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1978 American League East Team Record GB New York Yankees 100 - 63 — Boston Red Sox 99 - 64 1.0 Milwaukee Brewers 93 - 69 6.5 Baltimore Orioles 90 - 71 9.0 Detroit Tigers 86 - 76 13.5 Cleveland Indians 69 - 90 29.0 Toronto Blue Jays 59 - 102 40.0	World Champion Runs Scored: 735 Runs Allowed: 582 Attendance: 2,335,871
1978 New York Yankees 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 Thurman Munson C 31 154 617 73 183 27 1 6 71 35 6 70 2 3 1 3 20 .297 .332 .373 .705 Chris Chambliss 1B 29 162 625 81 171 26 3 12 90 41 3 60 2 1 1 5 6 .274 .321 .382 .703 Willie Randolph 2B 23 134 499 87 139 18 6 3 42 82 1 51 36 7 6 4 12 .279 .381 .357 .738 Graig Nettles 3B 33 159 587 81 162 23 2 27 93 59 6 69 1 1 1 6 20 .276 .343 .460 .803 Bucky Dent SS 26 123 379 40 92 11 1 5 40 23 1 24 3 1 6 2 10 .243 .286 .317 .603 Lou Piniella LF 34 130 472 67 148 34 5 6 69 34 8 36 3 1 4 2 12 .314 .361 .445 .806 Mickey Rivers CF 29 141 559 78 148 25 8 11 48 29 3 51 25 5 7 3 8 .265 .302 .397 .699 Reggie Jackson RF 32 139 511 82 140 13 5 27 97 58 2 133 14 11 0 9 8 .274 .356 .477 .833 Jim Spencer DH 30 71 150 12 34 9 1 7 24 15 3 32 0 1 0 0 4 .227 .295 .440 .735
1978 New York Yankees Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Roy White 34 103 346 44 93 13 3 8 43 42 7 35 10 4 2 2 9 .269 .349 .393 .742 Fred Stanley 30 81 160 14 35 7 0 1 9 25 0 31 0 0 4 0 3 .219 .324 .281 .605 Cliff Johnson 30 76 174 20 32 9 1 6 19 30 5 32 0 0 0 1 6 .184 .307 .351 .658 Paul Blair 34 75 125 10 22 5 0 2 13 9 0 17 1 1 2 0 4 .176 .231 .264 .495 Gary Thomasson 26 55 116 20 32 4 1 3 20 13 0 22 0 2 0 0 0 .276 .346 .405 .751 Brian Doyle 23 39 52 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 .192 .192 .192 .384 Jay Johnstone 32 36 65 6 17 0 0 1 6 4 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 .262 .329 .308 .637 Mike Heath 23 33 92 6 21 3 1 0 8 4 0 9 0 0 1 1 1 .228 .265 .283 .548 Damaso Garcia 23 18 41 5 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 .195 .227 .195 .422 Dell Alston 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 George Zeber 27 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dennis Sherrill 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Fran Healy 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mickey Klutts 23 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 Domingo Ramos 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 New York Yankees 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 Ed Figueroa 29 35 35 20 9 .690 2.99 253.0 96 84 233 22 77 92 .243 3 6 12 2 0 4.35 Ron Guidry 27 35 35 25 3 .893 1.74 273.2 61 53 187 13 72 248 .190 1 7 16 9 0 2.61 Dick Tidrow 31 31 25 7 11 .389 3.84 185.1 87 79 191 13 53 73 .262 5 5 4 0 0 4.06 Jim Beattie 23 25 22 6 9 .400 3.73 128.0 60 53 123 8 51 65 .249 8 8 0 0 0 4.18 Catfish Hunter 32 21 20 12 6 .667 3.58 118.0 49 47 98 16 35 56 .222 1 2 5 1 0 4.73 Don Gullett 27 8 8 4 2 .667 3.63 44.2 19 18 46 3 20 28 .266 1 1 2 0 0 4.03 Andy Messersmith 32 6 5 0 3 .000 5.64 22.1 21 14 24 7 15 16 .267 1 0 0 0 0 7.79 Ken Holtzman 32 5 3 1 0 1.000 4.08 17.2 8 8 21 2 9 3 .309 1 0 0 0 0 5.83
1978 New York Yankees 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 Rich Gossage 26 63 0 10 11 .476 2.01 134.1 41 30 87 9 59 122 .180 2 5 0 0 27 3.42 Sparky Lyle 33 59 0 9 3 .750 3.47 111.2 46 43 116 6 33 33 .268 4 1 0 0 9 4.10 Ken Clay 24 28 6 3 4 .429 4.28 75.2 41 36 89 3 21 32 .284 2 4 0 0 0 3.58 Rawly Eastwick 27 8 0 2 1 .667 3.28 24.2 9 9 22 2 4 13 .229 1 0 0 0 0 3.61 Bob Kammeyer 27 7 0 0 0 .000 5.82 21.2 15 14 24 1 6 11 .267 2 0 0 0 0 3.69 Paul Lindblad 36 7 1 0 0 .000 4.42 18.1 9 9 21 4 8 9 .280 1 1 0 0 0 6.33 Larry McCall 25 5 1 1 1 .500 5.63 16.0 10 10 20 2 6 7 .313 1 3 0 0 0 5.06 Ron Davis 22 4 0 0 0 .000 11.57 2.1 4 3 3 0 3 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 6.86 Dave Rajsich 26 4 2 0 0 .000 4.05 13.1 6 6 16 0 6 9 .308 0 0 0 0 0 3.00