1978 MLB Leaders
Who led all of MLB in 1978, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Dave Parker .334
- 2 Rod Carew .333
- 3 Al Oliver .324
- 4 Steve Garvey .316
- 5 Jose Cruz .315
Home Runs
HR- 1 Jim Rice 46
- 2 George Foster 40
- 3 Greg Luzinski 35
- 4 Don Baylor 34
- 4 Larry Hisle 34
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Jim Rice 139
- 2 Rusty Staub 121
- 3 George Foster 120
- 4 Dave Parker 117
- 5 Larry Hisle 115
Hits
H- 1 Jim Rice 213
- 2 Steve Garvey 202
- 3 Pete Rose 198
- 3 Ron LeFlore 198
- 5 Enos Cabell 195
Runs
R- 1 Ron LeFlore 126
- 2 Jim Rice 121
- 3 Ivan de Jesus 104
- 4 Pete Rose 103
- 4 Don Baylor 103
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Omar Moreno 71
- 2 Ron LeFlore 68
- 3 Julio Cruz 59
- 4 Bump Wills 52
- 5 Miguel Dilone 50
- 1 Dave Parker .979
- 2 Jim Rice .970
- 3 Jeff Burroughs .961
- 4 Reggie Smith .942
- 5 Greg Luzinski .914
Pitching
- 1 Ron Guidry 1.74
- 2 Jon Matlack 2.27
- 3 Mike Caldwell 2.36
- 4 Craig Swan 2.43
- 5 Jim Palmer 2.46
Wins
W- 1 Ron Guidry 25
- 2 Mike Caldwell 22
- 3 Dennis Leonard 21
- 3 Jim Palmer 21
- 3 Gaylord Perry 21
Strikeouts
SO- 1 J. R. Richard 303
- 2 Nolan Ryan 260
- 3 Phil Niekro 248
- 3 Ron Guidry 248
- 5 Tom Seaver 226
Saves
SV- 1 Rollie Fingers 37
- 2 Kent Tekulve 31
- 3 Doug Bair 28
- 4 Bruce Sutter 27
- 4 Rich Gossage 27
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 Ron Guidry 0.95
- 2 Ed Halicki 1.06
- 3 Mike Caldwell 1.06
- 4 Craig Swan 1.07
- 5 Fergie Jenkins 1.08
- 1 Phil Niekro 334.1
- 2 Jim Palmer 296.0
- 3 Dennis Leonard 294.2
- 4 Mike Caldwell 293.1
- 5 Mike Flanagan 281.1
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.