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Champions

Major League Baseball

World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3); Pete Rose, MVP

All-Star Game, July 15 at County Stadium : National League, 6-3; Bill Madlock and Jon Matlack, MVPs

Other champions

Caribbean World Series: Vaqueros de Bayamón (Puerto Rico)
College World Series: Texas
Japan Series: Hankyu Braves over Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4-0-1)
Little League World Series: Lakewood, New Jersey

Awards and honors

Most Valuable Player
- Fred Lynn (AL)
- Joe Morgan (NL)
Cy Young Award
- Jim Palmer (AL)
- Tom Seaver (NL)
Rookie of the Year
- Fred Lynn (AL)
- John Montefusco (NL)

Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Rod Carew MIN	.359	Bill Madlock CHC	.354
HR	Reggie Jackson OAK & George Scott MLW	36	Mike Schmidt PHI	38
RBIs	George Scott MLW	109	Greg Luzinski PHI	120
Wins	Catfish Hunter NYY & Jim Palmer BAL	23	Tom Seaver NYM	22
ERA	Jim Palmer BAL	2.09	Randy Jones SDP	2.25
Ks	Frank Tanana CAL	269	Tom Seaver NYM	243

Major League Baseball final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

East Division

Boston Red Sox	95	65	.594	--
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	.566	4.5
New York Yankees	83	77	.519	12
Cleveland Indians	79	80	.497	15.5
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	28
Detroit Tigers	57	102	.358	37.5

West Division
Oakland Athletics	98	64	.605	--
Kansas City Royals	91	71	.562	7
Texas Rangers	79	83	.488	19
Minnesota Twins	76	83	.478	20.5
Chicago White Sox	75	86	.466	22.5
California Angels	72	89	.447	25.5

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

East Division

Pittsburgh Pirates	92	69	.571	--
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	6.5
New York Mets	82	80	.506	10.5
St. Louis Cardinals	82	80	.506	10.5
Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	17.5
Montreal Expos	75	87	.463	17.5

West Division
Cincinnati Reds	108	54	.667	--
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	20
San Francisco Giants	80	81	.497	27.5
San Diego Padres	71	91	.438	37
Atlanta Braves	67	94	.416	40.5
Houston Astros	64	97	.398	43.5

Events

January-March

January 23 - Ralph Kiner is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He earns his HoF membership by a single vote.

February 3 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill and Bucky Harris are selected for the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

February 10 - The Special Committee on the Negro Leagues picks Judy Johnson for the Hall of Fame.

March 21 - Georgia Tech shuts out Earlham, 41–0, setting a NCAA record for scoring and for winning margin.

April-June

May 1 - Hank Aaron goes 4-for-4, driving in two runs in the Milwaukee Brewers' 17–3 win over the Detroit Tigers. This brings his career RBI total to 2,211, breaking Babe Ruth's published record of 2,209. On February 3, 1976, the Records Committee will revise Ruth's total to 2,204, meaning that in actuality, Aaron set the record on April 18.

May 4 - The San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros 8–6 in the first game of a doubleheader at Candlestick Park . In the second inning, Houston's Bob Watson scores what is calculated as the major leagues' one-millionth run of all time, as Milt May hits John Montefusco's first pitch to drive him home. Meanwhile, Dave Concepción of the Cincinnati Reds hits a home run at about the same moment and races around the bases, but Watson, running from second base, scores first. Cincinnati lose to Atlanta, 3-2. (On April 22, 1876, the opening game of the National League's first-ever season, the Boston Red Caps came out ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics by the score of 6-5. Athletics first baseman Wes Fisler scored the very first run in major league history.)

May 5 - The Oakland Athletics release pinch runner Herb Washington. Washington, who played in 104 major league games without batting, pitching, or fielding, compiled 31 stolen bases and scored 33 runs.

May 25:
- Dennis Eckersley, in his first major league start, hurls a three-hit shutout as the Cleveland Indians beat Oakland 6–0.
- Mickey Lolich's 200th career victory is a rain-shortened, 4–1 win over the Chicago White Sox. His catcher is Bill Freehan, who also caught him in his first major league start on May 21, 1963.

May 30 - Willie McCovey pinch-hits a grand slam to lift the San Diego Padres over the Mets, 6–2. It is McCovey's 3rd career pinch slam, tying the major league record held by Ron Northey and Rich Reese. It is also his 16th lifetime bases-loaded homer, tying the National League record held by Hank Aaron.

May 31 - César Tovar gets the only hit for Texas, the fifth time in his career he has had his team's lone hit in a game. Yankees newly acquired pitching star Catfish Hunter hurls the one-hit 6–0 victory.

June 1 - The Angels' Nolan Ryan pitches his fourth career no-hitter, winning 1–0 over the Orioles, to tie the record set by Sandy Koufax. Today's win is his 100th.

June 6 - Luis Tiant wins his 100th game with the Boston Red Sox, defeating Kansas City 1–0. Boston's other 100+ winners include Cy Young, Mel Parnell, Smoky Joe Wood, Joe Dobson and Lefty Grove. Carl Yastrzemski draws a walk in the game, his 1,452nd, tying him for 10th on the all-time list with Jimmie Foxx.

June 8 - Against the Detroit Tigers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum , Ken Holtzman of the Oakland Athletics has a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth on a Tom Veryzer double, the only hit he will allow in a 4-0 Athletic victory. Holtzman, having pitched two no-hitters in the National League (as a Chicago Cub in and ), was bidding to join Cy Young and Jim Bunning as the only pitchers to hurl no-hitters in both leagues.

June 18 - Rookie Fred Lynn drives in 10 runs with three home runs, a triple and a single during a Boston 15–1 drubbing of the Detroit Tigers. Lynn's 16 total bases tie an American League record.

July-September

July 2 - For the second time in less than a month, an American League pitcher has a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth after having pitched one in the National League. In the first game of a doubleheader at Milwaukee County Stadium , Boston Red Sox pitcher Rick Wise has the bid foiled by a George Scott two-run home run. Wise gives up another home run to Bobby Darwin one batter later, but holds on to win, 6-3. Like Ken Holtzman, whose bid for a third career no-hitter was foiled with two out in the ninth on June 8, Wise had no-hit the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium in . In the same game, Boston's Jim Rice hits a home run that comes within four rows of exiting the stadium. Cecil Fielder will become the only player to hit a home run completely out of the stadium, in .

July 15 - At Milwaukee County Stadium , the National League rallies for three runs in the ninth inning to win the All-Star Game over the American League, 6-3. Bill Madlock and the Mets' Jon Matlack share the MVP award. The game also marks the last of Hank Aaron's record-tying (along with Stan Musial and Willie Mays) 24th All-Star appearance; he lines out to Dave Concepción as a pinch hitter in the second inning. This appearance, like his first in , was before a home crowd at Milwaukee County Stadium.

July 17 - For the second consecutive White Sox game, Wilbur Wood is the starter, and he tosses his seconnd straight shutout, beating Detroit 5–0. The two starts were separated by the All-Star game.

July 21 - Félix Millán of the New York Mets has four straight singles but is wiped out each time when Joe Torre grounds into four straight double plays, tying a major league record. New York loses 6–2 to the Houston Astros.

August 2 - At Shea Stadium , the New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-3 in Billy Martin's debut as Yankee manager. This will be the first of five stints as Yankee manager for Martin, who had played for the Yankees from - and - . Martin had replaced the fired Bill Virdon as Yankee skipper the day before.

August 9 - Davey Lopes steals his 32nd consecutive base for the Dodgers without being caught, in a 2–0 win over the Mets. This breaks the major league record set by Max Carey in 1922.

August 21 - Pitching brothers Rick Reuschel and Paul Reuschel combine to hurl the Cubs to a 7–0 victory over the Dodgers — the first time brothers have collaborated on a shutout. Paul takes over when Rick is forced to leave in the 7th inning because of a blister on his finger.

August 24 - In the second game of a doubleheader at Candlestick Park , Ed Halicki of the San Francisco Giants no-hits the New York Mets 6-0.

September 1 - Mets ace Tom Seaver shuts out the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0, and reaches 200 strikeouts for a major league record eighth straight season.

September 2 - The San Francisco Giants' Johnny LeMaster sets a major league record by hitting an inside-the-park home run in his first at bat, during a 7-3 win over the Dodgers. Brian Downing, two years earlier, was the first major league player to hit his first homer inside-the-park, but not in his first at bat.

September 3 - On the final pitch of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock. It will be LaCock's only bases-loaded homer of his career.

September 16 - Rennie Stennett ties Wilbert Robinson's major league record, set June 10, 1892, by going 7-for-7 in a nine-inning game. He collects two hits each in the first and fifth innings, and scores five of his club's runs in a 22-0 massacre of the Cubs, a major league record for the biggest score in a shutout game in the 20th century. John Candelaria pockets the easy win, while Rick Reuschel is the loser.

September 24 - In a scoreless game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field , Tom Seaver of the New York Mets has a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth on a Joe Wallis single. This is the third time Seaver has had a no-hit bid broken up in the ninth inning; one of the previous two was a perfect game bid in , also against the Cubs. To date, no Met has pitched a no-hitter; this is the closest any has come to one. The Cubs win the game in the 11th inning 1-0, as Rick Monday scores on Bill Madlock's bases loaded walk.

September 28 - For the first time in major league history, four pitchers share in a no-hitter, as the Oakland Athletics shut down the California Angels, 5–0, on the final day of the season. Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers are the unique quartet.

October-December

October 21 - Delayed a day by rain, Game Six of the World Series will be among the most memorable. Bernie Carbo of the Red Sox hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game. Boston loads the bases with no outs in the ninth but cannot score until Carlton Fisk leads off the twelfth with his memorable walk-off home run, which deflects off the left field foul pole.

October 22 - At Fenway Park , the Cincinnati Reds win Game Seven of the World Series over the Boston Red Sox, 4-3. Cincinnati has come from behind in all four of their victories. Pete Rose is named the World Series MVP.

November 10 - The Kansas City Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending a 22-year career marked by 573 home runs, good for fifth place on the all-time list.

November 12 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets wins his third Cy Young Award, after led the National League pitchers with 22 victories and 243 strikeouts while posting a 2.38 ERA. Seaver had previously won the award in and .

November 20 - The San Francisco Giants fire manager Wes Westrum, coaxing Bill Rigney out of retirement to replace him

November 26 - Boston Red Sox center fielder Fred Lynn becomes the first rookie ever to be named American League MVP. Lynn, who hit .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBI, also posted league-leading figures in runs (103), doubles (47), and slugging (.566), helping Boston to the American League East title. He also won Rookie of the Year honors.

December 4 - Ted Turner enters a tentative purchase agreement to buy the Atlanta Braves.

December 10 - A deal to move the Chicago White Sox to Seattle, and the Oakland Athletics to Chicago's South Side, is nixed when Bill Veeck repurchases the White Sox and keeps them in Chicago. Seattle would eventually be awarded with an expansion franchise, called the Mariners.

December 11 - The New York Yankees completed one of the better trades in franchise history when they send starting pitcher Doc Medich to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitchers Ken Brett and Dock Ellis and perennial All-Star second baseman Willie Randolph.

December 23 - Arbitrator Peter Seitz announces a landmark decision in favor of the Players' Association, making pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents. Seitz is immediately fired by John Gaherin, chairman of the owners' Player Relations Committee. McNally, who retired on June 8, will not return to the majors, finishing with a 184-119 career record.