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class="new" title="1978 in aquatic sports (page does not exist)">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_association_football" title="1978 in association football">Association football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_the_sport_of_athletics" title="1978 in the sport of athletics">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_Australian_rules_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in Australian rules football (page does not exist)">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_badminton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in badminton (page does not exist)">Badminton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_basketball" title="1978 in basketball">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_Canadian_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in Canadian football (page does not exist)">Canadian football</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> over <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (4–2); <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a>, MVP</li></ul> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">League Championship Series<br />(<a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a>) </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">World Series</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1978_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1978 New York Yankees season">NY Yankees</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1978_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1978 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>NY Yankees</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Los Angeles </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1978_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1978 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1978_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> MVP: None</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> MVP: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 11 at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Stadium" title="San Diego Stadium">San Diego Stadium</a>: National League, 7–3; <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a>, MVP</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_Amateur_World_Series" title="1978 Amateur World Series">Amateur World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">USC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Japan_Series" title="1978 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yakult_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakult Swallows">Yakult Swallows</a> over <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Hankyu Braves</a> (4–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Big_League_World_Series" title="1978 Big League World Series">Big League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Taipei,_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Taipei, Taiwan">Taipei, Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Little_League_World_Series" title="1978 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: Pin-Kuang, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pin-Tung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pin-Tung (page does not exist)">Pin-Tung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Senior_League_World_Series" title="1978 Senior League World Series">Senior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hualien,_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hualien, Taiwan">Hualien, Taiwan</a></li></ul> <p><b>Winter Leagues</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_Caribbean_Series" title="1978 Caribbean Series">1978 Caribbean Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Indios_de_Mayag%C3%BCez" title="Indios de Mayagüez">Indios de Mayagüez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Dominican Professional Baseball League">Dominican Republic League</a>: <a href="/wiki/%C3%81guilas_Cibae%C3%B1as" title="Águilas Cibaeñas">Águilas Cibaeñas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican Pacific League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tomateros_de_Culiac%C3%A1n" title="Tomateros de Culiacán">Tomateros de Culiacán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Baseball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rico Baseball League">Puerto Rican League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Indios_de_Mayag%C3%BCez" title="Indios de Mayagüez">Indios de Mayagüez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Leones del Caracas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Addie_Joss" title="Addie Joss">Addie Joss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_MacPhail" title="Larry MacPhail">Larry MacPhail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Parker" title="Dave Parker">Dave Parker</a> (NL) <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> (NL) <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Whitaker" title="Lou Whitaker">Lou Whitaker</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Horner" title="Bob Horner">Bob Horner</a> (NL) <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league)</b> <ul><li>Patty Cox, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Redhawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City Redhawks">Oklahoma City 89ers</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(20th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (20th century)">American Association</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a></b> <ul><li>(P) <a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Jim Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Phil Niekro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (NL)</li> <li>(C) <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sundberg" title="Jim Sundberg">Jim Sundberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(1B) <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chambliss" title="Chris Chambliss">Chris Chambliss</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez">Keith Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (NL)</li> <li>(2B) <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Davey_Lopes" title="Davey Lopes">Davey Lopes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (NL)</li> <li>(3B) <a href="/wiki/Graig_Nettles" title="Graig Nettles">Graig Nettles</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(SS) <a href="/wiki/Mark_Belanger" title="Mark Belanger">Mark Belanger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bowa" title="Larry Bowa">Larry Bowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(Baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Evans (Baseball)">Dwight Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Dave_Parker" title="Dave Parker">Dave Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Rick_Miller_(baseball)" title="Rick Miller (baseball)">Rick Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Valentine" title="Ellis Valentine">Ellis Valentine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (NL)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_statistical_leaders">MLB statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: MLB statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Rod Carew</a></td> <td>.333</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Parker" title="Dave Parker">Dave Parker</a></td> <td>.334 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a></td> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Foster_(baseball)" title="George Foster (baseball)">George Foster</a></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a></td> <td>139</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Foster_(baseball)" title="George Foster (baseball)">George Foster</a></td> <td>120 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">Wins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a></td> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a></td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a></td> <td>1.74</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Swan" title="Craig Swan">Craig Swan</a></td> <td>2.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Ks</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> CAL</td> <td>260</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a> HOU</td> <td>303 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_baseball_final_standings">Major league baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major league baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>GB </th></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">East Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></td> <td>100</td> <td>  63</td> <td>.613</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></td> <td>  99</td> <td>  64</td> <td>.607</td> <td>  1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a></td> <td>  93</td> <td>  69</td> <td>.574</td> <td>  6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></td> <td>  90</td> <td>  71</td> <td>.559</td> <td>  9.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></td> <td>  86</td> <td>  76</td> <td>.531</td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></td> <td>  69</td> <td>  90</td> <td>.434</td> <td>29.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td>  59</td> <td>102</td> <td>.366</td> <td>40.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">West Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></td> <td>  92</td> <td>  70</td> <td>.568</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></td> <td>  87</td> <td>  75</td> <td>.537</td> <td>  5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a></td> <td>  87</td> <td>  75</td> <td>.537</td> <td>  5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></td> <td>  73</td> <td>  89</td> <td>.451</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td>  71</td> <td>  90</td> <td>.441</td> <td>20.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td>  69</td> <td>  93</td> <td>.426</td> <td>23.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>  56</td> <td>104</td> <td>.350</td> <td>35.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 2em;"> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>  GB </th></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">East Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></td> <td>90</td> <td>72</td> <td>.556</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>73</td> <td>.547</td> <td>  1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td>79</td> <td>83</td> <td>.488</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a></td> <td>76</td> <td>86</td> <td>.469</td> <td>14.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a></td> <td>69</td> <td>93</td> <td>.426</td> <td>21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>96</td> <td>.407</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">West Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>95</td> <td>67</td> <td>.586</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></td> <td>92</td> <td>69</td> <td>.571</td> <td>  2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>73</td> <td>.549</td> <td>  6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>78</td> <td>.519</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a></td> <td>74</td> <td>88</td> <td>.457</td> <td>21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></td> <td>69</td> <td>93</td> <td>.426</td> <td>26.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a> is elected to the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a> on 301 of 379 ballots.</li> <li>January 25 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> send <a href="/wiki/Dave_Tomlin" title="Dave Tomlin">Dave Tomlin</a> and cash to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> in return for <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a>, who will win this year's <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a>.</li> <li>January 31 - Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Bowie Kuhn</a> voids the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>' trade of <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, citing the "best interests of baseball" clause. As compensation, the A's send <a href="/wiki/Doug_Bair" title="Doug Bair">Doug Bair</a> to the Reds for minor-league prospect <a href="/wiki/Dave_Revering" title="Dave Revering">Dave Revering</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Mileti" title="Nick Mileti">Nick Mileti</a> sells the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> to a group headed by trucking industry magnate <a href="/wiki/Steve_O%27Neill_(owner)" title="Steve O'Neill (owner)">Francis "Steve" O'Neill</a>, 78, who most recently was a limited partner in <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> ownership syndicate. O'Neill's group includes longtime executive <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Paul" title="Gabe Paul">Gabe Paul</a>, who begins a second stint as the Indians' club president.</li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Howsam" title="Bob Howsam">Bob Howsam</a>, general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> since January 1967, and club president since March 1974, turns over both roles to longtime assistant <a href="/wiki/Dick_Wagner_(baseball)" title="Dick Wagner (baseball)">Dick Wagner</a>, 50. Howsam, two weeks shy of his 60th birthday, was Cincinnati's hard-nosed front-office boss during the "<a href="/wiki/Big_Red_Machine" title="Big Red Machine">Big Red Machine</a>" era; his clubs won five <a href="/wiki/NL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="NL West">NL West</a> titles, four <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennants</a> and two <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a>). He's known to be a firm opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Free_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Free agency">free agency</a> era and its rising player salaries.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 17 – At <a href="/wiki/Al_Lopez_Field" title="Al Lopez Field">Al Lopez Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> host the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">Spring training</a> match-up wearing green uniforms in honor of <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Day">St. Patrick's Day</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1990_in_baseball" title="1990 in baseball">1990</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> become the second team to adopt this tradition.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – Starting off with a bang, Japanese star <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> hits a <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> home run on opening day. It is his 757th home run.</li> <li>April 9 - Comeback hopeful <a href="/wiki/Steve_Busby" title="Steve Busby">Steve Busby</a>, making his first major-league start since July 6, 1976, hurled 5 and one third innings before being relieved and <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a> drove in a couple of runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4.</li> <li>April 13 – The New York Yankees defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> 4–2 in their home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day. <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> 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.</li> <li>April 16 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>' <a href="/wiki/Bob_Forsch" title="Bob Forsch">Bob Forsch</a> hurls a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in beating the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> 5–0. Forsch walks 2 and strikes out 3 in pitching the first home no-hitter by a Cardinal since <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Haines" title="Jesse Haines">Jesse Haines</a> in <a href="/wiki/1924_in_baseball" title="1924 in baseball">1924</a>. His brother, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>' <a href="/wiki/Ken_Forsch" title="Ken Forsch">Ken Forsch</a>, will toss a no-hitter the <a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">following season</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> – making them the first big league brothers to each toss a no-hitter.</li> <li>April 20 – With two out in the top of the fourth inning, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>' <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Burroughs" title="Jeff Burroughs">Jeff Burroughs</a> hits a ground ball up the middle that <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> rookie <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">Ozzie Smith</a> dives for behind second base. As he was in the air, the ball hits the base and caroms behind Smith. As he is diving in the opposite direction, Smith reaches out with his bare hand and catches the ball. He bounces up, and throws Burroughs out at first. The Padres win the game 2–0.</li> <li>April 27 - Willie McCovey drove in four runs and a double and his 496th home run in leading <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> and the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves.</li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> smashes three home runs in a 14–7 win over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> singles off Montreal's <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rogers_(baseball)" title="Steve Rogers (baseball)">Steve Rogers</a> for career hit 3,000 and gets a hug at first base from former teammate <a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> 4–3.</li> <li>May 12 – At <a href="/wiki/Royals_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Royals Stadium">Royals Stadium</a>, a potential game-ending routine fly ball becomes an <a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a> <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off</a> <a href="/wiki/Inside-the-park_home_run" title="Inside-the-park home run">inside-the-park home run</a> as <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rivers" title="Mickey Rivers">Mickey Rivers</a> collide in the outfield. The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, 4–3. The misplay turns a sure <a href="/wiki/Goose_Gossage" title="Goose Gossage">Goose Gossage</a> <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">save</a> into a sour loss for the current World Champion Yankees.</li> <li>May 14 – With the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> losing 7–5 to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kingman" title="Dave Kingman">Dave Kingman</a> hits a two-run <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> with two outs in the ninth inning to send the game into <a href="/wiki/Extra_innings" title="Extra innings">extra innings</a>. Kingman, who had also homered in the sixth, hits his third home run of the day in the fifteenth inning to give the Cubs a 10–7 victory over the Dodgers at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, and end his day with eight RBIs. Following the game, Paul Olden, a reporter for radio station KLAC in Los Angeles asks Dodgers manager <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Tommy Lasorda</a>, "What's your opinion of Kingman's performance?" during his post-game interview. Lasorda goes off in a now-famous obscenity-laced tirade.</li> <li>May 16 - With the team in last place and having its worst start since 1968 Chicago White Sox owner <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a> traded <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bonds" title="Bobby Bonds">Bobby Bonds</a> to the Texas Rangers for <a href="/wiki/Claudell_Washington" title="Claudell Washington">Claudell Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Torres" title="Rusty Torres">Rusty Torres</a> and a minor league player named to be later.</li> <li>May 20 – At <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> hits two home runs off <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Twitchell" title="Wayne Twitchell">Wayne Twitchell</a> in a 6–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>. His second is a 535-foot shot in the fourth inning that lands in the upper deck – the only fair ball ever to be hit there.</li> <li>May 23 <ul><li>After almost eight full months, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> are finally sold—to a group now headed by former sole owner <a href="/wiki/Jean_R._Yawkey" title="Jean R. Yawkey">Jean R. Yawkey</a>, ex-Red Sox catcher and front-office lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Haywood_Sullivan" title="Haywood Sullivan">Haywood Sullivan</a>, and the club's former <a href="/wiki/Athletic_trainer" title="Athletic trainer">athletic trainer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_LeRoux" title="Buddy LeRoux">Buddy LeRoux</a>. The <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> accepts the restructured deal, valued at $20.5 million, after it initially nixed Yawkey's attempt to sell the team to Sullivan and LeRoux for $15 million in September 1977; under that arrangement, the duo would have invested only $200,000 of their own capital and borrowed the rest to obtain a 52 percent share. With the retention of the wealthy Mrs. Yawkey in a leading ownership role, the sale (reportedly the highest price yet paid for a sports franchise in the U.S.) goes through.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> leading the American League Western Division (24–15), manager <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Winkles" title="Bobby Winkles">Bobby Winkles</a> walks off the job. <a href="/wiki/Jack_McKeon" title="Jack McKeon">Jack McKeon</a> takes over.</li></ul></li> <li>May 30 - In his Major League debut <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Martinez" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvio Martinez">Silvio Martinez</a> pitched a complete game one-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the hapless New York Mets 8-2. The only Hit Silvio gave up was a 2-run home run by Met <a href="/wiki/Steve_Henderson_(baseball)" title="Steve Henderson (baseball)">Steve Henderson</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Davey_Johnson" title="Davey Johnson">Davey Johnson</a> becomes the first major leaguer to hit two <a href="/wiki/Pinch-hitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinch-hitter">pinch-hit</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slams</a> in a season, as the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, 5–1.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> starts his 44-game hitting streak by collecting two hits in the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>' 3–1 win over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>.</li> <li>June 16 <ul><li>In his 12th major league season speckled with near-misses, Cincinnati's <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a> finally hurls a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a>. The Cardinals are the 4–0 victims as Seaver strikes out 3 batters.</li> <li>Fresh off the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a> campus with no minor league ball, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>' <a href="/wiki/Bob_Horner" title="Bob Horner">Bob Horner</a> homers in his first major league game off <a href="/wiki/Bert_Blyleven" title="Bert Blyleven">Bert Blyleven</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>June 17 – The Yankees' <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a> strikes out 18 batters – 15 in 6 innings – in a 4–0 shutout of the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>, setting an American League record for left-handers. The victory raises the New York Yankee southpaw's record to 11–0.</li> <li>June 26 - In only their second season, the Toronto Blue Jays we're world beaters - for one day - as they scored 24 runs against an established Baltimore Orioles with the football like final score of 24-10 before only 16,184 at Toronto's <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_Stadium" title="Exhibition Stadium">Exhibition Stadium</a>.</li> <li>June 27 - <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rudi" title="Joe Rudi">Joe Rudi</a> hit a pinch-hit grand slam homer in the seventh to help his <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> knock Kansas City out of a tie for first place with the Texas Rangers with a 5-4 Angels win over the Royals.</li> <li>June 29 - <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a> set a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> career strikeout record while pitching for the Dodgers. He struck out <a href="/wiki/Gary_Matthews" title="Gary Matthews">Gary Matthews</a> in the first inning for his 2,284th career strikeout, passing a Dodgers record previously held by <a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> in the Dodgers' 7-3 win over the Braves.</li> <li>June 30 – In the first game of a 10–9, 10–5 doubleheader loss to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>' <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> hits his 500th career home run, off Braves pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Easterly" title="Jamie Easterly">Jamie Easterly</a>. McCovey becomes the 12th member of the 500th home run club. Giant <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ivie" title="Mike Ivie">Mike Ivie</a> adds his 2nd pinch <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> of the year in the opener. Giant <a href="/wiki/Jack_Clark_(baseball)" title="Jack Clark (baseball)">Jack Clark</a> has 3 runs in the 2 games.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 11 – At <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Qualcomm Stadium">San Diego</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> over the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, 7–3. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Dodgers</a> first baseman <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a> earns the MVP trophy. <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> starts for the NL, becoming the first pitcher to start for both leagues in the All-Star Game. Blue also started in <a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a> and <a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a> for the American League.</li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Koosman" title="Jerry Koosman">Jerry Koosman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a> lock up for the second time since Seaver's trade to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. Koosman and the Mets beat Seaver and the Reds, 4–2. Only one of the three runs Seaver gives up is earned.</li> <li>July 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> 9–7 in 11 innings, but the game is remembered for <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> ignoring signs from third-base coach <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a> with the score tied 5–5 in the bottom of the 10th. With <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Munson" title="Thurman Munson">Thurman Munson</a> on first, manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> wanted Jackson to <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_bunt" title="Sacrifice bunt">sacrifice bunt</a>. Jackson made a half-hearted attempt with the first pitch, and Martin removed the bunt sign. Jackson, however, defied Martin and still attempted a bunt, but ended up popping out to the catcher. Jackson was suspended by Martin for five games.</li> <li>July 21: <ul><li>As <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> was returning from suspension, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> says in a post-game interview about Jackson and Yankee owner <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a>, "One's a born liar (referring to Jackson), and the other's convicted (referring to Steinbrenner, about an incident from the past when Steinbrenner was accused of making illegal presidential campaign contributions)." Martin later appears on live television tearfully announcing his resignation from the Yankees, although some sources believed Steinbrenner actually fired him. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Bob Lemon</a> is named Yankee manager for the remainder of the season.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> starter <a href="/wiki/Mike_Paxton" title="Mike Paxton">Mike Paxton</a> strikes out four batters in the fifth inning of an 11–0 win over the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>July 26 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a> hits his 300th career home run.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> trounce the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, 16–4, and stop <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>'s hitting streak at 44 games. <a href="/wiki/Larry_McWilliams" title="Larry McWilliams">Larry McWilliams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Garber" title="Gene Garber">Gene Garber</a> 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 second-longest in major league history. He goes 70-for-182 during the skein (a <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> of .385).</li> <li>August 5 – At Old-timers Day at Yankee Stadium, recently fired <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> is announced as the New York Yankees' manager for the 1980 season.</li> <li>August 6 - It's a record no one wants for any batter, in the 9th inning of an important key game, future Baseball Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a> struck out for the 1,711th time, breaking a Major League record for batters getting struck out that was previously held by <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a>. It turned out that strikeout came in the ninth inning of a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>August 10 - Ron Guidry fired a three-hitter to become the American League's first 16-game winner this year and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chambliss" title="Chris Chambliss">Chris Chambliss</a> knocked in four runs with a single and a double, leading The Yankees to a 5th straight win, a 9-0 triumph over the Milwaukee Brewers.</li> <li>August 17 - This was the second of 6 straight seasons in which the New York Mets would finish either 5th or 6th place. In this game, the Mets lost to the San Diego Padres (with rookie <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">Ozzie Smith</a> on the team) 9-2 that would put the Mets in last place to stay for the entire season.</li> <li>August 20 – Before the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>' game against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a> engage in a clubhouse fistfight over comments made by Sutton in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> about Garvey being the "All-American boy".</li> <li>August 31 - <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Foster_(baseball)" title="George Foster (baseball)">George Foster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a> hit home runs to help the Cincinnati Reds snap a six-game losing streak via 12-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Tom Seaver pitched seven innings for the win and reliever <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hume" title="Tom Hume">Tom Hume</a> gave a 9th inning grand slam by <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Garrett" title="Wayne Garrett">Wayne Garrett</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 5 – The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> 10–8 in a 9-inning game that sees a Major-League record 45 players participate.</li> <li>September 7 – The "<a href="/wiki/Yankees_%E2%80%93_Red_Sox_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Yankees – Red Sox rivalry">Boston Massacre</a>" begins. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> enter today's opening game of a four-game series in Boston with a four-game lead over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>; a lead which had been fourteen games just weeks earlier. The Yankees defeat the Red Sox 15–3, and go on to sweep the series, erasing the Red Sox lead in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_East_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="American League East Division">American League East Division</a>.</li> <li>September 14 – 39-year-old <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bouton" title="Jim Bouton">Jim Bouton</a> earns his 62nd and final big league victory (his first since 1970), a 4–1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Bouton is best known as the author of the baseball diary <i><a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four">Ball Four</a></i>. Bouton's win over the Giants comes four days after his first start against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in which he was hit hard for six hits and six runs over five innings. The Giants were quite vocal with their displeasure over the Braves using Bouton in that game because they were still in a tight division race with the Dodgers, only to lose to him in this, his very next start.</li> <li>September 20 – The Yankees' <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a> suffers his third and final loss in a stellar 25–3, <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a>-winning season. The Yankees are defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> with left-hander <a href="/wiki/Mike_Willis" title="Mike Willis">Mike Willis</a> the winning pitcher. All three of Guidry's losses in 1978 were to left-handers named "Mike": <a href="/wiki/Mike_Caldwell_(baseball)" title="Mike Caldwell (baseball)">Mike Caldwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Flanagan_(baseball)" title="Mike Flanagan (baseball)">Mike Flanagan</a>, and Willis.</li> <li>September 23 – Following a dinner party in <a href="/wiki/Gary,_Indiana" title="Gary, Indiana">Gary, Indiana</a>, California Angels outfielder <a href="/wiki/Lyman_Bostock" title="Lyman Bostock">Lyman Bostock</a> was killed while riding in a car with several others. The estranged husband of a woman in the car fired a single shotgun blast into the car, killing Bostock. Bostock was 27 years old.</li> <li>September 30 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> overcame a first-inning grand slam by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a> to beat the host <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, their <a href="/wiki/Phillies%E2%80%93Pirates_rivalry" title="Phillies–Pirates rivalry">in-state rivals</a>, 10–8, to clinch their third straight National League East Title. Winning pitcher <a href="/wiki/Randy_Lerch" title="Randy Lerch">Randy Lerch</a> contributes two home runs to his cause. The loss snaps the Pirates' streak of 24 straight wins at <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium">Three Rivers Stadium</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> records his 3000th career strikeout.</li> <li>Led by home runs from <a href="/wiki/Rick_Burleson" title="Rick Burleson">Rick Burleson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Luis_Tiant" title="Luis Tiant">Luis Tiant</a>'s two-hit pitching, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> shut out the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> 5–0 at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, closing out the regular season with an eight-game winning streak. They will have to play a one-game playoff at Fenway the very next day against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, whom they had led by as many as 14 games in July, as the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Waits" title="Rick Waits">Rick Waits</a> defeat the Yankees 9–2 at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>. News of the Indians' victory is announced on Fenway Park's video screen with the words "THANK YOU, RICK WAITS – GAME TOMORROW."</li></ul></li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a>'s crucial 7th-inning home run helps the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, 5–4, in a <a href="/wiki/One-game_playoff" title="One-game playoff">one-game playoff</a> for the American League East title. It is another defining moment in the <a href="/wiki/Yankees_%E2%80%93_Red_Sox_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Yankees – Red Sox rivalry">Yankees – Red Sox rivalry</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia</a> also having won their divisions, all four defending division winners repeat. <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a> closes out the year with a 25–3 record, but not before giving up a home run to <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a>—the only one he will allow to a left-handed hitter all season.</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_East_tie-breaker_game" title="1978 American League East tie-breaker game">1978 American League East tie-breaker game</a></div> <ul><li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a> smashes two home runs and a triple to pace the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> to a 9–5 win over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in the opener of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a>. <a href="/wiki/Davey_Lopes" title="Davey Lopes">Davey Lopes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Yeager" title="Steve Yeager">Steve Yeager</a> also homer at <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium">Veterans Stadium</a>.</li> <li>October 7 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> win the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a>, 3 games to 1, with a 4–3 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_(shortstop)" title="Bill Russell (shortstop)">Bill Russell</a>'s 10th-inning, two-out single scores <a href="/wiki/Ron_Cey" title="Ron Cey">Ron Cey</a> with the winning run. A walk to Cey and a routine liner that <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a> muffs in center field sets up Russell's game-winner. <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Baker" title="Dusty Baker">Dusty Baker</a> collects four hits for the Dodgers.</li> <li>October 17 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> win their fourth straight game, 7–2, to clinch their second consecutive <a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">World Series</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Yankees shortstop <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a> is named Series MVP.</li> <li>October 27 - <a href="/wiki/George_Bamberger" title="George Bamberger">George Bamberger</a> of the Milwaukee Brewers was named the <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">United Press International</a> American League Manager of the Year. He guided the Brewers to a 93-win season and the Brewers' first winning season. Bamberger received 20 first-place votes to 9 first-place voted by Bob Lemon of the New York Yankees.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November-December">November-December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: November-December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 1 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees was named the American League Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote, taking all 28 first-place votes.</li> <li>November 7 - Jim Rice had a historic 1978 season with the Boston Red Sox and was rewarded by being named the American League MVP.</li> <li>November 10 – In a 10-player transaction, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> send former Cy Young Award winner <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Lyle" title="Sparky Lyle">Sparky Lyle</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Heath_(baseball)" title="Mike Heath (baseball)">Mike Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCall" title="Larry McCall">Larry McCall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rajsich" title="Dave Rajsich">Dave Rajsich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domingo_Ramos" title="Domingo Ramos">Domingo Ramos</a> and cash consideration to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Juan_Ben%C3%ADquez" title="Juan Beníquez">Juan Beníquez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Griffin_(pitcher)" title="Mike Griffin (pitcher)">Mike Griffin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mirabella" title="Paul Mirabella">Paul Mirabella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Righetti" title="Dave Righetti">Dave Righetti</a> and Minor leaguer Greg Jemison. Righetti, considered the top left-handed pitching prospect in the minors, will win AL Rookie of the Year honors in <a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a>.</li> <li>November 16 - <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Dave_Parker" title="Dave Parker">Dave Parker</a> who had a Gold Glove award now wins the National League MVP, he got 21 of 24 first place votes.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> second baseman <a href="/wiki/Lou_Whitaker" title="Lou Whitaker">Lou Whitaker</a> wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award with 21 of 28 first places votes over <a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Paul Molitor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>.</li> <li>November 28 – The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> dismiss their nine-year manager, <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a>, who had led the team to five NL Division titles, four NL Championship pennants, two World Championships (1975–76), and averaged 96 wins per season. Anderson will become the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> in <a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Les_Moss" title="Les Moss">Les Moss</a>.</li> <li>December 8 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> trade pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Koosman" title="Jerry Koosman">Jerry Koosman</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> for minor league pitcher Greg Field and a player to be named later. The trade leaves <a href="/wiki/Ed_Kranepool" title="Ed Kranepool">Ed Kranepool</a> as the last remaining member of the ″Miracle Mets″ team that won the <a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">1969 World Series</a>. The Twins will complete the trade by sending <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Orosco" title="Jesse Orosco">Jesse Orosco</a> to the Mets on February 7, <a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movies">Movies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Movies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Love_Affair:_The_Eleanor_and_Lou_Gehrig_Story&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (page does not exist)">A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story</a></i> (TV)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears_Go_to_Japan" title="The Bad News Bears Go to Japan">The Bad News Bears Go to Japan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_in_a_Million:_The_Ron_LeFlore_Story" title="One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story">One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story</a></i> (TV)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Delvin_James" title="Delvin James">Delvin James</a></li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Gissell" title="Chris Gissell">Chris Gissell</a></li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Willie Martínez (baseball)">Willie Martínez</a></li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Casey_Fossum" title="Casey Fossum">Casey Fossum</a></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mench" title="Kevin Mench">Kevin Mench</a></li> <li>January 11 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Aquino" title="Greg Aquino">Greg Aquino</a></li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Ayala_(baseball)" title="Luis Ayala (baseball)">Luis Ayala</a></li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Am%C3%A9zaga" title="Alfredo Amézaga">Alfredo Amézaga</a></li> <li>January 17 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Malaska" title="Mark Malaska">Mark Malaska</a></li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Falkenborg" title="Brian Falkenborg">Brian Falkenborg</a></li> <li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Wilton_Veras" title="Wilton Veras">Wilton Veras</a></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mears_(baseball)" title="Chris Mears (baseball)">Chris Mears</a></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/John_Rodriguez_(baseball)" title="John Rodriguez (baseball)">John Rodriguez</a></li> <li>January 22 – <a href="/wiki/Chone_Figgins" title="Chone Figgins">Chone Figgins</a></li> <li>January 25 – <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Turnbow" title="Derrick Turnbow">Derrick Turnbow</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Germ%C3%A1n" title="Esteban Germán">Esteban Germán</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Green_(baseball)" title="Steve Green (baseball)">Steve Green</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Torres_(baseball)" title="Andrés Torres (baseball)">Andrés Torres</a></li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Berroa" title="Ángel Berroa">Ángel Berroa</a></li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Laforest" title="Pete Laforest">Pete Laforest</a></li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_la_Rosa" title="Tomás de la Rosa">Tomás de la Rosa</a></li> <li>January 30 – <a href="/wiki/John_Patterson_(pitcher)" title="John Patterson (pitcher)">John Patterson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Erick_Almonte" title="Erick Almonte">Erick Almonte</a></li> <li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Bergman" title="Dusty Bergman">Dusty Bergman</a></li> <li>February 5 – <a href="/wiki/Devern_Hansack" title="Devern Hansack">Devern Hansack</a></li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Andrade" title="Steve Andrade">Steve Andrade</a></li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Shabala" title="Adam Shabala">Adam Shabala</a></li> <li>February 7 – <a href="/wiki/Endy_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Endy Chávez">Endy Chávez</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Cedrick_Bowers" title="Cedrick Bowers">Cedrick Bowers</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Mateo" title="Rubén Mateo">Rubén Mateo</a></li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Brent_Butler" title="Brent Butler">Brent Butler</a></li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Redding" title="Tim Redding">Tim Redding</a></li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Dohmann" title="Scott Dohmann">Scott Dohmann</a></li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Reyes" title="René Reyes">René Reyes</a></li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Prokopec" title="Luke Prokopec">Luke Prokopec</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Torrealba" title="Steve Torrealba">Steve Torrealba</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/DeWayne_Wise" title="DeWayne Wise">DeWayne Wise</a></li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Reith" title="Brian Reith">Brian Reith</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Kata</a></li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Kasey_Olemberger" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasey Olemberger">Kasey Olemberger</a></li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bynum" title="Mike Bynum">Mike Bynum</a></li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bajenaru" title="Jeff Bajenaru">Jeff Bajenaru</a></li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Cristian_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="Cristian Guzmán">Cristian Guzmán</a></li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Griffiths" title="Jeremy Griffiths">Jeremy Griffiths</a></li> <li>March 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Valverde" title="José Valverde">José Valverde</a></li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Dee_Brown_(baseball)" title="Dee Brown (baseball)">Dee Brown</a></li> <li>March 29 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bruntlett" title="Eric Bruntlett">Eric Bruntlett</a></li> <li>March 30 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Bard" title="Josh Bard">Josh Bard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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21 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Taschner" title="Jack Taschner">Jack Taschner</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Crede" title="Joe Crede">Joe Crede</a></li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Runelvys_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Runelvys Hernández">Runelvys Hernández</a></li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Armas_Jr." title="Tony Armas Jr.">Tony Armas Jr.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 9 – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Harang" title="Aaron Harang">Aaron Harang</a></li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Phelps" title="Josh Phelps">Josh Phelps</a></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bukvich" title="Ryan Bukvich">Ryan Bukvich</a></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Zito" title="Barry Zito">Barry Zito</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Andrews_(baseball,_born_1978)" title="Clayton Andrews (baseball, born 1978)">Clayton Andrews</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(baseball)" title="Guillermo Rodríguez (baseball)">Guillermo Rodríguez</a></li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bierbrodt" title="Nick Bierbrodt">Nick Bierbrodt</a></li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/John_Foster_(baseball)" title="John Foster (baseball)">John Foster</a></li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Carlos Peña">Carlos Peña</a></li> <li>May 18 – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Giles" title="Marcus Giles">Marcus Giles</a></li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Valdez" title="Wilson Valdez">Wilson Valdez</a></li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(baseball,_born_1978)" title="Ricardo Rodríguez (baseball, born 1978)">Ricardo Rodríguez</a></li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Dunn_(baseball)" title="Scott Dunn (baseball)">Scott Dunn</a></li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike González (pitcher)">Mike González</a></li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Sampson" title="Chris Sampson">Chris Sampson</a></li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Pember" title="Dave Pember">Dave Pember</a></li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Brad Penny</a></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Hughes" title="Travis Hughes">Travis Hughes</a></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Vento" title="Mike Vento">Mike Vento</a></li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Rico_Washington" title="Rico Washington">Rico Washington</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smyth_(baseball)" title="Steve Smyth (baseball)">Steve Smyth</a></li> <li>June 5 – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Chapman" title="Travis Chapman">Travis Chapman</a></li> <li>June 6 – <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Bubela" title="Jaime Bubela">Jaime Bubela</a></li> <li>June 7 – <a href="/wiki/Donaldo_M%C3%A9ndez" title="Donaldo Méndez">Donaldo Méndez</a></li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Rivera_(baseball)" title="Carlos Rivera (baseball)">Carlos Rivera</a></li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Gonzalez_(infielder)" title="Edgar Gonzalez (infielder)">Edgar Gonzalez</a></li> <li>June 15 – <a href="/wiki/Zach_Day" title="Zach Day">Zach Day</a></li> <li>June 17 – <a href="/wiki/Dernell_Stenson" title="Dernell Stenson">Dernell Stenson</a></li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Claudio_Vargas" title="Claudio Vargas">Claudio Vargas</a></li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Gregg" title="Kevin Gregg">Kevin Gregg</a></li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Seay" title="Bobby Seay">Bobby Seay</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Rivera_(pitcher)" title="Luis Rivera (pitcher)">Luis Rivera</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ferrari" title="Anthony Ferrari">Anthony Ferrari</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Harris" title="Willie Harris">Willie Harris</a></li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Aramis_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Aramis Ramírez">Aramis Ramírez</a></li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Scott_(baseball)" title="Luke Scott (baseball)">Luke Scott</a></li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Salazar_(baseball)" title="Oscar Salazar (baseball)">Oscar Salazar</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Trey_Hodges" title="Trey Hodges">Trey Hodges</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Inglett" title="Joe Inglett">Joe Inglett</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg/160px-MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg/240px-MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg/320px-MG_6582_Jason_Marquis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="1230" /></a><figcaption>All-Star <a href="/wiki/Jason_Marquis" title="Jason Marquis">Jason Marquis</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Dobbs" title="Greg Dobbs">Greg Dobbs</a></li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(baseball)" title="Juan Rivera (baseball)">Juan Rivera</a></li> <li>July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Marsonek" title="Sam Marsonek">Sam Marsonek</a></li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ludwick" title="Ryan Ludwick">Ryan Ludwick</a></li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Burns_(baseball)" title="Mike Burns (baseball)">Mike Burns</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Olivo" title="Miguel Olivo">Miguel Olivo</a></li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jorge_V%C3%A1squez_(baseball)" title="Jorge Vásquez (baseball)">Jorge Vásquez</a></li> <li>July 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jennings" title="Jason Jennings">Jason Jennings</a></li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Sheets" title="Ben Sheets">Ben Sheets</a></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Yorvit_Torrealba" title="Yorvit Torrealba">Yorvit Torrealba</a></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Watkins_(baseball)" title="Steve Watkins (baseball)">Steve Watkins</a></li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Eyre" title="Willie Eyre">Willie Eyre</a></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Adams_(pitcher)" title="Mike Adams (pitcher)">Mike Adams</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Olson" title="Tim Olson">Tim Olson</a></li> <li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Guerrier" title="Matt Guerrier">Matt Guerrier</a></li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Allen" title="Luke Allen">Luke Allen</a></li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Knott" title="Jon Knott">Jon Knott</a></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Strong" title="Jamal Strong">Jamal Strong</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Alexis_G%C3%B3mez" title="Alexis Gómez">Alexis Gómez</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sanches" title="Brian Sanches">Brian Sanches</a></li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Campillo" title="Jorge Campillo">Jorge Campillo</a></li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crozier_(baseball)" title="Eric Crozier (baseball)">Eric Crozier</a></li> <li>August 12 – <a href="/wiki/Michel_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Michel Hernández">Michel Hernández</a></li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Santiago_Ram%C3%ADrez_(baseball)" title="Santiago Ramírez (baseball)">Santiago Ramírez</a></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Gordon_(baseball)" title="Brian Gordon (baseball)">Brian Gordon</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Qualls" title="Chad Qualls">Chad Qualls</a></li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Barry_(baseball)" title="Kevin Barry (baseball)">Kevin Barry</a></li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hensley" title="Matt Hensley">Matt Hensley</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Eude_Brito" title="Eude Brito">Eude Brito</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Capuano" title="Chris Capuano">Chris Capuano</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Schroder" title="Chris Schroder">Chris Schroder</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/T._J._Tucker" title="T. J. Tucker">T. J. Tucker</a></li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Gronkiewicz" title="Lee Gronkiewicz">Lee Gronkiewicz</a></li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Marquis" title="Jason Marquis">Jason Marquis</a></li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Rogers" title="Ed Rogers">Ed Rogers</a></li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Lee" title="Cliff Lee">Cliff Lee</a></li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Wellemeyer" title="Todd Wellemeyer">Todd Wellemeyer</a></li> <li>August 31 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Drew" title="Tim Drew">Tim Drew</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Smitherman" title="Stephen Smitherman">Stephen Smitherman</a></li> <li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_P%C3%A9rez_(pitcher)" title="Juan Pérez (pitcher)">Juan Pérez</a></li> <li>September 4 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Regilio" title="Nick Regilio">Nick Regilio</a></li> <li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Watson_(baseball)" title="Matt Watson (baseball)">Matt Watson</a></li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Brooks_(baseball)" title="Frank Brooks (baseball)">Frank Brooks</a></li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Escobar" title="Alex Escobar">Alex Escobar</a></li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Gil_Meche" title="Gil Meche">Gil Meche</a></li> <li>September 9 – <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Ainsworth" title="Kurt Ainsworth">Kurt Ainsworth</a></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Green_(baseball)" title="Nick Green (baseball)">Nick Green</a></li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Junior_Herndon" title="Junior Herndon">Junior Herndon</a></li> <li>September 14 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Torres_(umpire)" title="Carlos Torres (umpire)">Carlos Torres</a></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Wilkin_Ruan" title="Wilkin Ruan">Wilkin Ruan</a></li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Nick Johnson (baseball)">Nick Johnson</a></li> <li>September 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bay" title="Jason Bay">Jason Bay</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Pi%C3%B1eiro" title="Joel Piñeiro">Joel Piñeiro</a></li> <li>September 27 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Rauch" title="Jon Rauch">Jon Rauch</a></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Joey_Nation" title="Joey Nation">Joey Nation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 3 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kent_(baseball)" title="Steve Kent (baseball)">Steve Kent</a></li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lohse" title="Kyle Lohse">Kyle Lohse</a></li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Reed" title="Keith Reed">Keith Reed</a></li> <li>October 10 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Bellino" title="Dan Bellino">Dan Bellino</a></li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Church" title="Ryan Church">Ryan Church</a></li> <li>October 15 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Cruz_(baseball)" title="Juan Cruz (baseball)">Juan Cruz</a></li> <li>October 15 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Rabe" title="Josh Rabe">Josh Rabe</a></li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/John_Lackey" title="John Lackey">John Lackey</a></li> <li>October 24 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bootcheck" title="Chris Bootcheck">Chris Bootcheck</a></li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/J._J._Davis" title="J. J. Davis">J. J. Davis</a></li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Cerda" title="Jaime Cerda">Jaime Cerda</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Matos_(baseball,_born_1978)" title="Luis Matos (baseball, born 1978)">Luis Matos</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Cali" title="Carmen Cali">Carmen Cali</a></li> <li>November 3 – <a href="/wiki/Anastacio_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Anastacio Martínez">Anastacio Martínez</a></li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/John_Grabow" title="John Grabow">John Grabow</a></li> <li>November 5 – <a href="/wiki/Corey_Thurman" title="Corey Thurman">Corey Thurman</a></li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Salas" title="Juan Salas">Juan Salas</a></li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Self" title="Todd Self">Todd Self</a></li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Standridge" title="Jason Standridge">Jason Standridge</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jorge_DePaula" title="Jorge DePaula">Jorge DePaula</a></li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Heilman" title="Aaron Heilman">Aaron Heilman</a></li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Nady" title="Xavier Nady">Xavier Nady</a></li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Darnell_McDonald" title="Darnell McDonald">Darnell McDonald</a></li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Valentino_Pascucci" title="Valentino Pascucci">Valentino Pascucci</a></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hummel" title="Tim Hummel">Tim Hummel</a></li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bailey" title="Jeff Bailey">Jeff Bailey</a></li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_White_(pitcher)" title="Bill White (pitcher)">Bill White</a></li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Borchard" title="Joe Borchard">Joe Borchard</a></li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Zach_McClellan" title="Zach McClellan">Zach McClellan</a></li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Moylan" title="Peter Moylan">Peter Moylan</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Childers" title="Matt Childers">Matt Childers</a></li> <li>December 5 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Stewart_(baseball)" title="Josh Stewart (baseball)">Josh Stewart</a></li> <li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ba%C5%9Fak" title="Chris Başak">Chris Başak</a></li> <li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bulger" title="Jason Bulger">Jason Bulger</a></li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wells" title="Vernon Wells">Vernon Wells</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(baseball)" title="Jeff Duncan (baseball)">Jeff Duncan</a></li> <li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Szuminski" title="Jason Szuminski">Jason Szuminski</a></li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gassner" title="Dave Gassner">Dave Gassner</a></li> <li>December 15 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wuertz" title="Michael Wuertz">Michael Wuertz</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cintr%C3%B3n" title="Alex Cintrón">Alex Cintrón</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a></li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cannizaro" title="Andy Cannizaro">Andy Cannizaro</a></li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Chulk" title="Vinnie Chulk">Vinnie Chulk</a></li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Marshall_McDougall" title="Marshall McDougall">Marshall McDougall</a></li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Woodyard" title="Mark Woodyard">Mark Woodyard</a></li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Dicky_Gonzalez" title="Dicky Gonzalez">Dicky Gonzalez</a></li> <li>December 22 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jakubauskas" title="Chris Jakubauskas">Chris Jakubauskas</a></li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Víctor Martínez</a></li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(baseball)" title="Charles Thomas (baseball)">Charles Thomas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Estrada" title="Oscar Estrada">Óscar Estrada</a>, 75, Cuban southpaw pitcher and outfielder who played in both the Eastern Colored League (33 games for the 1924 Cuban Stars East) and segregated Organized Baseball (including one game for the 1929 St. Louis Browns)</li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dawson_(baseball)" title="Joe Dawson (baseball)">Joe Dawson</a>, 80, pitcher for 1924 Cleveland Indians and 1927–1929 Pittsburgh Pirates, getting into 59 career games; member of 1927 National League champions who hurled a scoreless inning against the "Murderers' Row" 1927 Yankees in Game 2 of Fall Classic</li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Snipe_Conley" title="Snipe Conley">Snipe Conley</a>, 85, pitcher who worked in 60 games for the 1914–1915 Baltimore Terrapins of the "outlaw" Federal League, then appeared in five games for the 1918 Cincinnati Reds</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Rego" title="Tony Rego">Tony Rego</a>, 80, Hawaiian-born, dimunituve catcher—he was listed as 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) tall—who appeared in 44 games for 1924–1925 St. Louis Browns</li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns_(first_baseman)" title="George Burns (first baseman)">George H. Burns</a>, 84, first baseman for five American League teams who batted .307 in 1,866 career games over 16 seasons; led AL in hits twice (1918 and 1926) and won the league's MVP award in the latter year; member of two World Series champions, the 1920 Cleveland Indians and 1929 Philadelphia Athletics</li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clowers" title="Bill Clowers">Bill Clowers</a>, 79, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1920s</li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Merwin_Jacobson" title="Merwin Jacobson">Merwin Jacobson</a>, 83, backup outfielder for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins between 1915 and 1927</li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe McCarthy (manager)">Joe McCarthy</a>, 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 flags in both leagues; posted a 1,460–867 (.627) mark with the Yankees alone, from 1931 through May 23, 1946, when he resigned; also managed Boston Red Sox from 1948 to June 18, 1950; as of 2021, his 2,125 career wins ranked eighth in major league history, and his winning percentages of .615 (regular season) and .698 (postseason) were both all-time records</li> <li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Milt_Shoffner" title="Milt Shoffner">Milt Shoffner</a>, 72, left-handed hurler for 1929–1931 Cleveland Indians, 1937–1939 Boston Bees and 1939–1940 Cincinnati Reds, working in 134 career major league games</li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Jennings" title="Thurman Jennings">Thurman Jennings</a>, 87, outfielder and second baseman for the 1920–1921 Chicago Giants of the Negro National League</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Sarge_Connally" title="Sarge Connally">Sarge Connally</a>, 79, pitcher who appeared in 304 games in 12 seasons spanning 1921 to 1934 for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Monte_Pearson" title="Monte Pearson">Monte Pearson</a>, 69, All-Star pitcher who won 100 games, mainly with the 1932–1935 Indians and 1936–1940 New York Yankees; four time World Series champion as a member of Bronx Bombers</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Raines" title="Larry Raines">Larry Raines</a>, 47, middle infielder and third baseman for the Cleveland Indians from 1957 to 1958, who is recognized for having been the first ballplayer to perform professionally in Minor League Baseball, Negro league baseball, Japanese Baseball and the major leagues</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Thompson_(pitcher)" title="Sam Thompson (pitcher)">Sam Thompson</a>, 69, pitcher who appeared in the Negro leagues between 1932 and 1942, primarily for the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Saltzgaver" title="Jack Saltzgaver">Jack Saltzgaver</a>, 75, infielder for New York Yankees (1932 and 1934–1937) who, after almost eight full years in the minors, returned to MLB at age 42 in 1945 for a final stint for the wartime Pittsburgh Pirates; two-time (1936, 1937) World Series champion</li> <li>February 2 – <a href="/wiki/Archie_Wise" title="Archie Wise">Archie Wise</a>, 65, appeared in three games as a pitcher and pinch hitter for 1932 Chicago White Sox</li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Compton" title="Pete Compton">Pete Compton</a>, 88, outfielder who appeared in 291 games for five clubs, notably the St. Louis Browns, between 1911 and 1918</li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaskamper" title="Ray Flaskamper">Ray Flaskamper</a>, 76, Chicago White Sox shortstop who played in 26 games in 1927</li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Herrera_(baseball)" title="Mike Herrera (baseball)">Mike Herrera</a>, 85, Cuban second baseman for the Cuban Stars of the Negro National League and Eastern Colored League (1920–1921, 1928) and Boston Red Sox (1925–1926); one of the first to play in both the pre-integration U.S. Major Leagues and Negro leagues</li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Keefe" title="Dave Keefe">Dave Keefe</a>, 81, pitcher in 97 games for Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians between 1917 and 1922, later a longtime coach and traveling secretary for the Athletics</li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ganzel" title="Babe Ganzel">Babe Ganzel</a>, 76, outfielder who appeared in 23 games for 1927–1928 Washington Senators; son of <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ganzel" title="Charlie Ganzel">19th century MLB catcher</a></li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Grover" title="Roy Grover">Roy Grover</a>, 86, second baseman for Philadelphia Athletics (1916–1917, 1919) and Washington Senators (1919); played in 207 big-league games</li> <li>February 8 – <a href="/wiki/Josephine_Kabick" title="Josephine Kabick">Josephine Kabick</a>, 55, female pitcher who played from 1944 through 1947 in the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Hayslett" title="Claude Hayslett">Claude Hayslett</a>, 65, second baseman and pitcher in the Negro leagues between 1937 and 1941</li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hamlin" title="Luke Hamlin">Luke Hamlin</a>, 73, pitcher who worked in 261 games over nine seasons between 1933 and 1944 for four MLB clubs, notably the Brooklyn Dodgers, for whom he went 20–13 in 1939</li> <li>February 19 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Paine" title="Phil Paine">Phil Paine</a>, 47, who compiled a 10–1 won–lost mark in 95 games pitched for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1951, 1954–1957) and St. Louis Cardinals (1958); said to be the first American to play in Nippon Professional Baseball when he hurled for the 1953 Nishitetsu Lions during his posting to Japan as a U.S. serviceman</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Slicker_Parks" title="Slicker Parks">Slicker Parks</a>, 82, pitcher who worked in ten contests for the 1921 Detroit Tigers</li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Vic_Harris_(outfielder)" title="Vic Harris (outfielder)">Vic Harris</a>, 72, outfielder and manager in the Negro leagues who guided the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a> 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</li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Nig_Lipscomb" title="Nig Lipscomb">Gerard "Nig" Lipscomb</a>, 67, second baseman and pitcher who appeared in 36 games for 1937 St. Louis Browns</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Strong" title="Ted Strong">Ted Strong</a>, 61, multi-year All-Star at both right field and shortstop who played in the Negro American League between 1937 and 1948, principally for the Kansas City Monarchs; member of Monarchs' 1942 Negro World Series champions; also a member of basketball's <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a></li> <li>March 7 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bilko" title="Steve Bilko">Steve Bilko</a>, 49, portly first baseman who appeared in 600 MLB games for the St. Louis Cardinals (1949–1954), Chicago Cubs (1954), Cincinnati Redlegs (1958), Los Angeles Dodgers (1958), Detroit Tigers (1960) and Los Angeles Angels (1961–1962); legendary minor-league slugger who led Pacific Coast League in home runs for three straight years (1955–1957), belting 55 and 56 homers in the latter two seasons and winning the 1956 PCL Triple Crown; three-time PCL MVP and member of its Hall of Fame</li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/Wade_Johnston" title="Wade Johnston">Wade Johnston</a>, 79, outfielder who played for five Negro leagues clubs between 1922 and 1933, notably the Kansas City Monarchs and Detroit Stars; led 1930 Negro National League with ten triples in 69 games played</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ferrell_Anderson" title="Ferrell Anderson">Ferrell Anderson</a>, 60, backup catcher who played in 97 career games for the 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1953 St. Louis Cardinals</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_McCarthy_(baseball)" title="Alex McCarthy (baseball)">Alex McCarthy</a>, 88, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs from 1910 to 1917, getting into 432 career contests</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Moore_(outfielder)" title="Gene Moore (outfielder)">Gene Moore</a>, 68, right fielder known for his accurate arm who played 1,042 games for six MLB clubs between 1931 and 1945; 1937 National League All-Star and member of 1944 St. Louis Browns, only team from that city to win an American League pennant</li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Kent_Greenfield_(baseball)" title="Kent Greenfield (baseball)">Kent Greenfield</a>, 75, pitcher who appeared in 152 games between 1924 and 1929 for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Moe_Franklin" title="Moe Franklin">Moe Franklin</a>, 63, infielder who got into 61 career games for 1941–1942 Detroit Tigers</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Coumbe" title="Fritz Coumbe">Fritz Coumbe</a>, 88, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Naps and Indians and the Cincinnati Reds between 1914 and 1921</li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Zwilling" title="Dutch Zwilling">Dutch Zwilling</a>, 89, outfielder in 366 games for three Chicago MLB teams during the 1910s: the 1910 White Sox, 1914–1915 Whales (of the then "outlaw" Federal League), and 1916 Cubs; led Fed circuit in home runs with 16 in 1914 and runs batted in with 94 the following season; longtime minor-league manager and big-league scout</li> <li>March 30 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cox_(baseball)" title="Billy Cox (baseball)">Billy Cox</a>, 58, third baseman, mainly with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1948–1954), well known for his spectacular defense</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Brubaker" title="Bill Brubaker">Bill Brubaker</a>, 67, third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates for all or parts of 1932 through 1940, then briefly for Boston Braves in 1943; drove in 102 runs in 1936, but led NL hitters in strikeouts</li> <li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_French_(baseball)" title="Ray French (baseball)">Ray French</a>, 83, shortstop/second baseman in 82 games for the 1920 New York Yankees, 1923 Brooklyn Robins and 1924 Chicago White Sox</li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ford_Frick" title="Ford Frick">Ford Frick</a>, 83, Hall of Fame executive who served as Commissioner of Baseball (1951–1965) and president of the National League (1935–1951); ex-sportswriter and "<a href="/wiki/Ghostwriter" title="Ghostwriter">ghostwriter</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> who ruled in 1961 that home run records of Ruth and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Roger Maris</a> would be recorded separately based on season length</li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Risenhoover" title="Dick Risenhoover">Dick Risenhoover</a>, 51, Dallas sportscaster; member of the Texas Rangers' broadcast team since the team moved from Washington in 1972 and lead announcer from 1974 until his death</li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Joe Gordon</a>, 63, Baseball Hall of Famer and nine-time All-Star second baseman in 11 seasons for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians, who won the 1942 MVP award and set an American League record of 246 home runs at his position; later a manager (Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Kansas City Royals between 1958 and 1969)</li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Graney" title="Jack Graney">Jack Graney</a>, 91, Canadian left fielder who played his entire career (1908, 1910–1922) with the Cleveland Naps/Indians; first batter to face hurler <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> in a major-league game (July 11, 1914); in 1932 became the Indians' play-by-play broadcaster—the first former player to transition to radio booth—and held the job through 1953</li> <li>April 25 – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Najo" title="Leo Najo">Leo Najo</a>, 79, first Mexican-born player to play professional baseball in the US.</li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Doll" title="Art Doll">Art Doll</a>, 64, batteryman who played seven MLB games for Boston of the National League in 1935, 1936 and 1938—four as a pitcher and three as a catcher</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Corbitt" title="Claude Corbitt">Claude Corbitt</a>, 62, infield utility who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds in a span of four seasons from 1945 to 1949</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Smith_(American_football/baseball)" title="Red Smith (American football/baseball)">Red Smith</a>, 73, two-sport star at Notre Dame, then a player and coach in both professional baseball and professional football; debuted as a catcher for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> of the National League in 1927 and later played with the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> of the National Football League; later an assistant coach with the Packers and New York football Giants, a minor league manager, and a coach for Chicago Cubs, 1945–1949</li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Herman_Dunlap" title="Herman Dunlap">Herman Dunlap</a>, 70, outfielder for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League in 1937 and 1938</li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wilson_(catcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Wilson (catcher)">Mike Wilson</a>, 81, catcher for the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates</li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Logan_(baseball)" title="Bob Logan (baseball)">Bob Logan</a>, 68, pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves in all or part of five seasons between 1935 and 1945</li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Susko" title="Pete Susko">Pete Susko</a>, 73, first baseman for the Washington Senators in its 1934 season</li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Harris_McGalliard" title="Harris McGalliard">Harris McGalliard</a>, 71, Japanese Baseball League catcher who played for Nagoya and the Korakuen Eagles from 1936 to 1938</li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Reynolds" title="Carl Reynolds">Carl Reynolds</a>, 75, fine outfielder and consistent hitter who played from 1927 through 1939 for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs, ending his career with a lifetime .302 batting average, including 1,357 hits, 80 home runs, and 699 runs batted in 1,222 games<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_McGraw" title="Bob McGraw">Bob McGraw</a>, 83, pitcher for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Robins, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies in a span of nine seasons from 1917 to 1929</li> <li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Marv_Rickert" title="Marv Rickert">Marv Rickert</a>, 57, backup outfielder who played with five different clubs in five seasons, including the <a href="/wiki/1948_Boston_Braves_season" title="1948 Boston Braves season">1948 Boston Braves</a> who won the National League pennant</li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Shelley" title="Hugh Shelley">Hugh Shelley</a>, 67, outfielder who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1935, though he was not on <a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">their World Series roster</a> that season</li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dietrich" title="Bill Dietrich">Bill Dietrich</a>, 68, nicknamed "Bullfrog", pitcher who played from 1933 through 1948 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox, whose <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> over the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> on June 1, 1937, boosted the White Sox' chances during their futile pursuit of the American League pennant<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Stack_Martin" title="Stack Martin">Stack Martin</a>, 79, who played every position (although mainly a first baseman) for the Indianapolis ABCs and Detroit Stars of the Negro National League from 1925 to 1928</li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Fiall" title="Tom Fiall">Tom Fiall</a>, 84, outfielder for Brooklyn, Baltimore and New York of the Eastern Colored League in 1923 and 1925</li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Schulte" title="Johnny Schulte">Johnny Schulte</a>, 81, backup catcher for five teams in all of his five years in the Major Leagues between 1923 and 1932; member of the <a href="/wiki/1929_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1929 Chicago Cubs season">1929 National League pennant-winning Chicago Cubs</a>; later a coach during 15 full seasons for the New York Yankees from 1934 to 1948, winning seven World Series rings; trusted advisor of Hall of Fame manager Joe McCarthy</li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Lynch_(baseball)" title="Danny Lynch (baseball)">Danny Lynch</a>, 52, second baseman for the 1948 Chicago Cubs</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vance" title="Joe Vance">Joe Vance</a>, 72, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees in parts of three seasons between 1935 and 1938</li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Souell" title="Herb Souell">Herb Souell</a>, 65, All-Star third baseman for the 1940–1948 Kansas City Monarchs; led Negro American League in stolen bases (twice, in 1946–1947), runs batted in (1945), triples (1946), and hits (1947); member of 1942 Negro World Series champs</li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Meyers" title="Deacon Meyers">Deacon Meyers</a>, 78, pitcher/first baseman for the St. Louis Giants/Stars and Dayton Marcos of the Negro National League between 1921 and 1926</li> <li>July 24 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Hunt" title="Joel Hunt">Joel Hunt</a>, 72, Hall of Fame football player and coach, who also played 16 games in the majors as an outfielder and pinch hitter for the 1931–1932 St. Louis Cardinals</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bold" title="Charlie Bold">Charlie Bold</a>, 83, Swedish first baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns in its 1914 season</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Russell" title="Ewing Russell">Ewing Russell</a>, 72, third baseman for the 1924 and 1926 Harrisburg Giants (Eastern Colored League) and 1926 Dayton Marcos (Negro National League)</li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Haines" title="Jesse Haines">Jesse Haines</a>, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 210 games, including a no-hitter, for the St. Louis Cardinals, while compiling three 20-win seasons, and two wins in the <a href="/wiki/1926_World_Series" title="1926 World Series">1926 World Series</a></li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Kay_Lionikas" title="Kay Lionikas">Kay Lionikas</a>, 54, second baseman with the <a href="/wiki/Kenosha_Comets" title="Kenosha Comets">Kenosha Comets</a>, one of three descendants of Greek migrants to play in the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li>August 14 – <a href="/wiki/Maury_Newlin" title="Maury Newlin">Maury Newlin</a>, 64, pitcher who played with the St. Louis Browns in the 1940 and 1941 seasons</li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Chaplin" title="Ed Chaplin">Ed Chaplin</a>, 84, catcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1920 and 1922</li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/George_Harper_(outfielder)" title="George Harper (outfielder)">George Harper</a>, 86, outfielder for six teams in five seasons between 1943 and 1950, who hit .300 or higher in three of these seasons</li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Hal_Weafer" title="Hal Weafer">Hal Weafer</a>, 78, American League umpire from 1943 to 1947; former minor league first baseman and manager</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sicking" title="Ed Sicking">Ed Sicking</a>, 81, middle infielder and third baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates over part of five seasons from 1916 to 1927</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gazella" title="Mike Gazella">Mike Gazella</a>, 82, utility infielder for the New York Yankees in four seasons between 1923 and 1928, being a member of three World Series champion teams and one AL pennant winner</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Snipe_Hansen" title="Snipe Hansen">Snipe Hansen</a>, 71, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Browns in a span of five seasons from 1930 to 1935</li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bettencourt" title="Larry Bettencourt">Larry Bettencourt</a>, 72, outfielder and third baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns in three seasons from 1928 to 1932, and later served as a center for the NFL <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> in 1933</li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(baseball)" title="Bill Foster (baseball)">Bill Foster</a>, 74, star pitcher in the Negro leagues where he was a dominant left-hander, and later a head coach at Alcorn State University for two decades</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lillard" title="Joe Lillard">Joe Lillard</a>, 73, NFL halfback (1932–1933) and outfielder/pitcher for the Chicago American Giants and Cincinnati Tigers of the Negro leagues between 1932 and 1937</li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Lyman_Bostock" title="Lyman Bostock">Lyman Bostock</a>, 27, fine defensive outfielder and base runner for California Angels who hit .323 and .336 during his first two full big league seasons with the 1976–1977 Minnesota Twins; his life and career were cut short when he was the victim of a meaningless, accidental homicide;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> son of Negro leagues star <a href="/wiki/Lyman_Bostock_Sr." title="Lyman Bostock Sr.">Lyman Sr.</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Pepper_Daniels" title="Pepper Daniels">Pepper Daniels</a>, 76, catcher for four Negro leagues clubs between 1921 and 1935, primarily the Detroit Stars</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Abe_White" title="Abe White">Abe White</a>, 74, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1937</li> <li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Steele" title="Ed Steele">Ed Steele</a>, 63, outfielder for the 1942–1948 Birmingham Black Barons who batted .359 lifetime and led the Negro American League in hitting (.391) in 1945</li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilliam" title="Jim Gilliam">Jim Gilliam</a>, 49, two-time All-Star second baseman for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1953 to 1966, player-coach in 1965–1966, and full-time Dodgers' coach from 1967 until his death; won four World Series rings, as well as Rookie of the Year Award honors both in the Negro leagues and the National League; after his passing, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers#Retired_numbers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">his jersey #19 was retired by the Dodgers</a></li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/George_Jeffcoat" title="George Jeffcoat">George Jeffcoat</a>, 64, pitcher in 70 career games for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves in four seasons between 1936 and 1943; brother of <a href="/wiki/Hal_Jeffcoat" title="Hal Jeffcoat">Hal Jeffcoat</a>; after baseball, became an ordained Baptist minister</li> <li>October 16 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Stumpf" title="Eddie Stumpf">Eddie Stumpf</a>, 84, minor league player, manager, coach, scout and executive in a career that spanned more than four decades</li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/Molly_Craft" title="Molly Craft">Molly Craft</a>, 82, pitcher who played from 1916 through 1919 for the Washington Senators</li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Rube_Walberg" title="Rube Walberg">Rube Walberg</a>, 82, pitcher who won 155 games between 1923 and 1937, primarily with the Philadelphia Athletics; member of 1929–1930 world champions</li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Reese_Diggs" title="Reese Diggs">Reese Diggs</a>, 63, pitcher who appeared in four games for the Washington Senators in the 1934 season</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 5 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_O%27Brien_(baseball)" title="Tommy O'Brien (baseball)">Tommy O'Brien</a>, 59, backup outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators in a span of five seasons from 1943 to 1950</li> <li>November 8 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gerkin" title="Steve Gerkin">Steve Gerkin</a>, 75, 32-year-old rookie pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in its 1945 season, one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II</li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Bennie Borgmann</a>, 80, minor-league infielder and manager and NBA basketball player who served the St. Louis Cardinals as a longtime scout; member of Basketball Hall of Fame</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Boyle" title="Buzz Boyle">Buzz Boyle</a>, 70, outfielder for the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers during five seasons spanning 1929–1935; led National League outfielders in assists in 1934 and also had a 25-game hitting streak that year; later a minor league manager and served as pilot of the 1946 <a href="/wiki/Muskegon_Lassies" title="Muskegon Lassies">Muskegon Lassies</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League; longtime scout for Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Elsh" title="Roy Elsh">Roy Elsh</a>, 87, backup outfielder for the Chicago White Sox over part of two seasons from 1923 to 1925</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/George_Shears" title="George Shears">George Shears</a>, 88, pitcher for the 1912 New York Highlanders</li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Powers" title="Les Powers">Les Powers</a>, 69, first baseman who played with the New York Giants in 1938 and for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1939</li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/France_Laux" title="France Laux">France Laux</a>, 80, St. Louis sportscaster who gained fame as voice of the 1930s Cardinals, calling their games (and those of the American League's Browns) from 1930 through 1942; focused on Cardinals in 1943 and then switched to Browns in 1948, continuing with them part-time until 1953, their last season in Missouri before they became the Baltimore Orioles; worked six World Series and eight All-Star games</li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Matuzak" title="Harry Matuzak">Harry Matuzak</a>, 68, pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1936 and 1938 seasons</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Brown_(sportswriter)" title="Warren Brown (sportswriter)">Warren Brown</a>, 84, Chicago sportswriter, who earned <a href="/wiki/J._G._Taylor_Spink_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="J. G. Taylor Spink Award">J. G. Taylor Spink Award</a> honors in 1973, and was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame the same year along with outfielder <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a> and umpire <a href="/wiki/Jocko_Conlan" title="Jocko Conlan">Jocko Conlan</a></li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Ross" title="Buck Ross">Buck Ross</a>, 63, pitcher who played from 1936 through 1945 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Williamson_(baseball)" title="Al Williamson (baseball)">Al Williamson</a>, 78, pitcher for the 1928 Chicago White Sox</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Cullop_(outfielder)" title="Nick Cullop (outfielder)">Nick Cullop</a>, 78, backup outfielder who played for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds over part of five seasons spanning 1926–1931; fearsome slugger and longtime skipper in minor leagues</li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Siebert" title="Dick Siebert">Dick Siebert</a>, 66, All-Star first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics who twice batted .300, and later coached at the University of Minnesota for 31 years, while winning three College World Series titles</li> <li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Dea" title="Paul O'Dea">Paul O'Dea</a>, 58, <a href="/wiki/Two-way_player" title="Two-way player">two-way player</a> (primarily an outfielder who appeared in four games as a southpaw hurler) who played in 163 contests for the Cleveland Indians from 1944 to 1945 and later scouted and managed in the Cleveland farm system</li> <li>December 12 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Dumovich" title="Nick Dumovich">Nick Dumovich</a>, 76, pitcher for the 1923 Chicago Cubs</li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Willard_Mullin" title="Willard Mullin">Willard Mullin</a>, 76, cartoonist whose caricature of the <i><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Bum" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Bum">Brooklyn Bum</a></i> personified the Dodgers franchise prior to its move to Los Angeles in 1958</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mathes" title="Joe Mathes">Joe Mathes</a>, 87, second baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Terriers and Boston Braves in a span of three seasons from 1912 to 1916; managed in the minor leagues off and on from 1919 through 1934, then became a scout and farm system director for the St. Louis Cardinals</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Gus_Rooney" title="Gus Rooney">Gus Rooney</a>, 86, Boston sportswriter believed to be the first play-by-play radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox on April 13, 1926; also broadcast games of the National League Braves that season</li> <li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/George_McQuinn" title="George McQuinn">George McQuinn</a>, 68, seven-time All-Star first baseman for the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees, who had 34-game hitting streak in 1938</li> <li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rodgers_(infielder)" title="Bill Rodgers (infielder)">Bill Rodgers</a>, 91, second baseman who played between 1915 and 1916 for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds</li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_Alexander" title="Walt Alexander">Walt Alexander</a>, 87, backup who played for the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees in part of four seasons from 1912 to 1917</li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Williams_(baseball)" title="Bobby Williams (baseball)">Bobby Williams</a>, 83, shortstop whose career was mostly spent with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro National League between 1920 and 1928; managed the 1934 Cleveland Red Sox to a 4–24 record</li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Tod_Davis" title="Tod Davis">Tod Davis</a>, 54, infielder and pinch-hitter who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1949 and 1951 seasons</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGammons1978" class="citation web cs1">Gammons, Peter (May 24, 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/1978/05/24/red-sox-sold-group-led-jean-yawkey/5GIRVPlX2uH4Tuupt9cCKJ/story.html">"Red Sox Sold to a Group Led by Jean Yawkey"</a>. <i>bostonglobe.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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