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1978 AL Championship Series (3-1): New York Yankees (100-63) over Kansas City Royals (92-70)

 1977 ALCS /  1979 ALCS

WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1978 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  1    0  2  0    0  3  0     7 16  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  2  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Beattie, Clay (6)
              KCR - Leonard, Mingori (5), Hrabosky (8), Bird (9)

               WP - Jim Beattie
	       LP - Dennis Leonard
             SAVE - Ken Clay

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,143

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1978 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  2  0     4 12  1
    Kansas City Royals           1  4  0    0  0  0    3  2  x    10 16  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Figueroa, Tidrow (2), Lyle (7)
              KCR - Gura, Pattin (7), Hrabosky (8)

               WP - Larry Gura
	       LP - Ed Figueroa
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              KCR - Patek

  ATTENDANCE: 41,158

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1978 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           1  0  1    0  1  0    0  2  0     5 10  1
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    2  0  1    0  2  x     6 10  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Splittorff, Bird (8), Hrabosky (8)
              NYY - Hunter, Gossage (7)

               WP - Rich Gossage
	       LP - Doug Bird
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Brett (3)
              NYY - Jackson, Munson

  ATTENDANCE: 55,445

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1978 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Leonard
              NYY - Guidry, Gossage (9)

               WP - Ron Guidry
	       LP - Dennis Leonard
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              NYY - Nettles, White

  ATTENDANCE: 56,356

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jim Beattie         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Paul Blair          4   6  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 125  22  2  .176  .495   1
*Chris Chambliss     4  15  1  6  0  0  0   2  0  4  .400  .400  .400  0 | 625 171 12  .274  .703   2
 Ken Clay            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bucky Dent          4  15  0  3  0  0  0   4  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 | 379  92  5  .243  .603   3
*Brian Doyle         3   7  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  .286  .375  .286  0 |  52  10  0  .192  .384   0
 Ed Figueroa         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rich Gossage        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Ron Guidry          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Catfish Hunter      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Reggie Jackson      4  13  5  6  1  0  2   6  3  4  .462  .529 1.000  0 | 511 140 27  .274  .833  14
 Cliff Johnson       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 174  32  6  .184  .658   0
*Sparky Lyle         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Thurman Munson      4  18  2  5  1  0  1   2  0  0  .278  .278  .500  0 | 617 183  6  .297  .705   2
*Graig Nettles       4  15  3  5  0  1  1   2  0  1  .333  .333  .667  0 | 587 162 27  .276  .803   1
 Lou Piniella        4  17  2  4  0  0  0   0  0  3  .235  .235  .235  0 | 472 148  6  .314  .806   3
*Mickey Rivers       4  11  0  5  0  0  0   0  2  0  .455  .538  .455  0 | 559 148 11  .265  .699  25
 Fred Stanley        2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 160  35  1  .219  .605   0
*Gary Thomasson      3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+270  63  8  .233  .671   4
 Dick Tidrow         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Roy White           4  16  5  5  1  0  1   1  1  2  .313  .353  .563  0 | 346  93  8  .269  .742  10
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 140 19 42  3  1  5  18  7 18  .300  .331  .443  0 |        125  .267  .716  98

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Doug Bird           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Steve Braun         2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .167  .000  0 |+211  53  3  .251  .730   4
*George Brett        4  18  7  7  1  1  3   3  0  1  .389  .389 1.056  0 | 510 150  9  .294  .809  23
 Al Cowens           4  15  2  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  .133  .133  .133  0 | 485 133  5  .274  .707  14
#Larry Gura          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Al Hrabosky         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Clint Hurdle        4   8  1  3  0  1  0   1  2  3  .375  .500  .625  0 | 417 110  7  .264  .746   1
*Pete LaCock         4  11  1  4  2  1  0   1  3  1  .364  .500  .727  1 | 322  95  5  .295  .754   1
 Dennis Leonard      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Hal McRae           4  14  0  3  0  0  0   2  2  2  .214  .294  .214  1 | 623 170 16  .273  .758  17
*Steve Mingori       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Amos Otis           4  14  2  6  2  0  0   1  3  5  .429  .529  .571  4 | 486 145 22  .298  .905  32
 Freddie Patek       4  13  2  1  0  0  1   2  1  4  .077  .143  .308  0 | 440 109  2  .248  .630  38
 Marty Pattin        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tom Poquette        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 204  44  4  .216  .597   2
*Darrell Porter      4  14  1  5  1  0  0   3  2  0  .357  .412  .429  0 | 520 138 18  .265  .802   0
*Paul Splittorff     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 John Wathan         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 190  57  2  .300  .715   2
 Frank White         4  13  1  3  0  0  0   2  0  0  .231  .231  .231  0 | 461 127  7  .275  .716  13
#Willie Wilson       3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .250  .250  .250  0 | 198  43  0  .217  .558  46
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 133 17 35  6  3  4  16 14 21  .263  .329  .444  6 |         98  .268  .729 216

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Ron Guidry          1   1.12 1-0  0  0  8.0  7  1  1  7 | 25-3  274  1.74  0.95 248   
 Catfish Hunter      1   4.50 0-0  0  0  6.0  7  3  3  5 | 12-6  118  3.58  1.13  56   
 Dick Tidrow         1   4.76 0-0  0  0  5.7  8  3  2  1 |  7-11 185  3.84  1.32  73   
 Jim Beattie         1   1.69 1-0  0  0  5.3  2  1  5  3 |  6-9  128  3.73  1.36  65   
 Rich Gossage        2   4.50 1-0  1  0  4.0  3  2  0  3 | 10-11 134  2.01  1.09 122 27
 Ken Clay            1   0.00 0-0  1  0  3.7  0  0  3  2 |  3-4   76  4.28  1.45  32   
*Sparky Lyle         1  13.50 0-0  0  0  1.3  3  2  0  0 |  9-3  112  3.47  1.33  33  9
 Ed Figueroa         1  27.00 0-1  0  0  1.0  5  3  0  0 | 20-9  253  2.99  1.23  92   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.86 3-1  2  0 35.0 35 15 14 21 |            3.18 1.230   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dennis Leonard      2   3.75 0-2  0  1 12.0 13  5  2 11 | 21-17 295  3.33  1.23 183   
*Paul Splittorff     1   4.91 0-0  0  0  7.3  9  4  0  2 | 19-13 262  3.40  1.16  76   
*Larry Gura          1   2.84 1-0  0  0  6.3  8  2  2  2 | 16-4  222  2.72  1.10  81   
*Steve Mingori       1   7.36 0-0  0  0  3.7  5  3  3  0 |  1-4   69  2.74  1.16  28  7
*Al Hrabosky         3   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  1  0  2 |  8-7   75  2.88  1.16  60 20
 Doug Bird           2   9.00 0-1  0  0  1.0  2  1  0  1 |  6-6   99  5.29  1.43  48  1
 Marty Pattin        1  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  2  2  0  0 |  3-3   79  3.32  1.23  30  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.76 1-3  0  1 34.0 42 18  7 18 |            3.44 1.270   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI

 1977 ALCS /  1979 ALCS

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