1978 MLB Wins by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in wins in 1978, with 100, 1 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 26 MLB teams is 80.8.

Led all of MLB in 1978 New York Yankees 163 games

100 Wins 1 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	W
1	New York Yankees	AL	163	100
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	99
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	95
4	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	93
5	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	92
5	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	92
7	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	90
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	90
9	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	89
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	88
11	California Angels	AL	162	87
11	Texas Rangers	AL	162	87
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	86
14	San Diego Padres	NL	162	84
	MLB average			80.8
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	79
16	Montreal Expos	NL	162	76
17	Houston Astros	NL	162	74
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	73
19	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	71
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	69
20	Cleveland Indians	AL	159	69
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	69
20	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	69
24	New York Mets	NL	162	66
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	59
26	Seattle Mariners	AL	160	56

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.