1978 Season

26 teams competing across 6 divisions

🏆 Postseason

1978 Bracket
World Series NYA def. LAN (4-2)
AL Championship NYA def. KCA (3-1)
NL Championship LAN def. PHI (3-1)

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1968 1973 1977 1978 1979 1983 1988

⚾ Batting Leaders

1978 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Dave Parker 0.334 2 Rod Carew 0.333 3 Mike Vail 0.333 4 Al Oliver 0.324 5 Jesus Alou 0.324

Home Runs

1 Jim Rice 46 2 George Foster 40 3 Greg Luzinski 35 4 Don Baylor 34 5 Larry Hisle 34

RBI

1 Jim Rice 139 2 Rusty Staub 121 3 George Foster 120 4 Dave Parker 117 5 Larry Hisle 115

Stolen Bases

1 Omar Moreno 71 2 Ron LeFlore 68 3 Julio Cruz 59 4 Bump Wills 52 5 Miguel Dilone 50

Hits

1 Jim Rice 213 2 Steve Garvey 202 3 Ron LeFlore 198 4 Pete Rose 198 5 Enos Cabell 195

Runs

1 Ron LeFlore 126 2 Jim Rice 121 3 Ivan de Jesus 104 4 Don Baylor 103 5 Pete Rose 103
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1978 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Gene Garber 1.40 2 Mickey Lolich 1.56 3 Al Fitzmorris 1.71 4 Victor Cruz 1.71 5 Ron Guidry 1.74

Wins

1 Ron Guidry 25 2 Mike Caldwell 22 3 Dennis Leonard 21 4 Jim Palmer 21 5 Gaylord Perry 21

Strikeouts

1 J. R. Richard 303 2 Nolan Ryan 260 3 Ron Guidry 248 4 Phil Niekro 248 5 Tom Seaver 226

Saves

1 Rollie Fingers 37 2 Kent Tekulve 31 3 Doug Bair 28 4 Rich Gossage 27 5 Bruce Sutter 27

WHIP

1 Gene Garber 0.91 2 Ron Guidry 0.95 3 Gene Garber 0.96 4 Ron Reed 1.01 5 Rollie Fingers 1.05
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📋 Standings

AL East

New York Yankees ★ 100-63 Boston Red Sox 99-64 Milwaukee Brewers 93-69 Baltimore Orioles 90-71 Detroit Tigers 86-76 Cleveland Indians 69-90 Toronto Blue Jays 59-102

AL West

Kansas City Royals ★ 92-70 California Angels 87-75 Texas Rangers 87-75 Minnesota Twins 73-89 Chicago White Sox 71-90 Oakland Athletics 69-93 Seattle Mariners 56-104

NL East

Philadelphia Phillies ★ 90-72 Pittsburgh Pirates 88-73 Chicago Cubs 79-83 Montreal Expos 76-86 St. Louis Cardinals 69-93 New York Mets 66-96

NL West

Los Angeles Dodgers ★ 95-67 Cincinnati Reds 92-69 San Francisco Giants 89-73 San Diego Padres 84-78 Houston Astros 74-88 Atlanta Braves 69-93
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