1978 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1978 MLB Season is the 78th Season for Major League Baseball

Expanding to 48 Teams
Major League Baseball added 8 more teams in 1978 with American League expanding to Mexico for the first time as the Mexico City Diablos Rojos will play in the AL South but on a Surprise move the American League added a 3rd team in Chicago, IL to be called the Chicago Hitmen to the AL Central however the AL East added a team in Richmond, VA to be called the Generals and the AL West expanded to Reno, NV and will be called the Silver Sox as for the National League they've added 2 new teams in Canada with the Montreal Expos to the East and the Calgary Wranglers to the West to top it off the NL North expanded to Fargo, ND (Fargo RedHawks) and a Teams from Texas to the NL South as the San Antonio Missions joined in.

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (107-49), New York Yankees (97-59), Baltimore Orioles (88-68), Toronto Blue Jays (85-71), London Redcoats (67-89), Philadelphia Patriots (65-91)

AL North: Detroit Tigers (107-49), Chicago White Sox (99-57), Kansas City Royals (94-62), Colorado Rockies (71-85), Minnesota Twins (69-87), Des Moines Bruins (58-98)

AL South: New Orleans Browns (97-59), Nashville Sounds (74-82), Tampa Bay Rays (73-83), Dallas Rangers (63-93), Houston Astros (60-96), Oklahoma City 89ers (60-96)

AL West: San Francisco Athletics (92-64), Los Angeles Angels (89-67), Seattle Mariners (77-79), Vancouver Whalers (66-90), Portland Beavers (64-92)

NL East: Brooklyn Dodgers (92-64), New York Giants (88-68), Washington Nationals (79-77), Barcelona Bulls (71-85), Quebec City Capitales (64-92), Montreal Expos (54-102)

NL North: Philadelphia Phillies (110-46), Pittsburgh Pirates (98-58), Cincinnati Reds (87-69), Cleveland Buckeyes (70-86), Richmond Rebels (68-88), Miami Marlins (56-100)

NL Midwest: Chicago Cubs (94-62), St. Louis Cardinals (91-65), Milwaukee Brewers (87-69), Indianapolis Racers (75-81), San Antonio Missions (55-101), Louisville Colonels (53-103)

NL West: Atlanta Braves (106-50), San Diego Padres (95-61), Los Angeles Blues (85-71), Las Vegas Stars (70-86), Oakland Oaks (64-92), Tokyo Thunder (60-96)

ALDS: Boston def. San Francisco 4-3, New Orleans def. Detroit 4-1

NLDS: Philadelphia def. Brooklyn 4-1, Chicago def. Atlanta 4-2

ALCS: New Orleans def. Boston 4-2

NLCS: Philadelphia def. Chicago 4-1

World Series: New Orleans def. Philadelphia 4-1

League Leaders
Batting Average - Jim Rice (Boston) .373

Home Runs - Rooberto Narvaez (Detroit) 42

RBI - Greg Wells (Toronto) 138

Stolen Bases - Bob Dernier (Montreal) 45

ERA - John Montague (Quebec City) 2.03

Wins - Lorenzo Ghedina (San Francisco) 23

Strikeouts - Jim Strickland (Nashville) 277