1978 IN BASEBALL

Champions

Major League Baseball

★ World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Bucky Dent, MVP

★ American League Championship Series MVP: None

★ National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Garvey

★ All-Star Game, July 11 at San Diego Stadium: National League, 7-3; Steve Garvey, MVP

Other champions

★ Caribbean World Series: Indios de Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

★ College World Series: USC

★ Japan Series: Yakult Swallows over Hankyu Braves (4-3)

★ Little League World Series: Pin-Kuang, Pin-Tung, Taiwan

Awards and honors

★ 'Most Valuable Player'

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★ Jim Rice (AL)

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★ Dave Parker (NL)

★ 'Cy Young Award'

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★ Ron Guidry (AL)

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★ Gaylord Perry (NL)

★ 'Rookie of the Year'

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★ Lou Whitaker (AL)

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★ Bob Horner (NL)

MLB Statistical Leaders

	' American League '		' National League'
AVG	Rod Carew	.333	Dave Parker	.334
HR	Jim Rice	46	George Foster	40
RBI	Jim Rice	139	George Foster	120
Wins	Ron Guidry	25	Gaylord Perry	21
ERA	Ron Guidry	1.74	Craig Swan	2.43
Ks	Nolan Ryan CAL	260	J.R. Richard HOU	303

Major League Baseball final standings

'American League'
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
'East Division'
1st	New York Yankees	100	63	.613	--
2nd	Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1.0
3rd	Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6.5
4th	Baltimore Orioles	90	71	.559	9.0
5th	Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	13.5
6th	Cleveland Indians	69	90	.434	29.0
7th	Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	.327	40.0
'West Division'
1st	Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	--
2nd	Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5.0
3rd	California Angels	87	75	.537	5.0
4th	Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19.0
5th	Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
6th	Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	23.0
7th	Seattle Mariners	56	104	.350	35.0

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| colspan=6 | 'National League'
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| 'Rank' || 'Club' || 'Wins' || 'Losses' || 'Win %' || 'GB'
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| colspan=6 | 'East Division'
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| 1st || Philadelphia Phillies || 90 || 72 || .556 || --
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| 2nd || Pittsburgh Pirates || 88 || 73 || .547 || 1.5
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| 3rd || Chicago Cubs || 79 || 83 || .488 || 11.0
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| 4th || Montreal Expos || 76 || 86 || .469 || 14.0
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| 5th || St. Louis Cardinals || 69 || 93 || .426 || 21.0
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| 6th || New York Mets || 66 || 96 || .407 || 24.0
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|- align="center" style="vertical-align: middle;" style="background:lightblue;"
| colspan=6 | 'West Division'
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| 1st || Los Angeles Dodgers || 95 || 67 || .586 || --
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| 2nd || Cincinnati Reds || 92 || 69 || .571 || 2.5
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| 3rd || San Francisco Giants || 89 || 73 || .549 || 6.0
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| 4th || San Diego Padres || 84 || 78 || .519 || 11.0
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| 5th || Houston Astros || 74 || 88 || .457 || 21.0
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| 6th || Atlanta Braves || 69 || 93 || .426 || 26.0
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Events

★ January 19 - Eddie Mathews is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America on 301 of 379 ballots.

★ January 25 - The San Diego Padres send Dave Tomlin and cash to the Texas Rangers in return for Gaylord Perry, who will win this year's National League Cy Young Award.

★ April 1 - Starting off with a bang, Japanese star Sadaharu Oh hits a grand slam home run on opening day. It is his 757th home run.

★ April 13 - The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in their home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day. Reggie Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the first inning, and the field is showered with candy bars which were given out free to the fans at the game.

★ April 16 - The St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Forsch hurls a no-hitter in beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0. Forsch walks 2 and strikes out 3 in pitching the first home no-hitter by a Cardinal since Jesse Haines in 1924. Roger Freed's bases-loaded pinch double drives in 3 runs to help beat Randy Lerch.

★ May 5 - Pete Rose singles off Montreal's Steve Rogers for career hit 3,000 and gets a hug at first base from former teammate Tony Perez. The Montreal Expos beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3.

★ May 23 - With the Oakland Athletics leading the American League Western Division (24-15), manager Bobby Winkles walks off the job. Jack McKeon takes over.

★ June 14 - Pete Rose starts his 44-game hitting streak by collecting 2 hits in the Reds' 3-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.

★ June 16 - In his 12th major league season speckled with near-misses, Cincinnati's Tom Seaver finally hurls a no-hitter. The Cardinals are the 4-0 victims as Seaver strikes out 3 batters.

★ June 17 - The Yankees' Ron Guidry strikes out 18 batters - 15 in 6 innings - in a 4-0 shutout of the California Angels, setting an American League record for lefthanders. The victory raises the New York Yankee southpaw's record to 11-0.

★ June 30 - In the first game of a 10-9, 10-5 doubleheader loss to the Atlanta Braves, the San Francisco Giants' Willie McCovey hits his 500th career home run, off Braves pitcher Jamie Easterly. McCovey becomes the 12th member of the 500th home run club. Giant Mike Ivie adds his 2nd pinch grand slam of the year in the opener. Giant Jack Clark has 3 runs in the 2 games.

★ July 11 - At San Diego, the National League wins the All-Star Game over the American League, 7–3. Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey earns the MVP trophy. Vida Blue starts for the NL, becoming the first pitcher to start for both leagues in the All-Star Game. Blue also started in 1971 and 1975 for the American League.

★ July 13 - In a rare event, Nolan Ryan of the California Angels and Steve Renko of the Boston Red Sox take separate no hitters into the ninth inning before they both lose the no hit bids. Ryan's Angels defeat the New York Yankees, 6-1, while Renko's Red Sox shut out the Oakland Athletics, 2-0.

★ July 26 - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run.

★ August 1 - The Braves trounce the Reds 16-4 and stop Pete Rose's record hitting streak at 44 games. Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber are the Atlanta pitchers. Rose goes 0-for-4, including striking out in the 9th inning to end the game. Rose's streak is the 2nd-longest in major league history. He goes 70-for-182 during the skein (a average of .385).

★ September 5 - The Montreal Expos beat the Chicago Cubs 10-8 in a 9-inning game that sees a Major-League record 45 players participate.

★ September 7 - The "Boston Massacre" begins. The '' (TV)

★ ''The Bad News Bears Go to Japan''

★ '' (TV)

Births

Deaths

January-March

★ January 7 - George H. Burns, 84, first baseman for five AL teams who batted .307 lifetime and won 1926 MVP award with the Cleveland Indians

★ January 13 - Bill Clowers, 79, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1920s

★ January 13 - Joe McCarthy, 90, Hall of Fame manager who led the New York Yankees to eight pennants and record seven World Series titles; also won 1929 NL pennant with Chicago Cubs, and was first manager to capture titles in both leagues; 2125 career wins ranked 4th in major league history, and winning percentages of .615 (regular season) and .698 (postseason) were both records

★ January 27 - Monte Pearson, 69, All-Star pitcher who won 100 games, mainly with the Indians and Yankees

★ February 3 - Mike Herrera, 80, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox from 1925-26, and one of the first men to play in both the major leagues and the negro leagues

★ February 23 - Vic Harris, 72, outfielder and manager in the Negro Leagues who guided the Homestead Grays to seven Negro National League pennants, including five in a row from 1937 to 1941; played in six East-West All-Star games between 1933 and 1947

★ March 12 - Gene Moore, 68, All-Star right fielder known for his accurate arm

★ March 21 - Fritz Coumbe, 88, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Naps & Indians, and Cincinnati Reds between 1914 and 1921

★ March 30 - Billy Cox, 58, third baseman, mainly with the Brooklyn Dodgers, known for spectacular defense

April-June

★ April 8 - Ford Frick, 83, Hall of Fame executive who served as commissioner from 1951 to 1965 and NL president from 1935 to 1951; served as ghostwriter for Babe Ruth while a sportswriter, and in 1961 ruled that home run records of Ruth and Roger Maris would be recorded separately based on season length

★ April 14 - Joe Gordon, 63, 9-time All-Star second baseman in 11 seasons for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians who won the 1942 MVP award; set AL record of 246 home runs at his position, later a manager and scout

★ April 15 - Nick Cullop, 78, outfielder for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds, and also a longtime player/manager at minor league level

★ April 20 - Jack Graney, 91, Canadian left fielder and leadoff hitter for the Cleveland Indians who led AL in walks twice and doubles once; was first batter ever to face Babe Ruth, and later became broadcaster

★ May 29 - Carl Reynolds, 75, outfielder for five teams who batted .302 lifetime

July-September

★ August 5 - Jesse Haines, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 210 games, including a no-hitter, for the St. Louis Cardinals; had three 20-win seasons, and won twice in 1926 World Series

★ August 15 - Ed Chaplin, 84, catcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1920 and 1922

★ August 18 - George Harper, 86, outfielder for six teams who batted .300 three times

★ September 16 - Bill Foster, 74, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues where he was a dominant lefthander; later coached at Alcorn State University for two decades

★ September 23 - Lyman Bostock, 27, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels who twice batted .300

October-December

★ October 8 - Jim Gilliam, 49, All-Star infielder for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, previously in the Negro Leagues, who was the 1953 Rookie of the Year; led NL in triples and walks once each

★ October 27 - Rube Walberg, 82, pitcher who won 155 games, primarily with the Philadelphia Athletics

★ November 20 - Warren Brown, 84, Chicago sportswriter

★ December 9 - Dick Siebert, 66, All-Star first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics who twice batted .300; coach at the University of Minnesota for 31 years, winning three College World Series titles

★ December 20 - Willard Mullin, 76, cartoonist whose caricature of the "Brooklyn Bum" personified the Dodgers franchise

★ December 24 - George McQuinn, 68, 7-time All-Star first baseman for the Browns and Yankees who had 34-game hitting streak in 1938

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