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AL · 92–70 (.568) · Rank 1 · Attendance 2255493 Division

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hal McRae	156	623	170	16	72	17	.273	.758
Darrell Porter	150	520	138	18	78	0	.265	.802
George Brett	128	510	150	9	62	23	.294	.809
Amos Otis	141	486	145	22	96	32	.298	.905
Al Cowens	132	485	133	5	63	14	.274	.707
Frank White	143	461	127	7	50	13	.275	.716
Freddie Patek	138	440	109	2	46	38	.248	.630
Clint Hurdle	133	417	110	7	56	1	.264	.746
Pete LaCock	118	322	95	5	48	1	.295	.754
Tom Poquette	80	204	44	4	30	2	.216	.597
Willie Wilson	127	198	43	0	16	46	.217	.558
John Wathan	67	190	57	2	28	2	.300	.715
Steve Braun	64	137	36	0	14	3	.263	.736
Jerry Terrell	73	133	27	0	8	8	.203	.436
U. L. Washington	69	129	34	0	9	12	.264	.609
Joe Zdeb	60	127	32	0	11	3	.252	.602
Jamie Quirk	17	29	6	0	2	0	.207	.600
Joe Lahoud	13	16	2	0	0	0	.125	.250
Dave Cripe	7	13	2	0	1	0	.154	.308
Art Kusnyer	9	13	3	1	2	0	.231	.871
Luis Silverio	8	11	6	0	3	1	.545	1.524
Jim Gaudet	3	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Randy Bass	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Doug Bird	40	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Busby	7	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Colborn	8	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Foucault	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gale	31	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Gura	35	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	11	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hrabosky	58	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Leonard	40	0	0	0	0	0
Randy McGilberry	18	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	45	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Paschall	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Pattin	32	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff	39	0	0	0	0	0
George Throop	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Dennis Leonard	21	17	3.33	40	0	183	1.225
Paul Splittorff	19	13	3.40	39	0	76	1.160
Larry Gura	16	4	2.72	35	0	81	1.096
Rich Gale	14	8	3.09	31	0	88	1.409
Doug Bird	6	6	5.29	40	1	48	1.429
Marty Pattin	3	3	3.32	32	4	30	1.233
Al Hrabosky	8	7	2.88	58	20	60	1.160
Steve Mingori	1	4	2.74	45	7	28	1.159
Andy Hassler	1	4	4.32	11	0	26	1.714
Jim Colborn	1	2	4.76	8	0	8	1.518
Randy McGilberry	0	1	4.21	18	0	12	1.753
Steve Busby	1	0	7.59	7	0	10	1.828
Bill Paschall	0	1	3.38	2	1	5	.750
George Throop	1	0	0.00	1	0	2	1.667
Steve Foucault	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	2.571

Schedule (166 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1978-04-08	@ CLE	L 5–8
1978-04-09	@ CLE	W 5–4
1978-04-10	vs BAL	W 4–2
1978-04-12	vs BAL	W 5–2
1978-04-14	vs CLE	W 3–1
1978-04-15	vs CLE	W 6–5
1978-04-16	vs CLE	W 2–1
1978-04-17	@ TOR	W 3–1
1978-04-18	@ TOR	W 5–0
1978-04-21	@ BAL	L 1–2
1978-04-22	@ BAL	W 5–3
1978-04-23	@ BAL	W 6–5
1978-04-24	@ TEX	W 8–6
1978-04-25	@ TEX	L 1–4
1978-04-26	vs TOR	L 1–3
1978-04-27	vs TOR	L 7–8
1978-04-28	vs ML4	W 7–6
1978-04-29	vs ML4	W 11–2
1978-04-30	vs ML4	W 3–0
1978-05-01	@ NYA	L 4–8
1978-05-02	@ NYA	L 2–4
1978-05-03	@ NYA	L 5–6
1978-05-05	@ ML4	L 0–9
1978-05-06	@ ML4	L 3–4
1978-05-07	@ ML4	W 8–6
1978-05-08	@ BOS	L 4–8
1978-05-09	@ BOS	L 3–4
1978-05-12	vs NYA	W 4–3
1978-05-13	vs NYA	L 2–5
1978-05-14	vs NYA	W 10–9
1978-05-15	vs BOS	W 3–1
1978-05-16	vs BOS	L 2–3
1978-05-18	vs MIN	L 6–8
1978-05-19	vs MIN	L 3–5
1978-05-20	vs MIN	W 6–3
1978-05-21	vs MIN	L 2–3
1978-05-22	@ SEA	L 1–10
1978-05-23	@ SEA	L 3–4
1978-05-23	@ SEA	W 5–3
1978-05-24	@ SEA	W 6–5
1978-05-25	@ SEA	W 9–4
1978-05-28	@ MIN	W 8–7
1978-05-29	vs SEA	W 8–2
1978-05-31	vs SEA	W 8–3
1978-06-01	vs SEA	W 10–0
1978-06-02	vs CHA	L 1–5
1978-06-03	vs CHA	L 5–9
1978-06-04	vs CHA	W 13–2
1978-06-06	@ TEX	L 1–2
1978-06-08	@ TEX	L 4–5
1978-06-08	@ TEX	L 2–3
1978-06-09	@ DET	L 2–3
1978-06-10	@ DET	W 6–3
1978-06-11	@ DET	L 2–5
1978-06-12	vs TEX	L 5–6
1978-06-13	vs TEX	W 5–0
1978-06-14	vs DET	W 7–1
1978-06-15	vs DET	W 7–2
1978-06-16	@ CHA	W 2–1
1978-06-17	@ CHA	L 1–6
1978-06-18	@ CHA	W 3–2
1978-06-18	@ CHA	L 0–11
1978-06-19	vs CLE	W 6–5
1978-06-20	vs CLE	W 3–2
1978-06-21	vs CLE	L 2–4
1978-06-23	vs OAK	W 5–3
1978-06-23	vs OAK	L 4–5
1978-06-24	vs OAK	W 7–5
1978-06-25	vs OAK	L 3–6
1978-06-26	@ CAL	W 4–0
1978-06-27	@ CAL	L 4–5
1978-06-28	@ CAL	L 5–9
1978-06-29	@ CAL	L 1–3
1978-06-30	@ OAK	L 1–2
1978-07-01	@ OAK	L 2–4
1978-07-02	@ OAK	W 4–2
1978-07-02	@ OAK	L 3–9
1978-07-03	vs CAL	L 4–7
1978-07-04	vs CAL	W 4–3
1978-07-05	vs CAL	W 10–1
1978-07-06	vs CAL	L 2–9
1978-07-07	vs BAL	W 3–1
1978-07-08	vs BAL	W 11–3
1978-07-09	vs BAL	W 10–4
1978-07-13	@ ML4	L 2–13
1978-07-14	@ ML4	W 9–2
1978-07-15	@ NYA	W 8–2
1978-07-16	@ NYA	W 3–1
1978-07-17	@ NYA	W 9–7
1978-07-19	vs TEX	W 11–4
1978-07-20	vs TEX	W 2–1
1978-07-21	vs BOS	W 9–0
1978-07-22	vs BOS	W 6–5
1978-07-23	vs BOS	W 7–3
1978-07-24	vs NYA	W 5–2
1978-07-25	vs NYA	L 0–4
1978-07-26	vs SEA	W 12–3
1978-07-27	vs SEA	W 3–1
1978-07-28	@ BOS	W 4–0
1978-07-29	@ BOS	L 0–1
1978-07-30	@ BOS	W 2–1
1978-07-31	@ CLE	L 3–4
1978-08-01	@ CLE	L 1–2
1978-08-02	@ CLE	L 2–5
1978-08-04	vs TOR	L 4–5
1978-08-05	vs TOR	W 5–3
1978-08-06	vs TOR	W 12–5
1978-08-07	vs CHA	L 3–5
1978-08-08	vs CHA	W 10–4
1978-08-09	@ BAL	W 2–0
1978-08-10	@ BAL	L 2–3
1978-08-11	@ TOR	W 9–8
1978-08-12	@ TOR	L 2–5
1978-08-13	@ TOR	L 2–3
1978-08-14	@ DET	L 2–11
1978-08-15	@ DET	W 4–2
1978-08-16	@ MIN	L 1–5
1978-08-16	@ MIN	W 11–7
1978-08-17	@ MIN	L 5–6
1978-08-18	vs TEX	L 3–4
1978-08-19	vs TEX	W 3–0
1978-08-20	vs TEX	W 2–1
1978-08-22	@ CHA	W 6–3
1978-08-23	@ CHA	L 0–3
1978-08-24	@ CHA	L 1–4
1978-08-25	@ TEX	L 2–7
1978-08-26	@ TEX	L 4–8
1978-08-27	@ TEX	W 4–2
1978-08-28	vs CHA	W 3–2
1978-08-29	vs CHA	L 3–9
1978-08-30	vs CHA	W 12–0
1978-09-01	vs DET	L 2–6
1978-09-02	vs DET	W 8–3
1978-09-03	vs DET	W 6–2
1978-09-04	@ OAK	W 5–3
1978-09-05	@ OAK	W 3–0
1978-09-06	@ OAK	W 11–8
1978-09-08	@ CAL	W 9–7
1978-09-09	@ CAL	L 2–3
1978-09-09	@ CAL	L 2–4
1978-09-10	@ CAL	L 3–13
1978-09-11	vs OAK	W 7–2
1978-09-12	vs OAK	W 8–1
1978-09-13	vs OAK	W 9–1
1978-09-14	vs OAK	W 5–1
1978-09-15	vs CAL	W 3–2
1978-09-16	vs CAL	L 3–4
1978-09-17	vs CAL	W 5–0
1978-09-18	@ SEA	W 7–6
1978-09-19	@ SEA	W 9–8
1978-09-20	vs ML4	L 4–5
1978-09-21	vs ML4	W 8–4
1978-09-22	@ MIN	W 4–2
1978-09-22	@ MIN	L 0–4
1978-09-23	@ MIN	W 3–1
1978-09-24	@ MIN	L 4–6
1978-09-25	vs SEA	W 7–2
1978-09-26	vs SEA	W 4–1
1978-09-27	vs SEA	L 2–4
1978-09-29	vs MIN	W 4–0
1978-09-30	vs MIN	L 3–7
1978-10-01	vs MIN	W 1–0
1978-10-03	vs NYA	L 1–7
1978-10-04	vs NYA	W 10–4
1978-10-06	@ NYA	L 5–6
1978-10-07	@ NYA	L 1–2