1978 American League Outfield

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Jim Rice

AL Cy Young: Ron Guidry

AL Rookie of the Year: Lou Whitaker

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Team Fielding - OF

Team Fielding - OF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof
Baltimore Orioles	10	3.93	161	483	299	4287.0	1123	1072	26	25	5	.978	-21	-6	-12	-9
Boston Red Sox	9	4.03	163	489	464	4418.0	1221	1154	49	18	8	.985	10	3	2	8
California Angels	7	4.11	162	486	432	4367.0	1237	1195	26	16	8	.987	-10	-3	-9	-1
Chicago White Sox	12	4.54	161	483	386	4228.0	1208	1141	36	31	8	.974	6	2	7	-1
Cleveland Indians	10	4.36	159	477	389	4222.0	1175	1116	38	21	11	.982	-11	-3	-4	-7
Detroit Tigers	7	4.03	162	486	441	4367.0	1164	1107	30	27	11	.977	-17	-5	-6	-11
Kansas City Royals	10	3.91	162	486	352	4317.0	1296	1229	39	28	9	.978	47	13	31	16
Milwaukee Brewers	8	4.01	162	486	446	4308.0	1171	1108	40	23	8	.980	-6	-2	-13	7
Minnesota Twins	10	4.19	162	486	393	4379.0	1217	1147	33	37	6	.970	-9	-2	-3	-6
New York Yankees	8	3.57	163	489	404	4382.0	1237	1188	25	24	5	.981	9	2	17	-8
Oakland Athletics	13	4.26	162	486	349	4300.0	1289	1238	24	27	7	.979	-8	-2	-3	-5
Seattle Mariners	8	5.21	160	480	415	4258.0	1236	1183	32	21	8	.983	-11	-3	-8	-3
Texas Rangers	10	3.90	162	486	434	4369.0	1124	1060	39	25	8	.978	-7	-2	-15	8
Toronto Blue Jays	10	4.81	161	483	434	4288.0	1281	1202	48	31	13	.976	10	3	-3	13
League Average	9	4.20	162	485	403	4321	1213	1153	35	25	8	.979	-1	0	-1	0
	126	4.20	2262	6786	5638	60490.0	16979	16140	485	354	115	.979	-18	0	-19	1

Player Fielding - OF

Player Fielding - OF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
1	Glenn Adams	30	MIN	5	0	0	7.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	86	1	0	6.43	1.00
2	Gary Alexander	25	OAK	6	6	3	40.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	1	36	1	0	3.60	2.67
3	Dell Alston	25	OAK	50	43	29	362.2	90	86	0	4	0	.956	-4	-13	0	-4	2.13	1.72
4	Mike Anderson	27	BAL	47	4	2	109.2	26	25	0	1	0	.962	1	5	-1	1	2.05	0.53
5	Tony Armas	24	OAK	85	62	52	601.1	219	214	3	2	0	.991	13	26	13	0	3.25	2.55
6	Doug Ault	28	TOR	8	5	2	43.0	14	12	0	2	0	.857	0	6	0	0	2.51	1.71
7	Bob Bailey	35	BOS	1	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	-120	0	0	6.00	2.00
8	Bob Bailor	26	TOR	125	123	113	1086.1	330	303	15	12	7	.964	5	5	-1	6	2.63	2.54
9	Alan Bannister	26	CHW	15	9	2	77.0	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	1	14	1	0	2.57	1.47
10	Don Baylor	29	CAL	39	39	29	327.0	78	76	0	2	0	.974	-7	-27	-4	-3	2.09	1.95
11	Juan Beníquez	28	TEX	126	124	116	1097.2	326	309	8	9	1	.972	-10	-11	-7	-3	2.60	2.52
12	Paul Blair	34	NYY	64	20	17	307.2	90	87	2	1	1	.989	0	0	0	0	2.60	1.39
13	Bruce Bochte	27	SEA	91	88	75	787.1	182	172	7	3	2	.984	-5	-7	-7	2	2.05	1.97
14	Bobby Bonds	32	TOT	133	133	118	1157.0	278	253	16	9	6	.968	6	7	-4	10	2.09	2.02
15	Bobby Bonds	32	CHW	22	22	20	185.2	45	40	3	2	1	.956	1	8	-2	3	2.08	1.95
16	Bobby Bonds	32	TEX	111	111	98	971.1	233	213	13	7	5	.970	5	6	-2	7	2.09	2.04
17	Rick Bosetti	24	TOR	135	135	132	1187.2	440	417	17	6	1	.986	12	12	5	7	3.29	3.21
18	Thad Bosley	21	CHW	64	55	47	478.0	162	155	3	4	0	.975	4	11	5	-1	2.97	2.47
19	Lyman Bostock	27	CAL	146	143	133	1273.2	377	366	7	4	2	.989	-1	-1	3	-4	2.64	2.55
20	Sam Bowen	25	BOS	4	2	2	23.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-47	-1	0	0.78	0.50
21	Steve Braun	30	TOT	37	30	9	227.1	60	57	1	2	0	.967	1	6	2	-1	2.30	1.57
22	Steve Braun	30	SEA	4	3	2	24.2	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	5	0	0	1.82	1.25
23	Steve Braun	30	KCR	33	27	7	202.2	55	52	1	2	0	.964	1	6	2	-1	2.35	1.61
24	Dan Briggs	25	CLE	15	15	14	130.0	39	38	1	0	1	1.000	3	31	2	1	2.70	2.60
25	Mark Budaska	25	OAK	2	1	0	10.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0	-48	0	0	0.90	0.50
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
26	Al Bumbry	31	BAL	28	28	23	242.0	65	62	2	1	0	.985	-3	-14	-3	0	2.38	2.29
27	Glenn Burke	25	OAK	67	53	45	484.0	155	152	1	2	0	.987	-1	-2	-4	3	2.85	2.28
28	Bernie Carbo	30	TOT	13	10	5	86.0	27	27	0	0	0	1.000	3	43	3	0	2.83	2.08
29	Bernie Carbo	30	BOS	9	7	5	68.0	26	26	0	0	0	1.000	4	64	4	0	3.44	2.89
30	Bernie Carbo	30	CLE	4	3	0	18.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-33	-1	0	0.50	0.25
31	Rod Carew	32	MIN	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	-360	0	0	0.00	0.00
32	Rich Chiles	28	MIN	61	53	27	434.2	115	108	3	4	0	.965	0	1	1	-1	2.30	1.82
33	Tim Corcoran	25	DET	109	87	75	807.2	195	186	6	3	4	.985	4	5	2	2	2.14	1.76
34	Al Cowens	26	KCR	127	123	108	1077.2	288	275	10	3	5	.990	8	9	4	4	2.38	2.24
35	Ted Cox	23	CLE	38	33	16	248.2	49	45	3	1	1	.980	-6	-28	-4	-2	1.74	1.26
36	Terry Crowley	31	BAL	2	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	6.00	1.00
37	Henry Cruz	26	CHW	40	16	13	196.0	59	55	4	0	2	1.000	1	6	0	1	2.71	1.48
38	Paul Dade	26	CLE	81	74	62	636.0	184	171	6	7	2	.962	-2	-3	2	-3	2.50	2.19
39	Dick Davis	24	MIL	28	22	18	198.2	56	54	2	0	0	1.000	-2	-11	-1	-1	2.54	2.00
40	Miguel Diloné	23	OAK	99	71	47	648.1	201	195	3	3	1	.985	2	3	4	-2	2.75	2.00
41	Mike Dimmel	23	BAL	7	0	0	9.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	0	13	0	0	2.00	0.29
42	Dave Edwards	24	MIN	15	13	8	110.0	40	35	3	2	1	.950	3	28	3	0	3.11	2.53
43	Dwight Evans	26	BOS	142	138	131	1237.0	325	305	14	6	2	.982	4	4	0	4	2.32	2.25
44	Sam Ewing	29	TOR	3	2	1	14.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	-34	0	0	2.57	1.33
45	Carlton Fisk	30	BOS	1	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	-80	0	0	1.50	1.00
46	Dan Ford	26	MIN	149	147	144	1319.2	391	376	6	9	2	.977	-19	-17	-15	-4	2.61	2.56
47	Ralph Garr	32	CHW	109	106	77	881.0	219	205	5	9	2	.959	-4	-5	-3	-1	2.15	1.93
48	Johnny Grubb	29	TOT	123	106	96	970.0	235	213	16	6	5	.974	-3	-3	-6	3	2.12	1.86
49	Johnny Grubb	29	CLE	110	100	90	904.0	219	199	14	6	4	.973	-4	-5	-6	2	2.12	1.94
50	Johnny Grubb	29	TEX	13	6	6	66.0	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	1	25	0	1	2.18	1.23
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
51	John Hale	24	SEA	98	63	52	591.2	163	160	1	2	0	.988	1	3	3	-2	2.45	1.64
52	Garry Hancock	24	BOS	19	9	8	100.1	32	29	3	0	1	1.000	0	-5	0	0	2.87	1.68
53	Larry Harlow	26	BAL	139	115	103	1037.1	327	313	7	7	2	.979	-5	-5	-3	-2	2.78	2.32
54	Larry Hisle	31	MIL	87	87	80	756.0	182	172	6	4	2	.978	-1	-1	-4	3	2.12	2.05
55	Willie Horton	35	OAK	1	0	0	3.2	3	1	0	2	0	.333	-1	-262	-1	0	2.45	1.00
56	Roy Howell	24	TOR	5	5	4	41.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-38	0	-1	1.54	1.40
57	Clint Hurdle	20	KCR	78	68	42	584.1	143	132	5	6	1	.958	1	1	-2	3	2.11	1.76
58	Tom Hutton	32	TOR	55	48	31	394.0	87	85	2	0	0	1.000	-2	-6	-3	1	1.99	1.58
59	Reggie Jackson	32	NYY	104	104	95	911.1	221	212	6	3	1	.986	-3	-4	-1	-2	2.15	2.10
60	Ron Jackson	25	CAL	1	1	1	9.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0	-53	0	0	1.00	1.00
61	Jay Johnstone	32	NYY	22	12	7	118.0	31	31	0	0	0	1.000	1	9	1	0	2.36	1.41
62	Ruppert Jones	23	SEA	128	128	127	1131.0	409	393	10	6	2	.985	-4	-5	-2	-2	3.21	3.15
63	Mike Jorgensen	29	TEX	9	3	2	43.2	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	3	71	3	0	3.71	2.00
64	Pat Kelly	33	BAL	80	74	44	613.2	130	123	3	4	1	.969	-7	-14	-5	-2	1.85	1.58
65	Steve Kemp	23	DET	157	156	154	1395.0	344	325	11	8	2	.977	-5	-4	-1	-4	2.17	2.14
66	Craig Kusick	29	MIN	9	7	5	58.2	16	15	0	1	0	.938	-1	-10	-1	0	2.30	1.67
67	Joe Lahoud	31	KCR	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-120	0		0.00	0.00
68	Ken Landreaux	23	CAL	83	57	43	560.2	146	138	6	2	0	.986	-2	-3	-4	2	2.31	1.73
69	Ron LeFlore	30	DET	155	155	151	1388.2	460	440	9	11	4	.976	-10	-9	-2	-8	2.91	2.90
70	Chet Lemon	23	CHW	95	94	80	778.2	297	284	8	5	2	.983	13	20	12	1	3.38	3.07
71	Sixto Lezcano	24	MIL	127	124	114	1080.0	286	262	18	6	5	.979	4	4	-1	5	2.33	2.20
72	Carlos López	29	BAL	114	48	25	529.2	160	151	7	2	2	.988	1	2	-1	2	2.68	1.39
73	John Lowenstein	31	TEX	16	6	4	76.1	14	12	1	1	0	.929	-2	-38	-1	-1	1.53	0.81
74	Fred Lynn	26	BOS	149	148	145	1336.1	426	408	11	7	2	.984	-3	-3	-3	0	2.82	2.81
75	Rick Manning	23	CLE	144	139	128	1225.0	386	377	7	2	1	.995	-5	-5	-2	-3	2.82	2.67
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
76	Dave May	34	MIL	16	14	8	115.0	36	32	2	2	1	.944	2	16	1	1	2.66	2.13
77	Hal McRae	32	KCR	3	3	1	23.0	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-26	-1	0	1.57	1.33
78	Dan Meyer	25	SEA	2	1	1	11.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	44	0	0	2.45	1.50
79	Rick Miller	30	CAL	129	120	117	1105.2	366	353	9	4	5	.989	2	2	2	0	2.95	2.81
80	Bob Molinaro	28	CHW	62	46	35	415.2	90	88	2	0	0	1.000	-5	-14	-3	-2	1.95	1.45
81	Junior Moore	25	CHW	5	3	3	28.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	0	-9	0	0	2.89	1.80
82	Andrés Mora	23	BAL	69	62	39	527.2	136	129	4	3	0	.978	5	11	5	0	2.27	1.93
83	José Morales	33	MIN	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-60	0	0	0.00	0.00
84	Thurman Munson	31	NYY	13	13	12	118.0	33	32	0	1	0	.970	0	3	1	-1	2.44	2.46
85	Dwayne Murphy	23	OAK	45	7	5	149.0	50	49	1	0	1	1.000	0	-2	0	0	3.02	1.11
86	Larry Murray	25	OAK	6	2	2	28.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1.93	1.00
87	Wayne Nordhagen	29	CHW	36	29	19	247.1	51	46	2	3	1	.941	-5	-24	-4	-1	1.75	1.33
88	Jim Norris	29	CLE	78	66	47	580.2	161	153	6	2	2	.988	2	4	2	0	2.46	2.04
89	Bill North	30	OAK	17	13	11	113.0	32	31	1	0	0	1.000	2	17	1	1	2.55	1.88
90	Willie Norwood	27	MIN	115	106	89	946.0	248	227	7	14	1	.944	-3	-3	-2	-1	2.23	2.03
91	Ben Oglivie	29	MIL	89	84	78	741.1	196	187	5	4	0	.980	3	4	4	-1	2.33	2.16
92	Al Oliver	31	TEX	107	107	99	935.0	230	219	8	3	1	.987	3	4	-1	4	2.19	2.12
93	Amos Otis	31	KCR	136	133	119	1151.2	393	382	9	2	1	.995	16	17	9	7	3.06	2.88
94	Tom Paciorek	31	SEA	54	51	36	434.0	100	95	3	2	0	.980	-8	-22	-8	0	2.03	1.81
95	Mitchell Page	26	OAK	114	113	65	865.0	221	211	4	6	0	.973	-12	-16	-7	-5	2.24	1.89
96	Lou Piniella	34	NYY	103	101	87	878.1	224	213	4	7	0	.969	2	3	3	-1	2.22	2.11
97	Tom Poquette	26	KCR	63	54	22	423.0	156	144	5	7	0	.955	14	40	11	3	3.17	2.37
98	Hosken Powell	23	MIN	117	99	81	896.2	232	219	9	4	2	.983	2	3	2	0	2.29	1.95
99	Ron Pruitt	26	CLE	16	13	7	108.0	30	29	0	1	0	.967	-1	-12	0	-1	2.42	1.81
100	Merv Rettenmund	35	CAL	23	17	11	144.0	31	30	0	1	0	.968	-4	-36	-3	-1	1.88	1.36
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
101	Jim Rice	25	BOS	114	114	111	1029.1	261	245	13	3	1	.989	8	10	4	4	2.26	2.26
102	Bombo Rivera	25	MIN	94	61	39	604.0	170	162	5	3	0	.982	7	15	7	0	2.49	1.78
103	Mickey Rivers	29	NYY	138	135	105	1134.2	400	384	8	8	2	.980	11	11	14	-3	3.11	2.84
104	Leon Roberts	27	SEA	128	122	112	1073.1	314	296	10	8	4	.975	1	1	2	-1	2.57	2.39
105	Gary Roenicke	23	BAL	20	14	8	127.0	23	22	1	0	0	1.000	-4	-40	-2	-2	1.63	1.15
106	Joe Rudi	31	CAL	111	109	98	947.0	237	231	4	2	1	.992	3	4	-2	5	2.23	2.12
107	Billy Sample	23	TEX	2	1	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-140	-1	0	0.00	0.00
108	Luis Silverio	21	KCR	6	3	2	29.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	0	4	0	0	1.55	0.83
109	Ken Singleton	31	BAL	140	138	55	1088.0	251	244	1	6	0	.976	-8	-9	-2	-6	2.03	1.75
110	Horace Speed	26	CLE	61	27	21	318.2	88	85	1	2	0	.977	1	5	1	0	2.43	1.41
111	Tom Spencer	27	CHW	27	15	13	152.2	54	52	2	0	0	1.000	1	9	0	1	3.18	2.00
112	Charlie Spikes	27	DET	9	9	4	63.0	11	9	1	1	1	.909	0	-2	-1	1	1.43	1.11
113	Mickey Stanley	35	DET	34	25	21	232.0	50	47	1	2	0	.960	-3	-16	-2	-1	1.86	1.41
114	Leroy Stanton	32	SEA	30	24	10	205.0	60	59	1	0	0	1.000	4	22	4	0	2.63	2.00
115	Dave Stegman	24	DET	7	5	3	42.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2.36	1.57
116	Gorman Thomas	27	MIL	137	130	129	1173.0	356	345	5	6	0	.983	-9	-9	-9	0	2.69	2.55
117	Gary Thomasson	26	TOT	93	75	54	671.0	204	190	8	6	1	.971	3	5	3	0	2.66	2.11
118	Gary Thomasson	26	OAK	44	42	32	369.0	96	89	4	3	0	.969	-1	-2	0	-1	2.27	2.11
119	Gary Thomasson	26	NYY	49	33	22	302.0	108	101	4	3	1	.972	4	14	3	1	3.13	2.10
120	Bobby Thompson	24	TEX	52	32	27	329.2	112	109	1	2	0	.982	2	9	2	0	3.00	2.12
121	Rusty Torres	29	CHW	14	11	8	105.0	28	27	0	1	0	.964	1	8	2	-1	2.31	1.93
122	Willie Upshaw	21	TOR	52	43	38	390.0	88	81	2	5	1	.943	-6	-18	-4	-2	1.92	1.60
123	Mike Vail	26	CLE	9	7	4	53.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0	9	1	-1	3.06	2.00
124	Otto Vélez	27	TOR	74	58	53	562.0	163	150	10	3	4	.982	5	12	3	2	2.56	2.16
125	Joe Wallis	26	OAK	80	73	58	626.0	198	187	7	4	5	.980	-7	-13	-10	3	2.79	2.43
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
126	Claudell Washington	23	TOT	89	84	74	746.2	184	170	6	8	0	.957	-5	-8	-3	-2	2.12	1.98
127	Claudell Washington	23	TEX	7	7	5	63.2	12	11	0	1	0	.917	-3	-53	-2	-1	1.55	1.57
128	Claudell Washington	23	CHW	82	77	69	683.0	172	159	6	7	0	.959	-2	-4	-1	-1	2.17	2.01
129	Roy White	34	NYY	74	71	59	612.0	130	128	1	1	0	.992	-6	-12	-4	-2	1.90	1.74
130	Willie Wilson	22	KCR	112	45	32	541.1	181	171	6	4	2	.978	10	22	9	1	2.94	1.58
131	John Wockenfuss	29	DET	60	49	33	438.2	93	89	2	2	0	.978	-2	-5	-1	-1	1.87	1.52
132	Jim Wohlford	27	MIL	35	25	19	239.0	55	52	2	1	0	.982	-3	-14	-3	0	2.03	1.54
133	Al Woods	24	TOR	60	59	56	528.0	136	131	2	3	0	.978	-2	-4	-2	0	2.27	2.22
134	Gary Woods	24	TOR	6	5	4	42.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-17	-1	0	2.57	2.00
135	Carl Yastrzemski	38	BOS	71	70	62	615.0	146	136	8	2	2	.986	-1	-1	-1	0	2.11	2.03
136	Jeff Yurak	24	MIL	1	0	0	5.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	72	0	0	7.20	4.00
137	Joe Zdeb	25	KCR	52	30	19	283.1	70	65	2	3	0	.957	-3	-11	-2	-1	2.13	1.29
138	Richie Zisk	29	TEX	90	89	77	779.2	163	155	6	2	0	.988	-5	-8	-6	1	1.86	1.79