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1978 MLB AL West standings
The Kansas City Royals won the 1978 MLB AL West division race at 92-70, 5 games ahead of the California Angels.
🏆How the 1978 playoffs went
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AL West standings, 1978
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Kansas City Royals (KC) | 92 | 70 | .568 | - | 6-4 | W1 |
| California Angels (CAL) | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Texas Rangers (TEX) | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 9-1 | W5 |
| Minnesota Twins (MIN) | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 71 | 90 | .441 | 20.5 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Oakland Athletics (OAK) | 69 | 93 | .426 | 23 | 1-9 | L3 |
| Seattle Mariners (SEA) | 56 | 104 | .350 | 35 | 1-9 | L4 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 20 times.
- The Kansas City Royals trailed by as many as 4.5 games on May 5, 1978.
- The Kansas City Royals took first place for good on August 27, 1978.
- The Kansas City Royals won 10 games in a row from July 14, 1978 to July 24, 1978, the longest run of the race.
- The Oakland Athletics led by 4 games as late as May 5, 1978.
- The Kansas City Royals went 18-3 from July 3, 1978 to July 28, 1978, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 86 of the 175 days played.
- Seven teams held first place.
- The Kansas City Royals spent 102 of the season's 181 charted days in first place.