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1978 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1978 Baltimore Orioles season was the 78th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 25th in Baltimore, and the 25th at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 90 wins and 71 losses.

1978 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record90–71 (.559)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJerold Hoffberger
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWJZ-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Brooks Robinson)[1]
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell)
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10063 .613 — 55‍–‍26 45‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9964 .607 1 59‍–‍23 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 9369 .574 6½ 54‍–‍27 39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 9071 .559 9 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 8676 .531 13½ 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 6990 .434 29 42‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays 59102 .366 40 37‍–‍44 22‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

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1978 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1978 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Legend
Orioles Win
(#bfb)		 Orioles Loss
(#fbb)		 Game postponed
(#bbb)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher
1978 Baltimore Orioles Season Game Log: 90–71 (Home: 51–30; Away: 39–41)
April: 8–11 (Home: 4–5; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
–April 6@ BrewersPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 7
1April 7@ Brewers3–11Augustine (1–0)Flanagan (0–1)47,8240–1L1
2April 8@ Brewers3–16Haas (1–0)D. Martinez (0–1)6,4700–2L2
3April 9@ Brewers5–13Sorensen (1–0)McGregor (0–1)18,5140–3L3
4April 10@ Royals2–4Splittorff (1–0)Briles (0–1)Hrabosky (1)38,1940–4L4
5April 12@ Royals2–5Leonard (1–1)Flanagan (0–2)Mingori (2)17,4490–5L5
6April 14Brewers6–5D. Martinez (1–1)Sorensen (1–1)Stanhouse (1)36,0861–5W1
7April 15Brewers7–0Palmer (1–0)Augustine (2–1)7,5272–5W2
8April 16Brewers7–5Briles (1–1)Haas (2–1)Stanhouse (2)–3–5W3
9April 16Brewers2–9Replogle (1–0)McGregor (0–2)Rodríguez (1)14,9953–6L1
10April 17@ Yankees6–1Flanagan (1–2)Hunter (0–2)15,6744–6W1
11April 18@ Yankees3–4Lyle (1–0)T. Martinez (0–1)15,6284–7L1
12April 21Royals2–1Palmer (2–0)Leonard (2–2)Stanhouse (3)6,2035–7W1
13April 22Royals3–5Splittorff (4–0)Flanagan (1–3)Hrabosky (4)7,2775–8L1
14April 23Royals5–6Gura (2–0)Stoddard (0–1)Pattin (1)13,8335–9L2
15April 24Yankees2–8Guidry (2–0)McGregor (0–3)18,0535–10L3
16April 25Yankees3–4Beattie (1–0)Palmer (2–1)Lyle (2)14,1595–11L4
17April 28@ White Sox6–4D. Martinez (2–1)Torrealba (1–2)Stanhouse (4)25,3956–11W1
18April 29@ White Sox5–2Palmer (3–1)Kravec (1–3)Stanhouse (5)22,2407–11W2
19April 30@ White Sox8–7McGregor (1–3)Torrealba (1–3)17,7868–11W3
May: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
20May 1@ Red Sox6–9Torrez (3–1)Briles (1–2)Stanley (1)18,7108–12L1
21May 2@ Red Sox3–1D. Martinez (3–1)Ripley (0–2)19,9309–12W1
22May 3Rangers1–2Alexander (2–1)Stanhouse (0–1)6,1189–13L1
–May 4RangersPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 15
23May 5Twins2–1Flanagan (2–3)Zahn (2–1)3,89710–13W1
24May 6Twins7–8Thayer (1–1)Stanhouse (0–2)T. Johnson (2)26,87010–14L1
25May 7Twins9–15Scarce (1–1)Palmer (3–2)8,92310–15L2
–May 8White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 1
–May 8White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 2
26May 10Red Sox3–2Flanagan (3–3)Burgmeier (1–1)10,02311–15W1
27May 11Red Sox4–5Lee (5–0)D. Martinez (3–2)Drago (3)14,95011–16L1
28May 12@ Rangers3–9Matlack (3–4)Palmer (3–3)30,80311–17L2
29May 13@ Rangers5–1McGregor (2–3)Umbarger (1–2)32,70012–17W1
30May 14@ Rangers3–2Flinn (1–0)D. Ellis (2–2)Stanhouse (6)16,44013–17W2
31May 15@ Twins6–9 (10)Marshall (1–0)Flinn (1–1)3,84713–18L1
32May 16@ Twins1–8Goltz (1–3)Palmer (3–4)T. Johnson (3)4,89313–19L2
–May 17Blue JaysPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 5
33May 18Blue Jays5–3Flanagan (4–3)Clancy (2–3)4,25514–19W1
34May 19@ Indians5–7Kern (4–1)Stanhouse (0–3)15,56514–20L1
35May 20@ Indians2–1Palmer (4–4)Wise (2–7)Stanhouse (7)11,42615–20W1
36May 21@ Indians3–0McGregor (3–3)Waits (3–3)–16–20W2
37May 21@ Indians2–3Clyde (2–0)Briles (1–3)Kinney (5)23,20616–21L1
38May 23Tigers2–0Flanagan (5–3)Billingham (4–2)4,53617–21W1
39May 24Tigers2–3Hiller (4–1)D. Martinez (3–3)–17–22L1
40May 24Tigers1–0Palmer (5–4)Sykes (3–1)8,19618–22W1
41May 25Tigers2–1McGregor (4–3)Hiller (4–2)5,10919–22W2
42May 26Indians4–3T. Martinez (1–1)Wise (2–8)29,21520–22W3
43May 27Indians2–6Clyde (3–0)Flanagan (5–4)8,92020–23L1
44May 28Indians3–4 (10)Monge (2–0)Stanhouse (0–4)–20–24L2
45May 28Indians3–0Palmer (6–4)Paxton (1–3)18,27621–24W1
46May 29@ Tigers6–3McGregor (5–3)Sykes (3–2)20,53422–24W2
47May 30@ Tigers2–5Baker (1–0)Briles (1–4)Hiller (5)10,53022–25L1
48May 31@ Yankees3–2Flanagan (6–4)Figueroa (5–3)21,40423–25W1
June: 18–10 (Home: 7–2; Away: 11–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
49June 1@ Yankees1–0Palmer (7–4)Beattie (2–1)19,94324–25W2
50June 2@ Mariners10–9D. Martinez (4–3)Colborn (1–3)Stanhouse (8)4,93625–25W3
51June 3@ Mariners2–1McGregor (6–3)Mitchell (2–5)T. Martinez (1)15,00226–25W4
52June 4@ Mariners4–1Flanagan (7–4)Pole (4–6)6,42927–25W5
53June 5@ Angels6–2 (10)Stanhouse (1–4)LaRoche (3–2)13,23128–25W6
54June 6@ Angels8–6D. Martinez (5–3)Ryan (3–6)Stanhouse (9)15,86429–25W7
55June 9@ Athletics5–3Flanagan (8–4)Broberg (6–5)3,32330–25W8
56June 10@ Athletics1–0Palmer (8–4)Renko (1–2)11,42231–25W9
57June 11@ Athletics3–0McGregor (7–3)Morgan (0–1)17,15732–25W10
58June 12Mariners5–4T. Martinez (2–1)Colborn (1–5)Stanhouse (10)13,21233–25W11
59June 13Mariners3–2 (11)Flanagan (9–4)Romo (3–2)7,72934–25W12
60June 14Angels5–2Palmer (9–4)Brett (2–4)21,81535–25W13
61June 15Angels1–5Tanana (10–3)McGregor (7–4)15,00435–26L1
62June 16Athletics6–0D. Martinez (6–3)Langford (1–4)31,94436–26W1
63June 17Athletics5–4Flanagan (10–4)Morgan (0–2)Stanhouse (11)24,61937–26W2
64June 18Athletics2–1Palmer (10–4)Johnson (4–4)T. Martinez (2)17,14338–26W3
65June 20@ Brewers8–5McGregor (8–4)Travers (3–3)22,64039–26W4
66June 21@ Brewers3–5Sorensen (9–4)D. Martinez (6–4)Castro (5)21,73239–27L1
67June 22@ Brewers10–3Flanagan (11–4)Haas (2–3)26,58640–27W1
68June 23@ Red Sox2–5Lee (8–3)Palmer (10–5)34,58240–28L1
69June 24@ Red Sox3–8Tiant (7–0)McGregor (8–5)32,21340–29L2
70June 25@ Red Sox1–4Torrez (11–3)D. Martinez (6–5)33,52640–30L3
71June 26@ Blue Jays10–24Underwood (4–7)Flanagan (11–5)16,18440–31L4
72June 27@ Blue Jays2–6Lemanczyk (2–9)Palmer (10–6)Cruz (2)–40–32L5
73June 27@ Blue Jays8–9Cruz (1–0)Stanhouse (1–5)38,56340–33L6
74June 28@ Blue Jays2–3Clancy (5–7)McGregor (8–6)Murphy (6)28,39240–34L7
75June 29Red Sox3–4Ripley (2–4)D. Martinez (6–6)28,89940–35L8
76June 30Red Sox3–2 (11)Stanhouse (2–5)Tiant (7–1)33,03441–35W1
July: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
77July 1Red Sox3–2 (11)Briles (2–4)Torrez (11–4)38,54242–35W2
–July 2Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 6
78July 3@ Indians0–9Paxton (6–4)McGregor (8–7)9,30242–36L1
79July 4@ Indians6–4D. Martinez (7–6)Clyde (4–4)Stanhouse (12)36,30043–36W1
80July 5Blue Jays3–1Flanagan (12–5)Garvin (2–9)–44–36W2
81July 5Blue Jays8–6Kerrigan (1–0)Murphy (2–7)9,88645–36W3
82July 6Blue Jays0–2Lemanczyk (3–10)Palmer (10–7)Willis (4)14,92645–37L1
83July 7@ Royals1–3Splittorff (10–7)McGregor (8–8)23,31445–38L2
84July 8@ Royals3–11Gale (9–3)D. Martinez (7–7)34,58745–39L3
85July 9@ Royals4–10Leonard (9–11)Flanagan (12–6)24,66245–40L4
ASGJuly 11AL @ NL3–7Sutter (1–0)Gossage (0–1)51,549—N/A
86July 13Twins8–6Flanagan (13–6)Goltz (8–6)T. Martinez (3)8,11946–40W1
87July 14Twins5–1McGregor (9–8)Zahn (8–7)24,19547–40W2
88July 15Rangers8–7T. Martinez (3–1)Barker (1–4)–48–40W3
89July 15Rangers1–11Medich (4–4)Palmer (10–8)22,35348–41L1
90July 16Rangers2–1 (12)Stanhouse (3–5)Cleveland (2–5)11,83949–41W1
91July 17Rangers0–2 (11)Cleveland (3–5)Flanagan (13–7)11,67649–42L1
92July 18Rangers5–1McGregor (10–8)D. Ellis (8–5)10,83250–42W1
93July 19@ White Sox10–3Palmer (11–8)Kravec (7–7)18,68251–42W2
94July 21@ Twins5–4 (10)Stanhouse (4–5)Marshall (4–8)14,70252–42W3
95July 22@ Twins4–5Goltz (9–6)McGregor (10–9)10,06352–43L1
96July 23@ Twins8–5Palmer (12–8)Serum (4–4)Stanhouse (13)30,89653–43W1
97July 24@ Rangers10–6Stanhouse (5–5)Jenkins (9–6)McGregor (1)11,73254–43W2
98July 25@ Rangers7–6Kerrigan (2–0)Alexander (6–7)T. Martinez (4)12,68655–43W3
99July 26@ Tigers6–9Billingham (10–5)Flanagan (13–8)Sykes (1)18,05655–44L1
100July 27@ Tigers7–3McGregor (11–9)Slaton (10–8)22,85656–44W1
101July 28Angels5–4Palmer (13–8)Aase (7–6)Stanhouse (14)14,40757–44W2
102July 29Angels1–2Hartzell (2–6)D. Martinez (7–8)23,50457–45L1
103July 30Angels2–4Frost (3–4)Flanagan (13–9)LaRoche (15)15,35057–46L2
104July 31Brewers6–5 (10)Kerrigan (3–0)Castro (3–3)10,51458–46W1
August: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 2Brewers3–5Caldwell (14–5)Palmer (13–9)Sorensen (1)10,66358–47L1
106August 3Brewers3–2 (10)D. Martinez (8–8)Augustine (10–10)9,65459–47W1
September: 17–11 (Home: 13–5; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
161October 1@ Tigers4–2D. Martinez (16–11)Rozema (9–12)13,94890–71W1

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRick Dempsey146441114.259632
1BEddie Murray161610174.2852795
2BRich Dauer133459121.264646
3BDoug DeCinces142511146.2862880
SSMark Belanger13534874.213016
LFPat Kelly10027475.2741140
CFLarry Harlow147460112.243826
RFKen Singleton149502147.2932081
DHLee May148556137.2462580

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Billy Smith8525065.260530
Andrés Mora7622949.214814
Carlos López12019346.238420
Kiko Garcia7918649.263013
Al Bumbry3311427.23726
Terry Crowley629524.253012
Dave Skaggs368613.15102
Gary Roenicke275815.259315
Mike Anderson53323.09403
Elrod Hendricks13186.33311
Mike Dimmel800----00

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Palmer38296.021122.46138
Mike Flanagan40281.119154.03167
Dennis Martínez40276.116113.52142
Scott McGregor35233.015133.3294
Sammy Stewart211.1113.1811

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nelson Briles1654.1444.6430
Dave Ford215.0100.005

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don Stanhouse5669242.8942
Tippy Martinez423354.8357
Joe Kerrigan263134.7741
John Flinn131108.048
Tim Stoddard80106.0014
Earl Stephenson20002.794
Larry Harlow100067.501
Elrod Hendricks10000.000

Farm system

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Notes

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  1. ↑ 1978 Media Guide (PDF). Baltimore Orioles. p. 48. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Elrod Hendricks". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bryn Smith". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ken Rudolph". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Tony Muser". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  6. ↑ "1978 Baltimore Orioles Roster". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  7. ↑ Connolly, Dan (2015). 100 things Orioles fans should know & do before they die. Chicago: Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5.
  8. ↑ "Cal Ripken Jr". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Bobby Bonner". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mike Boddicker". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.

References

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