1978 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1978 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1978

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Los Angeles Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Jim Rice NL: Dave Parker

Cy Young Winners

AL: Ron Guidry NL: Gaylord Perry

Rookies of the Year

AL: Lou Whitaker NL: Bob Horner

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Bob Horner (Atlanta Braves)

All-Star Game

San Diego,California

Teams

Players

902

Attendance

40,636,886

Payroll

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1978 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	163	100	63	.613	--	735	582	153	Won World Series (Dodgers)	2,335,871	4	Cedric Tallis	Billy Martin, Bob Lemon, Dick Howser	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	163	99	64	.607	1.0	796	657	139	dnq	2,320,643	5	Haywood Sullivan	Don Zimmer	Fenway Park
3	3	4	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	6.5	804	650	154	dnq	1,601,406	11	Harry Dalton	George Bamberger	County Stadium
4	5	7	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	90	71	.559	9.0	659	633	26	dnq	1,051,724	19	Hank Peters	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
5	8	13	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	13.5	714	653	61	dnq	1,714,893	9	Jim Campbell	Ralph Houk	Tiger Stadium
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	159	69	90	.434	29.0	639	694	-55	dnq	800,584	24	Phil Seghi	Jeff Torborg	Cleveland Stadium
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	161	59	102	.366	40.0	590	775	-185	dnq	1,562,585	12	Pat Gillick	Roy Hartsfield	Exhibition Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	6	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	743	634	109	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	2,255,493	6	Joe Burke	Whitey Herzog	Royals Stadium
2	7	12	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	5.0	692	632	60	dnq	1,447,963	15	Dan O'Brien	Billy Hunter, Pat Corrales	Arlington Stadium
3	6	11	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	5.0	691	666	25	dnq	1,755,386	7	Buzzie Bavasi	Jim Fregosi, Dave Garcia	Anaheim Stadium
4	9	18	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	19.0	666	678	-12	dnq	787,878	25	Calvin Griffith	Gene Mauch	Metropolitan Stadium
5	10	19	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	161	71	90	.441	20.5	634	731	-97	dnq	1,491,100	14	Roland Hemond	Larry Doby, Bob Lemon	Comiskey Park
6	12	23	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	23.0	532	690	-158	dnq	526,999	26	Charlie Finley	Jack McKeon, Bobby Winkles	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	160	56	104	.350	35.0	614	834	-220	dnq	877,440	23	Lou Gorman	Darrell Johnson	The Kingdome
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	8	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	708	586	122	Lost NLCS (Dodgers)	2,583,389	2	Paul Owens	Danny Ozark	Veterans Stadium
2	5	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	88	73	.547	1.5	684	637	47	dnq	964,106	21	Hardy Peterson, Joseph O'Toole	Chuck Tanner	Three Rivers Stadium
3	7	15	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	11.0	664	724	-60	dnq	1,525,311	13	Bob Kennedy	Herman Franks	Wrigley Field
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	14.0	633	611	22	dnq	1,427,007	16	Charlie Fox	Dick Williams	Olympic Stadium
5	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	21.0	600	657	-57	dnq	1,278,215	17	Bing Devine	Ken Boyer, Vern Rapp, Jack Krol	Busch Stadium II
6	12	24	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	24.0	607	690	-83	dnq	1,007,328	20	Joe McDonald	Joe Torre	Shea Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	727	573	154	Lost World Series (Yankees)	3,347,845	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
2	2	5	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	161	92	69	.571	2.5	710	688	22	dnq	2,532,497	3	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
3	4	9	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	6.0	613	594	19	dnq	1,740,477	8	Spec Richardson	Joe Altobelli	Candlestick Park
4	6	14	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	11.0	591	598	-7	dnq	1,670,107	10	Bob Fontaine	Roger Craig	San Diego Stadium
5	9	17	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	21.0	605	634	-29	dnq	1,126,145	18	Tal Smith	Bill Virdon	Astrodome
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	26.0	600	750	-150	dnq	904,494	22	Bill Lucas	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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