1978 American League Championship Series

1978 American League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
New York Yankees (3) Bob Lemon 100–63, .613, GA: 1
Kansas City Royals (1) Whitey Herzog 92–70, .568, GA: 5
DatesOctober 3–7
UmpiresLou DiMuro
Rich Garcia
Ron Luciano
Bill Kunkel
Dave Phillips
Terry Cooney
Broadcast
TelevisionABC
WPIX (NYY)
KBMA-TV (KC)
TV announcersABC: Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Jim Palmer
WPIX: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, and Bill White
KBMA-TV: Denny Matthews, Steve Shannon and Fred White
RadioCBS
WINS (NYY)
WIBW (KC)
Radio announcersCBS: Ernie Harwell and Ned Martin
WINS: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, and Fran Healy
WIBW: Denny Matthews, and Fred White
Streaming
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The 1978 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff pitting the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1978 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals for the third straight year to win the pennant.


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