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Season Almanac

1978 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Jim Rice (HR, H, RBI)

Home Runs
  1. 1Jim RiceBOS46
  2. 2George FosterCIN40
  3. 3Greg LuzinskiPHI35
Hits
  1. 1Jim RiceBOS213
  2. 2Steve GarveyLAD202
  3. 3Pete RoseCIN198
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Jim RiceBOS139
  2. 2Rusty StaubDET121
  3. 3George FosterCIN120
Runs
  1. 1Ron LeFloreDET126
  2. 2Jim RiceBOS121
  3. 3Ivan De Jesus Sr.CHC104
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Omar MorenoPIT71
  2. 2Ron LeFloreDET68
  3. 3Julio CruzSEA59
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1J.R. RichardHOU303
  2. 2Nolan Ryan Jr.LAA260
  3. 3Phil NiekroATL248
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Ron GuidryNYY25
  2. 2Mike CaldwellMIL22
  3. 3Dennis LeonardKC21
Saves
  1. 1Rollie FingersSD37
  2. 2Kent TekulvePIT31
  3. 3Doug BairCIN28

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Jim RiceBAT20.1
  2. 2Dave ParkerBAT19.9
  3. 3George FosterBAT18
  4. 4Larry HisleBAT17.8
  5. 5Bobby BondsBAT17.6
  6. 6Greg LuzinskiBAT17.6
  7. 7Andre ThorntonBAT17.2
  8. 8Ron GuidryPITCH16.8
  9. 9Jack ClarkBAT16.5
  10. 10Don BaylorBAT16.4
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Paul MolitorDH233.4
  2. 2Danny DarwinP172.2
  3. 3Bob WelchP150
  4. 4Carney Lansford3B144.8
  5. 5Ozzie SmithSS144.3
  6. 6Pedro Guerrero1B138.1
  7. 7Dave StewartP130.2
  8. 8Mike MorganP128.9

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Ron Fairly1B171
  2. 2Bob Bailey3B139.2
  3. 3Jim FregosiSS129.1
  4. 4Clay CarrollP127.1
  5. 5Wilbur WoodP124.9
  6. 6Paul LindbladP118.3
  7. 7Nelson BrilesP105.9
  8. 8Davey Johnson2B102.3

Teams · 26

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees100-63184.3Ron GuidryPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox99-64196.9Jim Rice
Los Angeles Dodgers95-67292.2Reggie SmithPlayoffs
Milwaukee Brewers93-69204.1Larry Hisle
Cincinnati Reds92-69257.2George Foster
Kansas City Royals92-70194.4Amos OtisPlayoffs
Baltimore Orioles90-71187.2Eddie Murray
Philadelphia Phillies90-72258.3Greg LuzinskiPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants89-73246.8Jack Clark
Pittsburgh Pirates88-73272.4Dave Parker
Los Angeles Angels87-75176.7Don Baylor
Texas Rangers87-75156.7Jon Matlack
Detroit Tigers86-76177Jason Thompson
San Diego Padres84-78252.2Dave Winfield
Chicago Cubs79-83214.9Dave Kingman
Washington Nationals76-86242.7Ellis Valentine
Houston Astros74-88242.4Jose Cruz
Minnesota Twins73-89177.4Rod Carew
Chicago White Sox71-90153.8Eric Soderholm
Cleveland Indians69-90142.3Andre Thornton
St. Louis Cardinals69-93228.3Ted Simmons
Atlanta Braves69-93198.9Jeff Burroughs
Athletics69-93138.7Mitchell Page
New York Mets66-96224.8Lee Mazzilli
Toronto Blue Jays59-102132.5John Mayberry Sr.
Seattle Mariners56-104139.7Leon Roberts

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.