1978 New York Yankees

100-63 • 0.613 Win% • 1st in AL E

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📊 Season Record

100 Wins

63 Losses

0.613 Win %

                        1st
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735 R 582 RA

Diff +153

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

735 Runs Scored

582 Runs Allowed

+153 Run Diff

2,382K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 2% above the 1978 league average (.261)

OBP .327 1% above the 1978 league average (.325)

SLG .333 2% above the 1978 league average (.327)

Team ERA 3.18 16% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)

Runs Scored 735 8% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium II

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Home Games 81

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Total Attendance 2,382,055

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Avg per Game 29,408

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Chris Chambliss	162	625	81	171	12	90	41	60	2	0.274
Thurman Munson	154	617	73	183	6	71	35	70	2	0.297
Graig Nettles	159	587	81	162	27	93	59	69	1	0.276
Mickey Rivers	141	559	78	148	11	48	29	51	25	0.265
Reggie Jackson	139	511	82	140	27	97	58	133	14	0.274
Willie Randolph	134	499	87	139	3	42	82	51	36	0.279
Lou Piniella	130	472	67	148	6	69	34	36	3	0.314
Bucky Dent	123	379	40	92	5	40	23	24	3	0.243
Roy White	103	346	44	93	8	43	42	35	10	0.269
Cliff Johnson	76	174	20	32	6	19	30	32	0	0.184
Fred Stanley	81	160	14	35	1	9	25	31	0	0.219
Jim Spencer	71	150	12	34	7	24	15	32	0	0.227
Paul Blair	75	125	10	22	2	13	9	17	1	0.176
Gary Thomasson	55	116	20	32	3	20	13	22	0	0.276
Mike Heath	33	92	6	21	0	8	4	9	0	0.228
Jay Johnstone	36	65	6	17	1	6	4	10	0	0.262
Brian Doyle	39	52	6	10	0	0	0	3	0	0.192
Damaso Garcia	18	41	5	8	0	1	2	6	1	0.195
George Zeber	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dell Alston	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000
Mickey Klutts	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Fran Healy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Dennis Sherrill	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Jim Beattie	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ken Clay	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ron Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rawly Eastwick	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ed Figueroa	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rich Gossage	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ron Guidry	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Don Gullett	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ken Holtzman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Catfish Hunter	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bob Kammeyer	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Paul Lindblad	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Sparky Lyle	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Larry McCall	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Andy Messersmith	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dave Rajsich	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Domingo Ramos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dick Tidrow	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ron Guidry 1.74 2 Rich Gossage 2.01 3 Ed Figueroa 2.99 4 Sparky Lyle 3.47 5 Catfish Hunter 3.58

Wins

1 Ron Guidry 25 2 Ed Figueroa 20 3 Catfish Hunter 12 4 Rich Gossage 10 5 Sparky Lyle 9

Strikeouts

1 Ron Guidry 248 2 Rich Gossage 122 3 Ed Figueroa 92 4 Dick Tidrow 73 5 Jim Beattie 65

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Ron Guidry	25	3	1.74	35	35	0	273.2	72	248
Ed Figueroa	20	9	2.99	35	35	0	253.0	77	92
Dick Tidrow	7	11	3.84	31	25	0	185.1	53	73
Rich Gossage	10	11	2.01	63	0	27	134.1	59	122
Jim Beattie	6	9	3.73	25	22	0	128.0	51	65
Catfish Hunter	12	6	3.58	21	20	0	118.0	35	56
Sparky Lyle	9	3	3.47	59	0	9	111.2	33	33
Ken Clay	3	4	4.28	28	6	0	75.2	21	32
Don Gullett	4	2	3.63	8	8	0	44.2	20	28
Rawly Eastwick	2	1	3.28	8	0	0	24.2	4	13
Andy Messersmith	0	3	5.64	6	5	0	22.1	15	16
Bob Kammeyer	0	0	5.82	7	0	0	21.2	6	11
Paul Lindblad	0	0	4.42	7	1	0	18.1	8	9
Ken Holtzman	1	0	4.08	5	3	0	17.2	9	3
Larry McCall	1	1	5.63	5	1	0	16.0	6	7
Dave Rajsich	0	0	4.05	4	2	0	13.1	6	9
Ron Davis	0	0	11.57	4	0	0	2.1	3	0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship

NYA def. KCA 3-1

World Series

NYA def. LAN 4-2

👥 Roster (41)

Dell Alston Jim Beattie Paul Blair Chris Chambliss Ken Clay Ron Davis Bucky Dent Brian Doyle Rawly Eastwick Ed Figueroa Damaso Garcia Rich Gossage +29 more

41 players