1978 MLB Leaders, AL
Who led the AL in 1978, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Rod Carew .333
- 2 Al Oliver .324
- 3 Jim Rice .315
- 4 Lou Piniella .314
- 5 Ben Oglivie .303
Home Runs
HR- 1 Jim Rice 46
- 2 Don Baylor 34
- 2 Larry Hisle 34
- 4 Andre Thornton 33
- 5 Gorman Thomas 32
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Jim Rice 139
- 2 Rusty Staub 121
- 3 Larry Hisle 115
- 4 Andre Thornton 105
- 5 Don Baylor 99
Hits
H- 1 Jim Rice 213
- 2 Ron LeFlore 198
- 3 Rod Carew 188
- 4 Thurman Munson 183
- 5 Rusty Staub 175
Runs
R- 1 Ron LeFlore 126
- 2 Jim Rice 121
- 3 Don Baylor 103
- 4 Andre Thornton 97
- 5 Larry Hisle 96
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Ron LeFlore 68
- 2 Julio Cruz 59
- 3 Bump Wills 52
- 4 Miguel Dilone 50
- 5 Willie Wilson 46
- 1 Jim Rice .970
- 2 Larry Hisle .906
- 3 Amos Otis .905
- 4 Andre Thornton .893
- 5 Leon Roberts .879
Pitching
- 1 Ron Guidry 1.74
- 2 Jon Matlack 2.27
- 3 Mike Caldwell 2.36
- 4 Jim Palmer 2.46
- 5 Dave Goltz 2.49
Wins
W- 1 Ron Guidry 25
- 2 Mike Caldwell 22
- 3 Dennis Leonard 21
- 3 Jim Palmer 21
- 5 Dennis Eckersley 20
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Nolan Ryan 260
- 2 Ron Guidry 248
- 3 Dennis Leonard 183
- 4 Mike Flanagan 167
- 5 Dennis Eckersley 162
Saves
SV- 1 Rich Gossage 27
- 2 Dave LaRoche 25
- 3 Don Stanhouse 24
- 4 Mike Marshall 21
- 5 Al Hrabosky 20
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 Ron Guidry 0.95
- 2 Mike Caldwell 1.06
- 3 Fergie Jenkins 1.08
- 4 Larry Gura 1.10
- 5 Jon Matlack 1.12
- 1 Jim Palmer 296.0
- 2 Dennis Leonard 294.2
- 3 Mike Caldwell 293.1
- 4 Mike Flanagan 281.1
- 5 Lary Sorensen 280.2
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.