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1978 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Eastern Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L42 MANAGER(S) Boston BOA 108 54 .667 ---- 1 6 1 46-35 62-19 26-20 27-15 Mike Tomeo Baltimore BAA 98 64 .605 10.0 9 3 8 50-31 48-33 20-16 24-18 Mike Rescigno Milwaukee MLA 91 71 .562 17.0 11 4 17 46-35 45-36 25-25 22-20 Paul Weinberg New York AL NYA 87 75 .537 21.0 3 5 7 45-36 42-39 19-24 20-22 Robert Rescigno Detroit DEA 81 81 .500 27.0 7 17 14 45-36 36-45 26-21 21-21 Dennis Van Langen Toronto TOA 52 110 .321 56.0 20 20 13 26-55 26-55 15-23 14-28 Thomas Treece Western Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L42 MANAGER(S) Kansas City KCA 88 74 .543 ---- 4 8 2 46-35 42-39 23-24 25-17 Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson Minnesota MNA 81 81 .500 7.0 14 11 15 43-38 38-43 26-21 21-21 Tom Austad Chicago AL CHA 78 84 .481 10.0 10 19 19 35-46 43-38 27-19 21-21 Ben Lea Texas TEA 75 87 .463 13.0 19 13 11 35-46 40-41 15-21 20-22 Jim Sheehan Oakland OAA 67 95 .414 21.0 17 16 10 29-52 38-43 17-23 19-23 Drew Kennedy Seattle SEA 66 96 .407 22.0 13 21 22 32-49 34-47 22-24 18-24 Jeff Tripodi OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 22 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense. HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L42 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 42 games of the season. Postseason World Series (4-0):   Boston Red Sox over Pittsburgh Pirates AL Championship Series (3-2):   Boston Red Sox over Kansas City Royals

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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 BOA  5.40   875  5648  1546  265  41  223  531   699  .274  .338  .454   55   21   40   49  102   53  126
 NYA  4.89   792  5679  1539  219  49  155  495   659  .271  .332  .409   78   37   20   46   44   41  125
 KCA  4.86   787  5607  1534  300  50  133  440   701  .274  .328  .416  345  130   34   45   43   55   75
 DEA  4.65   754  5559  1526  209  41  139  609   780  .275  .346  .402  196   86   22   21   39   44  151
 BAA  4.62   749  5482  1459  285  41  152  556   790  .266  .334  .416   71   36   30   26  117   38  114
 CHA  4.55   737  5704  1566  306  25  133  440   819  .275  .329  .407  120   46   27   45   30   38  121
 MLA  4.41   714  5682  1511  231  59  142  520   820  .266  .328  .402  125   38   48   23   57   39  103
 SEA  4.38   709  5595  1463  253  37  152  518   766  .261  .324  .401   99   29   18   13   26   37  120
 MNA  4.29   695  5472  1421  244  53  115  641   606  .260  .339  .387  155   77   28   39  114   40  127
 OAA  4.11   666  5716  1491  255  45  137  415   768  .261  .313  .393    5    5   28   30   43   28  140
 TEA  3.70   599  5451  1355  242  62   84  545   651  .249  .318  .362  134   74   31   33   54   49  127
 TOA  3.66   593  5636  1405  234  41   95  463   560  .249  .309  .356   18   16   20   33   24   29  135
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  4.46  8670 67231 17816 3043 544 1660 6173  8619  .265  .328  .401 1401  595  346  403  693  491 1464

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 BAA  3.69   598  3.36  1455  1388  105   517   699  49  15  41  .278  789  556  .705
 MLA  3.75   608  3.30  1468  1558  101   397   608  41   9  38  .281  857  551  .643
 NYA  3.93   636  3.55  1462  1392  132   448   761  44  21  30  .347  805  574  .713
 BOA  3.96   641  3.57  1474  1387  167   471   876  37  12  43  .358  852  685  .804
 KCA  4.03   653  3.62  1458  1438  133   443   586  65  12  32  .358  791  633  .800
 MNA  4.28   693  3.80  1465  1439  141   494   633  39  13  45  .299  830  551  .664
 TEA  4.41   715  3.92  1458  1433   94   585   958  38  13  38  .359  873  596  .683
 OAA  4.62   748  4.07  1450  1408  156   599   694  19   6  31  .272  844  580  .687
 DEA  4.76   771  4.20  1447  1558  153   446   624  41   8  33  .310  831  555  .668
 CHA  5.25   850  4.59  1445  1564  132   589   669  11  10  41  .342  878  558  .636
 TOA  5.36   869  4.86  1447  1645  177   565   709  21   5  24  .354  832  563  .677
 SEA  5.48   888  5.06  1426  1606  169   619   802   5   6  49  .321  821  505  .615
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  4.46  8670  3.99 17457 17816 1660  6173  8619 410 130 445       **** 6907  .690

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting Jim Rice  (531) Fred Lynn  (468) Don Baylor  (464) Graig Nettles  (447) Jason Thompson  (442) Ron Leflore  (437) Greg Luzinski  (431) Eddie Murray  (422) Andre Thornton  (417) Carlton Fisk  (413) Doug Decinces  (412) Steve Kemp  (411) Lee May  (402) Amos Otis  (401) Jose Cruz  (395) Reggie Jackson  (391) Gorman Thomas  (378) Roy Smalley  (377) Rico Carty  (374) Rusty Staub  (365)

Cy Young Award Voting Ron Guidry  (409) J.R. Richard  (384) Jim Palmer  (376) Dennis Eckersley  (243) Fergie Jenkins  (229) Larry Gura  (226) Gene Garber  (220) Luis Tiant  (207) Jim Kern  (168) Mike Marshall  (166) Nolan Ryan  (166) Mike Caldwell  (164) Dennis Leonard  (152) Dennis Martinez  (151) Reggie Cleveland  (143) Steve Stone  (143) Chris Knapp  (134) Francisco Barrios  (132) John Hiller  (127) Paul Splittorff  (124)

All Stars

Don Baylor Larry Bowa George Brett Jose Cruz Doug DeCinces John Denny Carlton Fisk Gene Garber Bobby Grich Ron Guidry

Larry Gura Roy Howell Reggie Jackson Steve Kemp Rick Langford Greg Luzinski Fred Lynn Eddie Murray Amos Otis

Jim Palmer Willie Randolph Craig Reynolds Jim Rice J.R. Richard Lary Sorensen Jim Sundberg Jason Thompson Luis Tiant

Gold Gloves

P: Mike Caldwell C: Jim Sundberg 1B: Chris Chambliss 2B: Frank White 3B: Graig Nettles SS: Larry Bowa OF: Rick Manning OF: Fred Lynn OF: Rick Miller

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average Jose Cruz .335 Steve Garvey .332 Amos Otis .332 Gene Richards .324 Ron Leflore .324 Tony Perez .322 Jim Rice .318 Pete Rose .318 Ken Griffey .317 Enos Cabell .314 Jason Thompson .313 George Brett .310	On Base Percentage Jeff Burroughs .419 Jose Cruz .413 Amos Otis .409 Gene Richards .400 Jason Thompson .397 Steve Kemp .394 Lou Whitaker .391 John Stearns .389 Lee Mazzilli .389 Jim Rice .388 Mike Hargrove .388 Gary Matthews .387	Slugging Percentage Jim Rice .613 Amos Otis .581 Larry Hisle .581 Fred Lynn .553 Steve Garvey .551 Doug Decinces .551 George Foster .548 Dave Parker .544 Ted Simmons .539 Don Baylor .536 Reggie Smith .534 George Brett .525	On Base + Slugging Jim Rice 1.001 Amos Otis 0.991 Larry Hisle 0.954 Ted Simmons 0.923 Fred Lynn 0.921 Jeff Burroughs 0.915 Steve Garvey 0.914 Doug Decinces 0.904 Greg Luzinski 0.900 George Foster 0.899 Jason Thompson 0.899 Lee Mazzilli 0.898
At Bats Larry Bowa 690 Garry Templeton 688 Ron Leflore 686 Pete Rose 679 Bob Bailor 674 Steve Garvey 659 Ivan Dejesus 656 Eddie Murray 639 Don Baylor 634 Dave Winfield 633 Thurman Munson 629 Jim Rice 628	Runs Scored Don Baylor 126 Ron Leflore 126 Pete Rose 123 Jim Rice 118 Dave Parker 111 Lee Mazzilli 108 Davey Lopes 103 Jose Cruz 102 Omar Moreno 101 Jason Thompson 101	Hits Ron Leflore 222 Steve Garvey 219 Pete Rose 216 Jose Cruz 201 Larry Bowa 200 Jim Rice 200 Ken Griffey 197 Jason Thompson 194 Dave Winfield 194 Enos Cabell 193 Rod Carew 186 Garry Templeton 182	Total Bases Jim Rice 385 Steve Garvey 363 Don Baylor 340 Dave Parker 340 Larry Hisle 327 George Foster 326 Fred Lynn 325 Jason Thompson 311 Lee May 306 Eddie Murray 306 Pete Rose 306 Ron Leflore 305
Doubles Pete Rose 61 George Brett 54 Larry Parrish 46 Tony Perez 44 Ted Simmons 42 Steve Garvey 41 Jack Clark 40 Carlton Fisk 40 Mike Schmidt 39 Jose Cruz 38 George Hendrick 38 Eddie Murray 38	Triples Garry Templeton 21 Ken Griffey 15 Larry Herndon 14 Bob Bailor 13 Buddy Bell 13 Dave Parker 12 Gene Richards 12 Jim Rice 11 Robin Yount 11	Home Runs Larry Hisle 48 Jim Rice 47 Don Baylor 45 Lee May 43 George Foster 40 Gorman Thomas 37 Greg Luzinski 36 Andre Thornton 36 Rico Carty 35 Dave Parker 35	RBI George Foster 141 Dave Winfield 123 Eddie Murray 122 Jim Rice 121 Don Baylor 120 Graig Nettles 119 Dave Parker 119 Lee May 114 Reggie Jackson 112 Andre Thornton 111 Jason Thompson 110 Ted Simmons 109
Walks Darrell Evans 119 Jeff Burroughs 118 Steve Kemp 116 Mike Hargrove 113 Ron Cey 108 Gene Tenace 102 Andre Thornton 101 Mike Schmidt 92 Greg Luzinski 90 Jason Thompson 89 Ken Singleton 88 Lee Mazzilli 87	Batters Strikeouts Gary Alexander 198 Dale Murphy 173 Gorman Thomas 158 George Foster 156 Andre Dawson 149 Greg Luzinski 136 Reggie Jackson 129 Mike Schmidt 125 Jim Rice 121 Ron Leflore 119 Dave Kingman 118 Ellis Valentine 114	Stolen Bases Ron Leflore 134 Omar Moreno 93 Bump Wills 63 Julio Cruz 57 Willie Wilson 53 Ozzie Smith 49 Jose Cruz 46 Amos Otis 46 Gene Richards 46 Garry Templeton 44 Enos Cabell 40	Caught Stealing Ron Leflore 31 Omar Moreno 27 Lou Whitaker 22 Frank White 20 Bump Wills 20 Rick Manning 17 Davey Lopes 16 Amos Otis 16 Gene Richards 15
Hit by Pitch Don Baylor 23 Chet Lemon 17 Greg Luzinski 13 Ken Reitz 13 Al Cowens 11 Andre Dawson 11 Reggie Jackson 11 Ron Cey 10 Willie Randolph 10 Butch Wynegar 10	GIDP Roy Smalley 25 Rico Carty 23 Phil Garner 23 Larry Parrish 23 Bob Watson 23 Dave Cash 22 Ellis Valentine 22 Keith Hernandez 21 Thurman Munson 21 Eddie Murray 21	Errors Bill Russell 40 Robin Yount 37 Jerry Royster 35 Rod Carew 33 Bob Bailor 32 Garry Templeton 32 Warren Cromartie 28 Ivan Dejesus 26 Ron Cey 25 Bill Robinson 25 Bill Stein 25	Earned Run Average Ron Guidry 2.03 Bob Knepper 2.18 Ed Halicki 2.23 Fergie Jenkins 2.36 Bob Shirley 2.43 Larry Christenson 2.50 John Montefusco 2.60 Jim Palmer 2.61 Randy Jones 2.80 J.R. Richard 2.80 Burt Hooton 2.82 Larry Gura 2.84
Wins Jim Palmer 30 Ron Guidry 26 J.R. Richard 26 Larry Gura 22 Dennis Eckersley 21 Fergie Jenkins 21 Randy Jones 21 Dennis Martinez 21 Luis Tiant 21 Bob Knepper 20	Losses Rick Reuschel 21 Ray Burris 20 John Henry Johnson 19 Mike Torrez 19 Mike Flanagan 18 Matt Keough 18 Nolan Ryan 18 Geoff Zahn 18 Ross Grimsley 17 Phil Niekro 17 Gaylord Perry 17	Winning Percentage Jim Palmer .833 Paul Moskau .800 Ron Guidry .788 J.R. Richard .765 Larry Gura .759 Randy Jones .724 Luis Tiant .724 Larry Christenson .692 Mark Lemongello .688 Pete Broberg .682 Bob Knepper .667 Dennis Eckersley .656	Games Pitched Elias Sosa 75 Manny Sarmiento 74 Dave Laroche 69 Pedro Borbon 68 Ron Reed 67 Rollie Fingers 66 Rich Gossage 66 Bob Lacey 66 Kent Tekulve 66 Mike Garman 65 Gene Garber 63 Don Stanhouse 63
Games Started Phil Niekro 42 Mike Flanagan 41 Dennis Martinez 41 Randy Jones 40 Jim Palmer 40 Rick Reuschel 39 Bert Blyleven 38 Dennis Leonard 38	Complete Games Ron Guidry 22 Dennis Leonard 22 Mike Caldwell 17 Fergie Jenkins 16 Dennis Martinez 16 Phil Niekro 16 Jim Palmer 16 J.R. Richard 16 Gaylord Perry 14 Paul Splittorff 14 Ross Grimsley 13 Burt Hooton 12	Games Finished Rich Gossage 62 Gene Garber 59 Elias Sosa 59 Kent Tekulve 59 Rollie Fingers 55 Doug Bair 49 Don Stanhouse 49 Terry Forster 44 Bob Stanley 44 Jim Kern 43 Mike Marshall 43 Manny Sarmiento 41	Saves Rollie Fingers 41 Gene Garber 40 Kent Tekulve 40 Rich Gossage 36 Doug Bair 34 Elias Sosa 30 Jim Kern 27 Reggie Cleveland 25 Don Stanhouse 25 Bob Stanley 22 Al Hrabosky 19
Shutouts Ron Guidry 12 Larry Gura 5 John Montefusco 5 Vida Blue 4 Fergie Jenkins 4 Bob Knepper 4 J.R. Richard 4	Innings Pitched Jim Palmer 324.7 Phil Niekro 323.3 Dennis Leonard 312.0 Mike Flanagan 297.0 Ron Guidry 296.3 J.R. Richard 295.7 Dennis Martinez 292.0 Mike Caldwell 284.0 Gaylord Perry 278.0 Bob Knepper 276.7 Dennis Eckersley 275.0 Lary Sorensen 274.0	Hits Allowed Mike Flanagan 313 Dennis Leonard 313 Geoff Zahn 306 Dennis Martinez 304 Gaylord Perry 303 Lary Sorensen 294 Ross Grimsley 284 Phil Niekro 282 Mike Caldwell 281 Rick Wise 280	Home Runs Allowed Dennis Eckersley 38 Ross Grimsley 36 Dick Ruthven 33 Dennis Leonard 32 Ed Figueroa 31 Eric Rasmussen 31 John Henry Johnson 30 Jerry Koosman 30 Rick Wise 30 Craig Swan 29 Luis Tiant 29 Tom Underwood 29
Walks Allowed Nolan Ryan 173 J.R. Richard 135 Jim Palmer 123 Matt Keough 119 Ray Burris 106 Phil Niekro 106 Mike Torrez 105 Jerry Koosman 104 Rich Gale 103 Dennis Martinez 101 Jim Rooker 101	Pitchers Strikeouts J.R. Richard 300 Ron Guidry 278 Nolan Ryan 262 Phil Niekro 247 Tom Seaver 230 Steve Carlton 205 Jerry Koosman 198 Ken Kravec 191 Mike Flanagan 183 Fergie Jenkins 183 Don Sutton 183 Bert Blyleven 176

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