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Standings

East
Team NameWLPctGBLManager(s)
Milwaukee Brewers6247.569--Buck Rodgers
Baltimore Orioles5946.5622.0Earl Weaver
New York Yankees5948.5512.0Bob Lemon
Gene Michael
Detroit Tigers6049.5502.0Sparky Anderson
Boston Red Sox5949.5462.5Ralph Houk
Cleveland Indians5251.5057.0Dave Garcia
Toronto Blue Jays3769.34923.5Bobby Mattick
West
Team NameWLPctGBLManager(s)
Oakland Athletics6445.587--Billy Martin
Texas Rangers5748.5435.0Don Zimmer
Chicago White Sox5452.5098.5Tony LaRussa
Kansas City Royals5053.48511.0Dick Howser
Jim Frey
California Angels5159.46413.5Gene Mauch
Jim Fregosi
Seattle Mariners4465.40420.0Maury Wills
Rene Lachemann
Minnesota Twins4168.37623.0Billy Gardner
Johnny Goryl

Playoff teams in bold.


League Leaders

Batting Average:   Carney Lansford - Boston Red Sox (.336)
On Base Pct (OBP):   Mike Hargrove - Cleveland Indians (.424)
Slugging Pct (SLG):   Bobby Grich - California Angels (.543)
At Bats:   Jim Rice - Boston Red Sox (451)
Runs:   Rickey Henderson - Oakland Athletics (89)
Hits:   Rickey Henderson - Oakland Athletics (135)
Doubles:   Cecil Cooper - Milwaukee Brewers (35)
Triples:   John Castino - Minnesota Twins (9)
Home Runs:   Dwight Evans - Boston Red Sox, Eddie Murray - Baltimore Orioles, Tony Armas - Oakland Athletics, Bobby Grich - California Angels (22)
Runs Batted In:   Eddie Murray - Baltimore Orioles (78)
Total Bases:   Dwight Evans - Boston Red Sox (215)
Walks:   Dwight Evans - Boston Red Sox (85)
Strikeouts:   Tony Armas - Oakland Athletics (115)
Stolen Bases:   Rickey Henderson - Oakland Athletics (56)
Hit by Pitch:   Chet Lemon - Chicago White Sox (13)

Wins:   Jack Morris - Detroit Tigers, Steve McCatty - Oakland Athletics, Dennis Martinez - Baltimore Orioles, Pete Vuckovich - Milwaukee Brewers (14)
Losses:   Luis Leal - Toronto Blue Jays, Jerry Koosman - Chicago White Sox,Minnesota Twins, Juan Berenguer - Kansas City Royals,Toronto Blue Jays (13)
Earned Run Avg (ERA):   Sammy Stewart - Baltimore Orioles (2.32)
Games:   Doug Corbett - Minnesota Twins (54)
Complete Games:   Rick Langford - Oakland Athletics (18)
Shutouts:   Steve McCatty - Oakland Athletics, Ken Forsch - California Angels ()
Saves:   Rollie Fingers - Milwaukee Brewers (28)
Innings Pitched:   Dennis Leonard - Kansas City Royals (201.2)
Walks:   Jack Morris - Detroit Tigers (78)
Strikeouts:   Len Barker - Cleveland Indians (127)
BB+H/IP (WHIP):   Ron Guidry - New York Yankees (0.99)
Hits/9 Ip:   Steve McCatty - Oakland Athletics (6.79)
HR/9 Ip:   Dennis Lamp - Chicago White Sox (0.28)
Walks/9 Ip:   Rick Honeycutt - Texas Rangers (1.20)
SO/9 Ip:   Len Barker - Cleveland Indians (7.41)

Team Information

Team NameAttendance
Baltimore Orioles1,024,247
Boston Red Sox1,060,379
California Angels1,441,545
Chicago White Sox946,651
Cleveland Indians661,395
Detroit Tigers1,149,144
Kansas City Royals1,279,403
Milwaukee Brewers874,292
Minnesota Twins469,090
New York Yankees1,614,353
Oakland Athletics1,304,052
Seattle Mariners636,276
Texas Rangers850,076
Toronto Blue Jays755,083