The Tools of Ignorance: Stats for the year 1978

1978

Overall Batting Pitching Fielding Playoffs Managers HoF

Year	Team	Lg	Div	Rank	W	L	Pct.	G	G@H	R	RA	+/-	WC?	Div?	Lg?	WS?	Park	Attendance	BPF	PPF

1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	1	100	63	.613	163	81	735	582	153		Y	Y	Y	Yankee Stadium II	2,335,871	97	96
1978	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	2	99	64	.607	163	82	796	657	139		N	N	N	Fenway Park II	2,320,643	112	110
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	3	93	69	.574	162	81	804	650	154		N	N	N	County Stadium	1,601,406	100	100
1978	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	4	90	71	.559	161	81	659	633	26		N	N	N	Memorial Stadium	1,051,724	94	93
1978	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	5	86	76	.531	162	81	714	653	61		N	N	N	Tiger Stadium	1,714,893	103	103
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	6	69	90	.434	159	78	639	694	-55		N	N	N	Cleveland Stadium	800,584	99	100
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	7	59	102	.366	161	81	590	775	-185		N	N	N	Exhibition Stadium	1,562,585	101	104

1978	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	1	92	70	.568	162	81	743	634	109		Y	N	N	Royals Stadium	2,255,493	103	102
1978	California Angels	AL	W	2	87	75	.537	162	81	691	666	25		N	N	N	Anaheim Stadium	1,755,386	96	96
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	W	2	87	75	.537	162	82	692	632	60		N	N	N	Arlington Stadium	1,447,963	100	100
1978	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	4	73	89	.451	162	81	666	678	-12		N	N	N	Metropolitan Stadium	787,878	102	102
1978	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	5	71	90	.441	161	80	634	731	-97		N	N	N	Comiskey Park	1,491,100	101	102
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	6	69	93	.426	162	80	532	690	-158		N	N	N	Oakland Coliseum	526,999	94	96
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	7	56	104	.350	160	81	614	834	-220		N	N	N	Kingdome	877,440	100	101

1978	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	1	90	72	.556	162	82	708	586	122		Y	N	N	Veterans Stadium	2,583,389	101	100
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	2	88	73	.547	161	81	684	637	47		N	N	N	Three Rivers Stadium	964,106	105	104
1978	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	3	79	83	.488	162	82	664	724	-60		N	N	N	Wrigley Field	1,525,311	112	112
1978	Montreal Expos	NL	E	4	76	86	.469	162	80	633	611	22		N	N	N	Stade Olympique	1,427,007	99	98
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	5	69	93	.426	162	81	600	657	-57		N	N	N	Busch Stadium II	1,278,215	99	99
1978	New York Mets	NL	E	6	66	96	.407	162	80	607	690	-83		N	N	N	Shea Stadium	1,007,328	96	97

1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	1	95	67	.586	162	81	727	573	154		Y	Y	N	Dodger Stadium	3,347,845	100	98
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	2	92	69	.571	161	80	710	688	22		N	N	N	Riverfront Stadium	2,532,497	100	100
1978	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	3	89	73	.549	162	81	613	594	19		N	N	N	Candlestick Park	1,740,477	96	96
1978	San Diego Padres	NL	W	4	84	78	.519	162	81	591	598	-7		N	N	N	Jack Murphy Stadium	1,670,107	91	92
1978	Houston Astros	NL	W	5	74	88	.457	162	81	605	634	-29		N	N	N	Astrodome	1,126,145	92	92
1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	6	69	93	.426	162	81	600	750	-150		N	N	N	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	904,494	112	114

Year	Team	Lg	Div	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

1978	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	161	5422	659	1397	248	19	154	75	61	552	864	22	42	.258	.326	.396	.722
1978	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	163	5587	796	1493	270	46	172	74	51	582	835	24	58	.267	.336	.424	.760
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	159	5365	639	1400	223	45	106	64	63	488	698	26	40	.261	.323	.379	.702
1978	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	162	5601	714	1520	218	34	129	90	38	563	695	31	47	.271	.339	.392	.730
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	162	5536	804	1530	265	38	173	95	53	520	805	32	50	.276	.339	.432	.771
1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	163	5583	735	1489	228	38	125	98	42	505	695	42	52	.267	.329	.388	.718
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	161	5430	590	1358	217	39	98	28	52	448	645	23	37	.250	.308	.359	.667

1978	California Angels	AL	W	162	5472	691	1417	226	28	108	86	69	539	682	67	56	.259	.330	.370	.700
1978	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	161	5393	634	1423	221	41	106	83	68	409	625	33	57	.264	.317	.379	.696
1978	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	162	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	216	84	498	644	30	72	.268	.329	.399	.728
1978	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	162	5522	666	1472	259	47	82	99	56	604	684	33	55	.267	.339	.375	.714
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	162	5321	532	1304	200	31	100	144	117	433	800	25	27	.245	.303	.351	.654
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	160	5358	614	1327	229	37	97	123	47	522	702	22	53	.248	.314	.359	.673
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	W	162	5347	692	1353	216	36	132	196	91	624	779	32	55	.253	.332	.381	.713

1978	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	162	5532	664	1461	224	48	72	110	58	562	746	21	59	.264	.331	.361	.692
1978	Montreal Expos	NL	E	162	5530	633	1404	269	31	121	80	42	396	881	35	40	.254	.306	.379	.685
1978	New York Mets	NL	E	162	5433	607	1332	227	47	86	100	77	549	829	24	55	.245	.314	.352	.666
1978	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	162	5448	708	1404	248	32	133	152	58	552	866	42	49	.258	.328	.388	.716
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	161	5406	684	1390	239	54	115	213	90	480	874	42	46	.257	.320	.385	.705
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	162	5415	600	1351	263	44	79	97	42	420	713	22	53	.249	.303	.358	.661

1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	162	5381	600	1313	191	39	123	90	65	550	874	27	47	.244	.315	.363	.677
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	161	5392	710	1378	270	32	136	137	58	636	899	26	54	.256	.334	.393	.727
1978	Houston Astros	NL	W	162	5458	605	1408	231	45	70	178	59	434	743	22	44	.258	.313	.355	.668
1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	162	5437	727	1435	251	27	149	137	52	610	818	20	47	.264	.338	.402	.740
1978	San Diego Padres	NL	W	162	5360	591	1349	208	42	75	152	70	536	848	32	39	.252	.321	.348	.669
1978	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	162	5364	613	1331	240	41	117	87	54	554	814	17	40	.248	.318	.374	.692

Year	Team	Lg	Div	W	L	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	R

1978	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	90	71	161	65	16	33	1429	1397	566	154	552	864	3.56	659
1978	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	99	64	163	57	15	26	1472.2	1493	579	172	582	835	3.54	796
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	69	90	159	36	6	28	1407.1	1400	621	106	488	698	3.97	639
1978	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	86	76	162	60	12	21	1455.2	1520	589	129	563	695	3.64	714
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	93	69	162	62	19	24	1436	1530	583	173	520	805	3.65	804
1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	100	63	163	39	16	36	1460.2	1489	516	125	505	695	3.18	735
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	59	102	161	35	5	23	1429.1	1358	721	98	448	645	4.54	590

1978	California Angels	AL	W	87	75	162	44	13	33	1455.2	1417	590	108	539	682	3.65	691
1978	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	71	90	161	38	9	33	1409.1	1423	660	106	409	625	4.21	634
1978	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	92	70	162	53	14	33	1439	1469	550	98	498	644	3.44	743
1978	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	73	89	162	48	9	26	1459.2	1472	599	82	604	684	3.69	666
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	69	93	162	26	11	29	1433.1	1304	577	100	433	800	3.62	532
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	56	104	160	28	4	20	1419.1	1327	737	97	522	702	4.67	614
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	W	87	75	162	54	12	25	1456.1	1353	543	132	624	779	3.36	692

1978	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	79	83	162	24	7	38	1455.1	1461	655	72	562	746	4.05	664
1978	Montreal Expos	NL	E	76	86	162	42	13	32	1446	1404	550	121	396	881	3.42	633
1978	New York Mets	NL	E	66	96	162	21	7	26	1455.1	1332	626	86	549	829	3.87	607
1978	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	90	72	162	38	9	29	1436.1	1404	532	133	552	866	3.33	708
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	88	73	161	30	13	44	1444.2	1390	548	115	480	874	3.41	684
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	69	93	162	32	13	22	1437.2	1351	572	79	420	713	3.58	600

1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	69	93	162	29	12	32	1440.1	1313	653	123	550	874	4.08	600
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	92	69	161	16	10	46	1448.1	1378	613	136	636	899	3.81	710
1978	Houston Astros	NL	W	74	88	162	48	17	23	1440.1	1408	581	70	434	743	3.63	605
1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	95	67	162	46	16	38	1440.1	1435	499	149	610	818	3.12	727
1978	San Diego Padres	NL	W	84	78	162	21	10	55	1433.2	1349	522	75	536	848	3.28	591
1978	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	89	73	162	42	17	29	1455	1331	534	117	554	814	3.30	613

Year	Team	Lg	Div	E	DP	FP

1978	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	110	166	0.982
1978	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	146	171	0.977
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	123	142	0.980
1978	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	118	177	0.981
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	150	144	0.977
1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	113	134	0.982
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	131	163	0.979

1978	California Angels	AL	W	136	136	0.978
1978	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	139	130	0.977
1978	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	150	153	0.976
1978	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	146	171	0.977
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	179	145	0.971
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	141	174	0.978
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	W	153	140	0.976

1978	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	144	154	0.978
1978	Montreal Expos	NL	E	134	150	0.979
1978	New York Mets	NL	E	132	160	0.979
1978	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	104	156	0.983
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	167	133	0.973
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	136	155	0.978

1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	153	126	0.975
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	134	120	0.978
1978	Houston Astros	NL	W	133	109	0.978
1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	140	138	0.978
1978	San Diego Padres	NL	W	160	171	0.975
1978	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	146	118	0.977

Year	Round	Lg	Winner	Lg	Loser	Results
1978	WS	AL	NYA	NL	LAN	4-2-0
1978	NLCS	NL	LAN	NL	PHI	3-1-0
1978	ALCS	AL	NYA	AL	KCA	3-1-0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	#	Manager	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Player?

1978	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	1	Earl Weaver	161	90	71	0.559	4	N
1978	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	1	Don Zimmer	163	99	64	0.607	2	N
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	1	Jeff Torborg	159	69	90	0.434	6	N
1978	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	1	Ralph Houk	162	86	76	0.531	5	N
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	1	George Bamberger	162	93	69	0.574	3	N
1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	1	Billy Martin	94	52	42	0.553	1	N
1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	2	Dick Howser	1	0	1	0.000	1	N
1978	New York Yankees	AL	E	3	Bob Lemon	68	48	20	0.706	1	N
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	1	Roy Hartsfield	161	59	102	0.366	7	N

1978	California Angels	AL	W	1	Dave Garcia	45	25	20	0.556	2	N
1978	California Angels	AL	W	2	Jim Fregosi	117	62	55	0.530	2	N
1978	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	1	Bob Lemon	74	34	40	0.459	5	N
1978	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	2	Larry Doby	87	37	50	0.425	5	N
1978	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	1	Whitey Herzog	162	92	70	0.568	1	N
1978	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	1	Gene Mauch	162	73	89	0.451	4	N
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	1	Bobby Winkles	39	24	15	0.615	6	N
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	2	Jack McKeon	123	45	78	0.366	6	N
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	1	Darrell Johnson	160	56	104	0.350	7	N
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	W	1	Billy Hunter	161	86	75	0.534	2	N
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	W	2	Pat Corrales	1	1	0	1.000	2	N

1978	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	1	Herman Franks	162	79	83	0.488	3	N
1978	Montreal Expos	NL	E	1	Dick Williams	162	76	86	0.469	4	N
1978	New York Mets	NL	E	1	Joe Torre	162	66	96	0.407	6	N
1978	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	1	Danny Ozark	162	90	72	0.556	1	N
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	1	Chuck Tanner	161	88	73	0.547	2	N
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	1	Vern Rapp	17	6	11	0.353	5	N
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	2	Jack Krol	2	1	1	0.500	5	N
1978	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	3	Ken Boyer	143	62	81	0.434	5	N

1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	1	Bobby Cox	162	69	93	0.426	6	N
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	1	Sparky Anderson	161	92	69	0.571	2	N
1978	Houston Astros	NL	W	1	Bill Virdon	162	74	88	0.457	5	N
1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	1	Tom Lasorda	162	95	67	0.586	1	N
1978	San Diego Padres	NL	W	1	Roger Craig	162	84	78	0.519	4	N
1978	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	1	Joe Altobelli	162	89	73	0.549	3	N

Year	Player	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Ind.	Category
1978	Eddie Mathews	BBWAA	379	285	301.0	0.79420	Y	Player
1978	Addie Joss	Veterans					Y	Player
1978	Larry MacPhail	Veterans					Y	Executive
1978	Enos Slaughter	BBWAA	379	285	261.0	0.68865	N	Player
1978	Duke Snider	BBWAA	379	285	254.0	0.67018	N	Player
1978	Gil Hodges	BBWAA	379	285	226.0	0.59631	N	Player
1978	Don Drysdale	BBWAA	379	285	219.0	0.57784	N	Player
1978	Jim Bunning	BBWAA	379	285	181.0	0.47757	N	Player
1978	Pee Wee Reese	BBWAA	379	285	169.0	0.44591	N	Player
1978	Richie Ashburn	BBWAA	379	285	158.0	0.41689	N	Player
1978	Hoyt Wilhelm	BBWAA	379	285	158.0	0.41689	N	Player
1978	Nellie Fox	BBWAA	379	285	149.0	0.39314	N	Player
1978	Red Schoendienst	BBWAA	379	285	130.0	0.34301	N	Player
1978	Maury Wills	BBWAA	379	285	115.0	0.30343	N	Player
1978	Roger Maris	BBWAA	379	285	83.0	0.21900	N	Player
1978	Lew Burdette	BBWAA	379	285	76.0	0.20053	N	Player
1978	Mickey Vernon	BBWAA	379	285	66.0	0.17414	N	Player
1978	Al Dark	BBWAA	379	285	60.0	0.15831	N	Player
1978	Harvey Kuenn	BBWAA	379	285	58.0	0.15303	N	Player
1978	Ted Kluszewski	BBWAA	379	285	51.0	0.13456	N	Player
1978	Don Newcombe	BBWAA	379	285	48.0	0.12665	N	Player
1978	Elston Howard	BBWAA	379	285	41.0	0.10818	N	Player
1978	Don Larsen	BBWAA	379	285	32.0	0.08443	N	Player
1978	Roy Face	BBWAA	379	285	27.0	0.07124	N	Player
1978	Bill Mazeroski	BBWAA	379	285	23.0	0.06069	N	Player
1978	Ken Boyer	BBWAA	379	285	18.0	0.04749	N	Player
1978	Curt Flood	BBWAA	379	285	8.0	0.02111	N	Player
1978	Harvey Haddix	BBWAA	379	285	7.0	0.01847	N	Player
1978	Del Crandall	BBWAA	379	285	6.0	0.01583	N	Player
1978	Vern Law	BBWAA	379	285	6.0	0.01583	N	Player
1978	Bobby Thomson	BBWAA	379	285	5.0	0.01319	N	Player
1978	Vic Wertz	BBWAA	379	285	4.0	0.01055	N	Player
1978	Dick Groat	BBWAA	379	285	3.0	0.00792	N	Player
1978	Jim Maloney	BBWAA	379	285	2.0	0.00528	N	Player
1978	Clete Boyer	BBWAA	379	285	1.0	0.00264	N	Player
1978	Denny McLain	BBWAA	379	285	1.0	0.00264	N	Player
1978	Camilo Pascual	BBWAA	379	285	1.0	0.00264	N	Player
1978	Mudcat Grant	BBWAA	379	285	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1978	Pedro Ramos	BBWAA	379	285	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1978	Jimmy Dykes	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Rube Foster	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Charlie Grimm	Veterans					N	Player
1978	William Hulbert	Veterans					N	Pioneer
1978	Travis Jackson	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Chuck Klein	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Biz Mackey	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Dave Malarcher	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Carl Mays	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Lefty O'Doul	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Willie Wells	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Joe Williams	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Ken Williams	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Vic Willis	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Hack Wilson	Veterans					N	Player
1978	Tom Yawkey	Veterans					N	Executive