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26 teams in AL, NL · 2102 regular-season games · 1978-04-05 to 1978-10-02 · attendance 40,636,886

◀ 1977 1979 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Jim Rice AL
Dave Parker NL

Cy Young

Ron Guidry AL
Gaylord Perry NL

Rookie of the Year

Lou Whitaker AL
Bob Horner NL

All-Star Game

1978-07-11 at Qualcomm Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1978

Addie Joss, Eddie Mathews, Larry MacPhail

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	New York Yankees 3–1 Kansas City Royals	4
League Championship	Los Angeles Dodgers 3–1 Philadelphia Phillies	4
World Series	New York Yankees 4–2 Los Angeles Dodgers	6

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	100	63	.613	—	582	2,335,871	Billy Martin, Dick Howser, Bob Lemon	World Series Division
2	Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1	657	2,320,643	Don Zimmer
3	Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6.5	650	1,601,406	George Bamberger
4	Baltimore Orioles	90	71	.559	9	633	1,051,724	Earl Weaver
5	Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	13.5	653	1,714,893	Ralph Houk
6	Cleveland Indians	69	90	.434	29	694	800,584	Jeff Torborg
7	Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	.366	40	775	1,562,585	Roy Hartsfield

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	—	634	2,255,493	Whitey Herzog	Division
2	California Angels	87	75	.537	5	666	1,755,386	Dave Garcia, Jim Fregosi
2	Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5	632	1,447,963	Billy Hunter, Pat Corrales
4	Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19	678	787,878	Gene Mauch
5	Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5	731	1,491,100	Bob Lemon, Larry Doby
6	Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	23	690	526,999	Bobby Winkles, Jack McKeon
7	Seattle Mariners	56	104	.350	35	834	877,440	Darrell Johnson

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	—	586	2,583,389	Danny Ozark	Division
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	73	.547	1.5	637	964,106	Chuck Tanner
3	Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	11	724	1,525,311	Herman Franks
4	Montreal Expos	76	86	.469	14	611	1,427,007	Dick Williams
5	St. Louis Cardinals	69	93	.426	21	657	1,278,215	Vern Rapp, Jack Krol, Ken Boyer
6	New York Mets	66	96	.407	24	690	1,007,328	Joe Torre

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	—	573	3,347,845	Tom Lasorda	Pennant Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	92	69	.571	2.5	688	2,532,497	Sparky Anderson
3	San Francisco Giants	89	73	.549	6	594	1,740,477	Joe Altobelli
4	San Diego Padres	84	78	.519	11	598	1,670,107	Roger Craig
5	Houston Astros	74	88	.457	21	634	1,126,145	Bill Virdon
6	Atlanta Braves	69	93	.426	26	750	904,494	Bobby Cox

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Bob Forsch, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1978-04-16
Tom Seaver, Cincinnati Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 1978-06-16

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