1979 AL Wins by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led the AL in wins in 1979, with 102, 7 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 14 AL teams is 80.5.

Led the AL in 1979 Baltimore Orioles 159 games

102 Wins 7 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	G	W
1	Baltimore Orioles	159	102
2	Milwaukee Brewers	161	95
3	Boston Red Sox	160	91
4	New York Yankees	160	89
5	California Angels	162	88
6	Kansas City Royals	162	85
7	Detroit Tigers	160	84
8	Texas Rangers	162	83
9	Minnesota Twins	162	82
10	Cleveland Indians	161	81
	AL average		80.5
11	Chicago White Sox	159	73
12	Seattle Mariners	162	67
13	Oakland Athletics	162	54
14	Toronto Blue Jays	162	53

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.