1978 American League Championship Series
| 1978 American League Championship Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 3 – 7 | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Lou DiMuro, Rich Garcia, Ron Luciano, Bill Kunkel, Dave Phillips, Terry Cooney | ||||||||||||
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| Television | ABC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Jim Palmer | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Ned Martin | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (3) | Bob Lemon | 100–63, .613, GA: 1 | |
| Kansas City Royals (1) | Whitey Herzog | 92–70, .568, GA: 5 |
The 1978 American League Championship Series was held between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals for the third consecutive year.
The Royals won 92 games that year and won the Western Division title by five games over the Texas Rangers. The Yankees overcame a midseason deficit of fourteen games and went on to win a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox to win the Eastern crown and finish with 100 wins.
Unlike the prior two ALCS which went five games, this one only took the Yankees four games to wrap up, and the Yankees went on to represent the American League in the 1978 World Series. Notable performers in this series included Reggie Jackson, who hit two home runs, and Chris Chambliss, who had six base hits in fifteen at bats. George Brett and Amos Otis were the hitting stars for the Royals.
New York won the series, 3–1.
Tuesday, October 3, 1978, at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
Prior to the start of this game, both teams had to deal with bad news. Ron Guidry, he of the incredible 25–3 Cy Young Award-winning season, would be unavailable to start until Game 4, if played, at least. Guidry pitched the AL East division tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox and was starting to have arm trouble. Also, second baseman Willie Randolph would miss the entire postseason with a hamstring injury and be replaced by a platoon of Fred Stanley and Brian Doyle. For the Royals, star George Brett was suffering from a bout of hemorrhoids.
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