1978 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

  League Championship Series
ABC
World Series
NBC
                 
East  New York Yankees 3  
West  Kansas City Royals 1  
    AL  New York Yankees 4
  NL  Los Angeles Dodgers 2
East  Philadelphia Phillies 1
West  Los Angeles Dodgers 3  

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

American League National League
AVG Rod Carew .333 Dave Parker .334
HR Jim Rice 46 George Foster 40
RBI Jim Rice 139 George Foster 120
Wins Ron Guidry 25 Gaylord Perry 21
ERA Ron Guidry 1.74 Craig Swan 2.43
Ks Nolan Ryan CAL 260 J. R. Richard HOU 303

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
East Division
1st New York Yankees 100   63 .613    --
2nd Boston Red Sox   99   64 .607   1.0
3rd Milwaukee Brewers   93   69 .574   6.5
4th Baltimore Orioles   90   71 .559   9.0
5th Detroit Tigers   86   76 .531 13.5
6th Cleveland Indians   69   90 .434 29.0
7th Toronto Blue Jays   59 102 .366 40.0
West Division
1st Kansas City Royals   92   70 .568    --
2nd Texas Rangers   87   75 .537   5.0
3rd California Angels   87   75 .537   5.0
4th Minnesota Twins   73   89 .451 19.0
5th Chicago White Sox   71   90 .441 20.5
6th Oakland Athletics   69   93 .426 23.0
7th Seattle Mariners   56 104 .350 35.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Philadelphia Phillies 90 72 .556    --
2nd Pittsburgh Pirates 88 73 .547   1.5
3rd Chicago Cubs 79 83 .488 11.0
4th Montreal Expos 76 86 .469 14.0
5th St. Louis Cardinals 69 93 .426 21.0
6th New York Mets 66 96 .407 24.0
West Division
1st Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 .586    --
2nd Cincinnati Reds 92 69 .571   2.5
3rd San Francisco Giants 89 73 .549   6.0
4th San Diego Padres 84 78 .519 11.0
5th Houston Astros 74 88 .457 21.0
6th Atlanta Braves 69 93 .426 26.0

Events

January–April

May–August

September–December

Movies

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

All-Star Jason Marquis

October–December

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

References

External links

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