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1978 American League West
Team Record GB
Kansas City Royals 92 - 70
California Angels 87 - 75 5.0
Texas Rangers 87 - 75 5.0
Minnesota Twins 73 - 89 19.0
Chicago White Sox 71 - 90 20.5
Oakland Athletics 69 - 93 23.0
Seattle Mariners 56 - 104 35.0

AL Wild Card
Runs Scored: 691
Runs Allowed: 666
Attendance: 1,755,386

1978 California Angels Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Brian Downing C 27 133 412 42 105 15 0 7 46 52 2 47 3 2 4 6 14 .255 .345 .342 .687
Ron Fairly 1B 39 91 235 23 51 5 0 10 40 25 2 31 0 1 2 1 7 .217 .289 .366 .655
Bobby Grich 2B 29 144 487 68 122 16 2 6 42 75 1 83 4 3 19 7 6 .251 .357 .329 .686
Carney Lansford 3B 21 121 453 63 133 23 2 8 52 31 2 67 20 9 5 4 4 .294 .339 .406 .745
Dave Chalk SS 27 135 470 42 119 12 0 1 34 38 0 34 5 8 11 7 9 .253 .318 .285 .603
Joe Rudi LF 31 133 497 58 127 27 1 17 79 28 4 82 2 1 3 2 10 .256 .295 .416 .711
Rick Miller CF 30 132 475 66 125 25 4 1 37 54 1 70 3 13 10 4 14 .263 .341 .339 .680
Lyman Bostock RF 27 147 568 74 168 24 4 5 71 59 8 36 15 12 4 2 26 .296 .362 .379 .741
Don Baylor DH 29 158 591 103 151 26 0 34 99 56 9 71 22 9 0 18 15 .255 .332 .472 .804

1978 California Angels Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ron Jackson 25 105 387 49 115 18 6 6 57 16 1 31 2 3 2 9 9 .297 .337 .421 .758
Ken Landreaux 23 93 260 37 58 7 5 5 23 20 4 20 7 3 1 2 5 .223 .284 .346 .630
Tony Solaita 31 60 94 10 21 3 0 1 14 16 3 25 0 0 0 0 2 .223 .336 .287 .623
Terry Humphrey 28 53 114 11 25 4 1 1 9 6 0 12 0 1 2 2 2 .219 .264 .298 .562
Rance Mulliniks 22 50 119 6 22 3 1 1 6 8 0 23 2 0 0 1 3 .185 .238 .252 .490
Merv Rettenmund 35 50 108 16 29 5 1 1 14 30 0 13 0 3 1 2 3 .269 .433 .361 .794
Jim Anderson 21 48 108 6 21 7 0 0 7 11 1 16 0 0 7 0 5 .194 .267 .259 .526
Danny Goodwin 24 24 58 9 16 5 0 2 10 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 .276 .377 .466 .843
Ike Hampton 26 19 14 2 3 0 1 1 4 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 .214 .313 .571 .884
Dave Machemer 27 10 22 6 6 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .273 .333 .455 .788

1978 California Angels Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Frank Tanana 24 33 33 18 12 .600 3.65 239.0 108 97 239 26 60 137 .253 9 5 10 4 0 4.13
Nolan Ryan 31 31 31 10 13 .435 3.72 234.2 106 97 183 12 148 260 .214 3 13 14 3 0 3.38
Don Aase 23 29 29 11 8 .579 4.03 178.2 88 80 185 14 80 93 .268 2 3 6 1 0 4.35
Chris Knapp 24 30 29 14 8 .636 4.21 188.1 94 88 178 25 67 126 .245 2 3 6 0 0 4.49
Dave Frost 25 11 10 5 4 .556 2.58 80.1 24 23 71 6 24 30 .234 2 3 2 1 0 4.20
John Caneira 25 2 2 0 0 .000 7.04 7.2 6 6 8 2 3 0 .276 0 0 0 0 0 7.57

1978 California Angels Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Dave LaRoche 30 59 0 10 9 .526 2.82 95.2 35 30 73 7 48 70 .207 2 0 0 0 25 4.06
Paul Hartzell 24 54 12 6 10 .375 3.44 157.0 67 60 168 8 41 55 .274 5 5 5 0 6 3.84
Dyar Miller 32 41 0 6 2 .750 2.66 84.2 29 25 85 3 41 34 .259 5 1 0 0 1 4.29
Ken Brett 29 31 10 3 5 .375 4.95 100.0 60 55 100 12 42 43 .260 1 1 1 1 1 4.99
Tom Griffin 30 24 4 3 4 .429 4.02 56.0 39 25 63 8 31 35 .266 1 2 0 0 0 5.32
Al Fitzmorris 32 9 2 1 0 1.000 1.71 31.2 9 6 26 2 14 8 .230 1 0 0 0 0 4.74
Mike Barlow 30 1 0 0 0 .000 4.50 2.0 1 1 3 0 0 1 .375 0 0 0 0 0 2.00