1978 California Angels

87-75 • 0.537 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
75 Losses
0.537 Win %
2nd Rank
691 R 666 RA
Diff +25

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⚡ Quick Stats

691 Runs Scored
666 Runs Allowed
+25 Run Diff
1,755K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% below the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .325 equal to the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .318 3% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.65 3% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 691 2% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAngel Stadium of Anaheim
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,755,386
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Avg per Game 21,671

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ron Jackson 0.297 2 Lyman Bostock 0.296 3 Carney Lansford 0.294 4 Danny Goodwin 0.276 5 Merv Rettenmund 0.269

Home Runs

1 Don Baylor 34 2 Joe Rudi 17 3 Ron Fairly 10 4 Carney Lansford 8 5 Brian Downing 7

RBI

1 Don Baylor 99 2 Joe Rudi 79 3 Lyman Bostock 71 4 Ron Jackson 57 5 Carney Lansford 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Don Baylor 158 591 103 151 0 0 34 99 56 71 22 0.255
Lyman Bostock 147 568 74 168 0 0 5 71 59 36 15 0.296
Joe Rudi 133 497 58 127 0 0 17 79 28 82 2 0.256
Bobby Grich 144 487 68 122 0 0 6 42 75 83 4 0.251
Rick Miller 132 475 66 125 0 0 1 37 54 70 3 0.263
Dave Chalk 135 470 42 119 0 0 1 34 38 34 5 0.253
Carney Lansford 121 453 63 133 0 0 8 52 31 67 20 0.294
Brian Downing 133 412 42 105 0 0 7 46 52 47 3 0.255
Ron Jackson 105 387 49 115 0 0 6 57 16 31 2 0.297
Ken Landreaux 93 260 37 58 0 0 5 23 20 20 7 0.223
Ron Fairly 91 235 23 51 0 0 10 40 25 31 0 0.217
Rance Mulliniks 50 119 6 22 0 0 1 6 8 23 2 0.185
Terry Humphrey 53 114 11 25 0 0 1 9 6 12 0 0.219
Jim Anderson 48 108 6 21 0 0 0 7 11 16 0 0.194
Merv Rettenmund 50 108 16 29 0 0 1 14 30 13 0 0.269
Tony Solaita 60 94 10 21 0 0 1 14 16 25 0 0.223
Danny Goodwin 24 58 9 16 0 0 2 10 10 13 0 0.276
Dave Machemer 10 22 6 6 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0.273
Ike Hampton 19 14 2 3 0 0 1 4 2 7 1 0.214
Don Aase 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Barlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Brett 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Caneira 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Fitzmorris 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Frost 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Griffin 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Hartzell 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Knapp 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave LaRoche 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dyar Miller 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nolan Ryan 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Tanana 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Fitzmorris 1.71 2 Dave Frost 2.58 3 Dyar Miller 2.66 4 Dave LaRoche 2.82 5 Paul Hartzell 3.44

Wins

1 Frank Tanana 18 2 Chris Knapp 14 3 Don Aase 11 4 Dave LaRoche 10 5 Nolan Ryan 10

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 260 2 Frank Tanana 137 3 Chris Knapp 126 4 Don Aase 93 5 Dave LaRoche 70
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Frank Tanana 18 12 3.65 33 33 0 239.0 60 137
Nolan Ryan 10 13 3.72 31 31 0 234.2 148 260
Chris Knapp 14 8 4.21 30 29 0 188.1 67 126
Don Aase 11 8 4.03 29 29 0 178.2 80 93
Paul Hartzell 6 10 3.44 54 12 6 157.0 41 55
Ken Brett 3 5 4.95 31 10 1 100.0 42 43
Dave LaRoche 10 9 2.82 59 0 25 95.2 48 70
Dyar Miller 6 2 2.66 41 0 1 84.2 41 34
Dave Frost 5 4 2.58 11 10 0 80.1 24 30
Tom Griffin 3 4 4.02 24 4 0 56.0 31 35
Al Fitzmorris 1 0 1.71 9 2 0 31.2 14 8
John Caneira 0 0 7.04 2 2 0 7.2 3 0
Mike Barlow 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 1

👥 Roster (32)

Don Aase Jim Anderson Mike Barlow Don Baylor Lyman Bostock Ken Brett John Caneira Dave Chalk Brian Downing Ron Fairly Al Fitzmorris Dave Frost +20 more

32 players

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