1978 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| East | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | New York Yankees ** | 100 | 63 | .613 | -- | 735 | 582 | Billy Martin, Bob Lemon, Dick Howser | Yankee Stadium | 2,335,871 | $0 | Graig Nettles (17) | Ron Guidry (1) | Won World Series (Dodgers) |
| 2 | Boston Red Sox | 99 | 64 | .607 | 1.0 | 796 | 657 | Don Zimmer | Fenway Park | 2,320,643 | $0 | Jim Rice (1) | Dennis Eckersley (5) | |
| 3 | Milwaukee Brewers | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6.5 | 804 | 650 | George Bamberger | County Stadium | 1,601,406 | $0 | Larry Hisle (10) | Mike Caldwell (2) | |
| 4 | Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 71 | .559 | 9.0 | 659 | 633 | Earl Weaver | Memorial Stadium | 1,051,724 | $0 | Eddie Murray (4) | Jim Palmer (6) | |
| 5 | Detroit Tigers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 13.5 | 714 | 653 | Ralph Houk | Tiger Stadium | 1,714,893 | $0 | Rusty Staub (2) | Milt Wilcox (25) | |
| 6 | Cleveland Indians | 69 | 90 | .434 | 29.0 | 639 | 694 | Jeff Torborg | Cleveland Stadium | 800,584 | $0 | Andre Thornton (6) | Rick Waits (22) | |
| 7 | Toronto Blue Jays | 59 | 102 | .366 | 40.0 | 590 | 775 | Roy Hartsfield | Exhibition Stadium | 1,562,585 | $0 | Rico Carty (24) | Tom Underwood (26) | |
| West | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Kansas City Royals | 92 | 70 | .568 | -- | 743 | 634 | Whitey Herzog | Royals Stadium | 2,255,493 | $0 | Amos Otis (7) | Dennis Leonard (3) | Lost ALCS (Yankees) |
| 2 | Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5.0 | 692 | 632 | Billy Hunter, Pat Corrales | Arlington Stadium | 1,447,963 | $0 | Bobby Bonds (9) | Fergie Jenkins (4) | |
| 3 | California Angels | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5.0 | 691 | 666 | Jim Fregosi, Dave Garcia | Anaheim Stadium | 1,755,386 | $0 | Don Baylor (3) | Nolan Ryan (10) | |
| 4 | Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19.0 | 666 | 678 | Gene Mauch | Metropolitan Stadium | 787,878 | $0 | Rod Carew (5) | Dave Goltz (20) | |
| 5 | Chicago White Sox | 71 | 90 | .441 | 20.5 | 634 | 731 | Larry Doby, Bob Lemon | Comiskey Park | 1,491,100 | $0 | Bobby Bonds (9) | Ken Kravec (18) | |
| 6 | Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 23.0 | 532 | 690 | Jack McKeon, Bobby Winkles | Oakland-Alameda County Co | 526,999 | $0 | Rico Carty (24) | Matt Keough (23) | |
| 7 | Seattle Mariners | 56 | 104 | .350 | 35.0 | 614 | 834 | Darrell Johnson | The Kingdome | 877,440 | $0 | Leon Roberts (15) | Enrique Romo (43) | |
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