1978 American League Team Statistics and Standings

1977 AL / 1979 AL / 1978 NL / 1978 MLB Team Statistics and Standings

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Yankees	NYY	100	63	.613	--
Boston Red Sox	BOS	99	64	.607	1.0
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	93	69	.574	6.5
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	90	71	.559	9.0
Detroit Tigers	DET	86	76	.531	13.5
Cleveland Indians	CLE	69	90	.434	29.0
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	59	102	.366	40.0

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Kansas City Royals	KCR	92	70	.568	--
California Angels	CAL	87	75	.537	5.0
Texas Rangers	TEX	87	75	.537	5.0
Minnesota Twins	MIN	73	89	.451	19.0
Chicago White Sox	CHW	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland Athletics	OAK	69	93	.426	23.0
Seattle Mariners	SEA	56	104	.350	35.0

Expanded Standings

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-2):	New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers
ALCS (3-1):	New York Yankees over Kansas City Royals

Team & League Standard Batting

Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
BAL	33	28.0	4.09	161	6081	5422	659	1397	248	19	154	612	75	61	552	864	.258	.326	.396	.722	108	2145	136	22	41	42	34	1162
BOS	31	28.5	4.88	163	6316	5587	796	1493	270	46	172	738	74	51	582	835	.267	.336	.424	.760	103	2371	135	24	65	58	43	1155
CAL	32	27.7	4.27	162	6206	5472	691	1417	226	28	108	646	86	69	539	682	.259	.330	.370	.700	101	2023	135	67	72	56	38	1166
CHW	43	27.3	3.94	161	5956	5393	634	1423	221	41	106	595	83	68	409	625	.264	.317	.379	.696	95	2044	122	33	63	57	20	1065
CLE	36	26.7	4.02	159	6013	5365	639	1400	223	45	106	596	64	63	488	698	.261	.323	.379	.702	98	2031	124	26	92	40	31	1118
DET	34	26.3	4.41	162	6299	5601	714	1520	218	34	129	666	90	38	563	695	.271	.339	.392	.730	103	2193	145	31	57	47	32	1227
KCR	38	27.3	4.59	162	6129	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	.268	.329	.399	.728	103	2186	95	30	55	72	44	1101
MIL	35	27.3	4.96	162	6227	5536	804	1530	265	38	173	762	95	53	520	805	.276	.339	.432	.771	116	2390	94	32	89	50	38	1162
MIN	33	27.0	4.11	162	6326	5522	666	1472	259	47	82	621	99	56	604	684	.267	.339	.375	.714	100	2071	139	33	109	55	43	1261
NYY	41	29.8	4.51	163	6220	5583	735	1489	228	38	125	693	98	42	505	695	.267	.329	.388	.718	104	2168	126	42	37	52	45	1153
OAK	46	26.3	3.28	162	5914	5321	532	1304	200	31	100	492	144	117	433	800	.245	.303	.351	.654	89	1866	106	25	108	27	33	1031
SEA	34	27.0	3.84	160	6031	5358	614	1327	229	37	97	571	123	47	522	702	.248	.314	.359	.673	90	1921	112	22	68	53	25	1097
TEX	37	28.8	4.27	162	6141	5347	692	1353	216	36	132	650	196	91	624	779	.253	.332	.381	.713	101	2037	115	32	83	55	45	1103
TOR	37	27.0	3.66	161	6015	5430	590	1358	217	39	98	551	28	52	448	645	.250	.308	.359	.667	87	1947	124	23	77	37	23	1074
LgAvg	35	27.5	4.20	162	6134	5458	679	1425	238	38	120	635	105	64	521	725	.261	.326	.385	.711	100	2100	122	32	73	50	35	1134
	490	27.5	4.20	2262	85874	76411	9509	19952	3325	538	1680	8888	1471	892	7287	10153	.261	.326	.385	.711	100	29393	1708	442	1016	701	494	15875

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Team & League Standard Pitching

Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	LOB
BAL	15	26.8	3.93	90	71	.559	3.56	161	161	96	65	16	14	33	1429.0	1340	633	566	107	509	29	754	15	6	44	5956	99	3.60	1.294	8.4	0.7	3.2	4.7	1.48	1036
BOS	14	29.2	4.03	99	64	.607	3.54	163	163	106	57	15	14	26	1472.2	1530	657	579	137	464	45	706	35	5	16	6274	118	3.85	1.354	9.4	0.8	2.8	4.3	1.52	1199
CAL	13	26.6	4.11	87	75	.537	3.65	162	162	118	44	13	10	33	1455.2	1382	666	590	125	599	60	892	32	14	36	6223	99	3.78	1.361	8.5	0.8	3.7	5.5	1.49	1190
CHW	15	28.5	4.54	71	90	.441	4.21	161	161	123	38	9	7	33	1409.1	1380	731	660	128	586	18	710	43	2	38	6087	91	4.10	1.395	8.8	0.8	3.7	4.5	1.21	1128
CLE	14	27.1	4.36	69	90	.434	3.97	159	159	123	36	6	5	28	1407.1	1397	694	621	100	568	38	739	28	7	56	6068	94	3.73	1.396	8.9	0.6	3.6	4.7	1.30	1152
DET	17	27.1	4.03	86	76	.531	3.64	162	162	102	60	12	12	21	1455.2	1441	653	589	135	503	23	684	36	2	48	6150	105	3.96	1.335	8.9	0.8	3.1	4.2	1.36	1130
KCR	15	28.7	3.91	92	70	.568	3.44	162	162	109	53	14	11	33	1439.0	1350	634	550	108	478	37	657	34	6	37	6034	111	3.71	1.270	8.4	0.7	3.0	4.1	1.37	1083
MIL	13	25.1	4.01	93	69	.574	3.65	162	162	100	62	19	16	24	1436.0	1442	650	583	109	398	26	577	41	7	34	6060	104	3.69	1.281	9.0	0.7	2.5	3.6	1.45	1102
MIN	16	26.5	4.19	73	89	.451	3.69	162	162	114	48	9	5	26	1459.2	1468	678	599	102	520	19	703	33	14	51	6208	104	3.67	1.362	9.1	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.35	1151
NYY	17	28.3	3.57	100	63	.613	3.18	163	163	124	39	16	12	36	1460.2	1321	582	516	111	478	30	817	32	4	43	6063	115	3.50	1.232	8.1	0.7	2.9	5.0	1.71	1099
OAK	15	25.3	4.26	69	93	.426	3.62	162	162	136	26	11	6	29	1433.1	1401	690	577	106	582	59	750	26	9	37	6171	101	3.77	1.383	8.8	0.7	3.7	4.7	1.29	1181
SEA	15	26.9	5.21	56	104	.350	4.67	160	160	132	28	4	4	20	1419.1	1540	834	737	155	567	39	630	41	5	31	6241	81	4.40	1.484	9.8	1.0	3.6	4.0	1.11	1149
TEX	13	29.0	3.90	87	75	.537	3.36	162	162	108	54	12	11	25	1456.1	1431	632	543	108	421	31	776	24	3	35	6084	110	3.40	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	4.8	1.84	1083
TOR	14	25.9	4.81	59	102	.366	4.54	161	161	126	35	5	3	23	1429.1	1529	775	721	149	614	40	758	22	5	47	6255	86	4.21	1.499	9.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.23	1192
LgAvg	14	27.2	4.20	81	81	.500	3.76	162	162	116	46			28	1440	1425	679	602	120	521	35	725	32	6	40	6134	100	3.81	1.351	8.9	0.7	3.3	4.5	1.39	1134
	199	27.2	4.20	1131	1131	.500	3.76	2262	2262	1617	645			390	20163.1	19952	9509	8431	1680	7287	494	10153	442	89	553	85874	100	3.81	1.351	8.9	0.7	3.3	4.5	1.39	15875

1978 AL Wins Above Avg By Position.

· unless noted, stats are batting & fielding.

Rk	Total	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF (LF+CF+RF)	DH	PH
1	MIL 17.7	BOS 3.3	DET 3.2	NYY 2.9	BAL 4.4	MIN 3.6	BOS 3.0	KCR 5.2	MIL 2.3	BOS 6.5	MIL 1.6	MIL 0.1
2	BOS 15.1	TEX 2.9	CLE 2.9	BAL 1.5	MIL 3.5	MIL 3.3	MIL 2.0	BOS 2.1	BAL 1.8	MIL 6.0	BOS 0.0	KCR -0.2
3	NYY 15.1	KCR 2.1	MIL 2.3	KCR 1.5	NYY 3.3	BAL 2.4	TEX 1.1	CHW 1.8	SEA 1.6	KCR 4.9	OAK 0.0	CAL -0.3
4	DET 10.3	BAL 0.8	MIN 1.9	CAL 1.3	KCR 2.8	NYY 0.6	NYY 0.9	DET 1.8	BOS 1.4	NYY 3.1	NYY -0.1	DET -0.4
5	KCR 9.4	CAL 0.5	BAL 1.8	TEX 1.0	CLE 1.7	DET 0.6	DET 0.9	MIL 1.7	NYY 1.3	DET 1.3	CAL -0.5	BAL -0.5
6	BAL 7.0	OAK 0.4	NYY 0.6	DET 0.8	CAL 0.8	SEA 0.2	KCR -0.1	NYY 0.9	TEX 1.1	TEX 0.4	TEX -0.8	NYY -0.6
7	TEX 5.7	SEA 0.3	KCR -0.2	MIL 0.6	CHW 0.6	KCR -0.7	CLE -0.4	CAL 0.1	CAL 0.1	BAL -0.1	DET -0.9	TEX -0.7
8	MIN 3.4	DET 0.0	CHW -0.8	MIN 0.4	DET 0.5	BOS -0.8	BAL -0.9	TOR 0.0	MIN -0.1	CHW -0.6	KCR -1.0	CLE -0.8
9	CAL 0.9	NYY 0.0	CAL -1.0	CHW -0.2	MIN 0.5	CLE -1.0	CAL -1.2	MIN -0.9	KCR -0.2	CAL -1.0	CHW -1.1	BOS -0.8
10	CLE -3.2	MIN 0.0	TEX -1.2	SEA -0.2	TEX 0.2	TEX -1.0	MIN -1.4	BAL -1.0	TOR -0.4	SEA -2.2	BAL -1.4	MIN -0.9
11	CHW -10.4	TOR -0.5	OAK -1.3	BOS -0.8	TOR 0.1	CAL -1.4	CHW -1.4	CLE -1.4	CHW -1.0	MIN -2.4	TOR -1.5	CHW -1.0
12	OAK -15.0	MIL -1.1	BOS -2.0	CLE -0.8	SEA -1.4	CHW -1.5	OAK -1.6	TEX -1.8	CLE -1.1	TOR -2.5	CLE -1.6	SEA -1.0
13	TOR -17.7	CLE -1.5	TOR -2.7	OAK -1.8	OAK -2.3	OAK -1.9	SEA -1.9	SEA -1.9	DET -1.4	CLE -2.9	MIN -2.5	TOR -1.3
14	SEA -24.4	CHW -1.9	SEA -4.9	TOR -2.3	BOS -2.4	TOR -3.0	TOR -2.1	OAK -2.1	OAK -3.1	OAK -6.8	SEA -2.7	OAK -2.0
AVG	1.0	0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.9	-0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	-0.9	-0.7

Sabermetric stats like WAR and Wins Above Average are computed at the team/position level by prorating the players' team-season totals by time played at the position, so they may not represent exactly what the player did at that position, but rather it assumes they were equally valued at each position. Fielding Runs is based on actual time at the position.

Also player tooltips will only show PA's/IP for these stats.

You can convert WAR to a team record by taking wins = WAR + .294*G and losses = G-wins. You can convert WAA to a team record by taking wins = WAA + .5*G and losses = G-wins.

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Team & League Standard Fielding

Tm	#Fld	RA/G	DefEff	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr
BAL	33	3.93	.716	161	1449	1056	12861.0	6284	4287	1887	110	166	.982	36	3
BOS	31	4.03	.698	163	1467	1282	13254.0	6406	4418	1842	146	171	.977	10	1
CAL	31	4.11	.707	162	1458	1167	13101.0	6127	4367	1624	136	136	.978	-28	-3
CHW	43	4.54	.710	161	1449	1115	12692.0	6082	4228	1715	139	130	.977	-10	-1
CLE	34	4.36	.703	159	1431	1160	12666.0	6114	4222	1769	123	142	.980	-20	-2
DET	33	4.03	.712	162	1458	1218	13100.0	6343	4367	1858	118	177	.981	19	2
KCR	37	3.91	.718	162	1458	1068	12951.0	6143	4317	1676	150	153	.976	54	5
MIL	35	4.01	.710	162	1458	1247	12924.0	6434	4308	1976	150	144	.977	24	2
MIN	33	4.19	.700	162	1458	1140	13137.0	6468	4379	1943	146	171	.977	10	1
NYY	40	3.57	.723	163	1467	1152	13146.0	6253	4382	1758	113	134	.982	47	4
OAK	45	4.26	.701	162	1458	928	12900.0	6105	4300	1626	179	145	.971	-39	-4
SEA	34	5.21	.696	160	1440	1173	12774.0	6281	4258	1882	141	174	.978	-37	-4
TEX	36	3.90	.702	162	1458	1149	13107.0	6494	4369	1972	153	140	.976	18	2
TOR	34	4.81	.690	161	1449	1185	12864.0	6182	4288	1763	131	163	.979	-16	-1
LgAvg	35	4.20	.706	162	1454	1146	12963	6265	4321	1807	138	153	.978	5	0
	483	4.20	.706	2262	20358	16040	181477.0	87716	60490	25291	1935	2146	.978	67	0

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