3.6	1.45
Detroit Tigers	DET	27.1	4.03	86	76	.531	3.64	162	162	102	60	12	21	1455.2	1441	653	589	135	503	23	684	36	2	48	6150	1.335	8.9	0.8	3.1	4.2	1.36
Boston Red Sox	BOS	29.2	4.03	99	64	.607	3.54	163	163	106	57	15	26	1472.2	1530	657	579	137	464	45	706	35	5	16	6274	1.354	9.4	0.8	2.8	4.3	1.52
California Angels	CAL	26.6	4.11	87	75	.537	3.65	162	162	118	44	13	33	1455.2	1382	666	590	125	599	60	892	32	14	36	6223	1.361	8.5	0.8	3.7	5.5	1.49
Minnesota Twins	MIN	26.5	4.19	73	89	.451	3.69	162	162	114	48	9	26	1459.2	1468	678	599	102	520	19	703	33	14	51	6208	1.362	9.1	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.35
Oakland Athletics	OAK	25.3	4.26	69	93	.426	3.62	162	162	136	26	11	29	1433.1	1401	690	577	106	582	59	750	26	9	37	6171	1.383	8.8	0.7	3.7	4.7	1.29
Cleveland Indians	CLE	27.1	4.36	69	90	.434	3.97	159	159	123	36	6	28	1407.1	1397	694	621	100	568	38	739	28	7	56	6068	1.396	8.9	0.6	3.6	4.7	1.30
Chicago White Sox	CHW	28.5	4.54	71	90	.441	4.21	161	161	123	38	9	33	1409.1	1380	731	660	128	586	18	710	43	2	38	6087	1.395	8.8	0.8	3.7	4.5	1.21
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	25.9	4.81	59	102	.366	4.54	161	161	126	35	5	23	1429.1	1529	775	721	149	614	40	758	22	5	47	6255	1.499	9.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.23
Seattle Mariners	SEA	26.9	5.21	56	104	.350	4.67	160	160	132	28	4	20	1419.1	1540	834	737	155	567	39	630	41	5	31	6241	1.484	9.8	1.0	3.6	4.0	1.11
League Totals		27.2	4.20	1131	1131	.500	3.76	2262	2262	1617	645	161	390	20163.1	19952	9509	8431	1680	7287	494	10153	442	89	553	85874	1.351	8.9	0.7	3.3	4.5	1.39

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
New York Yankees	NYY	163	4382	1758	113	134	.982	11	83	61	42%	Billy Martin, Bob Lemon and Dick Howser
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	161	4287	1887	110	166	.982	7	81	68	46%	Earl Weaver
Detroit Tigers	DET	162	4367	1858	118	177	.981	10	85	59	41%	n/a
Cleveland Indians	CLE	159	4222	1769	123	142	.980	15	129	59	31%	Jeff Torborg
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	161	4288	1763	131	163	.979	16	101	66	40%	Roy Hartsfield
California Angels	CAL	162	4367	1624	136	136	.978	5	154	80	34%	Dave Garcia and Jim Fregosi
Seattle Mariners	SEA	160	4258	1882	141	174	.978	6	140	55	28%	Darrell Johnson
Chicago White Sox	CHW	161	4228	1715	139	130	.977	13	129	60	32%	Larry Doby and Bob Lemon
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	162	4308	1976	150	144	.977	4	80	46	37%	George Bamberger
Boston Red Sox	BOS	163	4418	1842	146	171	.977	8	114	55	33%	Don Zimmer
Minnesota Twins	MIN	162	4379	1943	146	171	.977	7	91	76	46%	Gene Mauch
Texas Rangers	TEX	162	4369	1972	153	140	.976	12	84	75	47%	Pat Corrales and Billy Hunter
Kansas City Royals	KCR	162	4317	1676	150	153	.976	11	90	52	37%	Whitey Herzog
Oakland Athletics	OAK	162	4300	1626	179	145	.971	10	110	80	42%	Jack McKeon and Bobby Winkles
League Totals		2262	60490	25291	1935	2146	.978	135	1471	892	38%

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