1979 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 | Baltimore Orioles ** | 102 | 57 | .642 | -- | 757 | 582 | Earl Weaver | Memorial Stadium | 1,681,009 | $0 | Ken Singleton (6) | Mike Flanagan (1) | Lost World Series (Pirates) |
| 2 | Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 66 | .590 | 8.0 | 807 | 722 | George Bamberger | County Stadium | 1,918,343 | $0 | Gorman Thomas (7) | Mike Caldwell (8) | |
| 3 | Boston Red Sox | 91 | 69 | .569 | 11.5 | 841 | 711 | Don Zimmer | Fenway Park | 2,353,114 | $0 | Jim Rice (3) | Dennis Eckersley (2) | |
| 4 | New York Yankees | 89 | 71 | .556 | 13.5 | 734 | 672 | Billy Martin, Bob Lemon | Yankee Stadium | 2,537,765 | $0 | Willie Randolph (22) | Tommy John (3) | |
| 5 | Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | .528 | 18.0 | 770 | 738 | Sparky Anderson, Les Moss, Dick Tracewski | Tiger Stadium | 1,630,929 | $0 | Steve Kemp (19) | Jack Morris (11) | |
| 6 | Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | .503 | 22.0 | 760 | 805 | Jeff Torborg, Dave Garcia | Cleveland Stadium | 1,011,644 | $0 | Toby Harrah (24) | Sid Monge (25) | |
| 7 | Toronto Blue Jays | 53 | 109 | .327 | 50.5 | 613 | 862 | Roy Hartsfield | Exhibition Stadium | 1,431,651 | $0 | Alfredo Griffin (25) | Tom Underwood (23) | |
| West | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | California Angels | 88 | 74 | .543 | -- | 866 | 768 | Jim Fregosi | Anaheim Stadium | 2,523,575 | $0 | Don Baylor (2) | Nolan Ryan (5) | Lost ALCS (Orioles) |
| 2 | Kansas City Royals | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.0 | 851 | 816 | Whitey Herzog | Royals Stadium | 2,261,845 | $0 | George Brett (1) | Dennis Leonard (10) | |
| 3 | Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5.0 | 750 | 698 | Pat Corrales | Arlington Stadium | 1,519,671 | $0 | Buddy Bell (9) | Fergie Jenkins (7) | |
| 4 | Minnesota Twins | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6.0 | 764 | 725 | Gene Mauch | Metropolitan Stadium | 1,070,521 | $0 | Roy Smalley (10) | Jerry Koosman (9) | |
| 5 | Chicago White Sox | 73 | 87 | .456 | 14.0 | 730 | 748 | Don Kessinger, Tony LaRussa | Comiskey Park | 1,280,702 | $0 | Chet Lemon (15) | Ken Kravec (13) | |
| 6 | Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21.0 | 711 | 820 | Darrell Johnson | The Kingdome | 844,447 | $0 | Willie Horton (12) | Floyd Bannister (30) | |
| 7 | Oakland Athletics | 54 | 108 | .333 | 34.0 | 573 | 860 | Jim Marshall | Oakland-Alameda County Co | 306,763 | $0 | Wayne Gross (43) | Rick Langford (32) | |
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