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
KBMA-TV (Royals' broadcast)
WPIX (Yankees' broadcast)
TV announcersABC: Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Jim Palmer
KBMA-TV: Denny Matthews, Steve Shannon and Fred White
WPIX: Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White
RadioCBS
Radio announcersErnie Harwell and Ned Martin
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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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