This article is about the 1978 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1978 in baseball.
Sports season
1978 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 5 – October 17, 1978
Number of games
162
Number of teams
26
TV partner(s)
ABC, NBC
Draft
Top draft pick
Bob Horner
Picked by
Atlanta Braves
Regular season
Season MVP
AL: Jim Rice (BOS) NL: Dave Parker (PIT)
Postseason
AL champions
New York Yankees
AL runners-up
Kansas City Royals
NL champions
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL runners-up
Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions
New York Yankees
Runners-up
Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series MVP
Bucky Dent (NYY)
MLB seasons
← 1977
1979 →
In the 1978 Major League Baseball season, the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their second consecutive World Series, and 22nd overall, in a rematch of the prior season's Fall Classic. The Yankees overcame clubhouse turmoil, a mid-season managerial change, and a 14-game mid-July deficit in the American League East en route to the championship. All four teams that made the playoffs in 1977 returned for this postseason; none of the four returned to the postseason in 1979.
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